77 yo3 ae Li ee Do a a INFO - . ” July 9, iy "6 - Loa ACTIGN ~ _.. Utirik, xcshall Islands Trust Territory of the Pacific R. ¥, -. lr ‘Roger “Ray, AM/EES -- Uso Energy- Research and Devedpnent Admimtrstration (ERDA) "2° jlevada Operations Orfice a P.0. Box 1100 _-- -- - “"" “fas Vezas, ilevada 69114 wee - = Ta —_ , ” , Dear Ure-Ray? aH _ so ee et — ‘ "= Te 2 RAISE ~- . A P % a SL ag. RAE - . CN re / - BEST COPY AVAILABLE . This letter is from the chiefs and all of the people in Utirik Atoll. _ “wt has now been twenty-two years since the radioactive fall-out from the bomb, which has disturbed -the veace and welfare from 1954 until the present. + The doctors. from DRDA have told us that there were 1) rads in Utirik and . "175 - rads in Rongelap, therefore, we.are very le Why ts there not a-contrél group in Ueirik? . a} fhe people of Utirigs are cifieorent from tne poopie ci Ronsecler~-tnoy are a different gene pool and breedaine populations b) he people of Utirik were exnosed to different tines f co th gt rey ye peaure free Wvajatein (following Suet et - lev tne people of tonselap---Ubirih nad e) There wore different return © a or RoneeLap returned to tueir aol &. a d) would it be correct to say w 1a Dernans than only 1h rads in lisht of Cu Unel SI i e) would it be correct to say that wee problems in the future? 2e Yow come the mci decters told us that there was just a Little vit of radiat: in Utini: end a iot in toncelap? That is, way are there the sane momber . bod ep an . reo 4 : aglos of malignant thyroid glands in Utirik as there sre in Nongeles? 30 twiy is it that the ukDa doctors do not exanrine the children of the exposed Utirix group? le \ihy is it thas the 3 RUA decters give different treatment tto tne pactle of Uvirik than the peopis of hongelap? They do not give full examinations to thapeople of Utirik every yenr ir, as they do in Ronselap. why nos? > De The pecple of Utirik should be able to choose their own doctors a) The people of Utirik co not line Dr. imuccen because he does noe e, and Looxs at the people of Utirixs nals in a scientific emeriment, and further, a "sick call" for the “aonle “1 - L a sa _ eS Glugenc COMSpendOG went, ARWALL LStans FOLOER BOX Ne om; f Doe JV COLLECTION REPOSITOAY awe f ¥ fou 7 } Surprized, because in Utirik we . have ten cases of thyroid nodules, three of which were malignant. But ia fongelap tine }lave thirt; i cases 0 f thyreid o. 3 nocules, ; an d also S three ree cases s of of n malignans; LEHAncy . Pernaps you can tell us if there is some exsianation for the same numoer of malignan. thyroid cases in Rongelap and GEL Utirik, who o recel\ received very different Lleveis oir 4 as 7 ‘ent LevVsi . radiation? Additionally, we have many more taings to ask, because ab present we are not happy with the way tnings are: hte 4. 8 Fy a ct hy - a reope JUS Fe 4 7