Dr. Kawamoto then informed the Committee that Dr. Okajima of Nagasaki University was working on a new study of the Nishiyama area which would be out after several months. toured the The Committee then facility. A-BOMB HOSPITAL This was built in 1958 with donations from the central, prefectural and municipal governments. It has 360 beds,- and about 330 patients, 70 percent of whom are A~oomb survivors. THE OLD-AGE A-BOMB SURVIVORS HOME After the August 6th bomb at Hiroshima, many people of Nagasaki feared the same fate would befall them, and so many were evacuated to & place in the mountains above the city. they returned to the city to help. After the bomb on the 9th, Since these people were saved, they felt that the same place would be a good one on which to build a survivors home. Another factor considered was that the land in the area was fertile and good for farming. The Japanese Catholic Sister, who is the director of the Home, explained its great distance from the city. The Sister is a survivor, herself. The facility, the residents and the staff of the Home made a deep impression on the Committee. When they arrived, the Chairman de- livered a speech in Japanese to the gathered residents and staff, which was reciprocated by one of the residents. The residents, wearing - black and gold kimonos, performed two dances for the Committee AO lO14bbb