financed largely through city, prefecture and central government appropriations. The research institutes, of course, are govern- ment financed and the ABCC facilities are primarily supported from money which indirectly comes from the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. It was explained by Dr. Kato that those people who were in the highest areas of radiation are receive one to four examinations per year. able to One examination is adequate, he said, if no disease is found and that most people usually came in for only one examination. The examinations are "free" the Committee was told, in the sense that they are part of the national medical programs to which all people contribute. They were conducted in the 840 Health Centers throughout the 47 Prefectures (states). Other matters of concern were discussed -- primarily related to compensation, which will be discussed in a subsequent report. Before departing Tokyo for Hiroshima, the Committee met with Dr. Tosiyuki Kumatori, who heads the Division of Radiation Health in the National Institute of Radiologial Sciences in Chiba-shi. Dr. Kumatori has been responsible for conducting annual medical examinations of the Japanese fishermen who were irradiated by fallout from the March 1, 1954 H-bomb test which also affected Marshallese and Americans. After conferring with the Committee Dr. Kumatori indicated that, if it were interested, he would be willing to try to bring one of the Lucky Dragon survivors to 50 lOl4bob