Rabaul Times, Rabaul, July 25, 1958 "Wa would have radiation burns and same sickness, but thia is not evident. “apparently, then, they are not seriously affected. "I am quite prepared to say that if another ahip not fitted with specie) equipment had received the same amount of contamination, no one would hare known anything about it, "It is only the instrument readings which woke up these people to the fact that there had been some contamination. ®I do not really consider that there has been any danger in the ship itself, since its arrival in Rabaul, but I made it out of bounds for visitors because I felt that was my responsibility, CLOSED "Perhaps if we had instruments of our own we could have definitely declared dt safe, dDut os we were forced to use the Japanese instruments at all tines, I thought it wiser to close the ship to all except officials. "I had of course no objection to the Japanese coming ashore, because even if they had been sick from radiation there is no danger to other people. It da not infectious. "We have run another series o* tests on the ship and the activity has dropped still further, "No one seems to need medical care, ani there if no reason why the ships should not leave whenever they wish, "I believe that the contaminated ship passed through the extreme outer fringe of the radiowactive cloud. "This is supported by the fact that the other ship, although in roughly the same area, was not contaminated," BOS INQ The Japanese say that the only instruction they have received eo far fran Japan is to continue regular decontemination measures my hosing and serubbing the ship, More than 100 officers and men from the two shipe have capitalised on the Rabaul visit by going on a tourist spree, BEST AVAILAB LE COPY