B-86001/C), I-17000-1947, AUG. 4, 1955
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TO THE SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE: REFERENCE IS MADE TO LETTER DATED DECEMBER 3. THE PAYMENTS WERE QUESTIONED IN A REPORT OF INVESTIGATION. COPIES OF WHICH WERE TRANSMITTED TO YOU WITH OUR LETTER OF SEPTEMBER 2. THE MOTHER'S AVERAGE MONTHLY INCOME NOT ONLY WAS MORE THAN ONE-HALF OF HER AVERAGE MONTHLY LIVING EXPENSES BUT WAS MORE THAN THE OFFICER'S AVERAGE MONTHLY CONTRIBUTION. ANOTHER INVESTIGATION WAS MADE BY OUR INVESTIGATORS. THE FACTS AND INFORMATION DEVELOPED ARE SET FORTH IN A REVISED REPORT. THREE COPIES OF WHICH ARE ENCLOSED. NO BASIS IS FOUND FOR CHANGING THE CONCLUSION REACHED IN OUR ORIGINAL REPORT THAT THE MOTHER WAS NOT IN FACT DEPENDENT ON THE OFFICER FOR CHIEF SUPPORT WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE APPLICABLE STATUTE DURING THE PERIOD JUNE 27.
B-86001/C), I-17000-1947, AUG. 4, 1955
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE:
REFERENCE IS MADE TO LETTER DATED DECEMBER 3, 1954, FROM LIEUTENANT COLONEL HARRY D. COOK, USAF, EXECUTIVE, DIRECTORATE OF FINANCE, AIR FORCE FINANCE CENTER, DENVER 5, COLORADO, CONCERNING INCREASED RENTAL AND SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCE PAYMENTS MADE TO CAPTAIN ALBERT J. GRULL, AO- 2098645, USAF, AS AN OFFICER WITH A DEPENDENT MOTHER DURING THE PERIOD JUNE 27, 1945, TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1949. THE PAYMENTS WERE QUESTIONED IN A REPORT OF INVESTIGATION, COPIES OF WHICH WERE TRANSMITTED TO YOU WITH OUR LETTER OF SEPTEMBER 2, 1953.
OUR INVESTIGATION DISCLOSED THAT FOR THE PERIOD JUNE 27, 1945, THROUGH JULY 31, 1949, THE MOTHER'S AVERAGE MONTHLY INCOME NOT ONLY WAS MORE THAN ONE-HALF OF HER AVERAGE MONTHLY LIVING EXPENSES BUT WAS MORE THAN THE OFFICER'S AVERAGE MONTHLY CONTRIBUTION. COLONEL COOK SAYS THAT A REPORT OF A LATER INVESTIGATION MADE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE REVEALS THAT ENTITLEMENT TO THE QUESTIONED PAYMENTS EXISTED DURING THE ENTIRE PERIOD INVOLVED. AFTER RECEIPT OF THE LETTER OF DECEMBER 3, 1954, ANOTHER INVESTIGATION WAS MADE BY OUR INVESTIGATORS, INCLUDING AN INTERVIEW WITH THE CHIEF, SURVEY AND BOARDS SECTION, ADJUDICATION BRANCH, SETTLEMENTS DIVISION, AFFC, DENVER, COLORADO, AND AN EXAMINATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS. THE FACTS AND INFORMATION DEVELOPED ARE SET FORTH IN A REVISED REPORT, THREE COPIES OF WHICH ARE ENCLOSED.
UPON REVIEW OF THE MATTER, NO BASIS IS FOUND FOR CHANGING THE CONCLUSION REACHED IN OUR ORIGINAL REPORT THAT THE MOTHER WAS NOT IN FACT DEPENDENT ON THE OFFICER FOR CHIEF SUPPORT WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE APPLICABLE STATUTE DURING THE PERIOD JUNE 27, 1945, THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 1949, EXCEPT FOR THE PERIOD AUGUST 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1949. IT IS REQUESTED THAT WE BE ADVISED OF ANY FURTHER ACTION TAKEN BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE TO RECOVER THE AMOUNT OF THE IMPROPER PAYMENTS.