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B-132141, SEP. 18, 1957

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REQUESTS REVIEW OF OUR DECISION DENYING YOUR CLAIM FOR COMPENSATION FOR SERVICES AND SUPPLIES ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN FURNISHED AMERICAN ARMED FORCES. BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT A NATIONAL OR A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES AND ARE NOT IN A POSITION TO KNOW THE DIFFERENT OFFICES OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT WITH WHICH YOU COULD HAVE FILED YOUR CLAIM. THE LAW TO WHICH YOU REFER IS PRESUMABLY THE ACT OF OCTOBER 9. THE ACT IS KNOWN AS A STATUTE OF LIMITATION. AS FOLLOWS: "* * * STATUTES OF LIMITATION ARE STATUTES OF REPOSE. THE OBJECT OF WHICH IS TO SUPPRESS * * * STALE CLAIMS FROM SPRINGING UP AT GREAT DISTANCES OF TIME AND SURPRISING THE PARTIES OR THEIR REPRESENTATIVES WHEN ALL THE PROPER VOUCHERS AND EVIDENCES ARE LOST OR THE FACTS HAVE BECOME OBSCURE FROM THE LAPSE OF TIME OR THE DEFECTIVE MEMORY OR DEATH.

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