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SOCIATED UNIVERSITIES, INC . Ire ce j ved your letter of 28 June with the enclosed nenorandur? summarizing your iileetin ~ x i t h Fk, Nucker, Flr, Goding and the surveys with then and Ifeel from the tone of your memo -randuri tka ' i F;r, Goding will be reasonable,although Ii fia g in e was imF res sed with the fact that Zr. Goding was ata dls -advantage beln;: in his position but felt thai Ce was con -s cie nt lou s and wanted t o do the right thing,Ifeel that- we should do everything possible to cooperate with him tothe I believe that your sli,n,gestion that Dr. biacdonald and I write an esp u es sion of the general mz d ical str rt us of the people, our impressions as to their complaints, and the validity of these complaints based on medical findings, Iam cx ip let ely in Irt ~dark asto \!hat memorandum agreement was referred to by :vir, Goding, which was supposed to be signed by Dr. blaccionald aiid myself,relating to oar mutual understanding 05- how future medic21 surveys are t o be conducted, There Is only one memorandum vj'nich Ire callsign in s with Dr, hiacdonald. This memorandum (dated Nov. 17, 1960) pertains to agreements for the 1961 Rongelap x ed ical survey only, The only other memorandum that mis ht have been referred to was one written November 23,1959 by the Director of Public Health con cerci ng plans for the 1960 examination only-, This latter memorandum was ttokayedtt and initialed by Xr. Nucker, I am enclosing several copies of both o f tnese ncnor2,nda for your use. I think that you will readily agree that they contain no future sr.rve-,; agree in ents,with the possible ex ce ; ? tion, of reducing the frequency of the whole body 1 was very glad you haa the opportunity to discuss i ?resume tiiat wi:at you had i n mind I n I:G.E regard was BEST COPY AVAILABLE
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BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES, INC . I have no objection to the ecological surveys being carried o u t along with the medical surveys. However, remember we plan on living on Rongelap Island for the period of the surveys and will therefore have no transportation available for the ecological survey team. I have discussed with Dr. Farr all of these recent developments and he concurs inthe action taken; he feels that later on, perhaps in the Fall,that it would be wise forme to visit the Trust Territory to make definitive arrangements for the 1962 Medical Research Center