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B-200440 1 (1986-04-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmgt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ~. ~ OECIUON FILE: B-200440 MATTER OF: DIGEST: THE COMPTROLLER GENNAL OP THE UNITEO 8TATE8 WASHINGTON. 0.C. 20548 DATE: April 9, 1986 Chan Sambo Denial of a claim for work allegedly performed for the American Embassy prior to the fall of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, is reaffirmed. A claim for services allegedly provided under contract to the Government may not be paid where no Government records exist relating to the claim and the claimant has not met the burden of proof as to the existence and nonpayment of a valid claim against the Government. Even if sufficient proof were submitted establishing the existence of a contract, the value of any judgment recovery could only be based on the value of the Cambodian riel at the time of judgment. By letter dated February 13, 1986, Mr. Chan Sambo (Chan) has asked that we reconsider our decision, B-200440, October 16, 1980. Our earlier decision resulted from Chan's appeal of a settlement certificate issued by our Claims Divi- sion on April 30, 1980. For the reasons indicated below, we must again deny Chan's claim. Chan indicates that he performed work under contract with the United States Embassy in Phnom Penh, Cambodia (Khmer Republic) during the months preceding the Khmer Rouge takeover of April 17, 1975. He states that although he had to destroy the contract and related purchase orders when the Communists took over, he maintained notes, legible only to himself, from which he recreated invoices. In our earlier decision we held that the invoices submitted were insufficient to establish a claim against the United States. In requesting our reconsideration Chan has now sent us correspondence between himself and the governments of Australia and Germany which indicate that those governments agreed to pay Chan for services performed under similar cir- cumstances. He also lists the names of several individuals he asserts were associated with the United States Embassy in Phnom Penh, asking that we verify the legitimacy of his claim with those individuals. cxEOC(

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