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Prime Minister Hoveyda flew to the stricken areas to make a first hand study of the damage and to give on-the-spot orders for relief. He was accompanied by Ministers of the Interior, Agriculture, Roads, and Health, and by the Agricultural Bank president. The Shah ordered hour-by-hour reports made to him personally. The Ministry of Interior was on 24-hour alert. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs set up a special earthquake information desk to answer foreign inquiries and direct offers of help to the proper channels. The Ministry of Health sent a large supply of dislnfectant to help avoid outbreaks of disease. The Imperial Army put all of its available water tankers on the road to bring water to villages with blocked or destroyed water systems. All Red Lion and Sun Society (RLSS) offices were placed on a 24-hour emergency alert. The Sixth Division of the Army garrisoned in Meshed dispatched more than 3,000 troops, 400 trucks, doctors and supplies to work in an estimated 2,000 square kilometer area. Fully equipped teams of sanitary experts were commissioned to work in the field, and a mass campaign to disinfect and to sterilize water was undert aken . Iranian Army trucks were pressed into service to transfer thousands of injured victims to hospitals in Gonabad, Torbat, and Heidarieh, and to field hospitals established by the Army and other agencies. The first plane carrying tents, blankets, food, drugs, and other supp:lies landed in the disaster area at 4 p.m. September 1. All vehicles moving through southern Khorassan from Zahedran, Birjand, Zabol, and Meshed were stopped and asked to camy the injured and dead to field hospitals or graveyards. On the night of the first earthquake, the Army rushed four trucks of first aid supplies provided by RLSS to the disaster area, along with a medical team, an ambulance, and two tankers of water to Kakh. The fo1Llowing morming, it also dispatched two companies of infantry, eight trucks, j?our mobile kitchens, 20 ambulances, and additional medical teams. Two field hospitals were airlifted September 1 and set up at Kakh where the death toll and damage were so heavy. Each field hospital was equipped to care for 300 wounded victims at a given time. On Septernber 2, four field hospital uni.ts (with 10 surgeons, 50 nurses and 120 beds) and three tons of medicines were delivered to the disaster area. The Tehran Sanitary Engineering Depar'tment flew in eight medical teams, five surgeons, five ambulances with nurses and anesthesia experts. The RLSS sent 13 emergency rescue units to the stricken areas. Later new medical teams composed of volunteer physicians and surgeons were fomd to reinforce those already in the field. The medical staff of Tehran's Sina Hospital called on colleagues to register for service in medical teams. There was an immediate and great need for blood transf'usions. Blood was flown in as needed by the RLSS. Rnpress Famh herself gave blood for victims of the earthquakes. As word spread that the hpress had done this, many people in Tehran lined up to give blood. In the days following the earthquakes, the flow and quantity of disaster supplies from domestic sources rapidly accelerated, supplemented by international assistance. Following the initial movement of aid to the disaster areas, the RLSS assumed the leading relief role that had been carried by the Imperial Amy. Coments were later made on the improved administrative techniques of the RLSS compared to operations during the 1962 Qazvin disaster. -154-
lvleetings of cormunity organizations were held all over the country to mobilize and coordinate aid. Thousands of volunteers collected donations in cash and in kind. A women's organization sent a team to the field to visit orphaned babies and arrange for their care. Their Imperial Majesties adopted two orphaned children. Orphaned children at l
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4.5 million other vlctims. The case
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has been undertaken by Ghana, Nepal
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QUICK FACTS AND COMPAlusoNs Wer of
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FISCAL YEAR 1969 ClMJLA'I'rUE DISAS
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* Inccanplete or not reported. X un
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mCRIFTION OF ?HE DISASTER Several c
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damage. The 25,000 persons reported
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"We believe that the limited funds
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MALAGASY EVENT: DATE-TIME: Cyclone
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Overflow of Ikopa River on Tananari
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for this nso gesture of wendship wh
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3,500 pounds of oats, estimated ma.
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Estimated m et value of 15,000 metr
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gatherings were prohibited until mi
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MOROCCO CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DISA
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established for the fire victims by
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P. L. 480, Title 11, sorghum, value
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Large amounts of publicity and pmpa
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As this reporting period closes, th
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oth sides. This was acknowledged by
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The Resident Comnissioners were res
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Ambassador Ferguson in Biafra June
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The work of the kwashiorkor sickbay
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Since the beginning of the program
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Even though the end of the conflict
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donated by them wNch in most instan
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Ambassador Ferguson and his staff p
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Soon there were ever increasing num
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themselves to relief cargoes, but t
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Stockpile at Santa Isabel received
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with military vehicles and supplies
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Medical Assistance Starting in Sept
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In January 1968, UNICEF began emrge
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CAFUTAS, INI'ERNATIONAL RELIEF' OPE
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WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES RELIEF OP
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JCA/USA C-97G at Sao Tome to the fo
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By April 1, 1969, it was possible t
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Ylssion Board of New York, CRS recm
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In Biafra, CWS channeled its materi
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International Rescue Comnlttee The
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Abbot t Universal, Lt s . Ayerst La
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This view is enshrined in the Chart
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outbreaks in the North in May that
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United Kindom The United Kingdom ha
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October 2, 1968 - Four rellef worke
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The Government reported its plan to
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UPPER VOLTA CHARAmRISTICS OF THE DI
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CHARACI'ERISTICS OF THE DISASTER EV
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CHARAmSTICS OF THE DISASTER EVENT:
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BRAZIL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DISAS
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comittee and the Brazilian military
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CHARAmSTICS OF THE DISASTER EVENT:
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Page 120 and 121: The August 2, 1968, edition of La R
Page 122 and 123: 1,950 IW.comal, export market value
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Page 126 and 127: delivered to McGuire AFB, New Jerse
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Page 130 and 131: NICARAGUA ~CrERIsTIcS OF THE DISm m
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Page 134 and 135: ASSISTANCE PROVIDED BY OTHER NATIaS
Page 136 and 137: distributed by Peruvlan voluntary a
Page 138 and 139: July and/or October Floods July/Awt
Page 141 and 142: Deaths in West Bengal were reported
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Page 145 and 146: IRAN CHARAmSTICS OF THE DISASTER EV
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Page 149 and 150: factors and localities. " It is rea
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Page 162 and 163: Comnts on Effectiveness of Iran's R
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Page 170 and 171: P.L. 480 FOO~ - AID CARE - 97,000 p
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American am bass ado^? Arthur Hwnan
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CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DISASTER EVE
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cHAFMmST1CS OF THE DISASTER E3ENT:
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.he Ministry of Social Welfare prov
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CHARACTERISTICS OF .THE DISASTER EV
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Red Cross was able to carry out its
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CARE-Medico provided the services o
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warehouse in the Manila South Harbo
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American Ambassador G. Mennen Willi
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(3iAFiAmsmCs OF THE DISASTER Emlc:
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A formal request for assistance was
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