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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 STATE 009756 
 
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. 48 
 
STATE 00009756  001.2 OF 003 
 
 
VIP TRAVEL 
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¶1. (SBU)  Congressman Cassidy (R-LA) will arrive January 
30 in the Dominican Republic.  He will visit Good 
Samaritan Hospital in Jimani on the Dominican side of the 
Haiti-DR border, which is treating 40 Haitian patients. 
(TF1/H e-mail) 
 
SEARCH AND RESCUE (SAR) 
---------------------- 
 
¶2. (SBU)  Diplomatic Security has surveyed a number of 
possible locations of entombed American citizens and will 
provide an update January 30 on these locations. 
(TF1/Interagency Conference Call) 
 
COMMODITY FLOW 
-------------- 
 
¶3. (SBU)  The number of food distribution sites has 
increased from 15 to 16, and an additional site is 
scheduled to open on February 1.  MINUSTAH will secure 
eight distribution sites and JTF-Haiti will secure nine. 
(USAID SitRep #34) 
 
¶4. (SBU)  MINUSTAH will provide security for the transfer 
of $20 million cash from HSBC to the Central Bank of 
Haiti on February 2.  (TF1/Interagency Conference Call) 
 
EVACUATIONS/AMERICAN CITIZEN AND LE STAFF WHEREABOUTS 
--------------------------------------------- -------- 
 
¶5. (SBU)  As of 0700 EST, 106 American evacuees and 
family members departed Port-au-Prince January 30; a 
total of 13,869 have been evacuated to date.  There are 
30 Americans and family members inside the Embassy and 
250 individuals, mostly local nationals, outside the 
Embassy.  A total of 22,000 potential evacuees have been 
accounted for. (TF1/Embassy Port-au-Prince e-mail) 
 
¶6. (SBU)  There are 74 confirmed American fatalities and 
another 20 reported.  (TF1/Embassy Port-au-Prince e-mail) 
 
¶7. (SBU)  Six LE Staff are confirmed dead; 23 local 
guards are still missing. (TF1/Embassy Port-au-Prince e- 
mail) 
 
¶8. (SBU)  The 66 orphans whose cases were being closely 
followed by the office of Sen. Hatch (R-UT) arrived in 
Miami 1900 EST January 29.  (TF1/TF8 e-mail) 
 
¶9. (SBU)  Two sets of American citizen remains are in 
Embassy custody.  Post is working with a local funeral 
home to obtain a third set of remains January 30.  The 
three sets of remains are scheduled for transportation to 
Dover AFB on January 30.  (TF1/Embassy Port-au-Prince 
telcon) 

 
 
MEDICAL RESPONSE 
---------------- 
 
¶10. (SBU)  The number of patients in triage, post- 
operation, or long-term care exceeds local and USNS 
Comfort capabilities.  Third countries, particularly in 
the Caribbean, will be contacted to assess receptiveness 
to receiving Haitians in need of medical assistance. 
(TF1/Interagency Conference call) 
 
¶11. (SBU)  The first post-operative facility should be 
open in Port-au-Prince by February 4. (TF1/Interagency 
Conference call) 
 
¶12. (SBU)  The Israeli field hospital closed on January 
¶26.  Russian, Spanish, and French field hospitals will 
depart within the next two weeks.  HHS cannot confirm if 
the Argentines will pack their field hospital in 
February.  (TF1/HHS e-mail) 
 
INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION/REQUESTS 
----------------------------------- 
 
¶13. (SBU) No updates at this time. 
 
DEPLOYMENT OF U.S. GOVERNMENT ASSETS 
------------------------------------ 
 
¶14. (SBU)  No updates at this time. 
 
HUMANITARIAN/SECURITY/INFRASTRUCTURE 
------------------------------------ 
 
¶15. (SBU)  The airport runway is showing signs of wear 
and tear.  A seven-person team will arrive on January 30 
to assess the damage.  (DOC Conference Call) 
 
¶16. (SBU)  The larger Internet service providers have 
increased their international capabilities and will 
continue to expand them over the next few weeks.  (DHS 
SitRep) 
 
¶17. (SBU)  According to the Haitian Chamber of Commerce 
(CCIH), the earthquake destroyed approximately 25,000 
public and commercial buildings.  The majority of the 
structures were not adequately insured.  CCIH believes 
any remaining buildings should be inspected and certified 
before they are re-opened.  (Port-au-Prince 106) 
 
¶18. (SBU)  Vietnamese telephone company Vietel reaffirmed 
an earlier offer to purchase 70 percent of Teleco, 
Haiti's national telephone company.  (Port-au-Prince 106) 
 
¶19. (SBU)  The date when commercial flights will resume 
has been pushed back to February 19.  (DOC Conference 
Call) 
 
¶20.  (U)  U.S. soldiers halted a violent confrontation 
January 29 between looters and a private security guard 
who shot and killed one man inside an appliance store and 
appeared poised to shoot others.  (CP) 
 
POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS 
----------------------  
 
¶21. (SBU)  Eighteen senators elected two commissions 
January 28 to monitor aid and manage agreements with aid 
organizations.  (Port-au-Prince 106) 
 
¶22. (U)  Additional updates are available through our 
Intellipedia portal on the unclassified system at: 
http://www.intelink.gov/wiki/Portal:Crisis_Ha iti_Earthqua 
ke. 
 
¶23. (U)  Minimize considered. 
CLINTON