JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL THURSDAY - 23 JUNE 1955

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• Publication Date: June 23, 1955
• Content Type: NOTES

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Office of Legislative Counsel
Thursday - 23 June 1955
1. Following the testimony on appropriations for construction of
the CIA building, Cong. Scrivner stated that he was greatly disturbed by
the news reports on new Soviet bombers, particularly as the Committee
had received testimony "from high military sources" that
The DCI pointed out
that this could be the result of the accident of location and the line of
flight of the planes. I have discussed this matter with the DD/I and
AD/OCI, who are preparing a little briefing paper for the DCI in order
that the latter may consider saying something further to Cong. Scrivner.
At that time he will also consider discussing certain information on
guided missiles which Mr. Scrivner has requested, and whether to give
him any briefing prior to his trip to Morocco, Spain, Italy, Greece and
Turkey.
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2. Cong. Charles B. Deane (D. , N. Car.) said during the hearing
this morning that he would like to come down sometime to hear a little
about CIA and meet some of its people. I called the Congressman and
arranged for him to lunch with the DCI on July 11. Mr. Deane told me
that he would like to bring a short film with him which might be used for
psychological warfare purposes in Africa, and stated that the Communist
infiltration of that Continent was a source of great cmcern to him.. He 25X1 C
indicated his support for the building.
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4. The DCI appeared before the Defense Subcommittee of the
House Appropriations Committee in support of an appropriation for the
construction of a CIA headquarters installation. He was accompanied
by Col. White, Mr. Saunders, and Mr. Pforzheimer. 25X1 C
The Subcommittee members present included Chairman Mahon, Cong.
Sheppard, Sikes, Riley, Deane and Flood, Democrats, and Scrivner,
Ford, Miller, and Davis, Republicans.
The Chairman took the DCI aside and warned him that Mr. Flood
would be extremely difficult on many points. The Chairman opened the
hearing by asking the DCI to present his assistants. The DCI indicated
that Mr. Pforzheimer was his Congressional Liaison man; whereupon
Mr. Flood commented that it was the first time he knew CIA had a
Legislative Liaison man, and seemed to question why the DCI needed
one. The DCI pointed out that I was a part of the Legal staff and also
carried duties in that connection. (It should be noted that I have been
in correspondence with Gong. Flood in approximately 25 different
instances since 1947). As the hearing progressed, Cong. Sikes pointed
out that the Chairman was calling this hearing purely on the matter
of the CIA building and not allowing substantive questions regarding
the Agency; that a special subcommittee had always handled the CIA
budget; and he saw no reason why that subcommittee should not also
handle the building as he did not know enough about CIA to pass on our
need. Mr. Flood broke in at this point to state that he had never been
one of the "sacred cows" privileged to hear about the CIA budget,
although he was privy to many of the secrets of the military. He said
that he was against the policy of a special subcommittee on CIA
appropriations, but as long as that was the policy the special subcom-
mittee should handle the matter as he knew neither the size of the Agency,
or its functions, or its needs for a building. After this colloquy, Cong.
Flood left the hearing. (Mr. Sikes' statement is a little strange, as
he has several times sat on CIA appropriations. However, he was not
included in this year's special subcommittee and may be annoyed in
this regard. Shortly thereafter, Mr. Sikes also left).
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Mr. Mahon stated that he felt, in his opinion, that it was proper
for the entire subcommittee to hear testimony regarding the CIA build-
ing as there was nothing particularly secret about the building, and it
would be. there for all to see. At one point during the above, as the
DCI attempted to answer a question, Mr. Flood told the Director that
the Director need not answer any questions at the moment because
"this is purely a family matter".
The subcommittee appeared impressed with the security needs
for the building, and did not raise the questions of dispersal to the
extent raised by the Armed Services Committees, and, in fact, did
not comment adversely on either of the possible Virginia sites --
Langley or the Winkler tract. They expressed no opposition to the
problem of extending the George Washington Memorial Parkway, but
they asked that we submit a statement as to financing. The Chairman
pressed the DCI for assurances that the proposed building would be
austere and Would not turn out to bd an architectural nightmare. He
pointed out that for a building such as ours the architecture's imagination
might run riot. The DCI gave assurances on these; points.
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