DEMOLITION OF CERTAIN CIA BUILDINGS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R004300130004-9
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 20, 2006
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: March 27, 1958
• Content Type: MFR

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27 March 1958
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT : Demolition of Certain CIA Buildings.
REFERENCES: (a) Ltr dtd 3 Mar 58 to F. Moran McConihe, Com, PBS, fr L.
K. White, DD, CIA.
(b) Ltr dtd 25 Mar 58 to L. K. White, DD, CIA, fr F. Moran
McConihe, Com, PBS.
(c) Ltr dtd 27 Mar 58 to F. Moran McConihe, Com, PBS, fr L.
K. White, DI), CIA.
1. On 27 March 1958 I called Mr. F. Moran McConihe, Commissioner of
Public Buildings, concerning his letter of. 25 March 1958 which notified me that the
Public Buildings Service "must plan to relocate those portions of the Agency now
located in areas to be occupied by the bridge approaches." I told him that I thought
we were going to have to give further consideration to this problem and that I did
not believe that those who had investigated it for him were fully aware of its seri-
ousness. He said that of course the Public Buildings Service regretted this but that
the District Highway people had declined to cooperate in rearranging their sched-
ules. I then said that I proposed to take up the matter with Colonel Welling, the
District Engineer Commissioner, and that I would be in touch with him again after
I had heard from Colonel Welling. I also suggested that it might be well if the
three of us sat down to discuss the subject in more detail. He said that he would
be glad to do this at any time but would leave the initiative to me to arrange the
meeting.
2. I telephoned Colonel Welling and advised him of the substance of Mr.
McConihe's letter of 25 March, particularly that part of it which indicated that the
District Government would not agree that their bridge approaches could be delayed
beyond the dates set on the schedules already submitted. He said that he was not
even sure as yet that he was going to construct a bridge and that in any case no one
had discussed this matter witiL him. He assured me, as he had done previously
about two weeks ago, that he dlid not think there would be any problem but that he
would discuss the matter with his Highway Department and be in touch with me.
3. Later in the morning Mr. John N. Robinson, the District Highway Direc-
tor, telephoned on behalf of Colonel Welling to discuss the matter with me. He.
said that the Public Buildings Service had written to the Highway Department asking
that firm schedules for construction of the bridge and its approaches be furnished
in lieu of the earlier tentative schedules and that he had replied that the tentative
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dates were as firm as anything he could supply at that time. (Insofar as I could
tell from my conversations with Colonel Welling and Mr. Robinson, the Pablic
Buildings Service made no representation whatever to the Highway Department to
comply with the request made in my letter of 3 March 1958 to the effect that con-
struction schedules for the bridge and its approaches be arranged so as to permit
us to use the buildings which we now occupy until we are able to move directly in-
to our new building.) He assured me that plans for the bridge were very tentative
and that he foresaw no problem whatever in working out the construction schedules
to our mutual satisfaction. Furthermore, he was outgoing in his expressions of
willingness to be cooperative and repeatedly assured me that I should not worry
about this matter any further.
4. Following this conversation I telephoned Mr. McConihe and advised him
of my talks with Colonel Welling and Mr. Robinson. It was obvious that he, per-
sonally, had not looked into this matter and that he was a bit nonplussed at the re-
sponse which the Highway Department had given me, which, of course, is in
strong contradiction to his own statement. I told him that I would reply to his let-
ter advising him of the substance of my conversation with representatives of the
District Government.
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Deputy Director
(Support)
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27 March 1958
Mr. F. Moran McConihe
Commissioner
Public Buildings Service
Washington 25, D. C.
Dear Mr. McConihe:
This will aclmowledge receipt of your letter of 25 March 1958 and confirm our
telephone conversation of 27 March.
I have acquainted Colonel A. C. Welling, the District Engineer Commissioner,
with the difficulties which would be encountered if the Central Intelligence Agency
attempted to vacate the buildings which are scheduled for demolition in connection with
the construction of approaches to the proposed new Potomac River bridge. I have al-
so talked with Mr. John N. Robinson, the District Highway Director, concerning the
possibility of scheduling the construction of the approaches so as to permit us to oc-
cupy the affected buildings until we are able to move their present occupants into our
new building at Langley. Mr. Robinson ohas assured me that he is most anxious to
cooperate, that he is confident that a mutually satisfactory solution to the problem can
be worked out without too much difficulty, and that he will contact me in the not too
distant future to discuss the matter in greater detail.
Accordingly, it appears that: with your cooperation this most expensive and un-
desirable move can be avoided. It would, therefore, seem to be unnecessary to re-
quest that the Bureau of the Budget submit a supplemental estimate to the Congress.
However, I will, of course, be glad to meet with you and representatives of the Bureau
of the Budget to discuss this matter further at any time you deem appropriate.
Sincerely,
/s/
L. K. White
DD/S:LKW:laq Deputy Director
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