Summary

PERSONNEL - FROM RESTRICTED TO PRIORITY AREAS ARMY OFFICERS WHOSE DEPENDENTS WERE FURNISHED TRANSPORTATION AT GOVERNMENT EXPENSE TO A DESIGNATED PLACE IN THE UNITED STATES ON THE OFFICERS' ASSIGNMENT TO A RESTRICTED OVERSEAS AREA MAY NOT BE REIMBURSED FOR THE COST OF COMMERCIAL AIR TRANSPORTATION FOR DEPENDENTS INCIDENT TO A SUBSEQUENTLY ORDERED PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION TO ANOTHER RESTRICTED OVERSEAS AREA. REQUESTS AN ADVANCE DECISION AS TO WHETHER PAYMENT IS AUTHORIZED ON VOUCHERS STATED IN FAVOR OF FIRST LIEUTENANTS STEPHEN J. BOTH OFFICERS WERE TRANSFERRED IN SEPTEMBER 1954 FROM DUTY IN KOREA. YOU ASK WHETHER A PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION FOR A MEMBER IS. MAY BE DENIED WHERE THE MOVEMENT OF DEPENDENTS TO AN OVERSEAS AREA WAS WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL BY THE OVERSEAS COMMANDER.