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Stipulations and Agreements to Be Completed for the 1961 Rongelap Medical Survey

Dated
Nov 17, 1960
Document type
Legal document
Length
2 pages
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TRUST TERRITORY OF "€EPACIFIC ISLANDS Office of the District Administrator The followin! listings cover the stipulation6 and agreements that have been fully discussed covering the Rongelap Medical Survey that is t o A , The M/V RCQUE, Trust Territory vessel will be used as the Medical Survey ship. B, The entire medical trips hall be - a maximum of three (3) weeks, which shall be from departure to arrival of the vessels home port, which in this case i s Majuro, Marshall C. The overall control of transportation,shall be the District Administrator, Marshalls and the Field Trip Officer, who in tliis case will be Dr.H. E, Macdonald. D , ' A small boat and outboard engine will be furnished by the district for auxiliary transportation at Rongelap . A , The A,E,C. Medical Group will be under Dr,R, Conard and shall c o n s i s t of no more than ten ( 1 0 ) members, including The Trust Ti tri tory Medical Group shall consist of not more than seven (7) members, including Dr. hlacdonal d e 3. MEETCAL EXAMINATION EVALUATION A . Body Burden Measure A . Majuro Control Group wil1,be ex

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A. (con t i nu ati on) way with the sailing of the M/V P\(XpJE. The examination will take two (2) to three (3) days t o complete. This examination will not interfere in any B. The Rongtlapese a t Rongelan will be informed of all pro - cee dings and shall be consulted 7r’ior to any examination, The time involved for the examinations shall be determined by the Field Trip Officer. C. The Rongclap people will be a > d vised that the body burden reevaluation will not likely occur again for several years, dependent upon the results of this survey. A , There will be no gifts given the people of Rongelap, This would cover large gifts involving the entire group, A. Dr. Conard will furnish a lOKlrl generator to be used ashore a t Rongelap. This generator at the end of the survey will be stored at Rong e lap for future use in medical surveys. The storage of this generator will be approved by the Council before storage. B.It has been agreed upon that in the case ofany mechanical trouble with the 1OI3generator, the medical group will be able to use the Trust Territory generator presently at certain medical su?plies and equipment will be furnished by the Trust Territory. (Separate listing to be submitted) A. The Trust Territory will Fay the salaries of their own personnel, unless otherwise specifically indicated. all personal eq ense s. Brookhaven National Laboratory Atomic Energy Commission Director of Public Health Trust Territory of the