PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE AGENCY HEADQUARTERS BUILDING JANUARY 1946 - JULY 1963 VOLUME II APPENDIXES

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PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE AGENCY HEADQUARTERS BUILDING
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PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE
AGENCY HEADQUARTERS BUILDING
JANUARY 1946 - JULY 1963
VOLUME 11 APPENDIXES
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HISTORICAL STAFF .
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Contents
Volume II
Appendixes Page
A. Chronology 205
B. Source References 209
C. Congressional References 230
D. Staff Study 237
E. Buildings Occupied by CIA as of
26 January 1953 240
F. Outline Plan for the Development of the
Proposed CIA Headquarters Project . . . 243
G. Testimony of Admiral Phillips, USN (Ret.). 245
H. Letter, Allen Dulles to George H. Mahon,
Chairman, Defense Subcommittee,
House Committee on Appropriations;
letter, Rowland Hughes, Director,
Bureau of the Budget to Allen Dulles;
statement of Allen Dulles in connection
with the request for an appropriation
to construct a headquarters installa-
tion for the Central Intelligence
Agency 254
I. CIA Organizational Arrangement for the
Development of "definitive" Plans
for a Permanent Headquarters Build-
ing, 4 October 1955 270
J. Memo, Lyman B. Kirkpatrick for Deputy
Director, Support, 4 February. 1957 . . 271
K. Sites and Site Acquisition Data 1957-69 .1 275
L. Professional Achievement Awards ? . ? . 277
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M. History of the CIA Cornerstone Box . . 280
? Tab A. Contents of Cornerstone Box . . 283
Tab B. Method of Construction
of Metal Boxes Used to Contain
These Articles 285
N. Invitation to Cornerstone-Laying Ceremony 287
0. Description of the Headquarters Building,
February 1962 288
P. Photographs ? 295
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Chronology
'Event
Lieutenant General Hoyt S. Vanden-
berg, Director of Central Intelli-
gence, requests that a building be
assigned to CIG.
Rear Admiral Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter,
DCI, calls for meeting to consider
construction of a building for CIA.
First survey of Agency space require-
ments.
Second survey of Agency space require-
ments.
Third survey of Agency space require-
ments.
GSA turns down proposed additions to
"M" and "Q" Buildings.
Agency Assistant Directors and Staff
Chiefs estimate "ultimate" space re-
quirements.
Lieutenant General Walter Bedell Smith,
DCI, privately briefs Congressional
leaders, on CIA's building requirements.
Agency seeks appropriation of $38
million for new building.
Military Construction Act authorizing
$38 million for CIA building is ap-
proved.
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8 Oct 51
1 Aug 52
24 June 53
16 Nov 54
House Committee on Appropriations
denies funds for the new building.
Agency staff study recommends ac-
quiring Navy Building.
The General Services Administration rec-
ommends site at Langley, Virginia.
Allen W. Dulles, DCI, requests the
Director, Office of Defense Mobili-
zation to grant exception to "dis-
persion standards" for CIA building.
22 Nov 54 Colonel L. K. White, DDA, establishes
the Agency steering committee to pro-
vide overall guidance and general direc-
tion for the planning of the new
building.
3,5 May 55 The National Capital Regional Planning
? Council (NCRPC) and the National Capi-
tal Planning Commission (NCPC) approve
the Agency's application to utilize a
site for the new building in Langley,
? Virginia.
15 Jul 55 Public Law 161, 84th Congress, author-
izes $46 million for construction of
Headquarters Building plus $8.5 million
for George Washington Memorial Parkway
to Langley site.
4 Aug 55 Public Law 219, 84th Congress, appro-
priates $5.5 million for plans and
and specifications.
25 Oct 55 The Clarke and Rapuano Report on the
? proposed location of the Headquarters
Building is submitted.
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5,6 Dec 55 Selection of the Langley site is ap-
proved by National Capital Regional
Planning Council and disapproved by
National Capital Planning Commission.
2 Feb 56 The National Capital Planning Commission
approves CIA location plans at Langley,
Virginia.
6 Feb 56 The Public Building Services, GSA, is
selected as agent for Headquarters
project.
1 Jun 56 Allen W. Dulles, DCI, appears before the
Defense Subcommittee of the House Ap-
propriations Committee in support of con-
struction funding requirements.
5 Jul 56 A contract with the architectural firm of
Harrison and Abramovitz is signed.
? 27 Jul 56 Public Law 814, 84th Congress, appropri-
ates balance authorized by Public Law 161,
84th Congress.
Aug 56 First soil test borings are conducted at
new site.
not 22 Mar 57 "Headquarters Space Directive D" is ap-
proved as basis for working drawings.
2 Aug 57 Tentative drawings and preliminary
specifications are submitted.
Oct 57 Clearing the site begins.
5 Mar 58 Final working drawings and specifications
are approved.
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Oct 58 ? Grading and drainage of site is
completed.
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'Date Event
Nov 58 The site is placed under security patrol,
with security badges issued to contractors.
May 59.
Sep 59.
Work on the superstructure begins.
Excavation and foundation is 95 percent
complete.
31Nov 59 President Eisenhower lays the corner-
stone.
Sep 60
Mar 61
19 Sep 61
Feb 62
15 May 62
Superstructure is more than half completed.
Entire building is enclosed.
Occupation of the north half of the
building begins.
The south half of the building and the
cafeteria are completed.
The building is completly occupied.'
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Appendix B
Source References*
1. Letter, DCI to D/BOB, 31 Mar 47, 14/attachments;
letter, DCI to Commissioner PBS, 25 Mar 47, sub:
Space Problems Permanent Bldg for CIG. U. 0/C,
GSO, Job 54-177, Box 19.
2. Letter, DCI to Commissioner PBS, 25 Mar 47. (le
above)
3. Letter, Commissioner PBS to DCI, 3 Apr 47. (Sub
and loc same as 1, above)
4. Memo, D/E for P&A to DCI, 17
attachments. C. (Sub and loc
Jun 47, with 5
same as 1, above)
5. Letter, A/AD, BOB to DCI, 22 Apr 47. (Sub and loc
same as 10 above)
6. Letter, DCI to A/FWA, 16 Jul 47. (Sub and loc
same as le above)
7. Letter, A/FWA to DCI, 23 Jul 47. U. (Sub and loc
same as 1, above)
8. Letter, DCI to A/FWA, 16 Jan 48. U. (Sub and loc
same as 1, above)
9. Letter, A/FWA to DCI, 2 Feb 48.;U. (Sub and loc
same as 1, above)
10. Memo, C/SB for EX/A&M, 27 Feb 48, sub:
Chart. S.
Memo, EX/A&M for EX/De 19 Mar 48, sub:
New Bldg. S.
Space
Site for
* Unless otherwise noted, sources are available in
document file HS/HC 849 of the CIA Historical Staff.
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? 11. Memo, EX/A&M for EX/D, 19 Mar 48, sub: Site
for New Bldg. S.
12. Letter, C/Services Br to A/FWA, 29 Apr 48. U.
(Sub and loc same as 1, above)
13. Draft, Letter, C/Services Br to A/FWA, 28 Apr
48, ?U. 0/C, GSO, Job 54-177, Box 19.
14. Memo, Ex Dir for EX/A&M, 18 Feb 48, sub: Space
Survey, S. 0/C, GSO, Job 54-177, Box 18.
15. Memo, C/Contract Section for C/Services Br,
18 Apr 480 sub: Space. S. 0/C, GSO, Job 54-177,
Box 18.
mei
16. Memo, D/CIA Ex for DCI, 16 Mar 49, sub: Space.
S. 0/C, GSO, Job 54-177, Box 18.
17. Report, C/Contract Section to C/Admin Staff,
13 Oct 49, sub: Space Report. S. OC, GSO,
Job 54-177, Box 18.
18. CIA Historical Staff, Chronology 1946-65, Vol I,
1946-55, Jun 70, p. 34.- S.
19. Letter, Admin/GSA to DCI, 18 Apr 50, w/attachments
ltr Sec Interior to GSA, 31 Mar 50. S. 0/C, GSO,
Job 54-177, Box 18.
20. Memo, A/EX CIA for Each Asst Dir, 1 Aug 50,
sub: CIA Space Requirements. C. 0/C, GSO,
Job 54-1770 Box 19.
21. Working Chart, 11 Aug 50, sub: CIA Space Require-
ments, New Bldg file.- S. 0/C, GSO, Job 54-177,
Box 19.
22. Ibid.
23. CIA Historical Staff, Chronology 1946-65, Vol I,
Jun 70, p. 41g.. S; CIA Historical Staff Key Personnel
Named in Agency Regulatory 'Issuances. (hereafter
Key Personnel', Apr 71. S.
