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Text of press statement on autumn conference follows. Propose release here 6 p.m. June 30. The United States Government has accepted an invitation from the Science Council of Japan to participate in a meeting with members of the Council’s Radiation Effects Special Committee on the general subject of radioactivity in relation to human health and on scientific procedures for detecting, measuring and.guarding against its presence in the environment.— The acceptance was communicated to the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a note verbale delivered by a representative of the American Embassy in reply to an earlier note received frc)mthe Ministry extending the invitation on behalf of the The United States, the Embassy declared in its note, will send “a delegation of senior American scientists expert in these fields to TokYo for such a conference at a mutually agreeable date in autumn of this year. The projected meeting, an Embassy spokesman pointed out, represents a continuation and expansion of cooperation between scientists of both nations in sharing knowledgeof radiatiom and procedures for safeguarding against it. This”cooperation, the spokesman added, has been demonstrated during recent mont~. He pointed out that at the request of the Japanese ‘O~~~~~mthe United States has provided the aid of physicians gists through the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission staff and through the consultative services of United States Atomic E’neV3Y Commission specialists Merril Eisenbud, W.R. Boss and .L.R. n~naldson. The latter two scientists have been in Japan for the .ast month conferring with their Japanese colleagues on methods of’Identifying the extent of radiation in fish.
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The full text of the Embassyfs note follows: $ The Embassy of the United States of America presents its compliments to the MinistrY of Foreign Affairs and has the honor to refer to the MlnistrYis note A-5, No. 939 of June 10, 1954, transmitting an Invitation from the Science Council of Japan for a meeting on the subject of radioactivity between United States representatives and members of the Radiation Effects Investigation Special Committee of the Council. The Embassy, under instructions from the United States Gov~ent, is pleased to accept the invitation of the Science Council of Japan for a conference on the general subject of radioactivity in relaticm to human health and on scientific procedures for detecting, measuring and guarding against its presence in the environment. T&? United States Government will send a delegation of senior American scientists expert in these fields to Tokyo for such a conference at a mutually agreeable date In autumn of this yearThe Embassy believes that this conference will continue and expand cooperation between United States and Japanese science for sharing the knowledge about radiation and procedures for safeguarding against it which exists in both The Embassy will be pleased to concltie the conference at the convenience of the formal arrangements for