RESIDENCE FOR DCI AT OR NEAR NEW LANGLEY HEADQUARTERS, AVAILABILITY OF PARKWAY LAND

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 19, 2002
• Sequence Number: 29
• Publication Date: April 15, 1960
• Content Type: MF

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SUR38CT: Residence for UCI at or near new Langley Headquarters,
Availability of Parkway Land
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1Ji~!E`d
13 April 1960
MSUORA t F0&: Deputy Director (support)
1. This replies to your request for amplification of the comment
in my x April 1960 memraadw to the General Counsel on the above
subject.
2. Contributions for the purchase of land for the George Washing-
ton Memorial Parkway are required to be provided equally by the State
(or local) and Federal Governments by Section 1 of the George Washington
;ieaorial Parkway Act (PL 71-284 46 Stat. 482):
n.,. Provided., That no money shall be expended by the
United States for lands for any unit of thisproject until
the National Capital Park a Planning Commission shall have
received definite commitments from the State of Maryland or
Virginia, or political subdivisions thereof or from other
responsible sources for one-half the cost of acquiring the
lands in its jud Vent necessary other than lands now belonging
to ... or donated to the United States. ..."
The arrangements for obtaining lands for the George Washington Memorial
Parkway extension into Arlington and Fairfax eavuttes were formalised
in two tripartite agreements, with the National Capital Planning Com-
mission and the Comonwealtk of Virginia parties to both agreements, and
the County of Fairfax or Arlington being the third party. The Fairfax
County agreement received Presidential approval os 22 October 1956. The
hearings on the annual appropriations for NCPC for recent years are
replete with references to the necessity for matching funds for this
parkway, and the matter is prominently mentioned is the reports of the
NCPC which have commented on the area planning iagt of the proposal
to locate CIA at Langley.
3. In reviewing the early Agency building, files to develop the
foregoing informaation, as even more important consideration has come
to light. The tract of land which runs between the Potomac River and
the CIA site and on which the ruins of the old Leiter residence stand
was conveyed to the Federal Government in 1936 under terms (set forth
below) which strongly suggest that this land was accepted by the Federal
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SU3JECT Residence for DCI at or near new Langley Headquarters,
Availability of Parkway Lead
Government as a gift with the condition that it be devoted to fur-
therance of the purposes of the George Washington Mlemorial Parkway
Act;
ender the authority of (the George Washington
Memorial Parkway Act) and subject to all the provisions of
said Aet, and in consideration of the sun of One Dollar ($1.00)
cash in hand paid, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged,
and of the benefit that the donation of the following lands
will be to the remaining adjoining lands of the said Leiter
Estate, and the desire of the parties of the first part to
assist in carrytn' out the purposes of the said Act..., said
parties of the first part do hereby grant, donate and convey
to the (United States of America) ..."
4. The legal situation with respect to the proposal to build a
Director's residence sire near the new Resters appears as
follows:
a. It it were proposed to locate such a residence on land
now hold by. CIA, fresh legislative authorisation and appropria-
tion would be required. This is the principal conclusion of my
7 April 1960 memorandum to the General Counsel.
b. If it were proposed to locate such a residence on the
parkway land bordering the CIA tract; e.g., in the vicinity of
the Leiter house ruins, the above-quoted terms of the gift of
this land would.4ppear to be violated thereby. The National
Park Service and the National Capital Planning, Commission would
probably seek an advisory opinion from the Lands Division,
Department of Justice to confirm their opposition to the pro-
posal which this Agency should anticipate. on the remote chance
that approval were obtained from all of the foregoing agencies,
fresh legislative aeuthorisatio a and appropriation would still
be required. State and local interests could not object on
financial grounds to such use of the land sines they made no
financial contribution to the acquisition of this tract.
e. Other parkway lands, somewhat nor* distant from the CIA
property, were acquired by 5O-30 Federal and local contributions,
and with respect to such property local opposition could raise
the question about the propriety of devoting local revenues to
such a purpose, In this case, too, fresh legislative authorisa-
tion and appropriation, would be required, and the opposition of
the National Fork Service and NCPC should be anticipated.
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U hCT" Residence for VIC at or near testy Langley Headquarters,
Availability of parkway Land
$. Attacked herewith is a drawing showing (in light green) the
Leiter property conveyed as * gift to the Federal Goverraa^esnt, and
indicating its proutaity to the new park roadway and the entrance to
the CIA property. The boundaries of the CIA property are outlined
in purple ink.
STAT
Enclosure ( 4)(P f ~~ )
Drawing
Comptroller w/o att.
0L/BPS w/o att.
ral Counsel
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CIA INTER L UCE ONLY
MEMORANDUM FOR: Mr. Dulles
The attached memorandum from the Office of the
General Counsel supplements the information which I
sent over earlier concerning the construction of a resi-
dence at Langley and points up still further obstacles
to acquiring a site on parkway property.
Please return.
%S/
L. K. White
V/
cc: DDCI
FORM NO. 101 REPLACES-, F'tRM.; 4
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I AUG 54 WHICH MAY BE USED.
18 Apr 60
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