Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
10STATE4205
2010-01-15 05:30:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Secretary of State
Cable title:
TFHA01: HAITI EARTHQUAKE TASK FORCE SITUATION
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UNCLAS STATE 004205
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGTHA
SUBJECT: TFHA01: HAITI EARTHQUAKE TASK FORCE SITUATION
REPORT NO. 8
AMERICAN CITIZEN AND LES WELFARE/EVACUATIONS
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UNCLAS STATE 004205
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGTHA
SUBJECT: TFHA01: HAITI EARTHQUAKE TASK FORCE SITUATION
REPORT NO. 8
AMERICAN CITIZEN AND LES WELFARE/EVACUATIONS
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1. (SBU) Embassy Port-au-Prince is identifying drivers
familiar with the city; a majority of these drivers are
being used to move American citizens to the airport for
evacuation. MINUSTAH will help with transportation as
long as civil unrest does not increase. Approximately
20 of 300 Locally Employed Staff (LES) have been
accounted for, and most of them are taking refuge in the
Chancery. (TF1/Interagency Conference Call)
SEARCH AND RESCUE: TEAM UPDATES
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2. (SBU) Search and rescue capacity surged to 260
personnel, including eight international teams from the
UK, Iceland, France, Spain, Chile, and China. The
Fairfax County team made its first rescue, with a second
underway. Three FEMA teams have arrived, and six are on
standby awaiting transport. (TF1/Interagency Conference
Call)
HUMANITARIAN/SECURITY/INFRASTRUCTURE
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3. (SBU) The Embassy is working with Haitian officials
to facilitate inbound and outbound flight clearances.
The Red Cross estimates 45,000 to 50,000 fatalities.
(TF1/Interagency Conference Call, TF1 e-mail)
INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION
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4. (U) Colombian President Uribe intends to travel to
Haiti January 17, according to press. His government
will also send a naval hospital ship. (Rendon News
Alerts)
5. (U) Additional updates are available through our
Intellipedia portal on the classified system at:
http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Portal:Cris is_Haiti.
MINIMIZE CONSIDERED
CLINTON
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGTHA
SUBJECT: TFHA01: HAITI EARTHQUAKE TASK FORCE SITUATION
REPORT NO. 8
AMERICAN CITIZEN AND LES WELFARE/EVACUATIONS
--------------
1. (SBU) Embassy Port-au-Prince is identifying drivers
familiar with the city; a majority of these drivers are
being used to move American citizens to the airport for
evacuation. MINUSTAH will help with transportation as
long as civil unrest does not increase. Approximately
20 of 300 Locally Employed Staff (LES) have been
accounted for, and most of them are taking refuge in the
Chancery. (TF1/Interagency Conference Call)
SEARCH AND RESCUE: TEAM UPDATES
--------------
2. (SBU) Search and rescue capacity surged to 260
personnel, including eight international teams from the
UK, Iceland, France, Spain, Chile, and China. The
Fairfax County team made its first rescue, with a second
underway. Three FEMA teams have arrived, and six are on
standby awaiting transport. (TF1/Interagency Conference
Call)
HUMANITARIAN/SECURITY/INFRASTRUCTURE
--------------
3. (SBU) The Embassy is working with Haitian officials
to facilitate inbound and outbound flight clearances.
The Red Cross estimates 45,000 to 50,000 fatalities.
(TF1/Interagency Conference Call, TF1 e-mail)
INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION
--------------
4. (U) Colombian President Uribe intends to travel to
Haiti January 17, according to press. His government
will also send a naval hospital ship. (Rendon News
Alerts)
5. (U) Additional updates are available through our
Intellipedia portal on the classified system at:
http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Portal:Cris is_Haiti.
MINIMIZE CONSIDERED
CLINTON