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24. Memo for File, 12 Nov 60, CBPS, Discussions
w/Walter L. Pforzheimer. IUO. BPS/OL file 19.
25. Memo, Legislative Counsel for DCI, 28 Aug 51,
sub: Material for the Briefing of Senators
Russell and Byrd. S. LC files, Buildings and
Grounds No. 1, 1951-53.
26. Memo, Curator, Historical Intelligence Collection
for Support Services Historical Officer (SSI-10),
10 Feb 71, sub: Comments on the Historical
Study entitled Planning and Construction of the
Agency Headquarters Building, Jan 46-Jul 63. S.
(HS/HC 849.)
27. Ibid.
28. Letter, Congressman Mahon to LC, 9 Oct 51. U.
LC file, Building and Grounds No. 1, 1951-53.
29. Memo, Curator HIC for SSHO, 10 Feb 71. (26, above)
30. Letter, Congressman Mahon to DCI, 23 Oct 51. U.
DCI Handbook, Sec 4, BPS/OL. Original in LC file,
Building & Grounds #1, 1951-53.
31. Letter, DCI to Congressman Mahon, 26 Oct 51. U.
DCI Handbook, Sec 4, BPS/OL.
, 32. Memo, Curator HIC for SSHO, 10 Feb 71. (26, above)
33. Space Report 25 Sep 51. S. 0/C, GSO, Job 54-177,
Box 18.
34. Memo for File, 9 Apr 51, S. DDA.Chrono, Jan-May 51,
Job 54-13, Box 2.
35. Memo, C/AS for C/RECD, 15 Aug 51, sub: New Bldg
for CIA. S. BPS/OL Liaison file 38.
36. Memo, SO, CIA for C/AS, 30 July 51, sub: Security
Measure, Proposed New Bldg.. C. BPS/OL Liaison
file 38.
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Diary Notes of the ADDA (Colonel L. K. White)_,
31 Jan 52. S. Subsequently these became Diary
Notes of the DDA and then Diary Notes of the
DDS. Hereafter referred to as Diary Notes.
Diary Notes for Colonel White's tenure as ADDA,
DDA, and DDS are available in the Executive
Registry.
37. Memo, C/RECD for C/AS, 2 Oct 51, sub: New
Bldg. S. BPS/OL Liaison file 38.
Memo, C/RECD to C/AS, 18 Oct 51, sub: Space
Study for New Bldg. S. BPS/OL Liaison file 38.
Memo, C/RECD to C/AS, 14 Dec 51, sub: Budget
Est of New Bldg Cost. S. BPS/OL Liaison file 38.
38. Memo, C/RECD for C/AS, 2 Oct 51, sub: New Bldg.
S. BPS/OL Liaison file 38.
39. Memo, AC/RECD for C/AS, 5 Feb 52, sub: Work
Load. S. BPS/OL, Liaison file 38.
40. Miscellaneous papers and memorandums of Colonel
? L. K. White, 27 Oct 51 - 2 Dec 54. S. See items
from 27 Oct 51 through 4 Dec 51. HS/HC-849.
mod 41. Diary Notes, 2 Jan 52. S.
owl
42. ? Memo, Curator HIC for SSHO, 10 Feb 71, p. 7.
(26, above)
43. Memo of Conversation, ADDA, 9 Jan 52, sub: New
CIA Bldg. S. ADDA, Chrono, 1 Jan.- 30 Jun 52, DDS
Job 54-13, Box 2.
44. Memo for Record, ADDA, 8 Jan 52. S. ADDA Chrono,
1 Jan - 30 Jun 52, DDS, Job 54-13, Box 2.
45. Memo, Curator HIC for SSHO, 10 Feb 71. (26,
above)
46. /bid.
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47. Diary Notes, 15 and 30 Jan 52.
48. Ibid, 20 Mar 52. S.
49. Ibid, 27/28 Feb 52. S.
50. Ibid, 5 Feb 52. S.
51. CIA Historical Staff, Key Personnel, Apr 71,
p. 43, 77. S.
52. Memo, C/RECD for C/AS, 14 Dec 51, sub: Budget
Est of New Bldg Cost. S. BPS/OL, Liaison file 38.
53. Ibid, 26 Feb 52. S.
54. Memo, Curator HIC for SSHO, 10 Feb 71. (26, above)
55. Letter, DDA to Commissioner PBS, 3 Aug 51. U.
DDA Chrono, 7 May 51, DDS Job 54-130 Box 2.
56. Letter, C/GSO to C/S, Mgmt Div, PBS, 22 May 51.
U. OYC, GSO, Job 54-177, Box 18.
57. CIA Historical Staff, Support Services Chronology
of key Personnel, May 70, p. 10. S.
58. Personal History Statement, 20 Dec 53. . C/RECD/OL,
Personal file.
59. Diary Notes, 2-12 and 19 Jul and 5 Nov 52. S.
60. Staff Study, ADDA to DCI, 1 Aug 52, sub: New
CIA Bldg vs Move into Navy or Munitions Bldg.
S. DDA Chrono, Jul-Sep 52, DDS, Job 54-13, Box 2.
61-. Diary Notes, 5 and 11 Aug 52. S.
Memo, James A. Garrison to DDA, 6 Feb 53, sub:
Estimates for Proposed CIA Building. S. LC file,
Building & Grounds, No. 1, 1951-53.
62. Diary Notes, ?5 Nov 52. S.
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63.
64.
65.
66.
DCI Hist Series, HS-3, Vol IV, p. 381. S.
Legislative Counsel (LC) Daily Log, 2 Jun 53.
S.
Ibid., 9 Jun 53. S.
Ibid., 16 Sep 53. S.
67.
Space Report, 26 Jan 53. S. 0/C, GSO, Job 54-177,
Box 18.
68.
CIA Historical Staff, Chronology 1946-65, Vol. I,
Jun 70, p. 48-53. S.
69.
Letter, DCI to D/ODM, 16 Nov 54. U. Copy, ER-6-
2603, Book, BPS/OL file.
70.
Letter, D/ODM to DCI, 31 Dec 54. U. Copy, ER-6-
4649, Book, BPS/OL file.
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71.
CIA 19 Aug 52. S.
72.
Chrono, OL Hist, 12 Nov 58, sub: Development of
Hist. S. OL, BPS/OL file 2, Drawer 2.
73.
Memo, C/OGS for C/OP&S, 2 Oct 52, sub: RECD.
Awl
S. 0/C GS01 Job 54-177, Box 18.
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74.
Debriefings of Secy to
C/RECD, 1948-5 y to C/OGS,
1946-54. S.
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75.
Debriefing of , Admin Serv
76.
Officer, RECD/OL,
GSA Form 261, "Space Directive" for Dept of State,
Sep 54. U. BPS/OL file.
77.
Memo, C/OL for DDA, 28 Sep 54, sub: Site
Selection, Hq Bldg. S. BPS/OL Liaison File 38.
78.
Diary Notes, 13 Oct 54. S. (See 29 Sep and 4 Oat
54)
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79. Diary Notes, 14 Dec 54. S.
Memo for Record, C/RECD, sub: Visit to Bureau of
Engraving and Printing, 15 Dec 54. S. BPS/OL
Liaison file 38.
80. Diary Notes, 26 Jan 55. S.
81. Diary Notes, 14 through 18 Mar 55. S.
82. Memo for Record, C/RECD, sub: Meeting w/D.C.
Gov Eng Commissioner, 8 Feb 55. C. BPS/OL
Liaison file 38.
83. CI Feb 54. S.
84. CI 26 Mar 55. S.
85. Legislative Counsel Files, Steering Committee
meeting minutes [22 Dec 54]. S.
86. Memo for Record, C/RECD, sub: Meeting w/Commis-
sioner Strobel, PBS, 14 Feb 55. C. BPS/OL Liaison
file 38.
87. Memo, C/RECD for C/OL, 4 Jan 55, sub: Outline
Plan CIA Hq Project. C. BPS/OL file 1951-55.
88. Hist T/0 & Ceiling, BPS, 25 Aug 59. S. OL/AS,
25X1A file F-2.
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DCI Hist Series HS-3 Vol IV, Jul 60, p. 382. S.
Hist, OL, 1 Jul 52 - 30 Jun 56, 16 Dec 58. S.
BPS/OL file 2.
CIA Notice 26 Mar 55. S.
89. Memo, C/Subcomm for DDS, 19 Sep 55, sub: Report
on Status of Review Space 'Requirements. C.
BPS/OL. file 12.
Memo, DDS for each member, Subcomm, 19 Nov 55."
S. BPS/OL file 1. ?
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90. Diary Notes, 28 Apr 54. S.
