curing the intecview and he stated that he felt the interchange of questions and answers yvenk well and that uo major contraversics could result from a review of the £idw. The Associate Producer of the propran was Nrs. Leslie Cockburn. She asked me if she could contact me agatu when t returned to New York, to discuss the program in more depth. She stated that she had previously had several Jong conversations with Dr. Conard. He had informed me of soma of Lhose weeLings. ~ tL Ship Performance - Ga September 2L, the ship seiled from Kwajaleiu with a Full complenent of wedical party personnel. Every Lborth on the ship was occupied and one Marshallese trenetater vas sleeping on a aattress tn ope of tha eraniniup roons. Wea left the deck at L300 and were steamion north for Roagelanp wien uo were orderkd toa reverse course amd retum to Meck Pslaud and to remota there until released for further cleaming. an incoming wissle. Apparently the ship at that tdie was in the dupack zone of The ship therefore steamed back to Meck Island, arriving at 2200 and held in that position until O200 when we were cleared and resumed ou: trip to Ronee lap. Gn checking, vith Keith Coberley, the master of the vessel, he indicated that lic had very carefully checked with range control on the day of our departure and had dndjicated our LIOGD.R. position. ab He was told thal this was position and we could continue without difficulty. Our 12900 position on the day of departure was actuolly further north than we had originally predicted and we should have therefore beca well clear of the danger area. Upon returning to Kwajaicin, YT immediately contacted range control and discovered that the mistake had been made by ranse control and not the ship or the captain, entirely correct in all of his procedures. 12 hours late Jn reaching Rongelap. lle was The result, however, was that we were During this period of time the ship was in moderate seas and because of Its round bottom configuration and its tendency to yoll and pitch excessively, practically every member of the medical party was 1 c as is Cri C73 a ost eee Pr Pe ay AS MLB FARE hee Se Oyie wo r or yt . 2 ¥ * of es re 3) ’ me ’ yea date EF = Ls