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B-191645 1 (1979-10-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabjoz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO (1 United States General Accounting Office Office of Washington, DC 20548 General Counsel In-Reply Refer to: B-191645 October 5, 1979 ' The Honorable Cyrus R. Vance Secretary of State [ Dear Mr. _§e-rtari y: This is in response to a letter from the Deputy Assistant Secretary511 for Budget and Finance requesting that Class B Cashier Nuhket Tigin, (employed at the American Consulate General, Istanbul, Turkey, be relieved _iability2for a loss of currency in the amount of $7,427.21, which repisented a cash replenishment of the cashier's advance. The loss apparently occurred on or about July 27, 1976. For the reasons that follow, relief is granted. According to the record, Mrs. Tigin had forwarded endorsed cashier replenishment checks to the American Embassy in Ankara, Turkey. The Embassy cashier then purchased the necessary currency, packaged it, and arranged its shipment by registered unclassified pouch in accordance with prescribed procedures. The request for relief states that the pouch was shipped to Istanbul on July 24, 1976. Other documents in the record indicate the shipping date as July 23. (The discrepancy as to the correct shipping date does not affect our conclusion.) The pouch arrived at the Turkish Air Lines terminal in Istanbul on the same day it was shipped, but was not picked up by or delivered to the Consulate. The record further indicates that, on July 27, 1976, the Consulate reported non-receipt of the pouch to the Embassy and tracer action was begun. However, during the evening of July 27 and the morning .of July 28, a fire occurred at the air terminal which damaged the pouch. The record summarizes subsequent events as follows: On August 4, the Communications and Records Officer went to the terminal where he recovered remnants of the pouch and contents from the air line officials. It was August 6 before he was permitted by the police and airline officials to make a personal search. Further enclosures were recovered including the charred inner envelope which had contained the money. The only other evidence of the money were two money bands for $20 bills and the currency transmittal slip. (c7/9n

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