PLANNING FOR AGENCY NEW BUILDING(S)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP86-00244R000100020006-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 12, 2000
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: March 8, 1971
• Content Type: MFR

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3 March 1971
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: Planning for Agency New Building(s)
1. A review of the files pertaining to the problems, anxieties and pressures
that were generated when the Headquarters Building was being planned and con-
structed is a period of patience, intrigue and sensitivity of other Government
personnel.
2. The pattern of the planning stages was divided into two definite functions,
i. e. , the legal function which handled the White House, the Cabinet (BOB particularly),
Congress, state and local county governments, politics and possible disturbances.
The second function is that of the actual planning and construction of the building.
3. The legal file. indicated that the Director and Legal Counsel informally con-
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tacte t e Chairman of the Armed Services. Committee and the Senator from Virginia,
in August 1951, seven years before the clearing and grubbing was started at the
new site. At a later date, the Chairman of the House Arrned Services Committee was
also informally informed. Thereafter, a pattern was formed using the above Chair-
man as the "by man" in each of the Houses as to who else should be informally or
formally approached.
4. The pattern then followed was to keep in contact with:
a. Chairman (Democrat and Republican) Senate Armed Services Committee
b. Chairman (Democrat and Republican) Senate Subcommittee Real Estate
and Military Construction
c. Chairman (Democrat and Republican) House Armed Services Committee
d. Chairman (Democrat and Republican) Senate Appropriations Committee
e. Chairman (Democrat and Republican) Senate Subcommittee Defense
Appropriations Committee
f. Senators from Virginia and Maryland (Advise)
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g. Congressmen from Virginia and Maryland (Advise)
h. Chairman (Democrat and Republican) House Appropriations Committee
i. Chairman (Democrat and Republican) Subcommittee House Defense
Appropriations
j. Governor of Virginia and Maryland (Advise)
The politics of the present time may change this pattern; however, the legal file
indicates that the "key contact" in both Houses is the one to guide any bills for
authorization and appropriation through the maize of Congress.
5. The next step was the agreement with GSA and GSA I$ga1 Counsel (not PBS)
as to:
a. Signing of the contracts
b. Supervision of the work
c. Final authority on decisions.
6. The second function of the planning for a new building, which was as
important as the legal function, was the planning and construction of the building.
This was asemi-internal function in comparison to the external function of legal
counsel with the Cabinet, Congress, and state and local governments.
7. The first step in this pattern was the establishment of a Steering Committee
on 17 December 1954 with the Directors and key Assistant Directors. This
Committee was kept informed of all legal activities. The Steering Committee, at
its first meeting (22 December 1954), received a report from the Chairman of the
Space Requirements Subcommittee on the "current status of the selection of a site"
and the'~reparation of preliminary plans" presented by the Chief, RE&CD, OL.
~~F~FTIAL
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