113 CDR. CRONKITE: j I would like to move to knock off early today. DR. DUNHAM: And work late tomorrow? CDR. CRONKITE: And if one has to work late, to work late tomorrow. DR. DUNHAM: Let me check when Dr. Bugher is to come back. (Brief recess.) Alderson Reporting Company Washington, D. C. DR. BUGHER: ARC I take it that the group thinks that 10 there might very well be certain things resulting over the 11 years with these people, 12 I presume that you would expect an actuarial contraction of 18 life span as an expression of the radiation exposure. 14 Whether one can appreciate that at all would depend upon 15 good actuarial statistics of the Marshall Islanders of a 16 sufficiently large population. 17 But it is reasonable that even with numbers that small, some 18 difference may be shown. 19° consensus or not. particularly the Rongelap group. That may not in fact exist. I don't know whether that was your It is something naturally to watch. 20 What was the opinion about leukemia? 21 CDR. CRONKITE: 22 DR. 23 CDR. BUGHER: Thatwas unlikely. On account of the small number of peop CRONKITE: The small number of people, and at 24 that dose exposure, the incidence would be extremely low, 25 based on the Japanese experience to date. Energy Renartment of mat Lifatanian’s gicraho ote 7 rmtga jl