ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES. INC. UPTON, Lab. ely. i197 QO BROOK AMEN |NATIONAL LABORATORY PRIVACY ACT MATERI AL REMOVED 40379 cc “na medical examinacions of thea Roagelap end ct i> bear Acai, successfully complated, Wa find it necesaary to beias cases to the U.S. for further cxaminabions aad possi! the Ronzetap enposed ¢ group ardo tivo dn the Uririt: e:cos were mo other “indings of elgniticarca (except one cas and the peooies' haalth seamed generaily cood. ‘wha ¢ 23 ExCu Rongsiap were brought to Bripicr for exgrinations gid ve verve ind thac after special thyroid cxuaminacicns there vas no avidence of arr ay vemaining. Ilwever, a snail growth vas discovered in Qa is 3 region o£ the pituitary eland. Since she vanted to be wiih her QU for bivth of her child, we could not carey ove furcher ener wie then but it iy very imoortant that she gst sncctaliyv 4 the U.S. and che hug agreed to retusn-possinly wit: 2 cases. i mention this co you to ark your help in Sud ly Apr owek va the i o£ furches exacting tne theee wadies to é i adaitced to ine nospitai. Tt seems thal a cavuain : to us for enccance into the U.S. and immigsecion neid 0 and then in spite cf caretul prepuracions for adcniss: there was 2 ai y in getting chem admitied. Tuas x anil imow the ladies vere rightfully unset. Twas gis Jacob and Agjon Ting from Songelap on haad at the hos thai a good blt of the time. During ovr visits to Utirik aud Rongelup Lt was aopevent that untres was considarable confusion about those cligible for pene “iis of Prolite Law 5-52. At Utirik the unexposed people thought that they should — entitled to I.D, Cards and at Rorgeluo they verted all the childs cluded. Tho law ond the agreement betveen ERDA and T,T. states | only the people on cur cuamivation Lift (a copy of which is ‘kes Majuro) are entitled, This includes exposed Yongelap and vile r rac ia and the sooclal uncxsosed Rongelap sroun of 150 paopics There ; uo wunoxnosed Uticik, only sone of the unexposed Rengatap “and mo Chii¢c sin “ane ineluded. We attemniead to explain this aril clso that: the uneposed Soneelao control ersoup vas estublished many yoszs azo (1957) and the peonle on this list vere selected to mitch for aye and sex poople LD. the exposed Nonselao cereus. This ercup isvoneexcd quite adaquace fos both axnoge ed erouvss and it has not been vacujosed Ucivik peonle as controls, considered nocassary to bive It showla 1sao mantioned, hovever, that all of “these neooke have the benefit of serneral wedisal @ xa at PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED 1012232 INFORMATION OPERATOR (516) 345-2123 repositony POE-FORRESTITLN COLLECTION BOX Ne. WN ARK E 4 Ss oF G fe (ic ES 4,9 Meese ESE ISLANDS