LC Daily Log, 8 Mar 54. S.
? 91. Diary Notes, 18 Feb and 14-18 Mar 55. S.
92. Memo, Curator HIC for SSHO, 10 Feb 71. (26,
above)
03. Memo, Joint NCPC-NCRPC Comm to NCPC, 7 Apr 55,
sub: Report on CIA Application for Development
of Site Near Langley, Virginia. U. HS/HC 849.
94. Diary Notes, 17 Jun 55. S.
95. Ibid., 1-7, 8, 11 Jul, 13 Sep 55; 25 Jun 56. S.
96. Ibid., 28 May 56. S.
Letter, Acting DDS to the Hon. Harry F. Byrd,
27 Apr 59.? U.
57. Diary Notes, 28 Jun 56. S.
98. Ibid., 18 Jan 56, 22 Oct 57, 27 Oct 59. S.
Letter, Acting DDS to the Hon. Harry F. Byrd,
27 Apr 59. U.
Letter, DDS to the Hon. Joel T. Broyhill,
2 Aug 60. U.
99. Diary Notes, 18 Jan 56. S.
100. Memo for the Record, DDS, 29 Oct 59, sub:
Meeting with Congressman Joel T. Broyhill. IUO.
DDS 59-4507.
101. Letter, DDS to the Hon. Joel T. Broyhill, 31 Mar
61. U. DDS 61-0912.
102. Diary Notes, 22 Mar 57
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Letter, Mrs. Elaine Handy to Allen Dulles, sub:
Leasing Retail Stores at CIA Bldg, 8 Oct 59. U.
Letter, L. K. White to Mrs. Elaine Handy, sub:
(Retail Stores in Hq Bldg] 6 Nov 59. U.
Letter, Martin L. Schnider to Col. Lawrence K.
White, sub: Branch Bank in CIA Hq, 9 Oct 59. U.
Letter, L. K. White to Martin L. Schnider, sub:
Branch Bank, 6 Nov 59. U.
Letter, L. K. White to A. H. Anger, sub: Candy
Store in Hq Bldg, 24 Nov 61. U.
Memo, H. Gates Lloyd for Allen Dulles, sub:
Conversation... Regarding Banking Facilities
at the New Bldg, 27 Feb 61. U.
103. Diary Notes, 11-26 Dec 56; 8, 21 Jan, 11, 25 Feb,
7 May 57; 26 Jun, 16 Sep 58; 22 Jun, 29 Sep 60;
14, 15 Dec 61; 17 Feb 64. S.
104. Ibid., 16 Jun and 6 Nov 59, 23 Mar 61. S.
Memo, L. K. White for Allen Dulles, sub: Conver-
sation with Robert L. Groom, 6 Nov 59. IUO.
(DDS 59-4599)
Letter, Robert L. Groom to Allen Dulles, sub:
Property adjoining CIA, 10 Nov 59. U. (m-
11-9083)
Letter, Allen Dulles to Robert L. Groom, sub:
Property Adjoining CIA, 25 Nov 59. U. (DDS 59
4681A)
fog 105. Diary Notes, 14 May 57. S.
106. Ibid., 22 Jun 56. SO
107. Letter,DCI to the Honi John M. Butler, 6 Mar 56,
U. ER-7-9944.
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108. Diary Notes, 16 Dec 57. S.
109. Ibid., 14 Nov 55. S.
110. Letter, Harland Bartholomew, Chairman, NCPC,
to Allen Dulles, 8 Nov 55, sub: Communications
to NCPC from various Congressmen re location of
CIA Hq Bldg: Enclosures from Senator J. Glenn
Beall, Matthew M. Neeley, and Everett M. Dirksen,
and Representatives DeWitt S. Hyde and John L.
McMillan. S.
111, Diary Notes, 14, 20 Sep 55, S.
Letter, Allen Dulles to the Hon. Theodore R.
McKeldin, 15 Oct, 19 Dec 55. U.
112. Congress and the Nation,,1945-64, Legislative
Branch-14, 1420. Washington, Congressional
Quarterly Service. U.
113. Diary Notes, 15 Nov 55. S.
114. Ibid., 15 Oct 54; 5 Jan, 21-25 Feb, 14-18 Mar,
9 May, 22 Jun, 14 Sep 55; 6 Jun, 5 Aug, 16,.17,
29, 30 Oct, 16 Dec 57. S.
Memo for the Record, 9 Mar. 56,
sub: Meeting with Jo 111111111111M.
115. Diary Notes, 15 Jun 58. S.
25X1A 116. Letter, IIIIIIIIIIIIIto Percival F. Brundage,
10 Jan 5 . .
Letter, to Governor. Sherman Adams,
25X1A 11 Jan . u.
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23 Jan 56. U.
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25X1A , Letter, to Governor Sherman Adams,
28 Jan .U.
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25X1A 30 Jan 56. U.
Memo for the Record, DDS, 3 Feb 56, sub: Inter-
25X1A view with. ..11111111111i -- Site for proposed
new CIA B1M7-771,7=573%-391.
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Letter, Arthur S. Flemming to
6 Feb 56. U.
Memo, General Counsel for DDS, 7 Feb 56 sub:
Interview with IUO.
Memo, for DDS, sub: Meeting with
Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, 9 Mar 56. S.
ER 8-0145.
117. Diary Notes, 29-31 Oct 56; 29 Oct, 14 Nov 57. S.
118. Memo for the Record, DDS, 18 Jun 55, sub:
Position of the "Administration" Concerning
the Location of the Projected New CIA Hq Bldg.
C.
119. Diary Notes, 5-9 Dec 55. S.
120, Letter, J. S. Everly to Hon. Carl Hayden, 13 Jul
55. U.
121. Testimony of Rear Admiral Neill Phillips, USN
(ret) before the Senate Appropriations Committee,
Subcommittee of DOD [re CIA site at Langley],
11 Jul 56. U.
Mei 122, Letter, DCI to the Hon. Dennis Chavez Chairman
DOD Subcommittee, Senate Committee on Appropria-
tions, 18 Jul 55. U.
123. Letter, DDS to the Hon. Dennis Chavez, 21 Jul 55.
U.
124. Letter, DCI to the Hon. George H. Mahon, 26 Jul
55. U.
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84-814), 27 Jul 56. U.
126. Report, Site Location (Clarke & Rapuano),
25 Oct 55. U. BPS/OL file F-31.
127. Diary Notes, 20 Dec 55. S.
128. Ibid., 19 Dec 55. S.
129. Ibid., 3 Jan. 56. S.
130. Ibid., 18, 19 Jan 56. S.
131. Memo of Conversation, Legislative Counsel,
5 Jan 56. IUO. DDS 56-106.
132. Diary Notes, 30 Jan-3 Feb 56. S.
133. Memo, DCI for Chairman'NCPC, 3 Jan 56. U. In
HIC files.
134. Letter, Chairman NCC to DCI, 6 Feb 56. U.
DDS 56-746.
Diary Notes, 30 Jan-3 Feb 56. S.
135. Memo, Curator HIC for SSHO, 10 Feb 71. (26,
above)
136. US Senate, Comm on Appropriations, Report No.
2580, 14 Jul 56 (Supplemental Appropriations
Act 1957 (P. L. 84-814, 27 Jul 56). U.
137. Memo, Curator HIC for SSHO, 10 Feb 71 p. 16.
(26, above)
138. Ibid.
139. Ibid.
140. Remarks made by DC' to CIA Steering Committee
members, 4 Oct 55. S. BPS/OL file 1.
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142.
143.
CIA 26 Nov 55. S.
Personnel File and Debriefing of 25X1A
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Debriefing of 28 Sep 70. 25X1A
S.
144.
Memo, proj officer for C/BPS, 16 Jan 56, sub:
Plan Followed in Construction of US Air Force
Academy. U. BPS/OL File 38.
145.
CIA Historical Staff, Chronology 1946-65 Vol
II, p. 2, Jun 70. S.
The Evening Star (Washington, D. C.) "$50
Million Hq", 16 Jan 56. BPS/OL file 38.
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CIA 26 Nov 55.. S.
147.
CIA Historical Staff Chronology 1946-65, Vol If
p. 73, Jun 70. S.
148.
Agreement between DCI and Administrator, GSA,
6 Feb 56. U. BPS/OL file 9.
149.
Diary Notes, 13 and 20 Sep 55. S.
150.
Memo, Curator HIC for SSHO, 10 Feb 71. (26,
above)
Nei
151.
Memo, CIA, Assistant to the DCI [Public Affairs],
9 Feb 560 w/attachments. C. BPS/OL file 9.
awl
152.
Notes for DCI's meeting with Harrison & Abramovitz,
17 Feb 56, w/General Officer Profile, U. BPS/OL
file 9.
