ACHR AE * _ th, R. E. Mellingevor neral Manager * e C ward wn, Ho C. Bro . Jr., AG& hn ?) John A. Harris, Jr., pirecesg™e o J ioa n Divisie MAY 5 __ A. Harri 1966 =m t ef Public Inferme PROPOSED ANNOUNCEMENT AND RESPONSES TO EWQUIRIES OM FIVE MARSHALLESE PEOPLE WHO HAVE THYROID MODULES DPI :FT Attached for your approval are a proposed public announcement and responses to inquiries en circumstances surreunding five new cases ef thyreid acdules detected in the Marshallese people during the March, 1966, medical survey. Two apcoming events are likely te receive news medie attentica: 1. the arrivel, this wonth, ef five Rongelap people in this ceuntry fer clinical examination and possibie surgery; and 2. the appearance of an article, in June, fe the Bes Roglend Joursal of Medicine en the latest findings by Dr. BR. A. Conard of BEST COPY MAVAILABLE We recoamand that the announcement be approved for issuance by Brookhaven National Laboratery just before the arrival ef the five Marshallese. The questions and answers are for use to the extent necessary in response to telephone inguiry only, er for guidance before daterview with aedia representatives. =, " ec: 8. C. English, AGMED Dennis Puleston, BEL GY 326 U.S. ATO MIC ENER RG________—_—-COMMISSION a. D. brunt . tection . CEM Box S33 Folder avagers Signed) voy: We. Winiigue re ies pry 44 4050 ‘Bate General Manager fe Cnn, Pep 1g PI TOBEY : jek $/4/66 PI 5/1G4 PI - PI Le d kil mW 3.3. Burke. OCR US DOE ARCHIVES