3.
said
Some people expressed their general feeling about the survey.
that
the general attitude
come and do as they want.
is
the same as
in the past.
They
(the
One person said that he is afraid of Dr.
They
team)
Conard.
The general feeling is that the team acts as though thev ow the island when
thev come for the survey.
At 14:30 with everyone aboard, the Militobi departed Rongelap for Utirik
Unknown to the Committee, voung Lekoj Anjain vas also aboard.
Lekoj, as the
Unknown to
ship left the lagoon and Rongelap fell from sight,
it would be
the last time he would ever see his home.
The “tilitobi weighed anchor at Utirik Island at 10:30 on September 15,
1972, after Captain Poznanski had guided it through the treacherous passage
in the atoll's reef.
A meeting with the magistrate and people of Utirik was
arranged and held at 17:30 hours.
A brief statement was made by the Committee and its consultants were
introduced.
team.
Dr. Conard then did the same and introduced the members of his
He announced that there would be a daily sick call,
that there would
be a movie, and that there would be a party before they left.
The Committee
then asked if there were anv questions from the people.
One questioner asked Dr. Conard if the people still had radioactivity in
their bodies.
bodies,
Dr. Conard replied that all people have radioactivity in their
that the people of Utirik received a small amount of radioactivity
from fallout, and that the amount that thev have is below the amount that is
hazardous to man.
A second question was:
people of Rongelap?
How did the people of Utirik compare with the
Dr. Conard exvlained that the Rongelapese receive about
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