DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND
20852
July 31, 1972
Senator Olympio T. Borja
Chairman, Special Joint Committee
Concerning Rongelap and Utirik Atolls
Congress of Micronesia
Saipan, Marianna Islands 96950
Dear Senator Borja:
The attached document repr
nts my report to you as an invited
radiological consultant from the United States Public Health Service
during the «isits of your Committee to Majuro, Utirik, Rongelap,
and Kwajalein (Ebeye) Atolls or July 16-20, 1972.
In order to condens
he subject matter, I have made my observations
and recommendations uu the findings on Rongelap and Utirik although
we interviewed some of these people on Majuro and Ebeye.
My report will be released to you through the office of Surgeon
Genera, Jesse L. Steinfeld, U.S. Public Health Service, as you
requested at the Executive Session of your Committee on July 20, 1972.
I trust my report will be of assistance in the preparation of your
official report to the Special Session of the Congress of Micronesia
on August 15, 1972.
Sincerely yours, ~
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William S. Cole, M.D.
Associate Director
Bureau of Radiological Health
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