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• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06797573
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: March 9, 2023
• Document Release Date: January 29, 2021
• Case Number: F-2011-00399
• Publication Date: May 5, 1994

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A walk through the corridors of the Central Intelligence
Agency headquarters buildings will expose the employee and
visitor to art from around the world. In response to numerous
requests, the Agency plans to display artwork and artifacts that
reflect the lives and the experiences of its people. The
displays will connect exhibits, memorials, and statuary--planned
and in place--along the pathways of the buildings and grounds.
In the Original Headquarters Building, the centerpiece of
the project will be a series of six displays, featuring fine art
from the world's major geopolitical regions--a reflection of the
Agency's international mission. The first of these,
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geopolitical regions. At the request of Director Woolsey,
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similarly scaled replica of the A-12 (predecessor to the SR-71)
are suspended in the Atrium above an imagery satellite camera.
In the courtyard between the two buildings James Sanborn's
"Kryptos" sculpture of an encoded message alludes to covert
methods of communication that are a part of our intelligence
tradecraft.
Outside the Southwest entrance, a span of the original
Berlin Wall recalls the Cold War. Berlin and its wall hold
special meaning for the people of CIA: much of their collective
effort was dedicated to bringing about the historic days of
November 1989, when the Germans tore down that infamous symbol.
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