rads and
much as
the Utirinese,
14 rads
14.
Tfanv people in the U.S.,
in a normal medical
On the next dav,
Saturday,
Sentember
with one of the island leaders.
question of compensation.
were to have a party with
they want
the party.
answer was,
asxed?
“Well,
16,
receive as
1972,
the Committee met
informally
The discussion centered primariiv around the
Tt was noted that this was only the second time the.
the team.
The people,
The question was asked
there
he said,
examiration.
‘Oo
175
is
food,
se we i."
if
it was noted,
they liked
Was
are not
asked
the parties and the
there enouch food,
he was
The reply was, "No, not enough.”
On Monday,
afternoon.
September
He explained
18,
that
the Committee met with Dr.
Conard
in the
there were some people from Rongelap and Utirik
who would be traveling on the ship because of "general medical findings" and
who would be
treated
in Majuro.
He stated
that
there were no new findings
since the last complete survev in 1969 (of Utirik).
general sanitation on the islands was poor,
medicine
that
(there was net even aspirin on “ajuro,
He also added that
the health aide was short of
he noted),. and
that Dr.
Ezra
Riklon was trving to implement a nrocedure of having a standardized list of
drugs which could be checked on every
The Committee
field trip.
then discussed several matters with Dr.
Conard.
He vas asked if he thought that Dr. Knudsen would he able to stay one or
two weeks on Rongelap and Utirik.
traveling
to
the
islands on the
Pr.
field
Conard noted that Knudsen would be
trip ship and would look at
the people
He was asked if AFC or Brookhaven could
continue this program.
said he doubted
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Conard
i
a
Yo
for radiation and other problems.
Dr.
it,
if
since it would he