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To: SOROS who wrote (399)	9/20/1998 1:49:00 PM
From: Bill Grant	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 1151

The IMF must be reformed. It has become at best a nuisance and at worst a mischief maker which has worsened rather than helped the countries to which it has extended loans.

To: SOROS who wrote (399)	9/20/1998 10:33:00 PM
From: SOROS	Respond to of 1151

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To: SOROS who wrote (399)	9/20/1998 10:34:00 PM
From: SOROS	Respond to of 1151

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To: SOROS who wrote (399)	9/20/1998 10:36:00 PM
From: SOROS	Respond to of 1151

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To: SOROS who wrote (399)	9/20/1998 10:40:00 PM
From: SOROS	Respond to of 1151

ST. JOHN'S, Antigua (AP) -- Rough surf and gathering clouds were the first signs of trouble at dawn Sunday for residents of the eastern Caribbean as Hurricane Georges bore down on the islands with ferocious 150 mph (240 km/h) winds. "For the third time in four years we are facing a major hurricane," Antigua Prime Minister Lester Bird said in a radio address to the island nation. Antigua was hit by Luis in 1995 and Bertha in 1996. The National Hurricane Center in Miami warned that Georges was "an extremely dangerous category 4 hurricane." The eye of Georges, with sustained winds of 150 mph, was expected to pass over the small, eastern Caribbean islands later Sunday before moving on to threaten the U.S. and British Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico on Monday. At 8 a.m. EDT (1200 GMT) Sunday, Georges was centered about 245 miles (390 km) east of Guadeloupe in the Lesser Antilles. Georges' clearly defined eye was moving almost due west at 17 mph (27 km/h) and was projected to head west-northwest during the day. Powerful as Andrew, Hugo Georges strengthened Saturday to a category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale -- comparable to Hurricane Andrew, which devastated parts of southern Florida in 1992, or Hurricane Hugo, which caused severe damage in the Caribbean and South Carolina in 1989. Hurricane warnings were extended Sunday morning as far west as Puerto Rico, leaving all of the eastern Caribbean north of Dominica under a warning. In the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, where 3.8 million residents waited in the path of the storm, many people began covering windows with plywood and stocking up on supplies Saturday even though Georges wasn't expected to arrive until Monday morning. "From the path I've seen on the news, it's coming on strong and could really affect us," said San Juan resident Heriberto Cruz, who was shopping for batteries, water and other necessities. On St. Croix, in the U.S. Virgin Islands, residents who remember when Hurricane Hugo damaged 95 percent of the island's homes in 1989 rushed to supermarkets and waited in long lines at gas stations. "I am totally bewildered," said Josiah Mercury as she hurriedly picked up crackers and bottled water at a supermarket. "The most I can do is prepare and take the warning seriously." Storm surge could reach 10 feet Residents of the small eastern Caribbean islands, the first ones expected to be hit Sunday, also took the hurricane seriously, buying extra supplies and hauling boats out of the water. Jean-Jack Queyranne, the French minister of overseas departments, sent 40 public service officers each to Martinique and Guadeloupe to prepare for the hurricane. The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency sent Early Response Teams, which include health care workers, engineers, firefighters and other professionals, to the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico ahead of the storm. The Hurricane Center said storm surge flooding of five to 10 feet (1.5 to 3 meters) above normal tide levels should be expected along with five to eight inches (13 to 20 centimeters) of rain, with heavier rainfall possible in some areas.