LASSTFIZED
BROOKEAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY
Aasoctated Universities, Inc.
Upton, L.I., N.Y.
Dr. Charles L. Dunham, Director
Division of Biology and Medicine
Atomic Energy Commission
Weshington 25, D. C.
Dear Chuck:
I vould like to briefly summarize for you some of the highlights of the
recent survey.
Everything really went very smoothly and I was quite pleased
at the fine spirit of cooperation shown by the Trust Territory officials.
Bill Scott (medical technician from Brookhaven) and I arrived at Kvajalein
March 9th. Dr. Ezra Riklon, the practitioner at Ebeye, had rounded up
about ten Rongelep people now residing there for exemination. Drs. Fennel
and Shippey, in charge of the Kwajalein Hospital, were most cooperative
and allowed us to use their facilities for the exeminations.
They were also
kind enough to loan us several items vhich we needed for use at Fongelap.
Mr. Willism White, at present the DISTAD assistant et Kvajalein, whom you
probably remember well, was also very helpful. He had our three medical
boxes which had been shipped in custody.
The Navy flew us to Majuro on the 12th.
Dr. John Tamen, the medical
practitioner who has taken Dr. Hicking's place at Majuro, hed rounded up
- several Fonzelap people to be exsmined es vell as a few children for height
end weight measurements as part of the -rowth and development control group.
These examinations were completed the -.llowing day.
Mr. Maynard Neas, Dr. EH. B. Macdonald and I carried out final arrangements
for the survey at Rongelap.
The survey teem consisted of the following
people in addition to Dr. Macdonald, Bill Scott and myself: Dr. Ezra
Riklon, Dr. Iseac Lanwi and two technicians, Kiosan and Sabio, and in
addition, Dr. Jaffe and one of his dental technicians went along to carry
out dental exeninstions. .Mr. Neas elso accompenied the group.
He went
elong epperently to look into the agricultural situation on Rongelap.
We
sailed on the Roque, the Trust Territory cargo ship, on Wednesday morning
the 16th, errivirs at Kwajalein one day later where we picked up Dr. Ezra
and our three medical boxes which conteined mainly the electronic Coulter -
counter and leboretory eaquipcent. We did not sail for Rongelep until the
aPternoon of the 18th since, in view of Captain Fobert's unfamiliarity with
Rongelap lagoon, he wished to arrive at a tine when the sun would be to his
back as he entered the lagoon in order to steer throuch the coral feeds,
When we dropped enchor in the legoon off Fonzelsp villese on Ssturdsy efter-
noon, Mr. Neil Morris, the ecriculturalist who hed been living on the island
for the past year, end the new necistrete (Eros) cane eboard.
Thos indicated
that the Fongelap people vould like to have a meeting and ask us certain
questions before commencing with the exaninations.
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