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B-164983, JAN. 28, 1969

B-164983 Jan 28, 1969
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A STATEMENT IN YOUR LETTER IS THE BASIS FOR YOUR REQUEST. IT READS AS FOLLOWS: "I WISH TO POINT OUT THAT THE EXPLANATION IS IN ERROR SINCE MY PERSONNE ACTION DATED SEPTEMBER 9. AUTHORIZATION NO. 8-60113-C (COPY ENCLOSED) SHOWS THAT I HAVE AN ALLOWANCE OF A LIMITED SHIPMENT OF 2. IS DUE TO THE FACT THAT MY POST PRIOR TO KHARTOUM WAS BEIRUT WHERE QUARTERS WERE UNFURNISHED AND STORAGE OF HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS WAS AUTHORIZED AND AS WELL AS A SUBSEQUENT SHIPMENT UP TO A TOTAL ALLOWANCE OF 8. IS TO THE EFFECT THAT YOU WERE ENTITLED TO SHIP HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS WEIGHING NOT IN EXCESS OF 2. 739 POUNDS YOU WERE ONLY ENTITLED TO BE REIMBURSED FOR 912 POUNDS OF THE SHIPMENT ORIGINATING IN COPENHAGEN. UNDER ITEM 15-A SHOWS YOU WERE AUTHORIZED A LIMITED SHIPMENT OF HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS OF 2.

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B-164983, JAN. 28, 1969

TO MR. GEORGE E. MERCER:

YOUR LETTER OF DECEMBER 12, 1968, ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF OUR SETTLEMENT DATED NOVEMBER 13, 1968, AND REQUESTS THAT YOU BE PAID THE BALANCE OF THE AMOUNT CLAIMED FOR THE SHIPMENT OF NEW FURNITURE FROM COPENHAGEN, DENMARK, TO DETROIT, MICHIGAN, UNDER YOUR TRAVEL AUTHORIZATION DATED AUGUST 14, 1967, ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE. A STATEMENT IN YOUR LETTER IS THE BASIS FOR YOUR REQUEST. IT READS AS FOLLOWS:

"I WISH TO POINT OUT THAT THE EXPLANATION IS IN ERROR SINCE MY PERSONNE ACTION DATED SEPTEMBER 9, 1968, AUTHORIZATION NO. 8-60113-C (COPY ENCLOSED) SHOWS THAT I HAVE AN ALLOWANCE OF A LIMITED SHIPMENT OF 2,550 LBS. AND A TOTAL ALLOWANCE OF 8,500 LBS. WITH QUARTERS AVAILABILITY SHOWN AS FURNISHED. THIS, I ASSUME, IS DUE TO THE FACT THAT MY POST PRIOR TO KHARTOUM WAS BEIRUT WHERE QUARTERS WERE UNFURNISHED AND STORAGE OF HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS WAS AUTHORIZED AND AS WELL AS A SUBSEQUENT SHIPMENT UP TO A TOTAL ALLOWANCE OF 8,500 LBS.'

THE EXPLANATION IN OUR SETTLEMENT OF NOVEMBER 13, 1968, IS TO THE EFFECT THAT YOU WERE ENTITLED TO SHIP HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS WEIGHING NOT IN EXCESS OF 2,550 POUNDS (FROM KHARTOUM OR OTHER ELECTIVE POINTS ABROAD) AND THAT SINCE YOU HAD OTHER SHIPMENTS TOTALLING 1,739 POUNDS YOU WERE ONLY ENTITLED TO BE REIMBURSED FOR 912 POUNDS OF THE SHIPMENT ORIGINATING IN COPENHAGEN.

