408324 COPY MAY 4 4964 R MEMORANDUM FOR CHATRMAN SEABORG COMMISSIONER GRAHAM COMMISSIONER HAWORTH COMMISSIONER OLSON COMMISSIONER WILSON THROUGH GENERAL MANAGER SUBJECT: SUMMARY AND REPORT ENTITLED "MEDICAL SURVEY OF RONGELAP PEOPLE FIVE AND SIX YEARS AFTER EXPOSURE TO FALLOUT" Forwarded as a matter of interest are copies of a summary and report entitled "Medical Survey of Rongelap People Five and Six Years after Exposure to Fallout." The report was prepared at the Brookhaven National Laboratory based on data obtained by Dr. Robert Conard and associates. The summary was prepared by Dr. William E. Lotz of this Division. The factual make-up of this material is considered non-controversial. In brief, the Marshallese are not showing clinical signs and symptoms or abnormalities clearly attributable to their 1954 exposure. They continue to show, however, low body burdens of ‘Sr > cst 37 and Zn ?, all of which we believe to originate from \the contamination in their current food supplies; the Zn ? is “believed to come from the seafood caught locally. \ (Attachments: | BER \ oY . ay 1&1 O Bs. bos 3 Ey a i. D i " | i Oi ost 7 INS} or) 2B ‘ 4 — re 82 { eo Snere «© - - Nee FE - 7 r cai ad jn Np Bw |Foa 35 > As stated above x” \ ec: AGM/RID cS GM ~~j jsf j " Cc A. Cuan. . S| | ca t Ss on q » k BF a bus ™——"RCBrothers:neg 4-28-61 ADA ADMHR HAStanwood Bruner/Lotz ye -61 yo -6L COPY Director CLDunham ye -61 [A \