-- pending tine-forcbtaining base Linedate fram non irradisted natives. - - wweWEthie thixteenth end fourteenth day a tendeney to opilete had, become evident in the RONGELAP natives involving mostly children but within a few dayne it had appeared in adults. The epiistion was both patchy and diffuse, confined mostly to the head and particularly in children the - On about 20 March, several cases of radiation burns wre reported aboard both the USS BAIROKO and the USS PHILIP. Examination showed that in almost all cases there were discrete arcas around the balt line which corresponded well to sane lesions seen on the natives, History indicated that these lesictiadéveloped sometizebetween 3 March and 15 March. All were in the process of healing with desquameticn and mild depigsentation and were quite superficial. The whole body dose was less than 10R and thore were no othar symptoms. K-66