RELOCATION OF THE OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79B00314A000200030004-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 17, 2003
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: January 3, 1966
• Content Type: MF

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ORD 33-66
3 January 1966
outive Off it r/DDfS&T.
Director of Re eearezh and feveiopr ent
Relocation of the Offic. of Research and
Development
. A decision to relocate the Office of Research and
Development has been made. In line With this decision,
ORD In making every effort to make this a smooth transition
with *-minimum of disruption to the office and to other
e).ernte. of the directorate. Over t' past month, there -
has been a great deal of rumor, misinformation, and lack
of Information circulated conning the more Which needs
to be refuted or verified as s. as po Bible. The follow-
list of problem arts are the most c riitical. name of
problems were raised in a memorwadus dated 19 October
from to yvnw predecessor, Others yore discussed
a.. Date of Move: Initially we me told the date
location WOUIL4 1 February 194M. This date
unlikely to us, considering the state of the con-
struction of the Ass Building. We hav* asked for a
ew estimate on the date of move but have not an yet
n
/yI J-1 received one.
'b. 3 ce Allocation to OfDz tie originally
re- quested 270OW nq. It. sc appears that approxi-
mately 21.790 sq, ft. will actually be available. In
at a meeting on 15 September 190 .*blob included the 1!g
and his planning group, Messrs. Blake, G'lheaperan,
Y
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a
d
/o d igbt be available as we anticipate rather s+erilons
crowding in 1'X67.
4 el that security requiremte wil fmrtbers re ~.
ke need to bm what site e# spa" or a C'r ruts
AO' order to absorb this loss, we have decided to Cut the
division chiefs' offices to approximately half the area
v, amended by the architect. Thee is some question
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Rele-catiou of the office of Research and Development
4 nit, (.~ ri/ fi'~ .~"''
c. Coat Of the Me : At the time of our discus-
`-_ a we 'were under the impression that
the cost of the moves p1.5 building modifications 41c-
ions, would be paid for by
J.6~
we pointed out that the costa
At that time
~~- S, could D be +substantial, paurticularly in the area of t-
it it is not clear at this time
moat the ns and secur y
that the IUD/8 has funds to Pay for some of these i~
f icat ions. OW has made no provision in its budget
for these expenses. We will need some policy clarifi-.
D. 1. __
this matter
tio on
.
;C U 4 d. Communications: No understand that Cray tele-
a,n re nes will not be available in the Ames
phone*
Building but stn alternative conieation channels
will be provided. is currently surveying its needs
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h we,.~rststit?u...
wit
i here and has had cos. a.amm
tiona security. At this point, it is not clear shat
tions will be parcI-
co meunica
YLffi wire, phone, and courier,r~p( vided in ORD. We wish to emphasize that our require-
are very substantial because of our frequent
h
ears
ments
contact with 08k, DD/P, IIPIC0 and DD/8&T offices.
: Perhaps the most difficult re--
ti
on
Transporta
.c
adjustmenn will be the problem of maintaining
0 f v ~, personal contact with the DD/S&` and other consumer
r"offices at Langley. Although it is our intention to
li a 'whenever possible, we
ting shuttle sert
V use exis recognize.that we will be forced to use other means of
the Amon Building, the pentagon,
e
t
we
n
ie
transpoartati on, UPI C and Langley during periods when the shuttles are not
running and when time does not permit their use. We
77 d - ~i!W1 have another problem in that we meet daily with severral
tractors and other representatives of industry.
o
con
c
this time, we have no feeling for the room or parking
Building or at Langley for
A
^
mes
at the
.'dam` "I space available ORD personnel, the availability Of an "anchor office's at
Langley building where we can maintain some files
and a skeleton office, or the possibility of haying an
'
obile availie working
t
om
r leased au
Agency o earlier
n>~ hours for transportation all sug
""( memorandum,
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JE : Relocation
f.. Personnel
Office of
eb and 3eve lopnent
off pia.'e`1 *il,.I be required by O RD to perfor*
vices currently provided by Langley staff 014
tb a sialm di.-
n of efficiency and morale of all parties concerned
Cingl.y , we request that you . a ue*ting of t
responsible for ORD's relocation at an early data
that
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Distribution:
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- EO/ORD
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- DD/ORD
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- ORD Chrono
ORD/DD/S&T
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s ploe include XnWht Vwt# a librarian, **or*-
tarial assistance for the "anchor office," and possibly
other administrative supoort (personnel, security) which
are now provided by the DD/S&T. Our personnel uirre-
anents submitted for FY67 which asked for Delots did
not provide for additional personnel required by this
of the strict economy with regard to
re ise that we will be
ostnents.. Oood planning
Cal problems at the earliest