Political interference: About 5 years ago a Marshallese congressman attacked the United States and the medical team with absurd charges concerning the exposed Marshallese and medical examinations and in 1971 he invited a Japanese "medical team" to the Marshalls to check-up on our examinations. reporters with one Japanese woman doctor. High Commissioner because of The team was composed of largely The attempt was thwarted by the inadequate credentials of the group. This in- furiated the politicians who caused our March 1972 examinations of the Rongelap and Utirik people to be aborted. A special committee on Rongelap and Utirik was formed by the Congress of Micronesia who organized a medical observer group in 1972, referred to at the beginning. The cammittee publish- ed a sizeable book covering our examinations and the observers report, the results of which were generally favorable to us and did much, at least, temporarily, to quiet the unrest. Congress of Micronesia bills and TTPI - ERDA agreement: During the past few years two bills were formulated at the instigation of the Congress of Micronesia 1) A hospital benefit bill (Public Law 5-52) to allow for free hospitalization, transportation and per diem for exposed Rongelap and Utirik patients and included the control group of unexposed Rongelap people who are on 7h? examination list. This has been the cause of further unrest, which no doubt plays a strong role in the present crisis, particularly in Utirik. The complaints associated with this law largely concerns the fact that the Utirik people feel that there should be a control group for their population. The unexposed Utirik people are not entitled to the benefits of the bill as are the Rongelap control population. Also the Rongelap and Utirik people as pointed out above feel that the children of exposed parents (Tr bee/)