Riaihailntaeatente bE wank ab ne Em Ane, te ee taalA Hern sem WRataSeanaCelene hetdie ke i .EE aa a . . -14Announcement, NO We slrould keep in mind that the family from Jaluit, that T SSoe ~ oe S .* o found avaiting us in Majuro, were entitied to $54.00/day throughout their stay on the island. There was a very pood possibility that at least a month or Jouger would pass before they could retura to their home island. Their two rout ine physical exauinations would cost the Department of Euergy $1,674--and probably much more, depending on the Trust Verritory ship sclicdules. A review of Vable 11 reveals that prior to the Scptember-October survey ve had completed 98.6% of our examination of the expesed people of Rongelap and Ailinginai; 94.6% of the cranuinations of the exposed people of Uticik, and 84.6% of the matching unexposed grovp. A quick review of auy Jong-term procpective study wil] reveal that those percentages ace unusually high Followup £teguves. expense to the The acdition of a few pationts--at great BNL medical progran--vill have Pittdie or nwo fiepact on our seienticic data. In addition, at the conclusion of our stay with a bill from Reynold DcBrum Lor 32,125 (pleese see Enclosure 9) for transporL- ation of the Bikintans between Ejit and Majuro. director, was anazed at this bill. 1979), iu Majuro ve were presented Mr. Bill Scott, the BNL tictd Ile stated that on our previous trip (Nay~-June we had assumed that the Marshall Jslands government was providing the trousporLation. arrangement fo: Upon questioning Mr. Brown he admitted that he had made the the use of the bout Sor our survey. until the final day. We were unavare of any choryes Jf To had known the cost of transportation I would have made other arrangements for the examination of the Bikinians. As T explained to the BikinLlans, we have no funds for their medical suppert, wild do what we can with the resources provided. Hr. Brown again had wade a unique, arliitrary decision, directly affecting the medical mission, both by precept and by financial commitment, RELLYPETN PLELOSTTROT i ce tere FT EeeT & :