. -* Pee i santesivii ane arrir & ® wees aNAARR ILE Bowe ee OE Sys wd Ree -17obvious that all physicians are not alike in their ability to diagnose and to treat patients. From our conversations with the Japanese team and our studied opinion — of the Japanese medical structure it was apparent that American medical practices were far superior in every respect. In just the diagnoses and therapeutics as related to the fishermen, their chances of survival and of speedier recuperation would be greatly enhanced under the supervision of the U. S. team. The question of compensation for the crew's injuries is most important. For the United States to pay large sums of money on medical claims not substantiated by its own expert doctors is absurd. The Japanese team has the quite accurate impression that the American team was devoid of power and the ability to apply pressure. As the U. S. Government's chosen agent, it probably to their minds reflects U. S. weakness. Nothing in the medical area has occurred to give them pause or make them change their opinion. Furthermore, to the authors, it sets up two very objectional and obnoxious precedents 1) medical compensation for radiation injury without the com pensator's own medical experts evaluating the cases and 2) the implied sanction and approval of the Japanese medical findings by the U. S. The Japanese team by its obstinacy and desire for aggrandizement has irrevocably lost what may be very valuable data for the National Defense to the U. S., the islands of Japan, and the Free World. The field of atomic medicine is in its infancy. The gleaning of knowledge for its own sake becomes even more important because of the vast unknown. Accidentally an experiment was performed on 23 unfortunate men. oom : a me we int anes tes Sees a siet 8 Bow wa 8 a oe