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stored in her body. Comparing with the inhabitants oi’Kili
Island 90Sr is counted 8 times to 20 times as much high
and 13$Cs is 10 times as much as high ~n,her body. And tile
quantity of these elements
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in~~eased from 1967
Sr is stored mostly
to 1969, of which I am wry worried.
in bone, it is thinkable that it is some related cause to
sterility. ~37cG is accumulated in muscle. Anytiay both
elhnents contain strong radioactivity, so they can surely effect
to human beings, I am dfraid if she is discouraged too much
when she is told the fact. Dear Mr. Ataji Bales, ‘ihope you
encourage her not to be distressed spiritually. I recomiiend
her to live on Majuro but not on Rongelap, because she had
better not to eat anymorg the food containing radioactivity.

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“z hope all of them will recover their fine health as quickly
I am extxemely sorry that i could not 13tayin your place
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INTRODUCTION Ol?RESOLUTIONS

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H.J.R. No* 70

Introduced by:

Rep. Mangefel

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Requesting Vle Joint Committee on Program and
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Planning to insure that the ciockfacilities
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port .facilitiesat Colonia, Yap, a “disastsz ax~a.”
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Introduced by:

Rep. Atalig

Nominating the Honorable John O. Ngiraked, Land
Mar@gemeht Officer of the Palau District, for
considerakivn for ap~ointment to tiieMicromwian
Claims C@qi5sion.
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Representative Manqefel: Mr. Speaker, I would like the House to
xeeognize the presence of some distinguished visitors from the Yap
District -- Chief Roboman, Chief Keruned,Chief Lukan, and Secretary
to the Council, Mr. Jesus Mangarfit.
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RepresentativeAtaligl Mr. Speaker,may 1 ask the ii0u6@to recognize
of EPA from
thQ presenceof W. Dick Goddcon,~pecial rcprcscntative
San Francisco.

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Representative Guerrcro: Mr. .$peak;’r,
I would lika to take ‘&e
Opportunity to express my sympathy to Concjressm~nBales and the people
of Rongelap and Utirik.” I am very much cor,cerncdthat the ~,dminiswould turn down such a req>iest’
for guarding theil health. This
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action by the High Commissioner ar~:l
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is no less than
dictat~rial, communistic, ‘and fasciut and x would .Iikepersonally to offer
my p]~!d~),
to .$Upport,
the people affacted and to work toward ‘uhcircause.
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milch,Mr. $peal<cr.

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