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FACTS:
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I.

This bill

speaks specifically to four

northern atolls exposed to radiation and states

medical care and monitoring will be provided for
any injury,

illness or condition - which may be

the result directly or indirectly of nuclear weapons
testing program.
ANALYSIS:

The Language of the bill is so ambiguous
that the Marshall
by legal

Island Government will be able

action to gain coverage for all Marshallese,

e.g. , by claiming psychologic trauma,

social dislocaticry

ete.

CONCLUSTONS:

(Worse Case)

28 to 30,000 Marshallese will be

entitled to primary,
periodic

and whole

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body counting on seleeted

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atolls.

ecologic

secondary and tertiary care plus

FACTS:

L.

Who has operational control?:
a.

Planning:

the Department of Interior - assisted

by the Publie Health Service - shall establish a

scientific Advisory Council - assisted by the Chairman
of the National Academy of Sciences and the Secretaries
of Enerpy, Health,Education, and Welfare and of Defense
b. Support: Any federal agency on a reimbursement

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