5. Q. How many Marshallese have had surgery to date? A, Six Rongelap people with thyroid nodules have been treated surgically to date, Five were children in whom the nodules proved to be benign; one adult woman had a thyroid malignancy which was removed last year. She ts doing well. 6. Q. What is being done for the additional five Marshall Islanders in whom nodules were discovered this year? A. Arrangements have been made to bring the five to the Medical Department at Brookhaven National Laboratory for further examination and treatment, 7. Q.. When were these people exposed to radiation and how many were in the group? A. A total of 82 Rongelap people (64 on Rongelap Atoll, and 18 visiting on nearby Ailinginae Atoll) and 157 on Uttrik vho were accidentally exposed to fallout radiation from a nuclear device tested on March 1, 1954. 8. Q. Were there people on the same, or an adjacent, atoll who were less exposed? A. Yes. What were their radiation dose estimates? The 18 Rongelapese who were visiting on Ailinginae Atoll were lightly exposed. They received an estimated whole body dose of 69 R, and a proportionately smaller thyroid dose, About 40 children on Utirik cho were mildly exposed to fallout radiation (14 R) have shom no thyroid gland abnormalities. These children on Utirik are in the saine age range as those in the heavily exposed Rongelap population, 3