KOREM SITREP - ETHIOPIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90B01370R000801110064-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 23, 2010
• Sequence Number: 64
• Publication Date: December 14, 1984
• Content Type: CABLE

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SUBJECT: KOREM SITREP - ETHIOPIA
1 . SUMMARY : FURTHER TO CONCaRl3~M1~ ~M~:~f"~?~6- V~&IT
AND PRESS REPORTS OF' DE`ifll2ORAi"f~Ml' ~MI'~ 1tM-
TION AT KOREM FEEDING CENTER, AID STAFF HAVE CONSULTED
WITH RRC AND PVO STAFF TO GET UPDATED UNDERSTANDING
OF CONDITIONS. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION MAY BE USEFUL
FOR DEPARTMENT IN WOLF DEBRIEFING. THERE HAVE
BEEN INTERRUPTIONS IN FOOD SUPPLY, BUT RRC ASSURES
US SUFFICINT STOCK IS NOW IN PLACE. PROBLEMS AT
SHELTERS HAVE BEEN EXACERBATED BY RECENT SHOWERS.
END SUMMARY.
2. RRC AIR SERVICE OFFICIALS REPORT THAT BETWEEN
NOVEMBER 24 AND DECEMBER 2, RAF FLEW 64 MTS OF EMER-
GENCY SUPPLEMENTARY FOODS INTO ALAMATA FOR ONWARD
TRUCKING TO KOREM. FURTHER, RRC/ADDIS REPORTS THERE
IS FOOD AT RRC STORES IN KOMBOLCHA AND CHAFA, FROM
WHICH RRC/KOREM MAY DRAW. DESSIE RRC REP REPORTS
APPROXIMATELY 220 MTS OF WHEAT WAS SCHEDULED TO
ARRIVE IN KOREM DECEMBER 13 AND SUPPLEMENTARY FOODS
HAVE ALSO BEEN FORWARDED TO KOREM IN RECENT PAST,
THOUGH RRC WAS UNABLE TO IDENTIFY HOW MUCH OR EXACTLY
WHEN TRANSPORTED. THEREFORE, ACCORDING TO ALL RRC
OFFICIALS CONTACTED IN THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS, THERE
SHOULD BE "NO PROBLEM" OF INSUFFICIENT FOOD IN KOREM.
3. LICROSS DELEGATE, MR. PERSON (PROTECT) REPORTS
THAT HIS FIEL
STAFF REPORT THAT ENOUGH SUPPLEMENTAL
FOOD HAVE BEEN FORWARDED TO SCF-UK'S INTENSIVE
FEEDING CENTER IN KOREM'IN NOVEMBER TO CONTINUE
SUPPORT OF THAT OPERATIONS, THOUGH MR. PERSON ADMITS
THIS IS VERBAL REPORTING ONLY; THERE IS NO PAPERWORK
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AT LICROSS HEADQUARTERS IN ADDIS PRESENTLY WHICH
IDENTIFIES THE AMOUNT OF FOOD LICROSS HAS SENT TO
KOREM IN TE PAST 2 MONTHS. MR. PERSON REPORTS
SCF/UK HAS NOT REPORTED ANY LACK OF F000 TO HIS
HEADQUARTERS TODATE.
4. AID OFFICERS CALLED ON DAVID ALEXANDER (PROTECT), SCF-UK,
ADDIS, ON DECEMBER 13 RE F000 SITUATION IN KOREM.
HE REPORTS LICROSS AND ERC (ETHIOPIAN RED CROSS)
SUPPLY SUPPLEMENTARY FOOD TO SCF-UK FEEDING CENTER IN
KOREM; LICROSS APPROXIMATELY 40 PERCENT AND ERC
APPROXIMATELY 60 PERCENT. ALEXANDER REPORTS THE
FEEDING CENTER SUPPLIES HAVE BEEN SO LOW IN RECENT
WEEKS THAT THEY HAVE GONE TO HALF RATIONS, AND IN
FACT, RAN OUT OF POWDERED MILK FOR 1-2 DAYS, WEEK
OF DECEMBER 3. THIS SITUATION CLEARLY INDICATES A
LACK OF REGULAR COMMODITY SUPPLV TO THE CENTER DURING
THE PAST FEW WEEKS. SINCE RINNING OUT OF MILK LAST
WEEK, ALEXANDER HAS COORDINATED WITH ERC TO RESTOCK
THE SUPPLEMENTAL FOODS.
5. ALEXANDER REPORTS SCF-UK FIELD STAFF CONFIRM
RRC IS PROVIDING SOME GENERAL DISTRIBUTION IN KOREM,
THOUGH NOT ENOUGH, WHICH OF COURSE JEOPARDIZES THE
SCF-UK'S UPPLMENTAL FEEDING PROGRAM.
6. ALEXANDER WILL VISIT KOREM DECEMBER GOY AND WILL
BRIEF AID OFFICERS ON HIS RETURN TO ADDIS.
KORN
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