While most of these documents have been published by an organization which appears to be independent of the Atomic Energy Commission, it is a fact that the annual surveys and the reports themselves are financed through a contractual arrangement with the Commission. Thus, while it would be refreshing to find such reports doubting the validity of guidelines dealing with radioactivity set by the Commission, or by the National Academy of Sciences on which the AEC is well represented, no such attitudes or contentions of accepted guidelines (MPC for example) are ta be found. Thus one finds nowhere in the reports any doubt as to the reasonableness of established guidelines, or the appropriateness of returning the Rongelapese to their island before testing in that area ended, It is presumed to be realistic that those who carry out the terms of the contract are of a like mind to those who administer and fund the contract, This is not to say that the AEC influences Brookhaven in a manner such as to force that | institution not to consider aspects which might undermine the AEC's views or positions--however if such did occur, one can only presume that the contract might be shift to another institute. While the analogy is not a terribly good one, it might be said that a man who has a franchise to sell Datsuns does so because he likes them and believes they are good cars. If, however, he drove around in a Volkswagon, his customers might wonder about the product he sold and the Datsun company might wonder about its franchise. Specific Aspects As mentioned before, there appears to be a dual nature or purpose for the examinations. This, the Committee believes, grows naturally out of the nature and significance of. the exposure to fallout radiation of the Marshallese. Most human beings have both positive and negative impulses which govern their behavior. One way of expressing this is in the simplistic "approach-avoidance" 1014152 +