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WAYNE WN. ASPINALL, COLO., CHAIRMAN
LhO W. O'BRIEN, N.Y.
WALTER ROGERS, TEX.
JAMES A, HALEY, FLA,
. £0 EDMONDEON, OKLA.
WALTER 5. BARING, NEV.
THOMAS G. MORRIS, N. MEX,
RALPH J. RIVERS, ALASKA
ROY A. TAYLOR, N.C,
HAROLD T. JOHNSON, CALIF,
HUGH L. CAREY, N.Y.
MORAIS K. UDALL, ARIZ.
ELIZABETH KEE, W, VA.
ROBERT B. DUNCAN, OREG.
JOHN F, BAYLOR, PA,
J. ERNEST WHARTON, N.Y.
E. ¥. BERRY, 8. DAK.
JACK WESTLAND, WASH.
CRAIG HOSMER, CALIF.
2. EDGAR CHENOWETH, COLO.
JOHN CYL, [OWA
HOMER &. ABELE, OHIO
JOE SKUBITZ, KANS,
CHARLOTTE T. REID, ILL.
LAURENCE J. BURTON, UTAH
ROGERS C. 8. MONTON, MD.
COMPTON I. WHITE, JR., IDAHO
JOHN 0. MARSH, JR., VA.
BDWARD &. ROYBAL, CALIF.
THOMAS F, GILL, HAWAIt
PHILLIP BURTON, CALIF.
COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS
Bouse of Representatives, Ww.
WASHINGTON, D.c.
April 22, 1964
PATRICK MINOR MARTIN, CALIF.
MARK ANDREWS, N. DAK.
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Dear Mr, Chairman:
i have received a letter from & Marshallese gentleman who is
justifiably concerned over the continuing vffects his people may suffer
from radioactive fallout they experienced on Rongelap in March, 1954.
l am aware of the thorough treatnent the unfortunate victims
received between 1954 and 1960 and of the regular examinations they are
receiving from the Atomic Energy Commissio.. I am confident that you
have done all that is advisable to do for hem.
iy correspondent writes,"Of course, the people of nongelap
are now back on their islands, but they ar2 not allowed to eat fish from
the water surrounding the islands of Rongelap, neither are they allowed
to eat anything from their local plants, ‘his is again because of the
poison from the radioactive fallout from tie H-Bomb." I would appreciate
having Dr. Robert A. Conard, Director of the Medical Survey Team which is
charged with keeping in touch with the xcnvelapese, comment on my quoted
statement.
I was in hopes that the ill effects of the fallout had
disappeared.
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