B-182987: Jun 3, 1975

EMPLOYEE WHO WAS TRANSFERRED TO OKINAWA PRIOR TO ITS REVERSION TO JAPAN. WAS SUBSEQUENTLY TRANSFERRED TO AUBURN. OKINAWA WAS NOT TERRITORY OR POSSESSION OF UNITED STATES BEFORE ITS REVERSION TO JAPAN BECAUSE JAPAN HAD RETAINED RESIDUAL OR DE JURE SOVEREIGNTY UNDER THE PEACE TREATY. SCHLEIFFER WAS TRANSFERRED FROM SAIGON. WHICH WAS THEN UNDER UNITED STATES CONTROL. SCHLEIFFER WAS TRANSFERRED FROM O...

B-182987: Jun 3, 1975

An advance decision was requested with regard to the entitlement to reimbursement for real estate expenses of an employee who was transferred to Okinawa and subsequently transferred to a station in the continental United States following Okinawa's reversion to Japan. The applicable statutes and regulations require that both the old and the new duty stations be located in the United States or its t...