rage_________.vi Desp*' No._--____ . From__——______-__.at C . roe seegeTED eywh2es , ote ade > ~-. - . Enel. No. & Desp. No.203 ™~ Fiom__Talee . , i. TUE ot Poe ane CON TS Noe ds Terfimistnc, TamiGal Ji, «Aaron a7 3Y7 259 Chi No. 197 eune 23, 1954 Ur, James Victor Martin, Jr. Consul of the United States of America Fukuoka, Japon. Subject: 396U 6 TOMICENE ERGY. COMMISSION _ wy a eeA Hrdrogen Test Blast, Rnee Line and 1 Seized by Korsans. Box PROS Japanese Fishing Boats and Their Crev |Coliceiion_piyoF BIO-& MED Dear Sir, Pe rt vn Genera) 4SVISY We had a conference of governors of seven prefectures 4a Kyushu-and. Yamague prefecture on dun. 10 and ll, and succeeding it the central government called a conference of governors of all prefeciures in Japan on Jun. 17 and 18. At that eccasion, each governor presented his desideratum to the central government and had discussion. Among other things, the suoject proble:s are rost important, especially hydrogen test Llast is now under the diplomibic neotiation by the central government. Such being the case, I sincerely ask you, who are the only person representing the United States of America in tiis district, to understand the following cpinions as the voice of all the inhabitants of all Kyushu and Yanaguchi prefecture and to give us your ccocperation for the settlement of these problems. 1. Eydrogen test blast The damazes sustained directly and indirectly by the fishing people of all Kyushu and Yan amamrchi prefecture from the hydrogen test blast, which was begun ia March and has been repeated thrice, amounted to a big sum because of its geoe graphical proximity. For instance, accordiny te the research of the Marine Product Section of the Kagosnirs Prefectural Government, in its prefecture alone they cast away fishes of 21 boats, which were conteminated with radio-activity cover 100 counts, in Hay and fishes of 35 boats until Jun. 10. And the indirect loss caused by the fall in the price of fishes during the period from Mar. 16 te Apr. 20 is c«timsted at © 65,283,000, Moreover, daily living of general people has been under its threat and they are feeling very uneasy about taking water and food. We heve to say from the standpoint of huminism that the condition is very serious. r (a) ‘ I beg you to take good offices in arrangement to pay compensation enough to cover the loss direct and indirest not only to the crew of fishing boat but aT LOLI Bo 3 ARCHIVE tx “rt 9 16h circumstances, jf. a hat violent opinien, XZ ask your _ exceyt PESUSTANT TO TEE SEELEY rd “ errs sae LUG 2 0 1954 ‘ Ae Lei pare lep tt “4 *d i morop y n fete ft t| i Ha | ck oO wc t <t WICLASOISTED — tural asserblies and wt siardooint of “ & few t €% the test is rereeted often and ' de: 3° Until now evercwhere in oe 8 | (b) others mace resclution agsinst hrarses fio 4 | ts % also to the fishing traders concerned. S9