GENTLEMEN;

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP59-00882R000300270015-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 18, 2000
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: August 21, 1951
• Content Type: LETTER

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OGC HAS REVIEWED. 1*' :tee tai~37
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=eference is ands to our Contract lo.-for sort pack1 . 25X1A5a1
In accordance with the telepbous ecarersatioa betwss you ant or
of this Amsaat and psraarspb 5 of the sob3ect so^traet the slates
for dumagss of we enclosed.
Please advise the aadmr.t d if ug a"itioaal infcrmatiom is required
and lot no fume as soon as possible whom srttls^sats will be Made. As
ose of the claimants is is a r4mats Mai rather backward foreign country
the loss of his householA sffsrts Is -M eztre^s bardabip and practically
iMpossible to repair or replace at such a remote place.
In view of the statemsats by claimants that the losses. ware summed
by poor packs rather than roams handling and also in view of the
incoveniescss suffered by then it is felt tbst the fall t of
ds^ages allowable n4dr the contract should be paid as praspttly as possible.
Very tmly 7uurs,
25X1A9a
dating Chief, Contract Bch
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STATEMENT REGARDING DAMAGE TO HOUSEHOLD E FF.CT>
My household effects were packed in a careless and negligent fashion.
Boxes of relatively delicate kitch ne equipment were packed with no excelsior
or shredded paper to protect the contents; items within were protected from
each other by no more than a single sheet of paper. Items were packed loosely,
crashed into and crushed one another. A "Mesco" roaster and a "Sunbeam"
waffle iron were packed on top of smaller kitchen items, with nothing but a
single sheet of paper separating the roaster and the iron. Both were ruined.
No apparent system was used in_the -- large items were packed on the ~
bottom or on the top and smaller items were thrown in the crevices. There was
no regard for weight, value or fragility. Items which alrady were in cases
or boxes, such as a portable sewing machine and plastic playing cards, were
simply put into a crate with many other loose items. As a result, the loose
parts of the sewing machine flew around freely and completely ruined the sewing
machine case and broke parts of the machine itself. The playing' card case top
came off, probably almost immediately, and the cards ultimately were distributed
throughout the crate and many were broken.
Other e L1,r*_ L_DDcx- pas i",tee highly e'4deat, An unprotected alarm
clock was packed adjacent to six unprotected plastic ice box dishes. All. seven
items were broken. Chest of drawers were packed so that the drawers could swirl:;
in and out for about k inches, resulting in several broken drawers, severe
scratches on the fronts of the drawers, and the chests were shaken out of line.
Nails were pounded indiscriminately through the tog,_atlt . side of the boxes
often puncturing, denting, or r plTng the contents. Severe dents and actual
holes were thus made in the "Sunbeam" electric coffee maker, a hand-hammered
pitcher, and several other items.
There were no holes in the packing cases, more -,-ere there any broken slats
in the cases. All the damage occurred within the boxes and is a direct result
of t
of poor ack s o the e can never be repaired proper y. Those s which can be repaired will never again have their previous appearance or
value. Some item: which could be repaired in the States cannot e repaire': here
and -ire a direct loss for two or more years.
The damage herein described has been witnessed by an authorized representat,i...y
of this station and the accuracy of the above statements is attested to by the
Bureau Chief. The estimate of damage in dollars has been made in accordance w 'V,;
the original cost of the item, its depreciation, replacement value and Post of
repair. The attached estimate is conservative.
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Y LIST OF BROKEN ITEMS IN SHIPMENT OF HOUSEHOLD Y
EFFECTS OF 25X1A9a
;sunbeam automatic toaster (battered, electrical. unit broken)
$30.00
Sunbeam automatic coffee maker (nail holes, doesn't work)
30.00
Hammered aluminum pitcher (nail holes, leaks badly)
5.00
Six plastic ice box dished and covers (smashed)
5.00
Lid to one-quart revereware saucepan (smashed)
2.50
Lid to two-quart revereware saucepan (smashed)
2.50
Lid to four-quart revereware saucepan(smashed)
2.50
Lid to frying pan (revereware) (smashed)
2.50
Handle on two-quart revereware saucepan (broken off)
7.00
Cake tins (smashed)
1.00
Cake dish (broken to bits)
1.00
Colander (flattened)
1.00
Cannister set and breadbox (all badly dented, lids useless)
7.00
Large mix master bowl (broken)
5.00
Mixmaster (broken)
30.00
Four town and country vegetable dished (broken)
4.00
Sunbeam waffle iron (lid smashed, electrical unit broken)
30.00
Large kitchen cabinet (battered, doors out of line, scratched)
18.00
Mesco automatic electric roaster (battered very severely and
will not work)
65.00
Four one-gallon jugs of bleach (all broken)
3.50
Kitchen time clock (broken and unusable)
5.00
Two nine by twelve rugs (nail rips, severe)
25.00
Davenport (both arms completely crushed, favric torn by nails)
75.00
Dining table (top cracked)
40.00
Dining table leaf (missing)
15.00
Baby crib (leg cracked and badly scratched)
12.50
Full length mirror (smashed to smithereens)
12.00
One chest of drawers (chipped and two drawers with fronts
completely knocked off)
10.00
One chest of drawers (chipped and three drawers had fronts
completly knocked off)
15.00
One chest of drawers (chipped and one drawer had front completely
broken off)
5.00
(All three chests above were knocked out of line and remaining
drawers will not close properly)
One alarm clock (broken)
2.50
Sewing machine (case completely smashed and machine broken)
50.00
Two decks of plastic playing cards (cards broken)
7.50
Large hors d'ocuvres tray (broken)
10.00
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