dm tees Maenes OF mem eeeas eae Fe me Phd emt oh ee ee Teg e . ! . HOUSE JOURIAL ~- 16th DAY : uot atomic and nuclear weepons, have been making visits to Rongelap and “Utirik every year. ‘ The object of their visits, ho-.-ver, appears to be the collection of medica] data instead of the restoration of health to -Hebomb vidtimg who have developed all kinds of diseases and abnormalities., “ . -. “Me. Speaker and members of the House, there is reason to believé ‘that the Administering Authority has chosen to neglect and ignore the healthof the H~bomb svittims in Rongelap and Utirik and is now obstructing efforts ty by others to restore health to these unfortunate victims of the bomb. 1° *" am convinced that they have not been given proper medical examination nor | adéguate treatment. These observations are also shared by a professionals’ Japahese medical team that I invited to help our people but who were unt ceremonioualy Geported from Micronesia by High Commissioner Johnston and,his “company, Acting Attarney General Bowles. As true guardian of the interests of the people of Micronesia, we must not allow these people, few and remote as they are, to live the way they have lived without seeking ways and means to help them. For 18 years they have quietly suffered and died, but now ‘thay see a ray of hope in this Congress in assisting them. i: *"On their behalf, therefore, I am requesting that this Congc2ss in some appropriate manner indicate its displeasure at the deportation by. is n the Administering Authority of the Japanese medical team who came to Micronesia last December for the purpose of aiding the H--box» victims in I am sure that they will rejoice at such an action Rongelap and Utirik. . by their ‘leaders. ant si gti 3 ae"T am “also requesting on their behalf that the Congress of Micronesia assist in the restoration of their health and extend an official invitation to the korid Health Organization and the Japan Congress Ageinst A-and H-Boirbs Fo come to Micronesia to investigate and examine the health conditionrs ‘of the people of Rongelap and Utirik. Mok. “IE there is no objection from my colleagues, I would like, Mr. Spezker, to insert into the official records of the House certain infornation pertaining to what I have just been sharing with you for the last : Bevcral ‘minutes. . "Thank you very much." The Chair recognized Representative Setik. z Representative Setik: Mr. Spaeker, I share the sam: feeling Congress-~ man Balos mentioned. I would like the information to which the Congressman referred to become a permanent record of the Congress, and I offer it ‘for the record. op re - "Decerber 16, 2571 Office Memorandum” © Frome. To: . File Subjects eo ke. Te -"D. F. Olsen ~ 4 : + Visit of Japanese Medical Su)‘vey Tean, Decenser 7, 1971 to Decerber 15, 1971 Prior to the arrival of the team yn Hajuro on Dec. 7th, Ataji Balos had msde repeated reguyst (sic) to the iicom for pormission for the group to be sileed to visit the nuclear bers victirs. The response of the Attorney ,35.,sral wes that the applications were under consicgerztion but 't lrarily Gonicé." No reasca “for the denial was ever ctated hy theAnshuney Goneral’in the dis- petchen recsivee.efore tha grewErcivecet Pep.-Baios* lest’ cable . * *- . . * _ Liol= * . ’ DOE ARCHIVES .