BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY
ASSOCIATED
UNIVERSITIES,
INC... UPTON, L.I.. N.Y. 11973
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT
TeLePHone: (516) 345- 3577
October 13, 1972
Senator Olympio T. Borja
Chairman, Special Joint Committee
Concerning Rongelap & Utirik Atolls
Congress of Mieronesia
Saipan, Mariana Islands 96950
Dear Senator Borja:
Thank you for your letter of October 4, 1972.
I was glad
we were able to successfully complete the medical examinations
of the Rongelap and Utirik people.
I am sorry you were not able
to be with us.
Please extend to Vice-Chairman Wiliander and
other members of the Committee that were with us our appreciation
for their efforts in heiping make for a successful survey.
I am
also most grateful for the help of the distinguished physicians
of the medicai observing group who participated actively in the
medical examinations and contributed a great deal to the success
of the survey.
I am enclosing a copy of my answer to Mr. Farley's letter
summarizing in a preliminary way results of the examinations.
I am most regretful about the leukemia case and can only assure
you that everything possible is being done for him.
With regard to your return visit to Rongelap and Utirik, I
would like very much to send along a brief statement to the
peoples of these two islands concerning the results of our
examinations in September.
I will have the statement translated
into Marshallese and will send you both versions prior to your
departure,
Please let me know when you expect to leave.
If I can be of any further help, please let me knw.
Sincerely,
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FVfetked oF. Lorie
Robert A. Conard, M. D.
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