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

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