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B-201150 1 (1983-01-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadkvi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: IL4 EC I THE COMPTROLLER OENERAL DECISION l\ I OF THE UNITED STATES FILE: B-201150 DATE: January 18, 1983 MATTER OF: Consideration of Claim to Proceeds of American Club, Inc. Award DIGEST: Claimant cannot be awarded part of the proceeds of a Foreign Claims Settlement Commission award to the Ameri- can Club of Shanghai when supporting affidavits and assertions of former Club President and member of the Club's Board of Directors do not provide sufficient corroboration of claim. The Treasury Department asks whether Mr. Theodore Okoune is entitled to a share of a Foreign Claims Settlement Comission award to the American Club, Inc. discussed in B-201150, May 13, 1981 and December 1, 1981. For the reasons given below we do not think Mr. Okoune entitled to a part of that award at this time. Aside from his statement in support of his claim, Mr. Okoune has submitted to Treasury affidavits of Ms. Josephine Okoune, his wife, and Mr. Robert Saltzer, a friend. In his affidavit Mr. Okoune states that many years ago he had applied to the French Government for com- pensation for his losses in China, including those pertaining to American Club debentures in the amount of CN $55,000 (CN: Chinese taels). The French Government refused to pay, however, and attempts to locate the documents pertaining to the debentures were unsuccess- ful. Mr. Okoune also states that the amount claimed by him was the same as that earlier claimed by his sister Ms. Isabelle Okoune Alcone. In B-201150, December 1, 1981, we found that an award could be made to Ms. Alcone in an amount proportionate to her debenture holdings of CN $55,000. In support of her husband's claim, Ms. Josephine Okoune asserts that she recalls her father-in-law disappointing her by giving her husband some American bonds as a wedding anniversary gift instead of money or jewelry. She remembers her husband conrventing at the time that $55,000 was not a bad present. Mr. Saltzer states that he re- calls Mr. Okoune mentioning that he had sent the French GoverIment documents (bonds) for the American Club for which he never was reimbursed and that he was upset after making several unsuccessful attempts to get them back. He also remembers Mr. Okoune mentioning that Ms. Alcone had the same amount of bonds. To corroborate Mr. Ckoune's assertions we communicated with Mr. Norwood F. Allman, former President and member of the Board of Directors of the American Club, and both trustee on all American Club debentures submitted to Treasury and for the Club before the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission. Mr. Allman informed us that (1) both

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