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9:55 AM Meeting with Herman Kleine and Russell McClure [Notice to Press]
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9:55 AM Meeting with Herman Kleine and Russell McClure [Notice to Press]
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October 1974
Office of the White House Press Secretary
NOTICE TO THE PRESS
9:55 AM Meeting with Herman Kleine and Russell McClure
Mr. Kleine and Mr. McClure returned Wednesday from Honduras where
the President had sent them to survey the damage caused by Hurricane Fifi.
The report concludes that the devastation was great and the country's
economic capacity severely set back as a result of the storm and subsequent
flooding. A substantial portion of the banana trees, on which the country
depends for its major export, have been destroyed and will take eighteen
months to two years to replace. Damage estimates are $500 million in a
nation with an annual GNP of $1 billion. U.S. emergency relief efforts
were significant but are now phasing out, and AID is planning a $5 million
grant and $10-15 million concessional loan rehabilitation program.
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Digitized from Box 3 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library