PROCEEDINGS. 2 DR. BUGHER: It falls to me to start things off. 3 First of all, according to our records, everybody is Q 4 cleared except one gentleman who in the short time we could BT not put through a special clearance. 6 while we have to observe the technicalities of the situation, 7 AEC would not have them communicated restricted data. So we 8 may have to observe a certain silly routine at times. I 9 don't think actually we get into much in the way of restricte? On the other hand, 10 data. 7 11 anyway. SS 12 there was not time to arrange a special clearance. ts 18 ee x 14 you all know, I would repeat that our major purpose is to 3 15 assist in bringing together all the pertinent data and 16 executing the necessary analyses of that data of the study 17 of the persons who were injured by the fallout of the March 18 1 shot among the Marshall Islanders. That includes also 19 certain task force personnel who were exposedat that ARC Among the military we can discuss restricted data We may have to observe that minor formality since - As far as the purpose of the conference, which time. 20 The situation of course is a unique one as far 21 as past history is concerned, because we have no similar 22 episode previously in which whole body gamma radiation *8 combined with extensive skin contamination has been observed [in 24 a large group of 25 Department of Energy people resulting from mixed fission products} The only other group of people were involved in the same Historian’s Cifice ARCHIVES 4