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Reference ID	Created	Released	Classification	Origin
10STATE7953	2010-01-27 04:08	2011-08-26 00:00	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	Secretary of State

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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 STATE 007953 
 
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. 41 
 
STATE 00007953  001.2 OF 003 
 
 
VIP TRAVEL 
---------- 
¶1.  (SBU)  Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA) continued 
her visit January 26 with meetings in the U.S. Embassy. 
(TF1/Interagency Conference Call) 
 
SEARCH AND RESCUE (SAR) 
---------------------- 
¶2.  (U)  Two heavy SAR teams (Fairfax and Los Angeles) 
will remain in Port-au-Prince through January 27. 
 Future SAR efforts will shift to the Army Corps of 
Engineers.  At the height of the rescue effort there 
were more than 50 SAR teams in Haiti.  (TF1/OFDA-DART e- 
mail) 
 
COMMODITY FLOW 
-------------- 
¶3. (SBU)  WFP reports to date it has distributed more 
than 3.2 million daily rations, reaching more than 
437,000 beneficiaries.  (TF1/Interagency Conference 
Call) 
 
EVACUATIONS/AMERICAN CITIZEN AND LE STAFF WHEREABOUTS 
--------------------------------------------- -------- 
¶4.  (SBU)  As of 1000 on January 26, 143 American 
evacuees and family members departed Port-au-Prince. 
12,085 have been evacuated to date.  There are 85 
Americans and family members inside the embassy and none 
outside the compound.  A total of 20,650 Americans have 
been accounted for.  (TF1/Embassy Port-au-Prince e-mail) 
 
¶5.  (SBU)  There are 71 confirmed American fatalities 
and another 21 reported.  TF1/Embassy Port-au-Prince e- 
mail) 
 
MEDICAL RESPONSE 
---------------- 
¶6.  (SBU)  As of 1600 EST January 25, USNS Comfort, USS 
Vinson and USS Bataan treated 502 patients in the last 
24 hours, bringing the total to 2178 treated with 129 
surgeries.  The Comfort is nearly at capacity.  (Joint 
Staff Operation Unified Response Situation Update) 
 
¶7.  (SBU)  As of 1600, Joint Task Force-Haiti treated 
1,245 patients on January 26.  10,754 patients have been 
treated to date.  USAID requested a field medical 
station with 250 beds.  (Joint Staff DCO brief) 
 
INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION/REQUESTS 
----------------------------------- 
¶8.  (U)  As of January 26, the EU reports its 
humanitarian assistance to Haiti, including planned 
pledges, amounts to $276 million.  In addition, the 
European Commission's emergency relief package is worth 
$42 million.  The EU confirms it has deployed over 1,000 
experts from 24 countries.  (TF1/USEU Mission e-mail) 
 
STATE 00007953  002.2 OF 003 
 
 
¶9.  (SBU)  A 747 carrying tents and other supplies 
provided by China is scheduled to arrive in Port-au- 
Prince January 26 at 1915 hours.  (TF1/SOUTHCOM LNO) 
 
¶10.  (SBU)  Following a January 23-25 Caracas meeting of 
the foreign ministers of Venezuela, Cuba, Bolivia, 
Ecuador and Nicaragua, President Chavez announced the 
Venezuelan Government will forgive Haiti's bilateral 
debt (which Haiti reports as $295 million) and also 
provide $20 million in medical assistance. 
 Collectively, the countries announced the intention to 
create a $100 million fund to finance food imports and 
agricultural production, as well as sanitation, energy, 
and educational assistance.  (TF1/Venezuela desk e-mail) 
 
¶11.  (SBU)  The agreed flight corridor over Cuba between 
U.S. and GTMO is operational.  Only one aircraft used 
the corridor in each direction on January 25 but air 
traffic is increasing.  (TF1/Cuba desk e-mail) 
 
DEPLOYMENT OF U.S. GOVERNMENT ASSETS 
------------------------------------ 
¶12.  (SBU)  As of January 26, there are 18,775 U.S. 
military uniform personnel in Haiti or offshore, with 
roughly 25 percent on the ground and 75 percent afloat. 
This total is projected to increase to 19,104 by January 
¶28. (Joint Staff Operation Unified Response Situation 
Update) 
 
¶13.  (SBU)  The final shipment of 6,200 radios (the last 
part of a total shipment of 50,000) arrived at Homestead 
Air Reserve Base, and will be transported to Port-au- 
Prince on the first available aircraft.  (SOUTHCOM) 
 
HUMANITARIAN/SECURITY/INFRASTRUCTURE 
------------------------------------ 
¶14.  (SBU)  Ten Haitian ports are fully operational; the 
remaining three are partially operational. (USCG Brief) 
 
¶15.  (SBU)  An American Airlines official told 
Ambassador Merten they want to resume commercial flights 
to Port-au-Prince in three weeks, but that this would 
require modifications to the airport terminal building, 
which sustained extensive structural damage.  Funding 
for repairs remains an issue.  (TF1/Port-au-Prince e- 
mail, Port au Prince 88) 
 
¶16.  (SBU)  An inspection team comprised of USAID and 
Haitian government representatives  inspected 14 
ministry buildings; 12 buildings have collapsed and the 
other two are unusable.  (Port au Prince 88) 
 
¶17.  (SBU)  SOUTHCOM sent an engineering team on January 
26 to assess the road near the Jimani border-crossing 
point between Haiti and the Dominican Republic.  (TF1/ 
Interagency Conference Call) 
 
¶18.  (SBU)  The banking sector appears to be functioning 
satisfactorily.  (TF1/ Interagency Conference Call) 
 
POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS 
 
STATE 00007953  003.2 OF 003 
 
¶19.  (SBU)  The Bahamian government apprehended at least 
45 Haitian migrants who landed there the night of 
January 25.  The Royal Bahamian Defense Force is holding 
the migrants.  (TFI/USCG NCC e-mail) 
 
¶20.  (U) Additional updates are available through our 
unclassified Intellipedia portal on the classified 
system 
at:http://www.intelink.gov/wiki/Portal:Crisis _Haiti_Eart 
hquake. 
 
¶21.  (U) Minimize considered. 
CLINTON

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