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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 STATE 007254 
 
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. 38 
 
STATE 00007254  001.2 OF 003 
 
 
VIP TRAVEL 
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¶1.  (SBU)  Panamanian President Martinelli is scheduled to 
arrive in Port-au-Prince January 25 at 2100 EST.  (TF1/Embassy 
Panama City e-mail) 
 
SEARCH AND RESCUE (SAR) 
---------------------- 
 
¶2.  (U)  No updates at this time. 
 
COMMODITY FLOW 
-------------- 
 
¶3.  (SBU)  Water continues to be distributed daily at 115 
sites in Port-au-Prince, reaching an estimated 235,000 people. 
(OCHA SitRep #12) 
 
¶4.  (SBU)  Relief agencies distributed commodities to more 
than 112,000 people January 24, according to the International 
Organization for Migration (IOM).  IOM is currently working 
with the UN Emergency Shelter Cluster to develop a reporting 
template to improve tracking of relief commodity distribution. 
(USAID SitRep #24) 
 
¶5.  (SBU)  Twenty teams of national and international 
assessors will conduct rapid needs assessments January 25-27 
in Port-au-Prince and other affected areas.  The OCHA- 
supported teams will analyze health, food, shelter, 
protection, water, sanitation, and hygiene needs at 105 sites 
across Haiti.  (OCHA SitRep #12) 
 
EVACUATIONS/AMERICAN CITIZEN AND LE STAFF WHEREABOUTS 
--------------------------------------------- -------- 
 
¶6.  (SBU)  As of 0500 EST, 166 American evacuees and family 
members departed Port-au-Prince January 25; a total of 11,538 
have been evacuated to date.  There are three Americans and 
family members inside the embassy and none outside.  A total 
of 20,000 Americans have been accounted for.  (TF1/Embassy 
Port-au-Prince e-mail) 
 
¶7.  (SBU)  There are 54 confirmed American fatalities and 
another 36 reported.  (TF1/Embassy Port-au-Prince e-mail) 
 
MEDICAL RESPONSE 
---------------- 
 
¶8.  (SBU)  As of 0400 EST, USNS Comfort treated 507 patients 
and performed 109 surgeries January 25.  Over 2,800 patients 
have been treated to date.  The USNS Comfort, other medical 
ships, and field hospitals are expected to reach maximum 
capacity within three days.    (TF1/SOUTHCOM SitRep) 
 
¶9.  (SBU)  There continue to be no reported outbreaks of 
communicable diseases including cholera, measles, and rubella, 
according to the World Health Organization and the Pan 
American Health Organization.  (OCHA SitRep #12) 
 
INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION/REQUESTS 
----------------------------------- 
 
¶10.  (U)  Japan will pledge a total of $70 million at the 
Ministerial Conference on Haiti in Montreal.  The Government 
of 11.  Japan is considering adding 100 Self Defense Force 
troops, in addition to the 34 that arrived January 23, media 
report.  (AFP and kyodo.co.jp) 
 
¶12.  (U)  On January 24, a French naval ship equipped with two 
landing craft, four helicopters, and onboard operating 
theaters, arrived in Haiti with 2,000 tons of humanitarian 
aid, according to press.  (AFP) 
 
¶13.  (SBU)  Two relief flights carrying new supplies of 
shelters, cooking kits, buckets and blankets for 65,000 people 
will depart the UK on January 26.  (TF1/Embassy London e-mail) 
 
¶14.  (SBU)  Argentina, Israel, Russia, Portugal, Turkey, 
France, Brazil, and Colombia are currently operating portable 
hospitals in Haiti.  (SOUTHCOM PA SitRep) 
 
DEPLOYMENT OF U.S. GOVERNMENT ASSETS 
------------------------------------ 
 
¶15.  (SBU)  As of January 25, there are 19,134 U.S. military 
and civilian personnel in Haiti.   (TF1/SOUTHCOM SitRep) 
 
¶16.  (SBU)  A convoy carrying fuel and food from Embassy Santo 
Domingo is scheduled to arrive in Port-au-Prince January 25. 
(TF1/Embassy Santo Domingo e-mail) 
 
HUMANITARIAN/SECURITY/INFRASTRUCTURE 
------------------------------------ 
 
¶17.  (U)  Haiti's Communications Minister said the death toll 
topped 150,000 in the areas of Port-au-Prince, with thousands 
more dead around the country, media report.  (AP) 
 
¶18.  (SBU)  As of January 24, UN Emergency Shelter Cluster 
members had identified 591 spontaneous settlements throughout 
Port-au-Prince, sheltering approximately 692,000 displaced 
people.  The actual number of displaced people is expected to 
be 800,000 to one million.  (OCHA SitRep #12) 
 
¶19.  (SBU)  As of January 24, more than 235,000 people have 
left Port-au-Prince using the free transportation provided by 
the GOH.  The number of people who have left Port-au-Prince by 
private means remains undetermined.  Some 62,000 people have 
settled in Artibonite Department.  (OCHA SitRep #12) 
 
¶20.  (SBU)  The Port-au-Prince pier is operating at 40 percent 
capacity and is currently unable  to conduct offloading that 
requires a crane.  The U.S. Navy underwater construction team 
reports it will take ten weeks to get the south pier back to 
its original operating capacity. 
(TF1/USCG Port Facility Report and SOUTHCOM SitRep) 
 
¶21.  (SBU)  The Haiti Flight Coordinating Center (HFOCC) has 
allocated 1,414 slots to aircraft to arrive in Port-au-Prince 
airport between January 25 and February 23.  Additional flight 
requests will be difficult to accommodate.  There are 126 
slots allocated for January 25.  (HFOCC Flight Allocations 
Report) 
 
¶22.  (SBU)  Wireless telephone services are operating at 85 
percent capacity.  Approximately 30 radio stations and six 
television stations are operational.  (DHS/NCS SitRep) 
 
POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS 
---------------------- 
 
¶23.  (U)  No updates at this time. 
 
¶24.  (U) Additional updates are available through our 
Intellipedia portal on the unclassified system at: 
http://www.intelink.gov/wiki/Portal:Crisis_Ha iti_Earthquake. 
 
¶24. (U) Minimize considered. 
CLINTON