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Reference ID	Created	Released	Classification	Origin
10STATE4776	2010-01-16 08:04	2011-08-26 00:00	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	Secretary of State

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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 STATE 004776 
 
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. 12 
 
STATE 00004776  001.2 OF 002 
 
 
 
VIP TRAVEL 
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¶1. (SBU)  Secretary Clinton will travel to Haiti on 
Saturday. 
The Spanish VP and the Minister of Development 
intend to travel to Haiti Saturday. (TF1/IO telcon) 
 
 
 
AMERICAN CITIZEN WELFARE/WHEREABOUTS/EVACUATIONS 
--------------------------------------------- ------- 
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¶2.  (SBU)  A total of  287 Americans were evacuated 
from Haiti thus far today and 433 additional 
Americans are expected to be evacuated by the end of 
the day. Eighty-six Americans have been evacuated to 
either Miami or Homestead by USAF.  Seventy-three 
were flown by USCG to Santo Domingo.  Total private 
Americans evacuated (excluding medevacs) to date is 
¶935.  Thirty-two Americans were evacuated by private 
helo to Santo Domingo.  Reports persist that only 
U.S. passport holders are being allowed into the 
airport.  These are not true.  U.S. consular staff 
at the airport, however, are unable to assist 
foreign nationals.  Forty additional Americans are 
expected to be evacuated to Kingston on January 16, 
and 150 additional Americans will be evacuated on a 
HHS private charter flight to Curacao. 
Communication between the four-person Embassy 
consular team and the airport has been by radio only 
and has been extremely difficult.  Consular Affairs 
is reaching out to those airlines that fly into 
Santo Domingo to suggest they increase capacity. 
(The possibility of busing American citizens from 
Port-au-Prince to various airports in the Dominican 
Republic with international flight capability is 
being considered.  Santo Domingo is reaching 
capacity on hotel space and outbound flights; 
currently 250 Americans are awaiting onward flights. 
C-130 pilots have requested Creole/French-speaking 
Department of State employees on the planes to 
assist with Customs and Border Patrol preparations. 
The Passport Office has offered to provide two- 
person teams.  Consular Affairs inquired of Embassy 
Port-au-Prince whether country clearance and travel 
orders would be needed for teams. (TF1/CA Rep, TF1, 
Embassy Port-au-Prince email) 
 
SEARCH AND RESCUE: TEAM UPDATES 
------------------------------- 
¶3.  (SBU)  As of 1430, one additional team (VA) 
loading, one (NY) awaiting airlift.  Four 72-member 
USAR teams, Fairfax County, LA County, Miami-Dade 
County and Miami City, and one 42-member team from 
Fairfax County continued to conduct search and 
 
STATE 00004776  002.2 OF 002 
 
SUBJECT: TFHA01: HAITI EARTHQUAKE TASK FORCE 
SITUATION REPORT NO. 
rescue operations.  In total, 330 U.S. USAR team 
members are operating in Haiti.  U.S. and French 
teams rescued 10 individuals at the Montana Hotel, 
including eight Americans.  Miami and Icelandic 
teams rescued three children and one adult. 
(TF1/Interagency Conference Call, USAID Sitrep #5) 
 
COMMODITY FLOW: WATER, WATER, WATER 
----------------------------------- 
¶4.  (SBU)  OFDA Craig Fugate will be the single POC 
to prioritize airlift.  FEMA will deconflict. 
Shipments from Homestead AFB have begun. 
Identification of priority delivery sights were to 
be drafted and delivered to General Keane by 1445, 
January 15.  (TF1/Interagency Conference Call) 
 
 
MEDICAL UPDATE 
-------------- 
¶5.  (SBU) Copy of MOU between Haiti and U.S. 
allowing U.S. physicians to treat quake victims was 
forwarded to HHS.   Working to get DMAT teams into 
Haiti.  Equipment is still at Martinsburg, West 
Virginia and has been bumped down in priority.  OFDA 
is working to upgrade priority.  (TF1/Interagency 
Conference Call, TF1/Embassy Port-au-Prince telcon) 
 
INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION: A MAJOR FOCUS 
----------------------------------------- 
 
¶6.  No updates at this time. 
 
HUMANITARIAN/SECURITY/INFRASTRUCTURE 
------------------------------------ 
 
¶7.  USG reps met with the new SRSG for the UN who 
expressed that they want to cooperate fully and to 
have the U.S. military supplement MINUSTAH efforts. 
He offered MINUSTAH assets to assist U.S. forces. 
Embassy Port-au-Prince is transmitting a copy of the 
air traffic control MOU to interested U.S. parties. 
Pursuant to the signing of the air traffic control 
MOU, USAF is coordinating with the FAA to issue a 
Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) on procedures to obtain 
clearance for landing in Port-au-Prince.  The 
overall security situation was described as slowly 
getting worse.  (TF1/Interagency Conference Call) 
 
POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS 
------------------------------------ 
 
¶8.  (SBU)  No updates at this time. 
 
¶9.  (U) Additional updates are available through our 
Intellipedia portal on the classified system at: 
http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Portal:Cris is_Hait 
i. 
CLINTON

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