YOUR TRAVEL AUTHORIZATION NO. 8-60113-C ISSUED AUGUST 14, 1967, UNDER ITEM 15-A SHOWS YOU WERE AUTHORIZED A LIMITED SHIPMENT OF HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS OF 2,550 POUNDS OR UNDER ITEM 15-B A TOTAL ALLOWANCE OF 8,500 POUNDS, INCLUDING SHIPMENT OF EFFECTS IN STORAGE FROM GENOA, ITALY. HOWEVER, ITEM 24 THEREOF CONTAINED AN EXPLANATION OF THE AUTHORIZED WEIGHT ALLOWANCES UNDER ITEM 15. IT READS AS FOLLOWS:

"ALLOWANCE FOR SHIPMENT OF EFFECTS FROM KHARTOUM (INCLUDING ELECTIVE POINTS OF ORIGIN ABROAD IN ACCORDANCE WITH 6 FAM 163) IS RESTRICTED TO THAT SHOWN UNDER ITEM 15-A IF QUARTERS OCCUPIED AT STATION OF ORIGIN CONTAINED GOVERNMENT OWNED FURNISHINGS. LIMITED SHIPMENT NOT APPLICABLE IF GOVERNMENT FURNISHED QUARTERS NOT OCCUPIED AT STATION OF ORIGIN.'

MOREOVER, 6 FAM 162.2 PROVIDES AS FOLLOWS:

"THE AMOUNTS UNDER THE HEADING -COMBINED SHIPMENT AND STORAGE-, OR ALESSER AMOUNT, MAY BE AUTHORIZED. WITHIN SUCH AMOUNT AUTHORIZED, ONLY THE -LIMITED SHIPMENT- MAY BE SHIPPED WHEN ADEQUATELY FURNISHED QUARTERS ARE TO BE OCCUPIED, OR THE TYPE OF QUARTERS IS UNKNOWN. STORAGE OF THE BALANCE MAY BE AUTHORIZED.

"ON RETURN TO THE U.S., AN EMPLOYEE OCCUPYING QUARTERS HAVING GOVERNMENT- OWNED FURNISHINGS WILL BE AUTHORIZED THE APPROPRIATE LIMITED SHIPMENT ALLOWANCE SPECIFIED BELOW TOGETHER WITH THE NET WEIGHT OF EFFECTS IN STORAGE AT GOVERNMENT EXPENSE.'

THE "COMBINED SHIPMENT AND STORAGE" SCHEDULE REFLECTS THAT AN EMPLOYEE OF YOUR CLASS WHO OCCUPIED GOVERNMENT QUARTERS WAS ENTITLED TO A LIMITED SHIPMENT OF 2,550 POUNDS PLUS SHIPMENT FROM STORAGE OF THE DIFFERENCE NOT TO EXCEED A TOTAL OF 8,500 POUNDS.

A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL REPORT ON BUILDINGS SUBMITTED BY THE EMBASSY AT KHARTOUM IN JUNE 1967 SHOWS YOU OCCUPIED GOVERNMENT-LEASED FURNISHED QUARTERS AT THAT LOCATION. THE COPY OF THE SEPTEMBER 9, 1968, AMENDMENT TO YOUR AUGUST 14, 1967, TRAVEL AUTHORIZATION, WHICH YOU FORWARDED TO US AND WHICH ALREADY WAS A PART OF OUR RECORDS, MERELY PROVIDES FOR AN EXTENSION OF THE TIME LIMITATION ON THE SHIPMENT OF EFFECTS AND DOES NOT ALTER THE AUTHORIZED WEIGHT ALLOWANCE APPLICABLE IN YOUR CASE.

UPON THE PRESENT RECORD OF YOUR CASE AND UNDER THE APPLICABLE REGULATIONS WE CONCLUDE THAT THE SHIPMENT OF EFFECTS FROM COPENHAGEN MUST BE CHARGED AGAINST THE LIMITATION OF 2,550 POUNDS AUTHORIZED TO BE SHIPPED FROM KHARTOUM OR OTHER ELECTIVE POINTS ABROAD. THEREFORE THERE IS NO BASIS FOR ALLOWING THE BALANCE OF YOUR CLAIM AND OUR SETTLEMENT OF NOVEMBER 13, 1968, IS SUSTAINED.

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