French Audit Report 'Staggering Story’
LONDON May 31 A report by the official French Government audit ommittee on S t a te spending discloae» “a staggering story of negligence, incompetence and emher»lement.’’ says the “Daily Mirror's” Paris correspondent in most • Western democracies, he savs this would cause a terrific uproar Behind the Iron Curtain heads would roll. But in F-ance oeop'e lust shrug their so.-ulders and say ohilos ohically: “It's alwavs been like that Here are some ot the disclosures in the report, which covers 1960 and 1961:
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rtere is a desperate short age of colleges in France but the £28.000.000 credit passed tn the 1960 Budge* has not been used because no decisions have been taken about new buildings. Army welfare officers run officia’ car* st the country's expense; then sei. them and pocket the cash. Huge orders are given to firms without inviting competitive tenders Ninety per cent of court fines have not been collected
Government buildings have been turned into luxury flats and let to wellplaced individuals.
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30146, 1 June 1963, Page 11
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