Lonadd G Bakal 401552 Aelormeye atLew PMI Vttihire BoulevardSte M09 Beverly Helle, Cabelernie GEST (213) 655-0242 + 655-0243 October 19, 1977 Dr. Robert A. Conard c/o Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton, New York 11973 Re: Medical treatment People of Utirik - victims of atomic radiation Dear Dr. Conard; This office has just received a communication from our clients on Utirik Atoll indicating that they were not visited by the ERDA Quarterly Medical Survey Team during the June or September scheduled surveys. Neither the people of Utirik, nor this office were given any notice or reasons for cancellation of these visits. After the extreme hardships that these people have already incurred over the past 23 years, this kind of omission is astonishing. This office demands an ex- planation for the cancellation of the June and September surveys. The people of Utirik desperately need these medical surveys. During the March survey, four more residents dis- played: symptoms of thyroid tumors. This office is quite gummy) 1895)