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ACI'ION.TAKEN BY ?HE GOVE-
OF YUGOSLAVIA AND LQCAL ORGElNIZATIONS
The Yugoslav Arrriy and Red Cross provided shelter but it was inadequate to
meet all the needs. Many of the very poor people affected were in inaccessible
mountain areas. Slow relief for many of the victlms was due
largely to reluctance of the sensitive and proud Montenegrlns to request
help.
The Government of Yugoslavia and the Red Cross undertook a program to
re-establish the schools. In-country contributions and loans for repairing
or rebuilding the schools and other buildings destroyed or damaged in the
earthquake was reported at about 25 million new dinars (equ.ivalent of
$10 million).
ASSISTANCE PROVIDED BY 'ME U.
S . GOVERNMENT
The American Ambassador exercised his disaster relief authority to make a
cash donation to the Yugoslav Red Cross from the AID contingency fund. It
was originally intended that the U. S. gift would be used to buy tents and
temporary shelter rraterial. Subsequently it was determined that in view
of the pat need for new schools that the U. S. Government donation should
be used to purchase and erect a pre-fab school building at E3ar which would
be identified as a U. S. gift. It was recomnended that funds for the
school should cane from U. S. owned dinars in Yugoslavia rather than fran
the AID contingency fund. This was approved by the Bureau of the Budget
and 330,000 dinars were allocated for this purpose and the .previous amount
charged to the contingency fund removed. These dinars have an equivalent
dollar value of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $26,400
Yugoslav TV carried the report of the U.
in newspapers.
ASSISTANCE PROVIDED BY U. S. VOLUNTARY AGENCIES: None
ASSISTANCE PROVIED BY UPHEX NATIONS
S. donation and it also appeared
USSR - Cash donation of 250,000 dinars for school at Ulcinj . . . $20,000
Norwegian, Austrian and Swedish Red Cross organizations gave some aid but
type, quantity and value were not reported.