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International Organizations
United Nations - Cash donation to LICROSS for tents
League of Red Cmss Societies (LICROSS):
On November 19, 1968, LICROSS reported that three huge
30-ton trucks loaded with pre-fabricated dwellings had
just made a two-week trek f'rom Europe to Iran bringing
the first of hundreds of metallic single-family units
bought by it in F'rance for the earthquake victims.
French steel shelter unit
Starting in southern France, the convoy crossed Italy,
Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, and Turkey on its way to Tehran.
Purchase of the dwellings was made possible by gifts
from Red Cross National Societies, and it must be
assumed that appropriate credit has been given to
the Red Cross under individual countries listed above.