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B-159451 1 (1973-12-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaaful0001 and id is 1 raw text is: rn el',UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE U WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 ./,,, FEDERAL PERSONNELAND ND COMPENSATION DIVISION D73 B-159451 LM096007 The Honorable The Secretary of Defense Attention: Assistant Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) Dear Mr. Secretary: We completed a review in fiscal year 1973 of theP.a.Iion Sulgpl!ement Program for the Armed Forces of the Republic of Vietnam to determine whether it was ( 6achiev hh purposes for which it was established, and (2) being managed and carried out effi- c.iently and economically. We reviewed program records and discussed pertinent aspects of program management with American officials at the NLrjjy si,.tance Command, Vietnam (MACV), Vietnamese program managers and Vietnamese fb~~mTh for .food under the program. We met alswth representatives and reviewed program-rk6r dof the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Installations and Logistics), the Defense Personnel Support Center, and the Army Pacific Logistics Control Office. The objectives of the Ration Supplement Program, estimated to cost the United States (U.S.) about $87 million, were to provide an adequate diet for Vietnamese servicemen and consequently, improve their welfare and morale. Under the agreement the Vietnamese were to supplement the United States' ration support by contributing nothing the first year, 30 percent the second year and 70 percent the third year. We found that food provided by the United States in the first year of the program contributed significantly to the program objec- tives of providing an adequate diet for Vietnamese servicemen, and 701786

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