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TO SECRETARY OF STATE ?!ARITIKE SAFETY BOARD HAS RECEIVED INITIAL REPORTS FROM RABAUL ON CREWS OF TWO SHIPS CAUCHT IN FALLOUT NEAR TRUK ABOUT 100 IIILES OUTSIDE DANGER AUSTRALIAN HEALTH DEPARTMENT OFFICIAiS IN RABAUL TODAY CHiCKING BLOOD - COUNTS OF BOTH CREW PD SHIPS HAVE REPORTED WHITE BLOOD COUNTS AS OF TAKEN ON SHIP PD SEVEN OmE!u.EY~MB~’s ON TAKUYO HARU B~~~N AFTER CONFERENCE OF JAPANESE HARITIME AUTHORITIES WITH JAPANESE MEDICAL m HEALTH AUTHORITIES cFM NARITx14E SAFETY BOARD HAS BEEN ADVISED TO FLY AT MINIMUM 10 AND AT MOST 51 TOTAL CREW MEMBERS BACK TO JAPAN FOR TREATKENT PD PIARITIIQ SAFETY BOARD HAS INFORMALLY REQUESTED OUR ASSISTMCE IN ARRANGING FOR FLIGHTS PD IISB HAS ALSO REQUESTED ADVICE ON KETHODS OF DECONTAMINATION FOR TAKUYO MARU PD THEIR EFFORTS DECONTAMINATE SHIP HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL PD ENTI PAGE ONE
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TAKUYO tlARU HAS VOOD DECK AND CANVASS AVNINCS BOTH OF WHICH CREV UNABLE TO DiCONTAIIINATE PD TAKUYO MARU REPORTS FOLLOWINC ERRATIC SCINTILLATION MB PIAKINC EFFORT TO MINIMIZE PUBLICITY ON WHITE BLOOD COUNT FALL OF CREW HEMBERS IN ORDER NOT ALARM JAPANESE ~BLIC AND FISHERMEN NOV IN PACIFIC PD DOUBTFUL THAT THESE EFFORTS WILL CONTINVE BE SUCCESSFUL SINCE PAPERS THIS HORNING ALREADY CARRYINC SOPIE REPORTS PD EMBASSY RECOMMENDS EVERY EFFORT BE HADE ASSIST JAPAN IN.THIS HATTER SPICLN SUGGEST AS INITIAL STEP~llEDICAL TECHNICIANS AND ~PERTS ON RABAUL TO INVESTIGATE STATUS OF CREU KEHBERS AND SHIPS PD IF FOLLOWINC THEIR REPoRT AND ‘ FURTHER REPORTS FROM AUSTRALIAN AUTHORITIES CHN JAPANESE STILL FEEL DESIRABLE TO FLY SOHE OF CRIIV BACK TO JAPAN CMM RECOtlMENII VE PROVIDE THIS IS MOST UNFORTUNATE AFFAIR THAT COULD NOT NAVE COKE AT WORSE TINE PD AT BEST IT COULD VERY ADVERSELY AFFECT US-JAPANESE RELATIONS IN TERMS OF JAPANESE OPINION PD I THEREFORE FEEL STRONCLY IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT VE DO EVERYTHING VE CAN TO COOPERATE TO WE HILT UITH THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT /WHICli IS TRYINC TO MINIMIZE HOSTILE REACTIONI BY ACCEDING TO ITS WISHES