WGXLO1 HURRICAN GROUP SITREP 4, 0800 EDT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90M00005R000700130006-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 30, 2012
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: September 1, 1988
• Content Type: CABLE

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TO ALL DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR POSTS PRIORITY
RUEHCR/AMEMBASSY BELIZE PRIORITY 6767
RUEHKG/AMEMBASSY KINGSTON PRIORITY 8032
RUEHMEY/AMCONSUL MERIDA PRIORITY 4048
RUEHME/AMEMBASSY MEXICO PRIORITY 3249
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TAGS: PREL. CASC
SUBJECT: WGXL01 HURRICAN GROUP SITREP 4, 0800 EDT
1. STATE AND AID OFFICIALS BRIEFED HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS
COMMITTEE 9/15. WILL BRIEF SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS
COMMITTEE 9/16. CONGRESSIONAL INTEREST IN ASSESSMENT OF
ASSISTANCE NEEDS IN STRICKEN COUNTRIES.
2. NO REPORTS OF AMERICAN DEATHS IN THE YUCATAN, BUT ONE
US CITIZEN SERIOUSLY INJURED IN MERIDA. MEXICANS REPORT
FIVE MEXICAN DEATHS, FEW INJORED. COZUMEL, CANCUN
AIRPORTS TOWERS DESTROYED, BUT AIRPORTS PARTIALLY OPEN.
3. EX-PRIME MINISTER MICHAEL MANLEY RETURNED TO JAMAICA
9/14. HE CUT SHORT VISIT TO BERLIN. MET SEAGA AND
DECLARED PNP READY FOR "100 PERCENT" COOPERATION WITH
GOVERNMENT ON RELIEF.
4. AERIAL SURVEY OF JAMAICA BY AMBASSADOR WITH SEAGA
REVEALED AREAS OF MAJOR DAMAGE. EASTERN END OF ISLAND
HARDEST HIT; MOST HOUSING DESTROYED, CROPS FLATTENED. IN
KINGSTON ALL POWER, MOST WATER, MOST TELEPHONES OUT, FOOD
SHORTAGES AT SHELTERS. OTHER AREAS NOT BADLY IMPACTED.
5. HUMAN LOSSES IN JAMAICA HIGH. 19 CONFIRMED DEAD,
300,000 HOMELESS AND ANOTHER 100,000 IN SHELTERS.
6. USG ASSISTANCE FLOWS TO JAMAICA. BY 9/14 OFDA HAD
ALREADY LIFTED IN USD 290,000 WORTH OF COMMODITIES
(PLASTIC SHEETING, TENTS, WATER JUGS, CHAIN SAWS) IN SIX
AIR LIFTS.
7. INTERNATI0NAL COMMUNITY AIDS JAMAICA. CANADA PLANS
USD 1 MILLION RELIEF ASSISTANCE, U.K. SENDING USD
835,000 IN EMERGENCY SUPPLIES. DISASTER RELIEF AGENCIES
WILL MEET WITH SEAGA LATE THIS MORNING TO ASSESS PRIORITY
NEEDS.
SHULTZ
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