153.
Agreement, DCI and A/GS, GSA, 6 Feb 56, Construc-
tion Agent. U. BPS/OL file 9.
154.
Letter, DDS to Commissioner PBS, 18 Aug 55. U.
BPS/OL file 17.
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155. Memo, Curator HIC for $SHO, 10 Feb 71. (26,
above)
156. Memo, DDS for DCI, 20 Apr 55, sub: Meeting
with. Gen. Bragdon and Mr. Mansure. C. BPS/OL'
file 9,
157. Diary Notes, 28 Jun 55. S.
158. Ibid., 11 Jul 55. S.
159. Ibid., 12 Jul 55. S.
160. Letter, DCI to A/GSA, 3 Aug 55. U. BPS/OL file
17.
161. Memo for Record, DDS, 18 Aug 55, sub: Washington
Meeting of 9 Aug 55 with W. K. Harrison Party &
GSA. C. BPS/OL file 17.
162. Memo for Record, DDS, 14 Oct 55, sub: CIA/GSA
Relationship: Proposed New Hq Bldg. S.
163. Memo for Record,. DDS, 18 Aug 55. (165, above)
164. Diary Notes, 9-13 Jul 56. S.
165. Agreement, DCI & A/GSA, 6 Feb 56. U. BPS/OL
file 12.
166. Memo for Record, DDS, 21 Feb 56, sub: Interview
with Congressman Broyhill and Mr. Willgoos of
Willgoos & Chase. IUO.
167. Ibid.
Legislative Counsel, Daily Log, 9 Feb
168. Memo for Record, DDS, I Mar 56, sub:
Services for Proposed New Building --
Coile & Blanchard. C. DDS 56-725.
169. Diary Notes, 19 Jan 56. S.
56. S.
Architectural
Williams,
170. Memo, DDS for DCI, 8 Nov 56, sub: Satisfaction
of Conditions Imposed by the Congress. IUO.
DDS 56-3827..
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171. Ibid.
172. Memo, DDS for D/OL, 29 Jan 57, sub: Planning
for the Proposed New Hq Bldg. S. DDS 57-0303.
173. Diary Notes, 6 Feb 57. S.
174. Memo, IG for DDS, 4 Feb 57, sub: Planning for
the Proposed New Hg Bldg. S.
175. Diary Notes, 7 Feb 57. S.
176. Letter and Plan, Topographic Survey, Langley Site.
U. BPS/OL Soil Testing file.
177. Letter and Plan, Test Boring Report, Langley
Site, U. BPS/OL Soil Testing file.
178. Space Report 31 Dec 56. S. SM&F Br, RECD/OL,
Box 18.
179. Diary Notes, 13 Feb 57. S.
180. Memo for Record, 26 Jul 56, sub: Visit to Office
of A&E. S. BPS/OL file 17.
181. Letter, A/Commissioner PBS to DCI, 15 Nov 56.
U. BPS/OL file 17.
182. Memo, Sec Asst for C/BPS, 22 Oct 56, sub:
Clearance of A&E Personnel. C. BPS/OL A&E file.
183. Chart, Cost Estimates, 14 May 56. U, BPS/OL
A&E file.
184. Diary Notes, 27 Dec 57. S.
185. Letter, Asst Commissioner, PBS to H&A, 27 Feb 57.
U. BPS/OL A&E file.
186. 17th Report of the Commission oe Fine Arts,
1 Jul 54 to 30 Jun 581 pp. 20-21. U.
??
187. Diary Notes, 2, 18, 24, 25 Jan 57; 12, 25, 26
28 Feb 57; 4, 8, 12 Mar 57; 19 Jun 57. S.
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188. Ibid., 5 Dec 58. S.
189. Ibid., 5 Jun 57. S.
190. Ibid., 13 Jun 57. S.
191. Ibid., 21 Jun 57. S.
192. Steering Comm Meetings, 15 Feb 57 and 22 Mar 57.
S. BPS/OL file 1.
193. Memo, Curator HIC for SSHO, 10 Feb 71. (26, above)
194. Steering Comm Meetings, 20 Aug 57 to Mar 58. S.
BPS/OL files 1, 2, & 10.
195. Memo, C/BPS to C/OL, 15 Nov 56, sub: Cost
Estimates. S. BPS/OL file 17.
196. Project Directive GSA Form 123a, 2 Aug 57. U.
BPS/OL A&E file.
197. Memo for Record, 5 Mar 58. U. C/BPS/OL file
F-18.
198. Minutes of Steering Comm, 7 Mar 58. S. BPS/OL
file 1.
1.99. Memo, DDS for C/BPS, 17 Dec 57, sub: Visit to
SAC Hq. S. BPS/OL file 38.
200. Memo for Record, DC/BPS/OL, 16 Aug 57, sub:
Meeting of the Steering Comm. S. BPS/OL file 12.
201. Staff Study, D/OL to DDS, 2 Aug 56, sub:
Staff Person Assigned to A-E Office. S. BPS/OL
files 23 and 25.
202. Debriefing of on 17 Oct 70. S.
BPS/OL file 25.
203. IG Survey of 0/L, Jun 61, p. 248-253. S. BPS/OL
files.
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205. Memo,
12 Sep 60, sub: Comments
S. BPS/OL, file 12.
206. Diary Notes, 12 Sep 57. S.
207. Ibid., 15 Oct 57. S.
208. Ibid., 19 Dec 57. S.
209. Ibid., 19 Sep 58. S.
210. Ibid., 19 Dec 61. S.
211. Ibid., 17, 24 Jan 55; 7-8 Feb 55; 19,
Nov 55; ?23-26 Jul 56; 2 Feb 59. S.
21-25
Memo for the Record, 19 Feb 57, sub: Telephone
Conversation with ABC, ref; Cabin John Bridge.
IUO. BPS/OL, file 38.
212. Diary Notes, 1 Mar 61. S.
213. Ibid., 16 Nov 61. S.
214. Ibid., 4 Aug 60. S.
215. Draft Outline, DDS Support Services Bulletin,
1 Aug 58, Hq Bldg Construction. S. BPS/OL file
12.
216. SSHS, OS-3, Security Program of the CIA,
Security, Jun 72, pp. 239-259. S.
Diary Notes, 5, 13-16 Nov 56; and .7 Feb,
Mar, 16 Aug 57. S.
217. Ibid., 15, 19 Nov, 14, 21 Dec 62. S.
218. CIA Historical Staff, Chronology 1946-65, Vol.
II, Jun 70, p. 17. S.
Physical
1, 27
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219. Memo, Curator HIC for SSHO, 10 Feb 71. (26,
above)
220. Draft Outline, DDS Support Services
7 Aug 59. S. BPS/OL file.
221. IG Survey of OL, Jun 61, P. 254.
files.
222. Report, C/BPS to C/PS/OL, 6 Oct 59,
Killian Committee Report. S. BPS/OL
223. Diary Notes, 4 May 60. S.
224. Draft Outline, DDS Support Services
25 May 60. S. BPS/OL files.
Bulletin,
BPS/OL
sub:
files.
Bulletin,
Report, C/BPS to C/PS/OL, 29 Mar 60, sub:
Killian Comm Report. S. BPS/OL files.
225. Diary Notes, 3 May 60. S.
226. Report, C/BPS to C/PS/OL, 3 Oct 60, sub:
Killian Comm Report. S. BPS/OL files.
227. Diary Notes, 20 Oct, 2?15 Novo 14, 20 Dec 60;
4 Jan 61. S.
228. Memo, AD/OL for DDS, 18 Nov 60, sub: Policy
on Freezing Bldg Plans. C. DDS 60-4124.
229. Memo, AC/BPS for C/PS/OL, 4 Apr 61, sub: Killian
Report on FI Activities 1 Oct 60-31 Mar 61, S.
BPS/OL files.
230. Memo, DC/BPS for C/PS/OL, 28 Sep 61, sub: Report
to President's FI Advisory Board, 1 Apr-30 Sep 61.
IUO. BPS/OL files.
231. Diary Notes, 4 Jun 57; 22 Jul, 17 Oct, 19 Nov 58;
21, 24 Jul, lo 14, 28 Sep, 13, 19 Oct, 4 Nov 59.
S.
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Memo, L. K. White for Mr.. Dulles, 9 Oct 59,
sub: Date for Cornerstone Ceremony. U. DDS
59-4272.
Memo for Record,IMMIllip 24 Jul 59,
sub: New Bldg Co ne . IUO. DDS
59-3395.
Memo, for Col. White, 16
Oct 59!!!!!!...Mrstone Ceremony
Meeting, 13 Oct 59. IUO. DDS 59-4325.
