the homhs dropped there nearly 28 years ago and today in the Marshall
Islands, people are still being found with diseases apparently. caused
by H-homb fallout nearly 19 years ago.
In Hiroshima, Japan,
Dr.
the Committee has the honor to meet with
Fumio Shigeto who, as mentioned earlier,
is an A-homb survivor
and director of the Hiroshima A-bomb Hospital.
Dr.
Shigeto mentioned
the uneasiness or the feeling of uncertainty survivors like himself
felt about the future,
a feeling which,
he said, was shared hy "all
survivors",
Later, during its first trip to meet with the peonle of Rongelan
and Utirik, the Committee posed the question of whether or not the
people who were exposed felt uneasy ahout their exposure.
at meetings on both islands was generally:
The answer
"Whenever we have a cold,
or some other kind of sickness, we think of the bomb."
The Committee was most impressed by the answer given by the Lucky
Dragon survivor, Mr, Matashigi Oshi,
Dr.
in a meeting in Tokyo with
Kumatori, when asked about his anxiety over his experience.
was first asked,
how he felt about the annual examinations he suh-
mitted to the Institute where Dr.
ease?
He
Did he feel uneasy?
Hr.
Kumatori works.
Oshi's remarks,
Was his mind at
as translated,
were,
"Psychologically, I trust Dr. Kumatori and I am satisfied."
He was
then asked how he felt when he contracted a normal illness.
Nid he
think of the bomh and the fallout?
His answer was,
"Immediately."
The Committee thus believes that one of the late or long term
effects of irradiation in the case of the Rongelapese and Utirikese
is that of the anxiety they share about the future.
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