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B-163928 1 (1972-07-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaaevk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON D c WM B-163928 JUL 2 8 1972 Dear Senator Proxmire This is in response to your request of October 18, 1971, V- thiat we look into fuel distribution problems in fhailand, which were cited by Mr. Ray 0 ps, a former Navy petroleum inspector there. On November 11, 1971, we met with Mr Toups and defined the matters of primary concern to him These are summarized as (1) thefts of truckloads of packaged fuel products in Thailand, (2) use of Government-owned fuel by a commercial airline without paying for it, (3) loss of control over re- turnable empty fuel drums, (4) payments of ocean freight by the Government for commercial fuel supplies transported on vessels loaded mainly with fuel for the Government, and (5) payment of ship demurrage by the Government for delays which should be the responsibility of the shipper or the oil companies Information pertinent to those subjects is furnished below 1HEFTS OF TRUCKLOADS OF PACKAGED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS IN THAILAND AMPAC Maintenance Company, a commercial contractor, man- ages, operates, maintains, and repairs Government ploperty in Thailand During fiscal year 1971 the AMPAC station at Udorn, halland, received packaged products valued at about $52,000 Internal controls over packaged products were weak at Udorn, and consequently thefts of packaged products occurred Be- cause inventory records were not properly maintained and because some petroleum product issue documents were not avail- able, we were unable to determine the extent of the thefts At the other activities we visited in Thailand, we found no evidence of fuel thefts AMPAC's fuel theft problems at Udorn, the central re- ceiving and issuing point for its Government operations in northern Thailand, resulted from weak internal control over 77 f447- [099tj

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