232. Memo, L. K. White for Executive Officer DCI,
27 Oct 59, sub: Reserved Seats for Cornerstone
Ceremony. IUO. DDS 59-4480.
233. Memo, Curator HIC for SSHO, 10 Feb 71. (26,
above)
234. Diary Notes, 1, 9 Nov 60. S.
235. Public Papers of the President, Dwight D.
Eisenhower, 1959, para 276, pp. 765-6. Remarks
at the Cornerstone Laying Ceremony, for the
Central Intelligence Agency Building, 3 Nov 59. U.
236. IG Survey of OIL, Jun 61, p. 254. S. BPS/OL
file.
237. Memo for Record, ADDS, 27 Feb 61, sub: Plans
for Moving to New Bldg. S. BPS/OL, Master Moving
file.
238. Diary Notes, 30 Mar 61. S.
239. IG Survey of 0/L1 Jun 61, P. 255. S. BPS/OL file.
240. Debriefing of 20 Oct 70. S.
241. Memo, Acting DDP for DDS, 7 Sep 0, sub: Occupancy
of New Building. S. DDP 0-4602.
242. Memo, McGeorge Bundy, Pres Adv f/Natl Sec Affairs,
for DCI, 24 Jun 61, re locating CS all or in part
to other location. S. HIC files.
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243. Memo, DCI for McGeorge Bundy, Pres Adv Nati Sec
Affairs, 21 Aug 61, sub: Locating CS Personnel
etc. S. RIC files.
244. Diary Notes, 20 Oct 58. S.
245. Ibid., 9 Feb 58. S.
246. Ibid., 25, 28 Mar 60. S.
247. Ibid., 13 Jul 59. S.
248. Ibid., 31 Mar, 13, 19 Apr 60. S.
249. Ibid., 18 Dec 60. S.
250. Agenda, Preparation for Move, 17 Aug 61. S.
BPS/OL, Master Plan file.
251. Memo, Curator HIC for SSHO, 10 Feb 71. (26,
above)
252. Ibid.
253. Diary Notes, 15 Apr 57. S.
254. Ibid., 29 Oct 57; 9, 21 Nov 60; 6, 30 Mar, 3,
60 20, 27 Nov 61. S.
255. Ibid., 23 Jun, 15, 17, 20 Jul, 1, 2, 10 Sep 59;
13 Sep 60; 4 Jan, 22 Mar, 15 Dec'61. S.
256. Ibid., 8 Jan 61. S.
257. Draft Outline, DDS Support Services Bulletin,
2 Oct 61. U. BPS/OL files.
258. Debriefing C/Telephone Facility Br. 20 Oct 70. U.
259. Memo, Project Officer for D/C BPS/OL, 13 Nov 61 -
15 May 62, sub: Hq Move. S. BPS/OL files.
260. Diary Notes, 7 Oct, 4 Nov 59; 22 Jan, 21 Mar, -8
Jun 60; 9 Jan, 15 Mar, 5 Apr, 9 Oct 61; 29 Nov
62. S.
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261. Memo, DDS for D/OL, 12 Jun 62, sub: Hq Bldg
Heating, Ventilating, and A/C Systems. S.
File DDS Records Center, New Bldg, 1962.
262. Diary Notes, 29 Oct, 15 Nov 62. S.
263. Ibid., 26 Sep 61. S.
264. Ibid., 18, 21, 28, 29 Nov 61. S.
265. Project Officer Report, Feb 62, p. 2. U.
BPS/OL files.
266. Diary Notes, 29 Nov 61.S.
267. Ibid., 30 Nov, 40 15 Dec 61. S.
268. Project Officer Report pp. 1-3. (265, above)
269. Memo, H&A for Messrs Stevens, Ackor, & Owen,
5 Jan 62. U. BPS/OL file 25.
Letter, Asst Commissioner, PBS to H&A, 24 Oct 63.
U. BPS/OL file 25.
270. ADS/LSD/OL Space Utilization Summary, 12 Apr 63.
S. (HS/HC 849)
271. Ibid., Space Utilization Summary: Headquarters
Bldg, 2 Oct 72. S. (HS/HC 849)
272. Ibid.
273. Memo, DDS for DCI, 29 Nov 61, sub: Comparative
Cost Figures of the AEC, New State, and CIA
Bldgs. IUO. OL/RECD/BPS files.
274. Ibid.
275. Transmittal, LKW [L. K. White] to D/L, 17 Feb 62,
sub: [Savings from New Bldg]. U. OL/RECD/BPS
files.
276. Diary Notes, 5 Apr 60. S.
277. Ibid., 25 Nov, 1, 4 Dec 59; 27 Nov 61. S.
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Appendix C
Congressional References
1. Military and Naval Construction Act (P.L. 83-155,
September 28, 1951). For CIA building authori-
zation in the amount of $38,000,000, see Title
CIA witnesses on this bill. (This authoriza-
tion was repealed by Sec. 511, P.L. 84-161.)
'See also: (a) Report No. 767, from the House
Armed Services Committee, July
H.R. 4914.)
(b) Report No. 727, from the Senate
Armed Services Committee, Sep-
tember 4, 1951. Report notes
(p.16) that all projects in
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(c) Report No. 1036, from the Senate
Appropriations Committee, October
18, 1951 (to accompany H.R. 5650,
Second Supplemental Appropriation
Bill, 1952).
(d) Conference Report. House No. 1226,
October 20, 1951, (Senate and House
Appropriations Committees conferees)
(To accompany H.R. 5650.)
2. Military Construction Act of 1955 (P.L. 84-161,
July 15, 1955). For authorization to construct
a CIA headquarters installation, see Title IV,
Sec. 401, and Title V, Secs,. 501, 502(4), 504.
See also: (a) Hearings, Military Public Works
Construction, May-June 1955, before
the Subcommittee on Real Estate
and Military Construction of the
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Senate Committee on Armed Services,
For CIA testimony, June 7, 1955,
see pp. 536-549. (Testimony before
the House Armed Services Committee
on this subject was in executive ses-
sion and not printed.) (To accom-
pany S. 1765 (H.R. 6829.)
(b) Report No. 865, from the House
Armed Services Committee, June 20,
1955. Committee approval at pp.
14, 17 in the amount of $56,000,000.
(To accompany H.R. 6829.)
(c) Report No. 694, from the Senate
Armed Services Committee, June 30,
1955. Committee approval at pp.
2, 14-15, 16 in the amount of
$53,500,000. (To accompany H.R.
6829.)
(d) Conference Report, House No. 1083,
July 7, 1955, (Senate and House
Armed Services Committeesconferaes).
Approval at pp. 28-29 in the amount
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of $55,000,000. (To accompany H.
R. 6829.)
3. Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1956 (P.L. 84-219,
August 4, 1955). For CIA building partial ap-
propriation, see Chapter III.
See also: (a) Hearings, Military Construction
Appropriations for 1956, June 1955,
before the Subcommittee on Depart-
ment of, Defense Appropriations of
the House Committee on Appropria-
tions. For CIA testimony, June 23,
1955, see pp. 165-181.
(b) Communication from the President of
the United States transmitting a
draft of a proposed provision
pertaining to the Central Intel-
ligence Agency .... House Document
No. 210, July 1, 1955.
.(c) Hearings, The Supplemental Appropria-
tion Bill, 1956, June-July 1955,
before the Senate Committee on
Appropriations. For CIA testimony,
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July 15, 1955, see pp. 24, 48-49,
239-275, 278-316, 363. (To ac-
company H.R. 7278.)
Report No. 1116, from the House
Committee on Appropriations,. July
12, 1955. Approval at pp. 14, 34
in the amount of $3,000,000 for
the preparation of detailed plans
and specifications for the building.
(To accompany H.R. 7278.)
(e) Report No. 1094, from the Senate
Committee on Appropriations, July
23, 1955. Approval at pp. 11, 53/
69 in the amount of $7 000 000.
(To accompany H.R. 7278.)
(f) Conference Report. House No. 1586,
July 29, 1955, (Senate and House
Appropriations Committees conferees).
Approval at pp. 2, 8 in the amount
of $5,500,000. (To accompany H.R.
7278.)
4. Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1957 (P.L. 84-8140
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July 27, 1956). For CIA building appropriation
in the amount of $49,000,000, see Chapter III,
p. 3.
See also: (a) Hearings, The Supplemental Appropria-
tion Bill, 1957, Vol. 1, May-June
1956, before the House Committee
on Appropriations. For CIA testi-
mony before the Subcommittee on
Department of Defense Appropriations,
see pp. 238-306.
(b) Hearings, The Supplemental Appropria-
tion Bill, 1957. May-July 1956, be-
fore the Senate Committee on Appro-
priations. For CIA testimony, July.
