B-143777, JAN. 18, 1961
Highlights
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY: REFERENCE IS MADE TO OUR LETTER OF DECEMBER 13. ADVISING YOU THAT SINCE CERTAIN DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL AND COMPTROLLER REQUESTED BY THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON FOREIGN OPERATIONS AND MONETARY AFFAIRS OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS WERE NOT FURNISHED. MUTUAL SECURITY PROGRAM FUNDS WERE NO LONGER AVAILABLE TO LIQUIDATE OBLIGATIONS INCURRED AFTER DECEMBER 9. THE BASIS FOR OUR DETERMINATION WAS SET FORTH IN OUR PRIOR LETTER TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE. A COPY OF WHICH WAS FURNISHED YOU. IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT OUR INSTRUCTIONS OF DECEMBER 13 WERE BASED UPON A REFUSAL TO FURNISH DOCUMENTS VALIDLY REQUESTED BY A DULY AUTHORIZED SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE CONGRESS AND SINCE THE REQUEST FOR THE DOCUMENTS INVOLVED HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN AS OF JANUARY 20.
B-143777, JAN. 18, 1961
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY:
REFERENCE IS MADE TO OUR LETTER OF DECEMBER 13, 1960, B-143777, ADVISING YOU THAT SINCE CERTAIN DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL AND COMPTROLLER REQUESTED BY THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON FOREIGN OPERATIONS AND MONETARY AFFAIRS OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS WERE NOT FURNISHED, MUTUAL SECURITY PROGRAM FUNDS WERE NO LONGER AVAILABLE TO LIQUIDATE OBLIGATIONS INCURRED AFTER DECEMBER 9, 1960, WITH RESPECT TO OPERATIONS OF THAT OFFICE AND THAT ANY SUCH PAYMENTS WOULD BE DISALLOWED BY THIS OFFICE. THE BASIS FOR OUR DETERMINATION WAS SET FORTH IN OUR PRIOR LETTER TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE, DATED DECEMBER 8, 1960, B-143777, A COPY OF WHICH WAS FURNISHED YOU.
SUBSEQUENT TO OUR LETTER OF DECEMBER 13, THE PRESIDENT, ON DECEMBER 23, 1960, UPON ADVICE IN THE MATTER FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, DIRECTED YOU, NOTWITHSTANDING OUR DETERMINATION, TO CAUSE DISBURSEMENTS TO BE MADE UNTIL JANUARY 20, 1961, FOR EXPENSES OF THE OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL AND COMPTROLLER UPON RECEIPT OF CERTIFIED VOUCHERS PRESENTED FOR THAT PURPOSE. ADVICE HAS NOW BEEN RECEIVED BY US THAT THE SUBCOMMITTEE'S REQUEST FOR THE DOCUMENTS IN QUESTION HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN AS OF JANUARY 20, 1961.
IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT OUR INSTRUCTIONS OF DECEMBER 13 WERE BASED UPON A REFUSAL TO FURNISH DOCUMENTS VALIDLY REQUESTED BY A DULY AUTHORIZED SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE CONGRESS AND SINCE THE REQUEST FOR THE DOCUMENTS INVOLVED HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN AS OF JANUARY 20, 1961, YOU ARE ADVISED THAT NO OBJECTION WILL BE MADE TO THE USE OF MUTUAL SECURITY PROGRAM FUNDS TO LIQUIDATE OBLIGATIONS FOR THE OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL AND COMPTROLLER INCURRED ON AND AFTER JANUARY 20, 1961. AS TO THE PERIOD PRIOR TO JANUARY 20 DURING WHICH PAYMENTS WERE MADE ON THE BASIS OF THE DIRECTIVE OF THE PRESIDENT TO YOU OF DECEMBER 23, 1960, THE OPINION OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL UPON WHICH THE DIRECTIVE IS BASED IS UNDER CONSIDERATION BY US, AND WE SHALL ADVISE YOU IN THE MATTER AT A LATER DATE.