3. - usaid

for housing public works for 1969 to reduce unemployment and reactivate
economy.
To help met the emergency food needs of an estimated 3,450 farnilies in six
of the affected provinces-Santiago, OIHiggins, Colchagua, Curico, Talca
and Linares--the GOC requested assistance f3mm the United States in providing
agricultural comodities under Title I1 of P.L. 480 for a 5-month
period beginning in Novenber 1968. ?he GOC agreed to be responsible for
all internal costs of the program, including project coordination and
inspection at the National and District level.
ASSISTANCE PROVIDED BY THE U. S. GOVERNMENT
P.L.
480 Food - Voh.mtary Agencies
An mediate 60-day food emergency assistance program was begun
in ~ugust, utilizing approximately 1,100 metric tons of P.L. 480
codties made available to the GOC by the following U. S.
voluntary agencies: Catholic Relief Services, CARE, World
Relief Conmission and Seventh-Day Adventist Welfare Service.
This food had a value of $241,000
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P.L. 480 Food - To World Food Program for Chile Drought
The World Food Program approved for distribution to 6,000
families for a period of five months 990 metric tons of wheat
flour, 135 of canned meat, 135 of vegetable oil, 180 dried
fish, 135 non-fat dry milk. WFP requested that the U. S.
contribute all the wheat flour requirement. ?his was
approved in September 1968. The 990 tons of wheat flour
had a market value of $81,000 plus ocean transport costs of
$40,000, total ........................................ 121,000
P . L. 480 Food - Government-to-Government Donation
?he GOC requested U. S. assistance in food aid. The proposed
program was to be administered by the GOC1s Office of Emergency
Planning in the Ministry of Interior. The food was to be
distributed free to needy persons as a result of the drought or
as payment-in-kind of wages to drought victims employed on work
projects in the six selected provinces. The projects planned
were to consist of activities designed to alleviate the present
drought problem or to lessen the impact of f'uture ones (e.g.,
conanunity irrigation projects, canals, and construction of
simple wells). It was estimated that 20,700 persons would
receive assistance under the program. The U. S. Mission obtained
AID/W approval for the program and donation of the following
P.L. 480, Title 11 food: 466 tons of wheat flour; 186 ton:; rolled
wheat; 124 tons cornmeal; 93 tons vegetable oil; 31 tons of nonfat
dry milk; and 186 tons of CSM. Market value of the food was
$139,058, plus ocean transport costs of $50,000 for a total
contribution of ............................................... 189,058
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m r USG ~ ~ $ 551,058