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                 Dm179714                                       December 13, s9T3



                 Colonel James 8, flaught, USAF
                 200 Stovall Street
                 Alexandria, Virginia   22332

                 Dear Colonel Ilaught;

                      Further reference is made to your letter of September 6, 1973,
                 in effect appealing the settlement of our Transportation and Claims
                 Division dated August 21, 1973c which disallowed your claim for
                 reimbursement of the $390.20 cost of your commercial air trar.spor-
                 tation from Karachi, Pakistan, to Frankfurt, Germany, incident to
                 your circuitous travel from Saigon, Vietnam, to the United States
                 in July 1971.

                      You state that you ware avthorized circuitous travel on your
                 permanent change of station from Vietnam to the Pentagon, with space
                 required travel frcra Bangkok, Thailand, to Dhahrcn Saudi Arabia.
,                However you say ycu were bumped from the flight at Karachi, Paklstan,
                 and not allowed to continued to Dhahran on a space required basis
                 with the result that you were forced to obtain commearcial air trans-
                 portation fiom Karachi to Frankfurt.  It is your contention that you
                 were entitled to space required Government air travel to Dhahran and
                 as such would have been able to continue the flight to Torrejonp Spain,
                 by Governmant trcnsportation and then to your new station.

                      Your travel vouchers show that you traveled from Saigon# Vietnam,
                 to Bangkok, Thailaud, to [law Delhi, Indiap and from there to Karachi,
                 Pakistan, by Govratnent trunsportation. From Karachi to Frankfurt,
                 Germany, you used cozorcial air transportation at personal expanse,
                 From Prankfurt to icGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, you wore again
                 furnished Government transportation, You then traveled by private
                 automobile to Washington# D.C.

                      The record indicates that by !pecial Order; Number 121, Hend-
                 quarters United States Military Assistance Cormand) Vietnam, dated
                 May 1, 1971, you were reloved from assignment to Detachment I1
                 APO San Francisco 96222, 1131 USAF Special Activ...ty Squadron and
                 assigned to Detw.hment QCAl, lleadquarters United States Air Force,
                 the Pentanon. The above order was amended by Special Orders



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