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Letter to James Joseph, Subject: Care for Marshall Islanders

Dated
Mar 18, 1979
Document type
Correspondence
Length
1 page
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GERALD & MARI TAG RUD ZEN OR TERENCE DOSH 41 24 Harriet Ave. So. MARY DOHERTY MANSEAU REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENTS THOMAS 81 ANNE WEIR 306 West Schoolhouse Lane JOAN & ANTHONY KOWALSKI Los Alamos. New Mexico 87544 HAROLD & VERLY NA FURBLUR ADRIAN & SHARON REYES The Honorable James Joseph Undersecretary, Department of the Interior As you well know, I ' m sure, many Marshallese Islanders in the Trust Territory are suffering from tthe effects of fallout on Rongelap and EXirik caused by U.S. nuclear tests on Bikini and Enewetak many years ago. These good people, understandably, do not trust the American doctor8 (Konrad Kotrady wasa rare erception) enployed by the Brookhaven National Laboratary who are treating them for sicknesses caused by the fallout. The Marshall Islanders feel very strongly that the BNL doctors can ' t be relied upon, How can American doctor8 be truly objective in their analyses of the Marshall Islanders ' radiation - related ill nes aes when the BNL itself is funded by the country who bombed Bikini and Ehewetak? It is re aue s ted that doctors from Japan who've experience i n CHRISTIN treating - the survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki A-bomb,. CHARLES & JEANINE KEL LI HER St. Paul, Minn. 55105 blasts be hired to treat the Marshall Islanders. WILLIAM NER lN in the medical treatment of the Marshall Islanders.In that way, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73103 on abit of objectivity. Merced. Cal. 95340 Thank you. Please use your good office to effect such a positive change the Gft-procIaimed human rights poi icy of Jimqy Carter may take Cornmunitv of John XXlll ROSALIE & GREGORY RIENZO 41 24 Harriet Ave. So. 1601 Newton Ave.. North EMMA & SEAN WALSH Plan de Padrinos Editor OIASPORA Sincerely, Anthony Padavano John Schwarz Bernard McGoldrickGregory Bzum Rocco Caporale Robert Springer Gerald Mische Dolly PomerleauBernard Cooke Francis MacNutt Patricia Mische Quentin Quesnell George W. Webbcr