OME Ge Sv. Jonn N. Woife, (9 cA a Decerter 31, Chie: Division of Biology ana Meaicine United States Atomic cnergy Commission ‘A isfiagton 25, D.C. BEST COPY AVAILABLE Dear John: atner than send the information about the Rongeiao fish in a TWX we thought there would be less chance for erro: by calling you directly. For your record the information that was uictated to Patt by telavhone on December 31 1.5 as follows: Vhe average gross bets values for hhongelan fish in terms of microcuries vec kllogram. of we! tissue are «s follows: i. March i8iS, Kwbeile tsiand reef fier muscle - 9. 026 whole fish - ~ 9.20 2. March .958, Hongeliy Island reef fish muscle whole fish - 3. 0. 906 ~ 0.010 August 1953, hongelas Island reef fish -(average muximunm: vaiue) muscle - GU. G03 iYhis is an average of a grou» of fish for which the values from earlier collections have been a maximum). 4. Current average vaiues are as low as or lower than vaiues from any of the orevious coliectiong. [sotopic composition of samples: 3 i. The estimate 1 amount of <*9 in muscle is apyroximutely . 003 pwe/sKgZ. 2n°% i. the orincipal gamm..: emitter in fish mugcle. value from the August .4593 collection ia 2.2 uc/kg. Maximum DO’ ARCHIVES “> 4 }