NOMOZ KEHANOWIAE DHMOZ APTOETOAIOY Oo BRMArKOT Ag. Nest: 4aa% Argostoli, the 29th of August 1990 PRESS RELEASE The Argostoli Council is honouring - after 37 years - the Nations that send their warships to help the homeless and desparate people of Kefalonia after the devastating Earthquake of the 12th of August 1953, The British destroyer H.M.5, DARING, under the command of captain P. Gick left Halta that very: day after the orders of the late admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten and sailing at full speed arrived first at Argostoli- early the next morning. The relief operation started at once: A hospital in tents was set up and rescue squads went out into town and worked furiously to drag anyone found alive out of the ruins, Few hours later an Veraeli squadron with 4 chips under the command of captain Slono Errell satied ins 48 hours later, Task Force 52 under the conmand of the late admiral Sir Charles Norris sailed in from Malta and stayed for 2 weeks. Soon afterwards ships of the 6th American fleet arrived, under the command of adniral Cassady, followad by French and Italian ships a little later ‘The surviving ‘wembers of H.M.S. DARING are invited, after thelr own desire to visit Argostoli, to spend a week in the island as honorary guests of the Argostoli townhall council. Moreover the council, has invited the ambessadors, naval, attaches and other representatives and survivors from Great Britain, the United States, Israel, France and Italy to. participate in the celebration ‘that will take place in the Korghialenios Library In Argostoli, at 18.30 of the 16th September 1990. Speeches wil! be delivered, medals and honotary diplomas awarded and there vill be a slide show of rare pictures of the pre - earthquake Argostoli, Foreign visitors are weicone.