As a result of the experiments on the northern atolls, a great age of nuclear science was born with its dangers and its benefits. The Marshallese of Bikini, Enewetak, and other atolls paid the price for this nuclear knowledge and thus, they are partners in this great atomic age. We in the Marshall Islands were partners in the testing; it is our right, therefore, to be partners in the remedies and cures for the ailments and conditions caused by the negative effects of radiation, and also partners in the positive scientific benefits in the peaceful uses of the atomic age. How is it that there is an almost unanimous opinion that any health plan should be a universal one covering all the Marshallese everywhere? about the voices from the northern four atolls that have been heayd And what in litigation and out of litigation ciaiming exclusivity of health attention? The reason why some of the northern islands o Enewetak, Bikini, Rongelap and Utirik are upset when there is talk about including ali the Marshall Islands in the PL 96-205 medical plan is because they believe that anything that dilutes their claims diminishes the help to which they are entitled. But the thrust is that different people need different types of help--and there should be help to everybody according to their needs. In other words, there are magnitudes of needs, and there should be magnitudes of help. And all will be included that have conditions stemming directly or indirectly from the atomic experimentation. So says a top government official-analyst. But the question of demands for a comprehensive health care for all the Marshallese has bec apparently a clarion call, and the following arguments were advanced vehemently: 1. The “Hidden Dimension"--The Affected, but not known orldiscovered yet "We know that there are people who are directly affected angi not so directly affected. But we also suspect that there may be those who are those who are actually physiologically affected but because of the lack of delifery of even the most basic rudiments of health care, we have not been able to identify them. We think the health assistant level of medical care, that has been t§e rule here for thirty-five years, was not in any position to be able to ascertain any of these illnesses that occurred in the period following the testing as tegt related or as radiation related. Even now, when people get sick in the outer #slands we don't FI