11, 1956, see pp. 719-776. (To
accompany H.R. 12138.)
(c) Report No. 2638, from the House
Committee on Appropriations, July
7, 1956. Approval of appropriation
for the CIA building in the amount
of $49,000,000 at pp. 8, 36. (To
accompany H.R. 12138.)
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(d) Report No. 2580, from the Senate
Committee on Appropriations, July
14, 1956. Approval of appropria-
tion for the CIA building in the
amount of $49,000,000 at pp. 5,
31. (To accompany H.R. 12138.)
(e) Report, House No. 2864, (Senate
and House Appropriations Committees
conferees), (To accompany H.R.
12138.)
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Appendix D
Staff Study
SUBJECT: New CIA building vs. Movement into Main
Navy or Munitions Building
1. PROBLEM: Is it desirable to pursue the assign-
ment of the Navy or Munitions Building to CIA,
or to construct a new building designed to
meet Agency requirements.
2. FACTS BEARING ON THE PROBLEM:
a. CIA has permanent enabling legislation to
build a new building at a cost of $38 million.
b. Possible building sites:
Nevius Tract, Arlington, Virginia
Present headquarters location, 2430 E Street
N. W.
c. Nevius tract -- it has been estimated that
it would cost approximately $42.5 million
to build on this site. Construction would
require two and one-half to three years.
d. Present CIA headquarters location -- it has
been estimated that an adequate building
can be constructed in this area for less
than $38 million, including acquisition of
land, which would cost approximately $6
million. Time required for construction
would be two and one-half to three years.
e. Main Navy Building, 17th and Constitution
Avenue, N.W. Estimated cost of moving to
Navy Building (including moves of other
agencies involved) -- approximately $11.1
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100 percent consolidation, exclusive of
warehouses, etc.
f. Munitions Building, Navy Annex, 20th and
Constitution Avenue, N.W. Estimated cost
of moving to Munitions Bonding (including
.f? moves of other agencies involved) -- approx-
imately $8.1 million. Time required to
complete move -- one year. This building
would accommodate approximately 70 percent
of the Agency and the remaining 30 percent
would stay in its present location.
3. DISCUSSION: The estimated cost of construction
on the Nevius tract is $4.5 million in excess
of the amount authorized in our enabling
lation. In addition, use of this site would
probably meet with objection by the National
Capital Park and Planning Commission and the
Fine Arts Commission. However, we could probably
build on our present location within the amount
authorized and without encountering comparable
obstacles. While we could undertake preliminary
planning using funds now available to the Agency,
it would be at least six months before an approp-
riation could be requested from Congress, which
i.? means that a new building would not be ready for
occupancy for three to three and one-half years
from now, and it is not certain that Congress
would appropriate the necessary funds.
The Main Navy Building would permit 100 percent
consolidation of the Agency, exclusive of ware-
house, etc., and is preferable to the Munitions
Building. The acquisition of either, however,
would eliminate any justification for a new
CIA building in the foreseeable future. The
Navy and Munitions Buildings are both old,
temporary buildings which, although a great im-
provement over what we now have, still are far
from ideal for our purposes, and would be ex-
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4. CONCLUSIONS: In view of the time lag in our
ability to request funds for a new building
and the uncertainty of obtaining those funds,
together with the substantial additional time
required to construct a new building, it is
concluded that it is desirable to make an im-
mediate attempt to obtain as a first choice the
Navy Building and as a second choice the Muni-
tions Building.
5. ACTION RECOMMENDED; That action be taken to ac-
quire the Navy Building for CIA as expeditiously
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Buildings Occupied by CIA as of 26 January 1953
Building
North
Central
Administration
South
Rear of Temporary
Temporary "Q"
Temporary "14"
Building 11
Building 13
Building 14
QII
Location
2430 E Street N.W.
2430 E Street N.W.
2430 E Street N.W.
2430 E Street N.W.
2430 E Street N.W.
24th-26th & D
Streets N.W.
24th-26th & D
Streets N.W.
24th-26th & D
Streets N.W.
24th-26th & D
Streets N.W.
24th-26th &'D
Streets N.W.
Net Space
(S.. ft.)
2210 E Street N.W.
Building "In West Potomac Park
Building
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Building 7
Building 9
Location
24th & D Streets N.
24th & D Streets N.
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Outline Plan for.the Development of
the Proposed CIA Headquarters Project
Priority. Phase
1 A. Bureau of the Budget Approval
1. Decision on Funding Method
B. Site Approval
2 1. Approval of the Office of Defense
Mobilization
3 2. Approval of the Public Roads Com-
mission
3a 3. Exact Site Selection within the
Available Area
3b 4. Final Approval of the Public
Roads Commission and National
Park and Planning Commission
C. Construction and Improvement of Roads
1. George Washington Memorial Highway
2. Leesburg Pike
D. Development of "Definitive" Plans
3 1. Collection of Space Requirements
3 2. List of Special Requirements
3a 3. Decision on Type of Building
3b 4. Development of Sketches of Floor
Plans i
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2. Floor Plans
3. Elevations
4. Architect's Drawings
5. Cost Estimate
5 F. Congressional Approval
1. Bureau of the Budget
2. Armed Services Committees or Public
Works Committees
3. Appropriations Committees
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Appendix G
Testimony of
Rear Admiral Neill Phillips, USN (Ret.)
3053 P Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
Before
The Senate Appropriations Committee
Subcommittee of Department of Defense
Senator Chavez, Chairman
July 11, 1956
Opposition of [sic] Building a CIA Headquarters
at Langley, Virginia
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Committee:
I am appearing a:srespresentative [sic] of the
Progressive Citizens Association of Georgetown (approx-
imately 900 members) and the Audubon Society of the
District of Columbia (approximately 1200 members in
the Greater Washington area). I have also been asked
to speak for the Middle States Division of the
American Canoe Association.
Your Committee has been asked to recommend an ap-
propriation of $490000,000 to build a mammoth CIA Head-
quarters (approaching the Pentagon in size) at Langley,
Virginia, on a site with no present access except a ?
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whatever.
The cost of roads, bridges, and sewage disposal
would be absolutely colossal. Parenthetically, it
might be impossible ever to resolve the sewage problem
at the Langley site no matter how much money were spent,
as I shall try to show later.
Without these access and sanitary facilities,
a CIA headquarters at Langley simply could not function.
The price of. such improvements should be considered just
oeffil
as much a part of the cost, as the price of the CIA
buildings themselves. I. submit that it is entirely un-
realistic to talk about appropriating $49,000,000 to
build a CIA Langley headquarters, when in fact the
$49,000,000 is only a part of. that cost.
I have studied the arguments and the pages of testi-
mony on why or why. not to build CIA at Langley, and I
find that the fact fairly jumps out if [sic] even those
line of fine print that the pro-Langley plan is very
simple.
Get.money from Congress to put up the buildings,
and then somehow some Government depaitment or agency
owe
will just simply have to go to work and figure out how
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appropriations from Congress to pay for them. True
there have been tentative plans put forth as to wideniqg
roads and bridges and laying sewer mains, with rough
estimates of the cost. But even a .superficial reading
shows them to be vague and generalized, with so many
essential details not covered, as to be unacceptable
in a business sense, particularly when such
sums are involved. I submit, Mr. Chairman,
enormous
that it is
wrong Vven to consider CIA's request for $49,000,000 to
,build at Langley unti4 and unless CIA also submits a re-
quest for appropriations to cover this other utterly
essential part of the job.
Now the above reasoning would hold good even if
Langley were an ideal, ?or even a fairly practicable, site
for CIA. But by all fair standards it is a tragically
bad site. Believe me, my associates and I have tried
to be objective and have tried hard to find some cogent
reasons for CIA at Langley, but again after going over
and over the arguments and testimony we can find only
two real reasons advanced for it:
(1) It would be pleasant for CIA employees
to work in park-like surroundings with a river
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who could put up housing developments and shopping
centers nearby.
On the other hand the arguments against CIA at
Langley seem overwhelming. I shall list them briefly
? before I close:
(1) Sewage. The Potomac is hideously
...
polluted. Federal and State Governments are be-
ginning the Augean task of trying to clean it up.
Yet here is a proposal to put a junior Pentagon,
with all those thousands of people, on a bluff
of the Potomac about one-half mile above the new
intake for the District water supply!!
True, the local Virginia .authorities have committed to
provide sewage facilities to the Langley CIA buildings, but
so far as I can ascertain they have shown no plans as to
what they are to do with the effluvient except to dump
it into the Potomac. And apparently there are no plans
or ideas at all as to what to do about sewage from all the
new communities that would spring up in the CIA area --
a problem that can reasonably be expected to grow as
big as that of the CIA headquarters itself. And again,
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remember, all this in the immediate vicinity of the in-
take of the District water supply. I submit Mr. Chair-
man, that this is little short of a medieval approach
to a grave health problem and is unacceptable by any
modern standard.
