AOR 2 18 HIMEAROUM FOR Cw LEMAN &££ BORG Pe THROUGH GERLBAL MSAGER sy oct 5 4 SUBJECT: YHYEOID DISEASE IM RONGELAP ISLANDLES ’ ' sdose et a* ee, wh s.“? sePho ge Ub ata eg ee bee. 4 we, af co me om ee OCctobcr 2, 1964 During the Februcry 15964 ennual madical survey of the Mursh:licee Isleniers exposed to fallout froma tie HN rch 1, 1956, shot over Bikini, three young teenagers, 13-24 yesrs old, were found to hrva novulegs in their thyroid plends. The wmeciecal tecm felt that two of them should heve imsodflate thyreidectoaaies, end these successfully cerried eperetioas vere ut at the Neveal Usoapital oa Gusa with the full coo;cretion of the Trust Territory ;ceple cad the aqctics] services of the Pupcrtment of Ie fensea. whe pathsloz ical clonoasses vere perillary adenocercinosa, « mclignent tuser of the thyroid, The prognosis, of coerse, ts uacertein, but the currecas ure reported te heve felt that they easy breve removed el} thea seeplistiece tissue, thnile this iaformetisca has not been trinswitted sormsliy, it is regrervedg cs reifebte., It fs planncd that a ten ye? gussery of che herith status of the exposed Mo rshsllese, incin ing there recent ceveloneots, will bes ptepered for , rears, -f ouplicutisg in & (fstinent gourssl ouch og the Jours-i of the ficricsn H.dical teeeciction, Prepozetious are usw ;oing chesd co hove the third child with a emi] nofule onerstes of es sven as possible. Tne estinsted cores Co these thyroics «re sore 155 to 375 reds external seams plus 10) to ($3 vsce frog ebsorbed rudioioiine, BG US DOE ARCHIVES 826 U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY BEST COPY AVAILABLE COMMISSION Collection pECRETARIAT Box 1360 Folder MHS 3 faduahin, al. y ) . ils