European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 20, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday. October 20, 1987 the stars and stripes some . Ambassadors in Europe misused gift funds auditors report Washington up1 several . Ambassadors in was Lorn Europe have spent official funds on extravagant personal items such As a $12,423 Home shoaling Range. J141 opera tickets and a j5w dressing Robe. Stall department auditors have reported. The internal report also cited use of these funds private donations restricted to diplomatic use for lavish and ostentatious entertainment including a �15,000 boat parly and july 4 Celebration decorated Wilh $4,000 Worth of Flowers. The report by the department s inspector general s office assailed several ambassadors for exercising poor judgment and weak control Over the funds citing in one instance the inability of he . Embassy in Nige Ria under former ambassador Thomas Smith Loac count for j83q.ooo, it particularly focused on excesses in i98s at the , embassy in Austria under former ambassador a clone von Damm who previously had been presi Dent Reagan s personal Secretary and personnel director and at he . Embassy in Switzerland under ambassador Faith Whilt Luscy. In one Case that auditors described As a possible conflict of Inre Resl. Von Damm spent $6,300 for ban Quets at a Vienna hotel owned by her husband. The report said the inspector general s office has informed in Justice department of Floc finding auditors also alleged abuses by Ronald Lauder von Damm s successor As ambassador and son of cosmetics manufacturer Este Lauder and Edward Streator the former . Ambassador to the Paris based Organiza Tion for economic and Community development. In the june report auditors reviewed the raising and spending of $5.2 million in gift funds. The report. ,1 copy of which was obtained by United press International did not identify the ambassadors by name but cited them by the location of their embassies and the Dales during which the alleged abuses occurred. A separate unpublished investigation by a House sub committee staff has found that whittles by condoned a fund Raiser s solicitations for the embassy s gift fund Al though she May have offered illegal quid pro Quot to potential private donors a panel aide said. The draft subcommittee report says the fund Raiser an elderly California Man who had worked on Rea Gan s Campaign offered donor the free use of embassy rooms said an investigator for the House foreign affairs panel headed by rep. Dan Mica a Fla. Whill Luscy created the  the subcommittee aide said that . Services were available to the highest  Michael Horowitz a lawyer for Whittlesey said this Type of solicitation was perfectly  it goes on Al the stale department the while House and other embassies he said. There s nothing untoward about  the fund Raiser raised nearly ,000 for the . Embassy in Switzerland the investigator said. We Lille sey has served two terms As ambassador from 1981 to 1983 and from april 1985 Lothe present. The legality of some of her actions was reviewed last App Noto id Nudel talks on the phone with president Reagan while sitting next to George Shultz in Jerusalem. Nude thanks Reagan Shultz for helping secure her release Jerusalem