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          UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE   11( 0
                     WASHINGTON, D.C.

                                  FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
                                  EXPECTED AT 8 A.M. EST
                                  THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1979
  111097
                       STATEMENT OF

           ELMER B. STAATS, COMPTROLLER GENERAL

                   OF THE UNITED STATES

                        BEFORE THE

          PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS    (, (

          SENATE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS

                            ON

          THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE'S EFFORTS.

              TO COMBAT NARCOTICS TRAFFICKER

Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee:

     We are pleased to assist the Subcommittee in its inquiry

into the drug trafficking problem. While our statement centers

on the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS') role in the war

against narcotics traffickers, that role must be discussed

in the context of the overall drug problem and related Federal

enforcement efforts to combat it.

     In October 1979, we issued a comprehensive report to

the Congress on the effectiveness of the Federal Government's

drug enforcement and supply control efforts during the past

10 years. (Attachment I to my statement contains a copy of the

digest of that report.) We concluded that Federal drug
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