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B-158238 1 (1966-05-06)

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               COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES
                         WASHINGTON, D.C. 20545



                                              MAY      1 1966





NMquartet I=      rlying Tainiag Win
uns ewr Yorkt New York 09231

Doa Captain          :
     aeference iim mae to your letter of April 1, 1966, DnW, rela-
tire to ye   elaft for re   e    nt of the east of stae, bmd liug
n& shiPnt of your privately ovmd     utcmob.le frc Uples, Italy,
to Tripolij, Lbya, ineludif fees an auto rfental wile awaiting
,rrival of your car. Your ela:s was the subJect of ovr decisim to
YM datd V07027 T, 1966s     -~3.
     Your antcuobile was shipped at ,overment expenw fPru 1ev
York, iv York, to Naples, italy, where it was placed in ccasercis.
stome aWd later shipped to Tripoli at your e paam. Ia tim doadsion
of lrbua7 7, 1966, yo% were advised that the re ltions provide
that when privately ovwned voeheel have been received at destimtion,
tbay wUl be plaeed in & secrtwe area (  erient storasge) until talled
for by the sponsor or aents, or placed in ea1nerdAl storae; that
th  regulations provide that 1.wh  privately owned vehicle is not
picked up 1y the sponsor or bs snt withis a reaeonable period of
tim  wan the storage space Us reqired by the waloadU~g militar7
ttuimim, the teraminal conder Is a athorized to place the vehicle
L      ercial. stara at the sponaor's ezpmse. You were furthebr
advised that the re.ain     upecifia~q provide that aW chargs
e:sulting fro  such coureisl storagp are to b* accepted as a proper
      and ans plable by the sponsor directly to the atorW  firm
concerned. It was stated that your claim could not be pait for
the reascn that the law usaes no provision for re        t of such
*torse chags.

     In your present letter you Oa you coacuz with the decision
*pt for the referevice to Wy agut. I You sa, the V. S. Oni
Sqpot Ativity,   X   es, Itay, handled the uatterlaom receipt
of tbe whicloq at apLes until it va &pped to Tripoli by their
et, nd ham fmaisbed a o         of a wife frm that aetlty re-
wtinag you to forwad a check to that office to pay the   ontractor
for the store ad shinimg ab'ge, For tbat reas=        ou believe
the stora  portion of you claim should be paid.






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