different from that of the ABCC and that they concentrate mainly on statistics and social aspects. provide consultants to the ABCC. Occasionally, he said, they In answer to a question, he stated that the Institute's findings generally agree with those of the ABCC, with minor differences. One member of the staff of the Insti- tute also present at the meeting was Dr. Haruo Ezaki, a professor and surgeon who specializes in work with the thyroid. Dr. Ezaki accompanied another doctor and some other Japanese to the Marshall Islands in December of 1971, at the request of Representative Balos, in an unsuccessful attempt to examine the people of Rongelap and Utirik. Dr. Okamoto was asked about the possibility of Dr. Ezaki accompanying the Brookhaven National Laboratory team (commonly known as the "AEC") team) to complete the annual survey which was stopped in March, 1972. Dr. Okamoto indicated that the Board of Directors of the Institute would have to make the decision on such a matter and that advance notice would have to be given. THE OLD AGE A-BOMB SURVIVORS HOME This facility is an impressive, three-story, concrete structure with a solarium and meeting room as a small fourth story. cares for two classes of survivors: 1. The Home elderly persons who, while they may have families, are not able to be adequately cared for 2. those older persons whose families were wiped out by the bomb, or are no longer living today. persons, 50 on each floor. lO14bbI- The Home has accommodations for 150 The first floor is devoted to those °°