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The following is a staff memorandum or other working document 
prepared for the members of the Advisory Committee on Human 
Radiation Experiments.  It should not be construed as representing 
the final conclusions of fact or interpretation of the issues.  
All staff memoranda are subject to revision based on further 
information and analysis.  For conclusions and recommendations of 
the Advisory Committee, readers are advised to consult the Final 
Report to be published in 1995.


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TO:		Members of the Advisory Committee on Human
		Radiation Experiments

FROM:		Advisory Committee Staff

DATE:		June 9, 1994

RE:		Update on Methodological Case Studies


	At the May meeting the Committee approved the staff's
recommendation that further documentation be sought
regarding the "Cincinnati", "Plutonium Injection", and
"Green Run" experiments. This is a brief update on the
efforts to obtain that data.

Cincinnati Experiment

	By letter of May 23 to the Department of Defense, the
staff requested further data on the Cincinnati Experiment
from the DOD. It is the staff's understanding that relevant
DOD components are in the process of responding to this
request.

Plutonium Injection Experiment

	The Department of Energy's search team has undertaken
to seek, from the Inspector General's files, the 250
documents identified in the 1974 Inspector General reports
on the plutonium injections.

Green Run

	The staff has sought to focus requests on the
declassification of documents likely to provide information
on institutional responsibility for, and the purpose of, the
Green Run experiment. As noted in the staff report on DOD
(TAB J of this briefing book), the Air Force has stated that
it will not further declassify the Green Run study
identified in its search; it will provide the declassified
portion. In the May 23 letter to DOD, the staff requested
declassification of any Green Run-relevant portions of an
Air Force history (AFOAT-1) and an interagency intelligence
committee. Upon review, the Air Force states that the
history does not contain relevant information, and the DOD
is seeking to locate the further documents.