ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Tirst of all, the Committee would like to give its thanks and
appreciation to the magistrates, municipal councils,
and the people
of Ronaelap and Utirik for their cooneration and assistance to the
Committee.
It is for these people that the Committee has traveled
and studied and it is hoped that this report and its recorvaendations
will help rectify some of their problems so that they may face the
future, certain in the knowledge that the people and the government
of Micronesia are concerned about them and are mindful of their
special circumstances.
The Committee is also grateful to the following persons or agencies
for their assistance to the Committee during its work.
below in alphabetical order,
They are listed
according to country or jurisdiction.
ENGLAND
The Committee wishes to extend its deen appreciation to E.
Eric
Pochin, M.D., CBE, FRCP, Director of the British Medical Research
Council's Department of Clinical Research at the University College
Hospital Medical School,
London,
England.
Also the Committee is
grateful to the World Health Organization for recommending Dr.
Pochin
to the Committee.
JAPAN
Tokyo
We are also indebted to Ambassador Ingersoll,
and Mr.
David Brown,
Second Secretary, Political Section of the United States Embassy in
Tokyo;
and in the government of Japan to Mr.
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Mamoru Tsunashima,