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to be pretty much of a rounded one, and include the
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environmental study as well as the continued

medical study of the people themselves.
Now, our feeling was, too, that various groups of
people have special interests and would like to have sample
naterial of various kinds.

As far as possible, the groups

concerned with the interval study should attempt to provide
those samples.

If the Department of Agriculture wants a soil

sample, we should provide it.

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difficulty about matters of that sort.
It is assumed, then, that the financial

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responsibility for these studies and investigations is assumed

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work out the details as we go along as far as how we do that

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I believe the general objectives and so on fron

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the position of the Surgeon General

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agreeable.

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unreserved backing for this project.

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the trust territory is quite happy at the rather simple and

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There is very little real

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of the Navy have been

CincPac and Admiral Persley has given it an
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strakghtforward relatims through their organization.

I think

they feel that it bolsters them and strengthens their
standing in their administrative responsibility, rather than
diffusing it.
I think as we see it those are the main objectives.

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