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The team leader then drafted the statement which follows, and,
after concurrence by the other team members, it was typed in several
copies by one of the ship's personnel.
copies.
We requested and received three
One copy was signed for each of the Captains as requested by
them, and as Captain Matsubara said to the team leader in requesting
his signature, "For souvenir, yes?"
The statement:
"As a result of our examinations of the TAKUYO and the
SATSUMA and of the personnel, our findings do not indicate evi-
dence of radiation sickness or any contemination of either vessel which should deley your departure or normal use of the veesels or equipment either now or in the future.
"We are very desirous of conveying to you and all your person-~
nel and to your headquarters our most sincere eppreciation of
everyones' complete cooperation and personal friendliness and
help.
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"It has been our pleasure to have had this opportunity of _
meeting you personally and working with you.
"We wish to express our thanks and sincere best wishes to
you and all your people and wish you a safe and pleasant voyage
home."
(Copy of original is attached as Tab B, Appendix VII.)
At this point, we presented to the Captains, who immediately called
their scientific personnel around them, the dosireters we were requested
to deliver.
(We also gave them an appropriate battery-operated charger.)
We had with us twelve and gave them all, although eight only were men-
tioned in the original request. (See message 2216432 from USAEC, Teb G,
Appendix I.)
These were 0-5 roentgens, self-reading, quartz fiber elec-
trometer type, officially designated as Bendix Model #611, Series B.
The numbers of these instruments are recorded in Tab C, Appendix VII.
Captain Goeke instructed the scientific personnel in their use and gave
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