States, Dr. Jesse L. Steinfeld, who had come to visit the Trust Territory to see what programs or projects of the Health Education and Welfare Department could be developed in Micronesia. open and helpful manner. The Committee was very impressed by his This was evidenced by his offers to commit the resources of his office upon request by the Committee to carry out the following: 1. Assemble a medical survey team from the resources of the United States Public Health Service which would conduct a survey independent of the BNL survey; and continue conducting the annual examinations in the future, if requested. 2. Provide a qualified medical consultant to the Special Joint Committee from PHS. (This consultant would later accompany the Committee to Rongelap and Utirik and also accompany the Committee during the completed 1972 survey in September). 3. Field a radiological survey team which could study radiation levels at Bikini and Enewetok Atolls before the people were returned to them. On Saipan, the Committee was also pleased to later meet, through Dr. Peck, Dr. Knud Knudsen, of Brookhaven National Laboratory. Dr. Knudsen had chosen to take his sabbatical from BNL by being stationed for one year on Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, so that he could do a follow-up examination of the people on Rongelap and Utirik and check the accuracy of vital statistics. Also, most of his time would be spent on Ebeye, helping out at the Trust Territory health facility there. By May 16, 1972, the Committee had issued its Interim Report as called for by the public law. Among the points and recommendations made in that report were: lO1l4d3t ae