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Outline of Issues re Plutonium Injection Cases

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I. .Discover composition of health group and whether they decided t o authorize coordinated injection project. a. Durbin stated that they were Stone, Hamilton, Staf Warren, Friedel l b. Confirmation available from (1) Warren i f he will talk (2)Friedel l if he will talk - hrbin can get them but she says that they (4) Stone files. Durbin says that he dictated recollections to Radiology Dept. personnel and that tapes may be available. (5) Stone correspondence if available. c. Also, fromHED files if any records were kept of such a group. Dick Hewlett may be able to help. d, Langham article I11 B 10 stated that a meeting was held t o discuss this matter a t Los Alamos in March, 1954. k + h e. Langham correspondence may be revealing. It is stored in Los Alamos. 11. Records of transfer of Pu, called product (E),which may have gone from Hanford t o someone else (possibly Langham) to Rochester. It was coded and possibly recoded. Injected by people who may have been unaware of its nature. Hempelmann may be able to elucidate this.

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111. Rochester AEP activities 1. What we need to know. f. Did c . have knowledge of what they were doing? i. What was length of early followup (available from LA-1151)? j. How did Howland get in the act? k. What did he do and what does he know? What was composition of relevant group at that time? Was there any informed consent? Was there any informed consent in connection with his activities? 2. Sources of information a. MED files for Rochester AEP (1) Possibly at University (Rochester). Inquire,of Bill Neuman. (2) In Rochester A D (go to records in AEP). (3) Possibly in historic files at OR (check with Dick Hewlett). b. Hospital records at Strong Memorial Hosp. (1) Staff of metabolic ward in 1945-46, possibly few following years. (2) Patient records to be searched by hospital administration for records of informed consent, names of attending physicians.

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(5) Others picked up in b. IV. U. of Chicago cases 2. Sources of information a. Argonne or stored files b. Billings Hospital records

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2. Sources of information a. Stone files if any available. c. Hamilton files. Durbin said that they contain nothing. e. Check with Durbin about informed consent record leads., VI. AEC involvement, early c . Do ACBM records regarding Dr. Stone concern this problem? d. Is there any correspondence in files relating to it? When did AEC personnel become aware of problem? 2 . Sources of information a. Fragments of minutes of ACBM meetings. b. Old correspondence or records of meetings if available.

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VII. Recent Interest (Durbin) a. Reasons for her further interest in the patients. b. Sources of her information. c. Relations with AEC re: matter. d. Relations with Rowland and Waterhouse. 2. Sources of information a. Interview with her. d. AEC correspondence files. VIII. Recent Studies a. Reasons for Argonne, Rochester interest. d. Who made contacts with patients or estate?

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IX. Late AEC d. Chronology of AEC activity. When did AEC personnel become aware of the patients? Were they aware of deficiencies in informed consent? 2. Sources of information h. Argonne correspondence and records