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Offlco of the Surgecm %mml 2. The myorb referred ta in ?aragmph 1, atrow, id11 be of grectt value t o medioal soienoe,. but i+; has the limitation that it i E based on follm-uD skt dies o f casualties mer only a limited prtriod o f kim. 9 9 1ong-mxzge effeots on porsonml subjected to m o h detann5natianr is beliered to be too obvims to necessitate oontinw obserwtians and to forward rwporta. Little has been forthPotentially, any or all s.iatema oftho Yody .nay 3. On 28 Yay 1946 +his of floe requested the Divistcm of %dial Soiencsr, National bsearoh Caanoil, to cunsider and make mumead ~ tian smgardhg the desirability and feasibility of a cont5nuing
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4, Your concurrence i s nqretrted in the proposal t3at b vo oi vili an oonsultants to bs dispatohed t o Jrpan for the purposa pending the results of t kir pmlininnry obsemtiazra, if approval oan be obtained for their d is y to h. It I s sugvrsstcd that any futther aatlun be withheld
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In re.pos8e t o the request conbaSPed in your 1ei;ter of 23 Way 1948, regnrding the fea6ibility o f a oontinuing study of ahndc boldb oaeudl#es in Japan, the Divisi an of ?.Mia1 Scfanoer, ISatioml R3ssa.rah Counofl, held a aollrerenoe on t h e su'bjoof on 24 June, under the chaairmanship 01' Dr. c, P. Health%doe, and State Departmnt. I append a list o f those attending the conferenoe, both oivllian8 A f ' ter wide exploration of the type of casualtie8 recorded by ths mdiosl offloera who nade the original rummy aarl a2br detailed di ewss ion of the potential wlue of data to be derived from wzrbimring t h e S k d i 0 8 an the 13,000 to 14,OOO Japanese already inola .ad iu the roster, the confercnooioal and nedioal e f f e o t s upon ",,e izipSn beifis is &med to be 02 utmost tfes, riven to 2apanese physiciane by che .hiorican m d i c a l coxmission, be aat tile followiq s t e p s be taken in th imediaze fVkure:- That tho Surgeon cmeral, V. S. Amy, and the Surgeon k w ~ ra1, studies of the a to mio tab casualties 50 considered a yart of and that tno t m 3drgoons General request the ixmmdiate fonoation of a ooxtinuirg Council cdt tee on this subjeot. %*,if the fornation of such n cdt tee be approved by t b Surgeons remral, oe rta in cf the Frsanxml o f this uomaitbe be appointed Consultants t o the Seuretary of iyar, 80 that one
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or more numbers of the ad tt s cr lnay be aoo9 se?rt; to Jam under military oonditions, t o dimat and stimlate the Japansee -phyrdoirar in the ccPtirrued study of the cramalties anJ t o ecrtabl1.h relationahips with t h e mdioal fsoulties of appropriate Japanese universities a n d with apTropAate Japanese That We CaUnOLl'S ood t tse on atondo oamraltles mirnfain li study of adequate brsadth ad detail,aedng in an adpisow oapaoity to the 'Armed k'oraee oonoerning policy, prrsomml and pcomchlre, and solicit iq funds from private agenaies if federal ftmds bscom no longer availablo for t h i s puy?oae. In order that the low,-re;ne;e study uould be continued eve?? af'ter the of the Cotmoil v&ed to rocnrnaand tkzt one or other at' the fall o - vix alt0rnatiVr inp; etudy 01' the biolog,ical and mdical offeots of the at da bomb on man. to enliot t!w aid 02 70wmer:al agencies anC wrsonml, and such civilian agencies and por zo ml as may be needed. that those g;oplern?;lental agenoius whose aid is mc pest d by the Council be mitho rize d and roq-.i;sted to Frovide t2-13 needed 001 -'hat in this dirsctlve t h e Cotlncil be aTIthorlzed If there is a r y t 5 i n g rkrther that the Researoh Council may do to aall upcm me.to rid in this most importmt problem, ple rss
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