AQAT LO UNITED STATES ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION NEVADA OPCRATIONS OFFICE P.O. BOX 14100 LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89114 January 23, 1976 REPOSITORY James L. Liverman, Director _ ~ COLLECTION MARE FiceS Division of Biomedical and BOX No. Environmental Research, HQ MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS, BIKINI — S cS G HS PRAADAEBLLEDE (SLABS FOLDER 40 Dec Tiga -acT., jt T% + Enclosed is a copy of a letter to me from Oscar de Brum, District Administrator of the Marshall Islands with, in turn, an enclosed memorandurn to Mr. de Brum from his representative at Bikini. Mr. de Brum requests that the people resident at Bikini be included in Dr. Conard's annual surveys. The next such survey is presently scheduled for rnid-April, 1976. In view of the pending Bikini lawsuit and of recent allegations and misunderstandings regarding Dr. Conard's Marshall Islands activities, I believe that this request merits careful staff attention. As set forth in my memorandum to you of October I, 1975, Subject: Brookhaven Program at Bikini, we have for some time had to deal with a pervasive misunderstanding of the purpose and reasons which underly the mredical program. From the November 21 memorandum, Acting Distad Rep. to District Administrator (enclosure), it appears that this misunderstanding clearly persists. Note that the writer refers to "periodical checkup" and "medical examinations" as the only means of preventing hazards to health, among those resident at Bilin. He also attributes to Dr. Kotrady a statement regarding the ‘'necessily to visit Bikini’. I read the fourth paragraph of Bima Akeke's memorandum to Distad de Brum to say that the people at Bikini (as distinguished from the people of Bikini) are unanimous in their request for medical exeminations. I°rom personal observation, I am aware that these people are: 1 - apprehensive about possible radiation cffects due to their residence at Bikini; Eg vAS vs 6 CAS 2 and [O111b8 [EU