nC” C2. CROSSREFERENCE S.4-8 eS EE is filed) DATE ! (Name, number, or subject under which this form 409490 > 11/16/72 TO IDENTIFI- CATION FROM RECORD BRIEF SUMMARY OF CONTENTS OF Extract of SECY 2794 - GM's Info. Report # 162 FILED O&M - 6 General Manager's Inf ormation Reports (Name, number, or subject under which the document itself is filed) Fallout Exposure from a 1954 Bikini Weapons Test (Contact: OIS) The Brookhaven National Laboratory is mailing an announcement today on the death of the 19 year old youth from the Marshall Islands who was exposed to fallout from a 1954 Bikini weapons test. He died yesterday at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda. Leukemia was suspected at the time of the 1972 annual examination of Marshall Islanders, carried out by Brookhaven for the AEC. The young man was returned here for confirmation of the diagnosis, and treatment. During attempts at NIH to induce remission of his leukemia, he developed pneumonia which eventually proved fatal. (U) | US DOE ARCHIVES | 396 U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY RG____..GOMMISSION~ ! Cal loetio ve . I| Bar ! SECRETARIAT 7230 Molder MHS (6-5 Aeedent AwD Acejdent fRreventian Optional Form 21 Feb. 1962 GSA Circular 2§9 finan Pt. CROSS-REFERENCE