Memo, Subject: 1960 Examination of Rongelap People

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Director of Public Wealth 1960 Examination of Rongelap people This is a statement of the agreements entered into at Majuro on this date by the District Administrator and his staff and Drs. Conard and Macdonald. The distribution list shows those concerned and The medical team for the mid-March visit will consist of the follow - ing : Dr. Conard and one special laboratory technician from theAX. Trust Territory will furnish two Karshallese Medical Officers, two Micronesian laboratory technicians, and one American physician. both Drs. Conover and hiacdonald will accompany the team but one is assured. This is a total of seven to eight in the visiting team, no more. The Trust Territory will furnish the following equipment; a t least one microscope, the basic equipment t o do physical examinations for four Or five medical men, laboratory chemicals and stains for blood work, portable power t o operate the special blood machine t o come with the AEC technician. The examinations to be done by the above team shall consist of blood work i n respect of counts and smears, urine,interval histories,physical examinations particularly looking for late signs of Leukemia and observa -t ion of the skin exposed cases. Zye examinations will be done by a Micrones ian specialist and the history taking will also be done by Micronesians. blood and urine samples and most of the laboratory chemicals and stains, These materials will be shipped from the states to Kwa j ale in where ktr, White will see to their safety both before and after the visit to Rongelap, The AEC will furnish the special containers and shipping boxes for I t has been decided that the A KL field trip ship shall be used for this and a special trip is planned to leave Majuro, make the Kwajalein pickup then go on t o Rongelap, remain a t Rongelap for the necessary four days then return to Majuro via Kwajalein. This permits the entire group t o be berthed and fed aboard and removes the need for such support cargo Dr. Conard desires to pay the per diem costs for the AEC personnel during this trip, namely the costs for food and whatever may be the charges on the A KL field trip service. team shall be the same as any normal field trip and absorbed by the - I t is expected that in 1961 there will be reasonable need for another evaluation of the ltbody burden'? of the exposed persons in conjunction with p3 the annual blood and urine and physical examinations.This means the use 17 of the "steel room" now a t Eniwetok. I t is agreed that this could be done of) through the use of an AKL with the essential specialists from the E C and CT the Trust Territory team. The physical ability of the AKL to handle this I feel that both of these proposals are workable and compatible with The costs of the remainder of the steel equipment will be studied and evaluated before any agreement is made, the desires of the administration,