(2) Bridges. Every day the press carries articles
on where and how to build more bridges, or whether to
pay the enormous sums required to bore a tunnel, in
order to get the population back and forth across the
Potomac, or to route traffic around and outside the
District. All the proposed plans are drawn up with the
idea of just keeping traffic moving for the population
as it is at present distributed. We all know that that
alone is a problem of staggering magnitude. Yet here
we have a proposal to compound confusion by putting up
a vast CIA complex at a spot in every way situated so
as to generate more, much more, cross-river traffic.
(3) District Traffic. A CIA spokesman before the
House Appropriations Committee in June estimated that
"a large part of the 37% (of CIA traffic to Langley)
would find the Key Bridge probably more convenient than
Chain Bridge or Memorial Bridge." If you go to either
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end of Chain Bridge [sic], Virginia or Georgetown,
at the rush hour this afternoon and see the pandemonium
that exists, and then try to picture what it would be
like with "a large part of the 37%" of CIA traffic
trying to get back and forth, I believe you will be
appalled. No plans that I know of have been made to
take care of this increased traffic in the narrow en-
virons of the Georgetown end of Chain Bridge [sic],
and no such plans could be carried out without destroying
much of Georgetown's present character and present
property values.
A similar, or perhaps, worse, situation would
exist at Chain Bridge, which it is proposed to widen.
Approaches are narrow and there are numerous dead ends.
True, the National Capital Regional Planning Commission
proposes improvements to Canal Road and Weaver Place
to serve Chain Bridge, at an estimated cost of $900,000.
I believe this estimate far too low for the size of the
job. It is also obvious that it does not take into ac-
count (as there is no account taken in the case of Key
Bridge) of the change in traffic patteims all over that
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miles of Key and Chain Bridge that would result from
the traffic flow engendered by a huge CIA complex at
Langley.
(4) Impact on the Comprehensive Plan. This com-
prehensive plan was set up by the National and the
Regional Capital Planning Commissions to provide for
orderly development.of.the Nation's Capital and its
environs. Putting CIA at Langley cuts directly across
? this Plan and flouts its basic concepts, as is plainly
? shown on page 2.of the National Capital Planning Com-
mission's report of March-2, 1956,- to which I fully in-
vite your attention.
(5) Potential Park Land. The proposed site of
CIA Langley is on a tract of land now under the Bureau
of Public Roads, which has indicated it does not need
it. If there were no CIA at Langley this tract would ?
almost certainly, become park-land (for which it is ideally
suited) in conjunction with the George Washington
Memorial. Highway; since it could be occupied as such
under the Capper-Crampton Act. The tract is unique in ?
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being so near a big city yet possessing so many natural
blessings. There are great stands of hardwoods, graves
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of flowering trees and bushes, abundant wild flowers
and ferns many of them rare species, beautiful river
views, and teeming bird and animal life. In conjunc-
tion with the George Washington Memorial Highway it
could be made into a really fabulous park accessible
to all the people. Yet it is proposed to shut it off
for one Government agency and forever destroy much of
?its unspoiled character with huge building projects.
This tragic deed would run counter to the aims of every
conservation organization in the country and would be
an official negation by the U. S. Government of every
tenet of modern sociological thinking which stresses the.
need of increasing open spaces for increasing population.
(6) Other Locations for CIA. I shall not take up
any more of your time other than to invite attention to
the several other proposed locations for CIA, in the
Northwest Section, in the new Southwest Redevelopment
Area, in the vicinity of Alexandria, and in the vicinity
of the National Training School for Boys; sites where
most, if not all, of the deeply objectionable features
of the Langley site do not exist. This matter of alter-
native sites has been covered in cogent detail by the
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Council.
Mr. Chairman, I can sum up my regrettably long
testimony in a few words:
This plan of CIA at Langley is indigestible and
uncooked. Yet it has the most serious potential impact
on the entire District of Columbia area. As hardheaded,
but I believe public-spirited, citizens and taxpayers, we
urgently request that you recommend that appropriations
be held up until the present fuzzy picture is brought
into a reasonable focus justifying the outpouring of
billions of dollars for CIA at Langley.
Respectfully,
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Appendix H
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Washington 25, D. C.
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
July 26, 1955
The Honorable George H. Mahon
Chairman, Defense Subcommittee
House Committee on Appropriations
Washingthn25, D. C.
Dear Mr. Chairman:
Under the provisions of the Military Construction
Act of 1955 (P.L. 161), CIA is authorized to construct
a headquarters installation at a cost of $54,500,000.
Of this sum not to exceed $8,500,000 may be utilized
for transfer to the National Capital Planning Commis-
sion and the Department of the Interior for the cost of
extending the George Washington Memorial Parkway to the
site of the Research Station of the Bureau of Public
Roads at Langley, Fairfax County, Virginia, including
acquisition of rights of way. The law provides that if
CIA does not locate at the site at Langley, the
$8,500,000 shall not be available for obligation. The
law also provides that not to exceed $1,000,000 may be
spent for the acquisition of a site.
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On 23 June, when I appeared before your Subcom-
mittee in support of appropriations for this construc-
tion, the Military Construction Act had not yet passed
the Congress. Until passed, the extension of the Park-
way would not be assured and since this is essential to
location at Langley, final determination on the site
could not be made. The House Appropriations Committee
therefore recommended the sum of $3,000,000 for CIA to
proceed with the preparation of detail plans and speci-
fications, but postponed consideration of funds for a
site. Subsequently, the sum recommended by the Appro-
priations Committee was stricken from the bill on the
Floor of the House on a point of order.
When I later appeared before the Defense Appro-
? priations Subcommittee in the Senate, P.L. 161 authori-
zing extension of the George Washington Memorial Park-
way to the Langley site had been enacted. I informed
that Subcommittee that CIA strongly preferred locating
its headquarters installation on the Government-owned
tract at Langley, although, should the Committee deny
funds for the Parkway extension, a tract at Alexandria
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committee that failure to determine the site had been
a major factor in the allowance by the House Appro-
priations Committee of funds for plans and specifica-
tions only. I further noted that such plans could not
be properly prepared. until a site was selected, and that
to plan for Langley, we would require an additional
$4,000,000 for the first year's work on the Parkway ex-
tension to assure that the Parkway would be completed
when our installation was ready for occupancy. Further-
more, I pointed out that it was my understanding that
the House Committee preferred not to use unobligated
balances for this construction project, and recommended
that the Committee give us a direct appropriation of
$7,000,000. We have obtained the approval of the Bureau
of the Budget for the use of direct appropriations, and
a copy of the authorization from Mr. Hughes, Director
of the Bureau of the Budget, dated 21 July 1955, is at4t
tached for your information.
The Senate Appropriations Committee has now ap-
proved the sum of $3,000,000 for the preparation of
detail plans,,and specifications and $4,000,000 for the
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? does not locate at Langley, a sum of not to exceed
) $350,000 shall be available for the acquisition of a
site elsewhere.
It is my earnest hope that the House Appropria-
tions Committee will accept the action of the Senate
Appropriations Committee with one change. The best
offer we now have for sufficient land in Alexandria is
about $500,000; hence $350,000 appears inadequate and
should be increased to $500,000. This does not increase
the total of $7,000,000 requested since if site money is
expended the $4,000,000 for the Parkway will not be re-
quired. While we consider the Langley site is the best
available, we believe provision for an alternative is
advisable to insure that the final choice is the best
for our purposes, and that the construction of our
permanent headquarters is completed at the earliest
possible time.
I am attaching herewith a more detailed statement
of our position in this matter so that you may be fully
aware of the reasons for our preference for Langley and
the steps that have been taken in connection with that
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(Signed)
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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
BUREAU OF THE BUDGET
Washington 25, D. C.
July 21, 1955
My dear Mr. Dulles:
This is to inform you that the Bureau of the Budget
has no objection to the Central Intelligence Agency re-
questing the Senate to grant a direct appropriation for
the fiscal year 1956 for the initial cost of the develop-
ment of a CIA headquarters installation and the extension
of the George Washington Memorial Parkway as authorized by
Title IV of the Act of July 15, 1955 (P.L. 161), pro-
vided that such request shall not exceed $7 million.
Sincerely yours,
(Signed) Rowland Hughes
Director
Honorable Allen W. Dulles
Director, Central Intelligence Agency
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STATEMENT OF MR. ALLEN W. DULLES,
DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE,
IN CONNECTION WITH THE REQUEST FOR
AN APPROPRIATION TO CONSTRUCT A
HEADQUARTERS INSTALLATION FOR THE
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY.
