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ACTION TAKEN BY 'ME GOWBMtNT OF NICARAGUA AND LOCAL ORCIIWIZATIONS
Relief and llescue operations welle coordinated by the Nicslraguan National
Guard and involved Civic Action hits of the Guard, the :Nicaraguan Air
Force, Nhistry of Health, Social Security Institute, La Nica Airlines and
the local Red Cross, No new organizations were formed.
-rations consisted chiefly of setting up llelief stations at Siuna and La
Rosita, and arran@;ing for medical team, medicine, food and clothing,
?he a attenpted to deal with the crisis itself but experienced difficulty
in air-dmpping supplies into the area and mquested U. SL assistance to
overcane the problem,
Mscharging homeless flood victlms near one of relief
centers,
ASSISTANCE PROVIDED BY U, S, GOVERNMENT
The U, S, Ambassador requested USSOllIWXB! to provide air support to aid
the GON in relief operations and authorized use of AID corltingency funds
for mir~~bursement. USSOUI'HCCW and the MI1 Group supplied one hellcopter,
which logged 27 hours and 45 minutes in 30 sorties, and one ~47, which
logged 3 hours and 10 minutes in 7 sorties, in air droppirlg clothing and
other supplies to disaster areas and in evacuation of flmd vict~. A