e ; es 7 ACEI AS R Department of Energy Pacific Area Support Office PO. Box 29939 Honolulu, Hawaii 96820 - peer pempreeweer— ae +. Reve,ermeo. PLO (11/9/82 November 8, 1982 QTE. S¥ sow bre tmiTiace/eia, Roger Ray, Deputy for Pacific Operations, NV PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL RE MOVED William J. Stanley, Director, PASO Dare eet Rta. OYMed. TRIP REPORT - BNL MEDICAL MISSION - OCT/NOV 1982 iMiviace/aie, DATE "Boycott" by Rongelap People AYG. On Friday evening, the perfunctory meeting was held on Ebeye to introduce the medical team and to go over the work schedule. Only about 10 Rongelap Some of the more outspoken people had not bene thtTiaie/ang, uneventful. — we Early the next morning (Saturday, October 23, the first day of work at Ebeye) I was told the RMI Minister of Health, also a —se s+ and Utirik people attended. yet returned to Ebeye from Washington-and the meeting was short and I told him I didn’t come to argue but 1. The complaints from some of his people ow They don't like the policy-of referring only "radiation related" people for medical treatment outside of the Marshalls. — They don't like our "method of calling people from other outer ‘islands to Majuro for examinations". 3. They feel as "victims" that the U.S. should fully take care of ‘all the people, especially the children which we won't take responsibility for as to primary medical care. — < He also stated that all our policy was good for was to use his people for "scientific purposes”. a ~ ‘ OFFICIAL . FILE COPY re oe _—_—————_—____—. RTE, ¥ mao. ‘ - tities / eG. DatTt 2. _- paTE = dees He pointed out the. decision was his. BY¥wARO. imtTiacs/ BiG. rather to find out what the complaints were (are) which led to this decision. are: RTG. eee ATG. @Yumao. I took a small boat with Reynold deBrum from Ebeye back to Kwajalein to at his quarters. ge DaTt twtTiace/eic. Rongelap exposed person, who was TDY on Kwajalein, held his own meeting right after ours. The result was a decision that the Rongelap parents would not bring their children in to see the doctors, because they did not like our program, or words to that effect. . visit SYMBOL 1 ate. €¥ ead. — peryoatefasce oarTet