Relief assistance to the people of South Vietnam is less today than ever beforeeven though the human tragedy in that battered country is greater than at any time since the war began. This is particularly true today. Since April 1following the outbreak of heavy fighting in South Vietnamover a million people have become refugees. Up to 80.000 have become civilian casualties. Another 25.000 have lost their lives. Hundreds of homes and schools and hospitals and clinics have been damaged or destroyed by enemy rockets and American bombs. Food and medical supplies are dwindling. The Agency for International Development informs me that the cost of meeting the new refugee emergency. including war victim damage and casualty claims. is some 25 billion piasters. or more than $60.000.000. Emergency health needs. including supplies and the repair of needed facilities. is more than $10.000.000. This estimate covers immediate needs at provincial hospitals in An Loc.
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