=e seen at Yaizu. He felt from his limited examinetion that these patients were probably not in severe danger. capatin of the ship. The one petient not accounted for was the As he was the only ship's member not born in the Yaizu- Shizuoka area, his not being hospitalized for another day was viewed with much suspicion. TUH. On 19 March 1954 Dr. Morton and team examined the two patients at Following this visit, Dr. Morton told the press the patients were in _ ocetter shape than anticipated and should be well in about one month. On the basis of Dr. liaki's report and the TUH visit, Dr. liorton was asked to brief Senator Pastore, liv. Allerdice and Mr. Mansfield. This he did, warning the Senetor that a medical opinion at such an early moment in these patients! courses was most dangerous. A similar report was also cabled to kashington. To the consternation of the American team, non-medical personriel such as senators, representatives and military men all made medical statements from a guarded vrofessional opinion, pertainirg to the non-serious nature of the crewmen's illness, which they by training were not prepered to judge or evaluate. This spectacle of seemingly; trying to minimize radiation injuries suffered by citizens of the only country ever to be under attack of a nuclear weapon was seized upon br the paranoid, hysterical Japanese press and thereby was created an atmosphere of suspicion, distrust, and contempt. It is indeed difficult to ascertain what event or series of events caused the disruption of rapport between the Japanese and American investigators, During the interim between 18 March 1954 and 3 April 1954, various United States agencies represented by Doctors J. J. Morton and J. J. Lewis and Mr. M. Eisenbud offered the following services to the Japanese Government and the Japanese investigators: