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THREE PART ONE
FM USAEC RICHLAND WASHINGTON
TO USAEC, WASHINGTON, DC
ATTN R W COOK, DIRECTOR DIVISION OF PRODUCTION
INFORMATION COPIES T [ILLEGIBLE]
THE WIDOW OF            HAS FILED CLAIM FOR WIDOW,S PENSION
WITH THE STATE OF WASHINGTON OF HER HUSBAND ATTRIBUTABLE TO
SPECIAL HAZARD INJURY PARA [ILLEGIBLE] WAS A MAINTENANCE
FOREMAN FOR GENERAL ELECTRIC WHOSE WORK TOOK HIM INTO
PROCESS AND PRODUCTION AREAS, HE WAS KNOWN TO HAVE A LONG
STANDING HISTORY OF ACUTE HYPERTENSION AND HIS WORK
ACTIVITIES HAD BEEN RECENTLY CURTAILED. ON THE MORNING OF
JUNE 9, 1952 BECAME WILL AND COMPLAINED OF A SORE THROAT. 
HE DIED THAT EVENING AT THE FIRST AID STATION OF KADLEC
HOSPITAL, RICHLAND, PARA THE NEXT DAY MORTICIANS NOTICED
CERTAIN MARKS ON THE BODY SUGGESTIVE OF BURNS. AN AUTOPSY
WAS PERFORMED AND THE IMMEDIATE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS FOUND TO
BE RUPTURE OF THE AORTIC ARTERY NEAR THE HEART.  THE AUTOPSY
SURGEON DIAGNOSED THE QUESTIONABLE MARKS AS DUE TO A NON-
SPECIFIC DERMATITIS PARA.
	TOOK THE BODY EAST FOR BURIAL AND HAD A SECOND AUTOPSY
DONE IN END OF PAGE ONE
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THREE PARTS PART TWO
CHICAGO, SEPTEMBER 10 HER ATTORNEY FIELD CLAIM FOR PENSION
WITH THE DEPARTMENT AND SUBMITTED A REPORT DATED AUGUST 5 BY
THE SECOND AUTOPSY SURGEON SMCLN THIS REPORT STATED
POSITIVELY THAT               DEATH WAS DUE TO EXCESS BODY
RADIATION. THIS SURGEON HAS ALSO SUBMITTED TWO OTHER LATER
COMMUNICATIONS TO THE SAME EFFECT. PARA GENERAL ELECTRIC
EXPECTS TO CONCLUDE ANALYSIS OF PERTINENT RADIATION EXPOSURE
RECORDS ON NEXT THURSDAY.  IT IS PROPOSED THAT DR. FUQUA,
HANFORD GE INDUSTRIAL MEDICAL DIVISION HEAD, GO TO CHICAGO
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE PREPARED TO SET BEFORE SAID AUTOPSY
SURGEON THE FACTS WITH RESPECT TO MR        WORK AND
EXPOSURE RECORDS. THE PURPOSE OF SUCH TRIP WOULD BE TO SEE
WHETHER THE SURGEON,S CONCLUSIONS CAN BE ALTERED. PARA IT IS
ALSO PROPOSED BY GENERAL ELECTRIC THAT SOME AEC CONSULTANT,
POSSIBLY DR. JACOBSON ON CHICAGO, END OF PAGE TWO
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	ON THE VISIT TO THE AUTOPSY SURGEON AND ALSO THAT THESE
LATTER PERSONS STUDY ALL AVAILABLE FACTS AND EXPRESS
CONCLUSIONS FOR TRANSMISSION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND
INDUSTRIES. PARA IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROCEDURES DEVELOPED
SOME YEARS AGO, THE DEPARTMENT HAS ASKED FOR A CONFERENCE
WITH GENERAL ELEC AND AEC PRIOR TO RULING ON THE CLAIM. WE
WOULD LIKE TO ARRANGE THIS CONFERENCE AFTER THE APPROPRIATE
COMMITTEE HAD MET WITH THE AUTOPSY SURGEON. PARA IT IS
REQUESTED THAT YOUR OFFICE SELECT ONE OR MORE QUALIFIED
CHICAGO CONSULTANTS AND ONE QUALIFIED AEC REPRESENTATIVE FOR
THE PURPOSES DESCRIBED. WE WOULD APPRECIATE BEING ADVISED AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE WHETHER YOUR OFFICE WILL DESIGNATE PERSONS
WHOM WE SHOULD CONTACT TO FIX AN EARLY DATE FOR THE MEETING
AN THE TENTATIVE DATES WHEN SUCH APPOINTEES WILL BE
AVAILABLE FOR A MEETING IN CHICAGO, PARA WE ARE DISPATCHING
AIR MAIL COPIES OF PERTINENT REPORTS ON THIS MATTER
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