INQUIRY INTO THE HEALTH STATUS OF CHILDREN OF
VIETNAM AND OPERATION GRAPPLE VETERANS
June 1999
CONTENTS
  1. Executive Summary
  2. Introduction
  3. Terms of Reference
  4. Outline of the Inquiry
  5. Methodology
  6. Identification of Those Involved
  7. The Vietnam Environment
  8. Radiation Exposure Operation Grapple
  9. Current Understanding
  10. Our Interviews with the Veterans
  11. The Views of the Children
  12. The Veterans' Views
  13. Their Proposals for Remedial Measures
  14. The Special Status of Veterans
  15. The Government's Reciprocal Obligations
  16. The War Pensions Act 1954
  17. Weighing the Scientific Data
  18. Conclusions
  19. Recommendations
Chairman

Sir Paul Reeves, GCMG, GCVO, QSO, CF (Chair)

Members

Lt Gen A.L. Birks, CB, OBE, former Chief of Defence Force.
Margaret Faulkner QSM, War Pensions, Department of Social Welfare
Dr Colin Feek, Ministry of Health
Patrick Helm, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

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