ws. . ate dee ae FE ee Lee ee entitled "Marine Safety", please see Enclosure LV) and his pleasant personality and abic scamanship greatly assisted the BNL team. Mr. Munk was of great assistance in the survey as liaison betvecen BNL ans U.S. Gceanography. Because af the unique logistic requirements of this survey, e.g., we needed to pick up, at cach island, all patients tho might require surgery, the ship on the final leg from Utirik to Wotje and finally to Kwajalein was overloaded. (Tt had been my opinion sinee the eriginal contract nesotiation that this shipwas warginal for sepport of the medical propram.) Eveu with the partial correction of the prior deficiencies, the hbabitabiliry of the Spaces assigned to the medical survey party vas unsatisfactory Wo had a number of small epidemics of upper reepiratory infectious end viral casthia- intestinal tiinesses ducing the trip due primarily to crovdius dav the berthing areas (please see Fnelosure Vj). With the inevitable expansion of each succeeding medical survey this problem will quickly become the limiting factor. I agreed to an finter im) renewal of the ship's contract for this year whilesomemoresuitableeans of support was obtained with the understanding ~ that the present ship will coepromise the medical mission during the remainder a nied of calendar 1979 and early 1980. c The reasons for, and characteristics of, + the replacement support system should he discussed at the Department of Energy as soon as possible. — Upon returning to Kwajaletnu we vere met by Dr. Brown Dobyns, Professor of Surgery, Case Western Reserve Vaiversity who is one of the nation's leading thyroid surgeons to review all of the possible surgical cases along with Des. Conard and Robbins. the United States for workup at Fourteen patients were selected to return to Brookhaven National Liboratory and thyroid surgery at Cleveland during, Junc and July of 1979. In addition to the