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Bruce Wachholz,
December
12,
Ph.D.
1979
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The BNL Medical team has a number of goals;
they are important to the Marshallese and
to me, personally.
I simply cannot sit by while Roger Ray's interference impedes this
program, as long as I am principal investigator.
As I mentioned in the hall, some
thought might be given to turning the entire logistic package over to BNL.
It makes
a great deal of sense and would certainly solve this problem.
We could handle our
logisitc support from BNL by hiring a full time man in Honolulu and another on
Kwajalein.
I have outstanding candidates for both positions.
They have both told
me they would like to come to work for the Marshall Islands Study at BNL and both
are familiar with the program and the field operations.
In reality, I don't think
we can deny that this program is growing rapidly.
The probability is 993+ that
Likiep will need to be picked up as a part of the study.
When this happens, Ailuk
and Mejit will, of course, be suspect.
Then Wotje will need to be surveyed to find
a clear perimeter.
It then becomes apparent that the medical survey will require
the full time support of an adequate vessel.
1 am sure that BNL could find such a
vessel, given adequate funding.
This ship should be obtained on full support
contract,
ie,
crewed,
supplied,
etc.
I realize fully that other labs are working under DOE contract in the Pacific.
I anticipate that with the completion of the work on Enewetak that there will he a
significant reduction in the
load on PASO.
Could support be offered from Las Vegas,
via contract with Holmes and Narver in Hono (as is currently the case) but with a
significant reduction in overhead?
1
it
i
eson and
Vic Noshki
are doing outstanding work, but I doubt if their role will expand as rapidly as the
medical and whole hody counting programs will grow.
I do not know what their future
plans are but again, this just emphasizes the need for a meeting of the principal
investigators to discuss the scientific program -- to be followed by a logistic planning
conference,
to spell out,
in detail,
how we can assist each other.
Bruce,
I have been
asking for just such a meeting since my initial consultant evaluation, prior to joining BNL. I nave written about all of these problems, ad nauseum, since {1977
and
asked for positive steps toward resolution.
It therefore comes as somewhat of a
surprise to hear that I have failed to keep DOE advised and that the "magnitude" of
the problems have just emerged.
I agree with you’ completely that DOB - Las Vegas and PASO deserve their
court".
But,
I
present ouridocumented evidence; we_shouldnotaccept
complaints.
I hope this letter will reach you before
December 17.
I think there are some new perspectives
in prior correspondence.
Thanks again for hearing me
undocumented accusations or
the meeting of the week of
that might not have surfaced
out.
Sincerely,
Boil.
Cri
Cc
Cs.
Hugh S.
Loud
tay in
think that day should lead to a joint meeting where we can both
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