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B-153423, FEB. 17, 1964

B-153423 Feb 17, 1964
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WHEREIN YOUR CLAIM FOR REDEMPTION OF TYPE B YEN AND SEN MILITARY CURRENCY (136 YEN AND 60 SEN) WAS DENIED. ASIDE FROM THE FACT THAT THE LAW CODIFIED AT 31 U.S.C. 237 IS A BAR TO ANY ALLOWABLE CLAIM YOU MIGHT FILE WITH OUR OFFICE WHICH AROSE IN 1945. THIS CURRENCY WAS ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES CIVIL ADMINISTRATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RYUKYAN ECONOMY AND IS NOT CONVERTIBLE AT THIS LATE DATE TO UNITED STATES CURRENCY. CERTIFICATE OF DISCHARGE AND THE 136 YEN AND 60 SEN WHICH WERE SUBMITTED WITH YOUR CLAIM ARE RETURNED AS REQUESTED.

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B-153423, FEB. 17, 1964

TO MR. LOUIS TRAVITSKY:

BY LETTER DATED JANUARY 24, 1963 (1964), YOU REQUESTED RECONSIDERATION OF OUR ACTION OF JANUARY 17, 1964, WHEREIN YOUR CLAIM FOR REDEMPTION OF TYPE B YEN AND SEN MILITARY CURRENCY (136 YEN AND 60 SEN) WAS DENIED.

ASIDE FROM THE FACT THAT THE LAW CODIFIED AT 31 U.S.C. 237 IS A BAR TO ANY ALLOWABLE CLAIM YOU MIGHT FILE WITH OUR OFFICE WHICH AROSE IN 1945, THIS CURRENCY WAS ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES CIVIL ADMINISTRATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RYUKYAN ECONOMY AND IS NOT CONVERTIBLE AT THIS LATE DATE TO UNITED STATES CURRENCY.

THE PHOTOCOPIES OF YOUR DISCHARGE, CERTIFICATE OF DISCHARGE AND THE 136 YEN AND 60 SEN WHICH WERE SUBMITTED WITH YOUR CLAIM ARE RETURNED AS REQUESTED.

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