B-178882:
May 7, 1974
EMPLOYMENT BY DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY OF NATIONAL OF REPUBLIC OF CHINA FROM 1944 TO PRESENT IS NOT ILLEGAL SINCE APPOINTMENT WAS NOT VOID. BECAUSE EMPLOYEE WAS EXEMPT FROM CITIZENSHIP REQUIREMENT DURING PERIOD OF 1944-1946 BY STATUTES EXEMPTING CITIZENS OF COUNTRIES ALLIED WITH UNITED STATES IN WAR EFFORT. DURING SUBSEQUENT PERIOD STATUTES PROVIDED THAT EMPLOYEES OF DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY OR DEPART...