TRANSFER OF NON-SENSITIVE DOCUMENTS - FEDERAL RECORDS CENTER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP73-00402R000100270030-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 15, 2006
• Sequence Number: 30
• Publication Date: July 14, 1964
• Content Type: MF

Approved For Release 200 %TJAL73-00402 R000100270030-2
14JUL164
4OR FOR: Records Center nhief. THROUGH : Chief, Records Administration Staff
SUBJECT : Transfer of Non-sensitive Documents -
Federal Records Center
Ercludad from automatic
dOwngrading and
1. This is in response to your request to evaluate the
security considerations involved in a proposed transfer of
some materials now located F_ I
Training Center, to the Federal Records Center, Alexandria,
Virginia. The materials proposed to be moved consist of a
volume of 7,200 cubic feet. This material is considered to
be non-sensitive and is presently in a "dead storage" category.
It is comprised of (a) 700 cubic feet of unclassified material.,
which are captured World War II Japanese documents, (b) 1,500
cubic feet of OCR material classified SECRET, which is..a USIB
reference collection of documents generated.by other agencies,
and (c) 5,000 cubic feet of National Intelligence Surveys clas-
sified up through SECRET and which are five or more years old.
This office has been advised that the originators of categories
(b) and (c) are aware of the proposed transfer and interpose
no objections.
2. A visit was made to the Federal Records Center by a
representative of this Division, accompani
an Records Center, and o
the Records Administration Staff. The Federal Records en er
is located on the water front in Alexandria in a building for-
merly occupied by the Naval Torpedo Factory. It is known as
Building #1 and is bounded on the north by Cameron Street, on
the west by Lee Street, an alley on the south, and on the east
by Union Street. It is a four story, factory-type building con-
structed in World War I and is surrounded by a twenty-two foot
high chain link fence..
3. Mr. Charles E. McCusker, Assistant Chief, Records Branch,
escorted the group to the fourth floor of the building. He advised
that the first three floors are devoted to non-classified and non-
sensitive archives of various Goverment agencies. He stated that
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all classified material in the Center is stored on the fourth floor.
The elevator is restricted to serving the first three floors and
may proceed to the fourth floor only on his permission. The stair-
ways are barricaded at each level. The stairway doors at the fourth
floor are metal fire doors and are. equipped with dead bolt locks
guard
and contact alarm switches, which are monitored at a near-by
post. There are also Detex clock stations at the stairways. The
elevator landing at the fourth floor is enclosed in a cage-like ar-
rangement formed by 2 x 4 studs and ceiling joists and covered on
both sides with one-half inch hardware cloth screen. The door in
the cage is secured with a mortised dead bolt lock and. barrel bolts
in the floor and in the header.
The storage area is a large open area with no inner parti-
tions except around the three elevators and two stairways. The outer
walls are lined with steel sash windows measuring six feet by six
feet. The storage area is filled with long rows of steel shelve,
nine feet high. The fourth floor has a fifteen foot ceiling.
records are in sealed cartons and are normally serviced "in" and
"out" by the Records Center employees. All employees on.the fourth
floor are cleared at least SECRET; some have TOP SECRET clearance;
and, some have "Q" clearance.
5. The material is protected by a fire detection system and
an alarm system made by Mosler Research Products, which is a can-
bination communication and alarm. It is a "talk back' system
is
which is very sensitive and picks up the slightest noise.
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monitored at a guard post in front of Building `',
Union Street from Building #l, about three hundred and fifty feet
distant. For alarm coverage, the fourth floor is divided into four
sections, each of which is represented at the alarm monitor panel
by a drop, thus, any noise picked up by one of the microphones will
be indicated by section. It also provides the monitoring guard with
an accurate location of the reporting guard as he patrols.
6. Taking into consideration the non-sensitivity of the mate-
rial mentioned in Paragraph 1 (captured World War II material), and
the fact that other Government agencies originate category (b), and
the further fact that other Government agencies have custody of
both category (b) and (c) and are presumably storing obsolete mate-
rial of an identical nature in the Federal Records Center at the
present time, it is felt that it would be entirely consistent to
transfer the subject material now store
Center, Records Center, to the Federal Records Center. The security
measures now in effect are believed adequate, and since there is no
exclusive Agency information involved, no further security protection
is reccnmended.
OI jF? kk' 1 ti Chief, Physical Security Division, E 11