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November 8, 1982
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TRIP REPORT - BNL MEDICAL MISSION - OCT/NOV 1982
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"Boycott" by Rongelap People
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On Friday evening, the perfunctory meeting was held on Ebeye to introduce
the medical team and to go over the work schedule. Only about 10 Rongelap
Some of the more outspoken people had not
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Early the next morning (Saturday, October 23, the first day of work at
Ebeye) I was told the RMI Minister of Health,
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and Utirik people attended.
yet returned to Ebeye from Washington-and the meeting was short and
I told him I didn’t come to argue but
1.
The complaints from some of his people
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They don't like the policy-of referring only "radiation related" people
for medical treatment outside of the Marshalls. —
They don't like our "method of calling people from other outer ‘islands
to Majuro for examinations".
3.
They feel as "victims" that the U.S. should fully take care of ‘all the
people, especially the children which we won't take responsibility
for as to primary medical care.
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He also stated that all our policy was good for was to use his people for
"scientific purposes”.
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He pointed out the. decision was his.
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I took a small boat with Reynold deBrum from Ebeye back to Kwajalein to
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Rongelap exposed person, who was TDY on Kwajalein, held his own meeting
right after ours. The result was a decision that the Rongelap parents
would not bring their children in to see the doctors, because they did
not like our program, or words to that effect.
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