CIA HEADQUARTERS BUILDING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP86-00244R000100020014-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 27, 2000
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: November 18, 1955
• Content Type: MFR

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MKIMIA i K T1U R Oz_RD
STATINTL
/2J I
16 ITovc: ber 1955
*OGC Has Reviewed*
L s '; : E CIA Ilex dcu t as: s i ui].din ,
J... I 4t,-.I.ked i'rith Mr. I ax 3' ..1.o t t =era1 Counse
f l p
Sex?c c n,? ~, 9'i, ic~zz~ Z~=, a~ o. _ u tioiz on t 1e bui2tUi'. and
told 11:4,1 that C oriel z etc and[ I onO own a : without any
p
approval froi the D .reetor vrant-ed to diceur:, iC.
GSA wa$ e.i mmJ-(r_J-,tt be able to roco: > iend to the
1 cC;i,or, hrm s;, -iiott ii icf he w s ?+;; Iiro clz z. the . ool :i On
e '.ac-1 r the w%a ae bassir, co that any discuoslorl without
.y, y~ Syt CS r~_ ~L,w+y
9ejud~^~.c'~ae to ia. respective
pr
eu y.tli t~
I po nted ozrt that we did not f' ;el the signing of the
Cc"3$1t 's1yEi[F 'r ony il
p o?olao,i, as if all cU e r i 2' x$~ s' to Ci t.C'C<
Out x: b. 'hould t z aid mm it of the in h fd bocz
d iv-ouse d in our earlier at lc ipt s to reach a. 'ecrneut and that
there was a ctra.t _per which came very nee to the tai.T~~ Co ory
conclusion. 1 tued r :t and rz that standard PBS contract
iroh I e c c c? .On by the architec' s~~n :rv
Ci t9 k~lG t7?1. :t'. `l ott cai rio wa no a xe of thi s t if
>Aro + undarc< provision he did m t feel it could be too
uiff i E,410o tiro ive t He felt the sticky point mi ht co--c 17mm
tZe !$CIn nietrator T a?. ins -k?tence that there be Tnore than one
arch . ect--cn , nc r .iris I cald we had never with: bood a I tion ?1,
architects wh t we had stood on was that hr. Earrison Lho4 id: have
the nay on ere' ct 3x. r i u , and a $ a, ?~ ;.cll:ta a 7 arthitootu
we would have no objection to reterlt~i o' n of additional #Irt.:as by
d GSA. 1,1r. !'A io {s thought this w14-'Alt L,e aeci 4,able.
3. In order to proceed, I uu ested that I to hQ the a ree lent
that had Do nearly been acceptable to both and try to redraft
it in line with o, ,w 'di cw cion end cc Mr. Elliott .on i when the
returned to town Y7 `:s'b week.
1-1
--'cc; DD/S
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 STATI NTL
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STATINTL Memorandum for:
ER
10 February 1956
The attached list of Congressional contacts on the CIA building
were discussed with the Director last night, and he agreed to take the
following actions today:
a. He will call Senator Russell and request him to set up a
meeting as soon as possible of the Armed Services Subcommittee on
CIA. At this meeting, the Director will be able to inform Senators
Russell, Saltonstall, Bridges and Byrd of his decision on the Langley
site;
b. The Director will call Senator Hayden and request him to
call an informal meeting involving, himself and Senators Chavez, Stenrnis,
and Robertson, all members of the Appropriations Committee, for the
purpose of hearing the Director's intentions on the CIA. building;
c. He will call Chairman Vinson and Dewey Short of the Armed
Services Committee,- and -
d. He will call Chairman Cannon of the House Appropriations
Committee and ask him to call an informal meeting involving himself
and Messrs.. Tabor and Mahon for the -same purpose.
Norman S. Paul
Legislative Counsel
Attachment
IG:NS.P/blc
Orig. -o Add.
1 .. DD /Support
1 - General Counsel
1 - Col. Grogan
2 .. Stayback
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