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Michael Elmquist, coordinator of the United Nations relief operations in Indonesia, said major headway had been made, both in distributing supplies that had piled up at the regional airports and in evacuating many people who had been left homeless and cut off by the destruction of roads and communications.
"It's absolutely life-saving," Mr. Elmquist said in Jakarta of the helicopter evacuations. "We are absolutely thrilled that Americans are doing that. They are the only ones who have the capacity to reach those parts of the population right now."
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