4, group led by Meinhold and Greenhouse, as well as with work done by other laboratories. Logistics:the medical team. The past five years have been particularly momentous for Following the death from leukemia, we instituted blood examinations in the exposed people at six month intervals. treatment program was not being strictly adhered to. The thyroid For these reasons, a resident physician, Dr. Knudsen was placed in the Marshalls to help with the thyroid treatment program and render assistance with health care, particularly in the islands of Rongelap, Utirik and Bikini by inaugurating quarterly visits to these islands. Transportation problems have been acute with. difficulties in chartering -and~scheduling: of “TrustTerritory-CargoShips. = which were already overburdened with schedules of -their-owns=These ships.= are far from reliable and often have inadequate safety features. The AEC was sympathetic with our problem and realizing also the need for a special survey vessel for other radiological surveys in the Marshalls, last year obtained -an LCU.for- survey use. . This has been a tremendous-help to us in— carrying out our quarterly trips:to the outer islands... The vessel is-slow.-. but-can be beached and can haul our-special whole-body counter and dispensarytrailers. Political Issues:- In 1971 local Marshallese congressmen made absurd accusations against us saying that the U.S. had deliberately caused the fallout accident in order to study the effects of radiation on human beings; that we were using the people as "guinea pigs"; that we were not reporting deaths from radiation ete. These unjust charges were most disturbing to our medical team and the situation became particularly frustrating when in March 1972 we had to halt the examinations at Rongelap due to political interference. The Congress of Micronesia then appointed a group of four DOE ARCHIVES eS