Identifier
Created
Classification
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10STATE13150
2010-02-14 20:30:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Secretary of State
Cable title:
TFHA01: HAITI EARTHQUAKE TASK FORCE SITUATION
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 STATE 013150
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT HA
SUBJECT: TFHA01: HAITI EARTHQUAKE TASK FORCE SITUATION
REPORT NO. 69
STATE 00013150 001.2 OF 002
EVACUATIONS/AMERICAN CITIZEN ISSUES
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 STATE 013150
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT HA
SUBJECT: TFHA01: HAITI EARTHQUAKE TASK FORCE SITUATION
REPORT NO. 69
STATE 00013150 001.2 OF 002
EVACUATIONS/AMERICAN CITIZEN ISSUES
--------------
1. (SBU) No evacuation flights departed February 13; 26
American citizen evacuees manifested for the 2000 EST
February 13 flight were delayed until February 14. An
additional 15 to 20 people at the airport February 13 were
requested to return February 14 for processing. A total of
16,493 have been evacuated to date. No potential American
evacuees or family members are currently waiting at the
Embassy. (TF1/Embassy Port-au-Prince e-mail, TF1/Consular
Affairs Conference Call)
2. (SBU) Remains of the final missing Lynn University
student and seven other American citizens arrived at Dover at
0630 EST February 14. No additional American citizen remains
await transport from the Embassy's mortuary. (TF1/Consular
Affairs Conference Call)
3. (SBU) Embassy Port-au-Prince and the Consular Affairs
Bureau are working on a revised travel warning for release
when commercial air travel is scheduled to resume February
19. (TF1/Consular Affairs Conference Call)
HUMANITARIAN UPDATE
--------------
4. (SBU) Food distribution occurred at 15 of the 16 fixed
sites on February 13; relief agencies distributed food
benefitting 208,000 people in Port-au-Prince. Agencies plan
distribution for nearly 100,000 people at five sites
February 14. Food distribution will begin at Kenscoff on
February 15 and Croix-des-Bouquets on February 16.
(TF1/USAID SitRep #56)
5. (U) Media report foreign and Haitian officials plan to
provide each of the 250,000 displaced families in Haiti a
plastic tarp by May 1 for temporary shelter. Following
this, officials hope to construct transitional shelters with
corrugated iron roofs and earthquake-resistant timber or
steel frames to last for up to three years. (AP)
MEDICAL RESPONSE
--------------
6. (SBU) All HHS Disaster Medical Assistance Response Teams
(DMATs) funded by USAID/OFDA are scheduled to demobilize
February 14. DMATs treated approximately 7,000 patients.
(TF1/USAID SitRep #56)
7. (SBU) USNS Comfort has completed over 1,000 surgeries
since its arrival January 20. It closed the neo-natal ICU
February 13. The majority of admissions are now for routine
surgical procedures rather than earthquake-related traumas.
(TF1/USAID SitRep #56, TF1/SOUTHCOM SitRep)
STATE 00013150 002.2 OF 002
SECURITY/INFRASTRUCTURE
--------------
8. (SBU) No significant security incidents occurred
February 13. Fifty thousand people gathered without
incident at the National Palace for the second day of the
three-day national mourning period. (TF1/SOUTHCOM SitRep)
9. (SBU) USCGC Hamilton interdicted a sailboat 45 nautical
miles northeast of Haiti with 88 Haitian migrants aboard.
The Coast Guard will repatriate the migrants to Cap Haitien.
(TF1/USCG e-mail)
10. (U) Two Dominican soldiers on the Haiti-Dominican
Republic border shot and killed two undocumented Haitians
suspected of attempting to take a stolen motorbike back to
Haiti. (laht.com)
POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS
--------------
11. (SBU) The Haitian government has resumed control of the
Port-au-Prince airport during daylight hours. (TF1/SOUTHCOM
SitRep)
12. (SBU) Prime Minister Bellerive met with Embassy
officials February 13 and agreed the Government of Haiti
supports and authorizes USG efforts to excavate and recover
American citizen remains at appropriate sites. (TF1/Embassy
Port-au-Prince e-mail)
OTHER MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS
--------------
13. (U) Media report U.S. troop levels have decreased from
20,000 immediately after the earthquake to 13,000 as
international aid and relief efforts improve. (AFP)
14. (SBU) Canada will end its military deployment March 13.
