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Documentation for Report of Investigation - Argonne and Rochester (1973) Dates of studies at Rochester and CHR available from patient records. Informing of physician of third Rochester patient documented in University of Rochester correspondence. Statements about contacts to obtain permission for exhumation in interviews with CHR personnel, Evans, Shanahan and Lieben. Statement about patient participation in clinical studies based on conversation at Rochester but not recorded in interview notes. Waterhouse's reasons for not seeking informed consent is not in her interview but in interviews with Rowland and Stehney. In that respect, our report is in error in attributing the statement to Waterhouse. The Texas patient's inquiry to the University of California for an examination was recorded in correspondence in his chart.' Quotation on reason for wanting to study Texas patient in letter of March 7, 1973 from Austin Brues to patient's physician. Letter of gratitude from Texas patient to CHR in patient file. Information about nature of disclosure to relatives of deceased while obtaining permission for exhumation in interviews with Shanahan, Evans and Lieben and in correspondence between Stehney and Shanahan. Number of families contacted based on our table of status of permission for exhumation. Backup for that table is available from information in probably my error since he had been asked to contact only seven. Statement 'by Lieben that he had contacted all ten families
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Documentatian for Report of Investigation - Background Production of kilogram quantities of plutoniun at Hanford stated in interview with Hempelmann. Doclslrentation of March 23, 1945 meeting at h s Alarms provided in memo of March 26, 1945 f r u n Hempelmann to Oppenheher. Pat Dubin in intemiew expressed opinion about reasons for expamian of prcgram. plan of Rochester experiment in files. Criteria for choice of subjects stated in LA - 1151 and in plan of Fbchester acperiment. I believe that only one specimen was sent to LASL for plutonium analysis during current studies. Based an oonversations with
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Documentation for Report of Investigation for Chicago 1. Report on page 5 was written by E. R. Russell and J. J. Nickson with acknowledged assistance of L. 0. Jacobson and others. 2. Statement of chemist about Chief, Clinical Section, is statement of Russell about Jacobson in Russell interview. 3 . Statement of Chief, Clinical Section, about another physician is statement of Jacobson about J. Garrott Allen in Jacobson interview. 4. Denial of connection with study by other physician is in Allen 5. Denial by Chief, Industrial Hazards Section, is in interview 6. Member of U. of Chicago Medical School faculty is George V. Leroy. He provided statement about two charts and about medical student's note about plutonim treatment during telephone conversation on
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IBCUEII~~~~~~for Report of Investigation for Oak Ridge 1. Interview of awla and by +en supports his having mde the injection, selection of patient by Friedell and Friedell providing a written order for Howland to give injection.
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Documentation of Report of Investigation for Rochester 1. Documentation of plans for joint study are in our files. 2. Statements about training of patients in specimen collection were based on recollection of interviews, probably with Dr. Van Alstine. They are not included in the records of interviews. 3 . Dr. Van Alstine made statements about Sam Bassett selecting and injecting patients, security precautions, compartmentalization and Bassett personality. Recorded in interview. 4. Leo Miazga and I examined the hospital charts. 5 . I don't recall who examined the charts of the living patients, but it would have been either the hospital administrator (I have forgotten his name) or Dr. Waterhouse. I believe that the charts were seen by Weyzen and Ihmle. 6 . The two interviewed physicians were Joe Howland and Christine 7 . William Bale commented about disclosure in the other study conducted at Rochester during that period. Recorded in interview.
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-tatim for Report of Investigation for San Francisco Joseph G. Hamilton was Director of Crock- Laboratory. resplsibility for the San Francisco program is docura~ted in interviews with Shields Warren and Pat Durbin. Appearanoe of names of Earl Miller and Ken Scott in my notes Appearance of name of Earl Miller in my note of entry in chart B. V. -Beer sigmd the disclosure staterent on the chart of Canversation be- Joe Hamilton and Shields Warren cited in transcript of intenriew with Shields warren. Statements of physiologist in notes of intenriew with Ken Scott. Lack of recall by Earl Miller mrded in intemiews w i t h him by Leo (in person) and myself (on phone). PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED