BOWEN: REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF APRIL 2. YOU REQUEST TO BE ADVISED AS TO WHETHER THERE IS A "TIME LIMIT ON THIS CASE" AND "IF THIS GIRL (REFERENCE PRESUMABLY BEING MADE TO YOUR LATE SON'S WIFE) SHOULD SIGN A WAIVER WOULD THAT CLEAR THINGS UP.$" A SUIT BASED ON ANY CAUSE OF ACTION YOU MAY HAVE AGAINST THE UNITED STATES MUST BE INSTITUTED WITHIN SIX YEARS AFTER THE CLAIM SUED UPON FIRST A...

THE PAYMENT OF THE DEATH GRATUITY IN THIS CASE IS GOVERNED BY THE ACT OF DECEMBER 17. THE RECORD SHOWS THAT MYRNA BOWEN WAS GRANTED A DECREE OF DIVORCE FROM THE DECEDENT ON FEBRUARY 2. A CHILD WAS BORN TO MYRNA BOWEN. INASMUCH AS THE CHILD MUST HAVE BEEN CONCEIVED DURING THE PERIOD OF MARRIAGE. THE CHILD IS PRESUMED TO BE THE POSTHUMOUS CHILD OF THE DECEDENT AND AS SUCH WOULD BE THE PROPER RECIPIE...