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-Mr. Bryant S. Zebedy
Legislative Secretary
Marshall Islands Nitijela
Dear Mr. Zebedy:
BEST COPY AVAILABLE
The certified copy of Resolution No. 29-NO-1 of the Marshall.
Islands Witijela which you forwarded to the Administrator of the Energy
Research and Development Administration (ERDA) has been received.
We thank
you for sending us this copy of the Resolution and are pleasad that the
people of the Marshall Islands appreciate and have confidenca
in
the medical
program of ERDA to the extent expressed by the Resolution.
As you know, ERDA and its predecessor,
_
the AEC, have had a medical
program, carried out by our Brookhaven National Laboratory (@NL), since 1955,
This program has been conducted with the cooperation of the Medical Department
of the Trust Territories Government.
Our present program provides an annual
major medical visit and quarterly follow-up visits from the resident physician
at Kwajalein,
This year we have lengthened the visits to provide time for all
residents, particularly at Utirik,
to be seen by the physicians if they desire.
However, we have no present plans to extend the medical program to include
additional general medical care outside the times of the schaduled visits.
We
can assure you that when treatment of radiation related injury in the States
is deemed necessary,
or in Hawaii.
it will be the best possible, whether it is on the mainland
While ERDA has provided these medical visits,
the general medical
care remains a responsibility of the Trust Territories Government.
are, nevertheless,
We at ERDA
proud of the BNL medical team and the fact that they have
been successful over the years in enlisting the assistance of experts from
various medical centers
throughout
the United States
co assist
them in
their work.