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ENERGY RESEARC-H AND DEVELOPMENT NEVADA OPERATIONS OFFICE LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 09114 tim throughthe personof’Dr. & A. ConaM, with our past and current Ic-mwledgeof tho real (ad sope imginod ) radiation relsitcd injuries than czy other pqpuletionsave thct of Japtm,=3 will scnsitimi b In HV of 1969, fcllo,dxgthe dccidionto retura the Mkini peopleto to meet the BiMA. peoplemd assurethm that they vouldbe retuning under safe conditionsmd that conditionswhich v~ht affecttheir scletywculd be re@13rly mnitmed. hg 1 have told you, SM%3 Of what was sold on that visit was qxrmtly mi.mndmstoaior c=zd-cd otlu nore recentLK?A stetemnts. I/e.sret- stepsto rcaolvs BEST COPY AVAILABLE
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Met misunderstandingend I anticipatesuccess. lhxwrt there h fact of Dr. Ccnardtsappointment. Dr. Conardis acceptedand recognimd as an authorityon raiiatim-inducedfilnes3. The My 1969 press release took notice of his “15 yam d experience h mrking with the people of the Wmhall Islandsn,and the people of the Mmsklls, today, associatothat qmience with t&yroid it not t!!cmrmsoncble to expectthe sme mrts of tl@s in the any mdical survefianco team? These are difficultque3tims b and who ckcklneto use such term as ~crfectly safem~etc. mere are d.so those h the hrshalk kiho rationalizethat sincewe are proposingh return people to Mkinil where sme exccption~ Ewdicalsurveillanceis reqyimd, we are delibmwtelyplanmhg to e~posepeopleto Bikki radiationIn furtheranceof our om research fit~m~stso La en interviewtich I gave b the &litorof the }~cronesianIndependenten route returningfkxn Kili, I made the follodng statementwhich was reporkd verbatim? ‘iiehave done an inefficiently precisemd thorouglhjob of Momhg tho Eepartmnt of the Interior,the Administrationof the lkwt
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need that I see h tor a caroftlrestatementof our propwxi progmm. TMs should make clear the fcillodng pointss ment for medical examinationor mediod.monitwing of the Iledo recognizeour respmsibilityfor continuing envkmmental ~ance of ~ Atoll in ozxier to assure ouraelIR3B and the returrhg peoplethat the measurw ~thathave been and are Ming taken ta rdmimize their exposure to radiation~are effectivth (b of the surest and most aensitivotechnlqyesof enxb%rxoentd wrvaillance 18 bio-asaayof the peoplelivingin that anvlro~tm &actly becausethe materialswe are concernedalxmt are radioective~ our s$3Mitivehatrummtation can detectthem long before they have re6chodconcentrationsin the kody whichwould be of Sigrlftcance to health countand urine sanpling. Wither of these is a medicalpxwcedure cnd mediti dOCtOrS need not be ~sent to carry than Out. h fact,there is no need for medicaldoctorsto visit Bikini to carry out any ERM responsihility or pmgraw the effectivityof preventiveand protectiw measures. This informationwill of oourseincreasoour over~ Iuxwledgeof radiation in UIants envixonmcnt, but the primaryobjectiveremalm the health and safetyof these spddlc returningpqulatkms. fonmlly transmittedto the Dcpertmnt of the Interiorand #o Mministrctionof the ‘bst Tertitqy. I suggestalso that It be translatedend convoyedby visitti the peo”pleof Bikiniand Kill. W can accomplishthe latter. The transmittalletterto DOI and TXTI shouldindicatethat this statement describeswhat is contemplated at EiwwtelkE(LSO. It shouldbe made clearthat participationin the and Ehewetakpeopieis entirelywoluntary
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assignments of responeibilityc ‘rho Fkdical group at BrookhaVMl Rhal.lyt as you are aware, thmghout Me I-cmg essociatbn in the MarshaUs, Dr. Conad has providedgeneralmdical care for those P@@e he has tiitd. This humanitarianand very worthwhilemrk has been contlmuedby Dr. Knud Knudsemwho recentlyconpletedtwo years in residenceh the Mrshslle~ end is currentlybehg performed long as our resourcesaml schedulhg permit,when we have doctirsin the Mrshellss ue at M reqyested,continueW practice. Emdronmont and Safety
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