There are currently 1,979 Canadian troops in Haiti. (Ottawa
168)
15. Additional updates are available through our classified
Intellipedia portal at
http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Portal:Cris is_HAITI.
16. (U) Minimize considered.
CLINTON
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT HA
SUBJECT: TFHA01: HAITI EARTHQUAKE TASK FORCE SITUATION
REPORT NO. 69
STATE 00013150 001.2 OF 002
EVACUATIONS/AMERICAN CITIZEN ISSUES
--------------
1. (SBU) No evacuation flights departed February 13; 26
American citizen evacuees manifested for the 2000 EST
February 13 flight were delayed until February 14. An
additional 15 to 20 people at the airport February 13 were
requested to return February 14 for processing. A total of
16,493 have been evacuated to date. No potential American
evacuees or family members are currently waiting at the
Embassy. (TF1/Embassy Port-au-Prince e-mail, TF1/Consular
Affairs Conference Call)
2. (SBU) Remains of the final missing Lynn University
student and seven other American citizens arrived at Dover at
0630 EST February 14. No additional American citizen remains
await transport from the Embassy's mortuary. (TF1/Consular
Affairs Conference Call)
3. (SBU) Embassy Port-au-Prince and the Consular Affairs
Bureau are working on a revised travel warning for release
when commercial air travel is scheduled to resume February
19. (TF1/Consular Affairs Conference Call)
HUMANITARIAN UPDATE
--------------
4. (SBU) Food distribution occurred at 15 of the 16 fixed
sites on February 13; relief agencies distributed food
benefitting 208,000 people in Port-au-Prince. Agencies plan
distribution for nearly 100,000 people at five sites
February 14. Food distribution will begin at Kenscoff on
February 15 and Croix-des-Bouquets on February 16.
(TF1/USAID SitRep #56)
5. (U) Media report foreign and Haitian officials plan to
provide each of the 250,000 displaced families in Haiti a
plastic tarp by May 1 for temporary shelter. Following
this, officials hope to construct transitional shelters with
corrugated iron roofs and earthquake-resistant timber or
steel frames to last for up to three years. (AP)
MEDICAL RESPONSE
--------------
6. (SBU) All HHS Disaster Medical Assistance Response Teams
(DMATs) funded by USAID/OFDA are scheduled to demobilize
February 14. DMATs treated approximately 7,000 patients.
(TF1/USAID SitRep #56)
7. (SBU) USNS Comfort has completed over 1,000 surgeries
since its arrival January 20. It closed the neo-natal ICU
February 13. The majority of admissions are now for routine
surgical procedures rather than earthquake-related traumas.
(TF1/USAID SitRep #56, TF1/SOUTHCOM SitRep)
STATE 00013150 002.2 OF 002
SECURITY/INFRASTRUCTURE
--------------
8. (SBU) No significant security incidents occurred
February 13. Fifty thousand people gathered without
incident at the National Palace for the second day of the
three-day national mourning period. (TF1/SOUTHCOM SitRep)
9. (SBU) USCGC Hamilton interdicted a sailboat 45 nautical
miles northeast of Haiti with 88 Haitian migrants aboard.
The Coast Guard will repatriate the migrants to Cap Haitien.
(TF1/USCG e-mail)
10. (U) Two Dominican soldiers on the Haiti-Dominican
Republic border shot and killed two undocumented Haitians
suspected of attempting to take a stolen motorbike back to
Haiti. (laht.com)
POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS
--------------
11. (SBU) The Haitian government has resumed control of the
Port-au-Prince airport during daylight hours. (TF1/SOUTHCOM
SitRep)
12. (SBU) Prime Minister Bellerive met with Embassy
officials February 13 and agreed the Government of Haiti
supports and authorizes USG efforts to excavate and recover
American citizen remains at appropriate sites. (TF1/Embassy
Port-au-Prince e-mail)
OTHER MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS
--------------
13. (U) Media report U.S. troop levels have decreased from
20,000 immediately after the earthquake to 13,000 as
international aid and relief efforts improve. (AFP)
14. (SBU) Canada will end its military deployment March 13.
There are currently 1,979 Canadian troops in Haiti. (Ottawa
168)
15. Additional updates are available through our classified
Intellipedia portal at
http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Portal:Cris is_HAITI.
16. (U) Minimize considered.
CLINTON