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RELEASED
B-162578 MAR 14 1973/i
The Honorable Les Aspin
, House of Representatives
- Dear Mr. Aspin:
This is in response to your letters of September 14 and
28, 1972, regarding statements made by Mr. Henry M. Durham,
a former Lockheed employee. Mr. Durham provided copies of
10 stores requisitions, as well as other documents, and
charged that (1) Lockheed employees violated Air Force and
Lockheed procedures by using a stores requisition instead
of a discrepancy report to obtain re]claqemen_,t_ qfo da maged ma-
terial, (2) Lockheed deliberately concealed evidence of mil-
lions of dollars worth of mateb eIAswh~i~ch had~heen__scrapped,
(3) Lockheed installed on C-130 and C-5 aircraft material
which had not been heat treated, and (4) Lockheed incurred
additional scrap by issuing material in sizes larger than
called for by the shop orders.
We found that:
--Air Force regulations were not violated since no spe-
cific Air Force instructions cover the system that
contractors are to follow in issuing material.
--Lockheed procedures were not violated since stores
requisitions are normally used to obtain replacements
for damaged material initially used on shop orders.
--Nine of the stores requisitions provided-by Mr. Durham
identified the initial shop orders for which replace-
ment material was being obtained and carried evidence
that appropriate approval was received. The remaining
requisition did not require a shop order.
--Lockheed' s quAli tycontxrq . x1ce durs. provide assurance
that untreated parts are not installed on aircraft.
--Lockheed procedures prescribe that material from stores
be issued in the size nearest to that required and that
remnants of 2 feet or more be returned to stores for
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