B-86001 (H), I-17000-366, MAR. 4, 1957
Highlights
USN: REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF DECEMBER 11. THESE PAYMENTS WERE QUESTIONED IN A REPORT OF INVESTIGATION. TWO COPIES OF WHICH WERE TRANSMITTED TO THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY WITH OUR LETTER OF APRIL 30. THREE COPIES OF WHICH ALSO WERE TRANSMITTED TO THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY WITH OUR LETTER OF NOVEMBER 10. IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT THE ONLY ERRONEOUS PAYMENTS WERE THOSE MADE TO YOU FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY 1. UPON FURTHER REVIEW OF THE MATTER IT NOW IS CONCLUDED THAT THE RECORD. DOES NOT ESTABLISH THAT YOUR MOTHER WAS NOT IN FACT DEPENDENT ON YOU FOR HER CHIEF SUPPORT DURING THE PERIOD THE QUESTIONED PAYMENTS WERE MADE. WE WILL TAKE NO FURTHER ACTION TO RECOVER THE PAYMENTS INVOLVED.
B-86001 (H), I-17000-366, MAR. 4, 1957
TO LIEUTENANT COMMANDER HERBERT B. M. HARRIS-WARREN, 286555, USN:
REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF DECEMBER 11, 1956, CONCERNING THE INCREASED RENTAL AND SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCE PAYMENTS MADE TO YOU AS FOR AN OFFICER WITH A DEPENDENT MOTHER DURING THE PERIOD JULY 1, 1945, TO JANUARY 28, 1949.
THESE PAYMENTS WERE QUESTIONED IN A REPORT OF INVESTIGATION, TWO COPIES OF WHICH WERE TRANSMITTED TO THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY WITH OUR LETTER OF APRIL 30, 1951. SUBSEQUENTLY, IN VIEW OF THE FACTS AND INFORMATION SET FORTH IN A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT OF INVESTIGATION, THREE COPIES OF WHICH ALSO WERE TRANSMITTED TO THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY WITH OUR LETTER OF NOVEMBER 10, 1955, IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT THE ONLY ERRONEOUS PAYMENTS WERE THOSE MADE TO YOU FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY 1, 1946, TO JANUARY 28, 1949.
UPON FURTHER REVIEW OF THE MATTER IT NOW IS CONCLUDED THAT THE RECORD, AS NOW SUPPLEMENTED, DOES NOT ESTABLISH THAT YOUR MOTHER WAS NOT IN FACT DEPENDENT ON YOU FOR HER CHIEF SUPPORT DURING THE PERIOD THE QUESTIONED PAYMENTS WERE MADE.
ACCORDINGLY, WE WILL TAKE NO FURTHER ACTION TO RECOVER THE PAYMENTS INVOLVED.