After careful examination of more than thirty
sites in or near the metropolitan area of the District
of Columbia, the Central Intelligence Agency believes
that Langley, Virginia, and Alexandria, Virginia, are
the two areas which deserve most serious consideration.
CIA would strongly prefer to locate its new head-
quarters installation, authorized by P.L. 161, at the
site of the Research Station of the Bureau of Public
Roads at Langley, Virginia, within this 300-acre tract
of Government-owned land. CIA would need 100 acres of
this tract for its building site and access roads, for
adequate parking space for its employees, and for
security reasons.
A primary reason for CIA's preference for the
Langley site is that of security. , If CIA occupies this
site, it will be surrounded mi two sids by the re-
maining 200 acres of the tract, and on the third
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extends to the Potomac River, Thus, we would be fully
protected on three sides of the site. On the fourth
side, the land is privately-owned, but lightly settled
with one-family houses which would cause no problem.
Thus, we are assured of maximum security for the instal-
lation. In addition, should it be necessary for the
Central Intelligence Agency to expand because of war or
national emergency, additional Government land is ad-
jacent,to the site at Langley for this purpose. On
the other hand, if we are to locate in the Alexandria
area and can obtain 100 acres of land, there is every
reason to believe that the site would be immediately
surrounded with apartments and small houses, as well as
possible commercial developments. This would present
greater security problems than are present at the
esig Langley site and is a primary factor in our preference
for Langley.
The Langley site compares favorably with other
possible sites in terms of accessibility to the other
Esa
Government agencies with which we must be in continual
daily contact. Pram the standpoint of the morale of
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it would involve at most a very small relocation of the
homes of our personnel.
It should be noted in connection with an Alexandria
site, that on the basis of the present residences of CIA
employees almost two-thirds of their number would have
to travel through the District of Columbia at the height
of the morning and evening rush hour, with a large con-
centration at the Memorial Bridge and the proposed new
Constitution Avenue bridge, and moving in the same di-
rection as the bulk of traffic as far as the Pentagon.
On the other hand, if Langley is selected, this situa-
tion would be eased somewhat in view of the fact that
48% of CIA personnel live in the Northwest area of
Washington and Montgomery County. They would use Key
and Chain Bridges, and eventually the proposed new Cabin
John Bridge, to the Langley site and would be travelling
to and from work in the opposite direction from the
flow of traffic.
CIA has consulted with the elected officials of
Fairfax County with regard to the Langley property
?since November 1954. The Board of County Supervisors
of Fairfax County have, by formal resolution, extended
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an invitation to CIA to occupy this site. The Planning
Commission of Fairfax County has formally expressed to
the County Board of Supervisors the desirability of the
CIA location at Langley, and :their Chairman has stated
that in this expression the Commission feels that they
have correctly expressed the overwhelming majority sen-
timent of Fairfax County residents. Similar invita-
tions have been expressed by the Fairfax County Chamber
of Commerce representing more than 450 members without
dissent, the McLean Business Association, and the Great
Falls Grange No. 738 with a membership of 242. '
Several citizens and Fairfax County officials
testified before the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee
of the Senate' in favor of CIA's use of the Langley site
and also presented a map showing that over 80% of the
property owners in the immediate vicinity of the site
favored its use by CIA. It should be noted that a small
minority of local residents of the Langley area have pro-
tested against the location of CIA at the Langley site,
and representatives of this group, as well as officials
from Alexandria also testified before the Subcommittee.
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stands the feelings of some of the residents of the
Langley area who, rightly or wrongly, feel that the
comparative seclusion of their community may be some-
what impaired by the Agency's location there. However,
there seems to be no question but that, with the ex-
ception of this very small minority, Fairfax County
wholeheartedly welcomes the CIA. The .Agency feels
that it is its primary duty, while taking into account
the feelings of the residents, to attempt to select
that site which will best facilitate the carrying out
of its work in the public interest; and in view of the
invitations and backing it has received from the people
and officials of the area CIA feels justified in ex-
pressing its preference for the Langley site.
In order for CIA to locate at Langley, it is
necessary to improve the site's accessibility by the
extension of the George Washington Memorial Parkway
from its present terminus at Spout Run approximately
3-1/2 miles below Chain Bridge to the Langley site, a
distance of approximately 7 miles. The authorization
for this Parkway has been on the statute books for 25
years. The Capper-Crampton Act of May 29, 1930 (46 Stat.
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"Such funds shall be appropriated as required
for the expeditious, economical, and efficient
development and completion of the following
projects:
"(a) For the George Washington Memorial
Parkway, to include the shores of the
Potomac, and adjacent lands, from Mount
Vernon to a point above the Great Falls
on the Virginia side, except within the
City of Alexandria, ...."
The General Counsel of the National Capital
Planning Commission has given a formal opinion that
the proposed extension is within the contemplation of
this Act. ,It should also be noted that the National
Capital Planning Commission has been acquiring rights
of way for the Parkway extension from its present
terminus at Spout Run to a point slightly above Chain
Bridge irrespective of whether or not CIA might at
some time locate at Langley. Funds have been included
in the NCPC budget for this purpose. These funds may
not, however, be sufficient to acquire all the rights
of way to the Langley site, and for this reason the
Congress, in the Military Construction Act of 1955,
authorized CIA to transfer certain funds to the Com-
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the extension of this Parkway, which is a part of the
master plan for the development of the metropolitan
area, will be completed within the next few years in
any event and CIA is merely speeding up this 7-mile
extension to have it completed at the time of its oc-
cupancy of the Langley site.
The Office of the Commissioner of Highways (Vir-
ginia), in a letter dated 23 May 1955 to the County
Executive of Fairfax County, stated that in view of the
probability of a CIA installation near Langley they had
allocated $100,000 for the present fiscal year for the
widening of Route 123 from Chain Bridge west, with a
,reasonable expectation for additional funds in the
next fiscal year. On 9 June, the Highway Commissioner
of Virginia wrote that the cost of widening Route 123
to a 4-lane highway from its intersection with the George
Washington Memorial Parkway below the Langley site to
its intersection with Route 193 above the site would be
provided at their expense, and that this would be done
concurrently with the development of the Parkway ex-
tension. On the same day, this matter was discussed
with Governor Stanley of Virginia, and the meeting 're-
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suited in complete assurances of this concurrent im-
provement. While this may be an acceleration in the
plans of the State of Virginia for the development of
Highway 123, such plans were already in existence for
future implementation and extend beyond the present
commitments.
In its resolution of May 4, 1955, inviting the
CIA to use the Langley site, the Board of Supervisors
of Fairfax County assured the Agency "that the Fairfax
County Government stands ready to cooperate fully in
all matters under its own responsibilities." In its
resolution of 18 May the Board authorized the for-
warding of a letter to CIA stating "that the county can
assure within two years from this date the availability
of sewers for the facility contemplated on a basis of
charges on rentals for such sewer service at figures
which will not exceed the regular charges elsewhere in
the county." We have further been informed that no
part of the $250,000-$300,000 which this construction
will cost will be borne by the Federal Government.
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a cost to the taxpayers. It is simply a financing pro-
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gram to provide a service and would be self-supporting
by virtue of its revenue.
It should be noted that Fairfax County voted a
$20,000,000 integrated sewer system in 1953, and a
$2,000,000 unit of this system is presently being in-
stalled in the McLean-Langley area. Therefore bringing
of this link to the boundary of the CIA property is but
a small part of the overall system in that area.
The City of Falls Church has assured CIA of its
ability to supply water for the installation, and it
does not require financial help from the Federal Govern-
ment to make this possible. The City has funds avail-
able in the sum of approximately $5,000 to extend the
existing water main some 1,500 feet to serve the Langley
site.
Somewhat similar assurances as to roads, sewers,
and water supply have been received from Alexandria
officials, who have invited CIA to locate within their
city.
The cost of the building construction itself will
not vary appreciably as between the Langley site or an
Alexandria site. Insofar as the expenditure of Federal
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sumably be acquired for something in the neighborhood
of $500,000, whereas the Langley site is on Government-
owned land. If the Langley site is utilized, an ex-
penditure of 8.5 million dollars for the extension of
the George Washington Memorial Parkway will be in-
volved. However, as noted above, this Parkway has
long been authorized, and its completion is a part of
the master plan for the development of the District of
Columbia and its environs. The acceleration of the
Parkway's extension will not change the eventual ex-
penditure, and it will permit. this Agency to occupy a
preferred site with sufficient Government-owned acreage
surrounding it to give better security protection than
is presented by the alternative.
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CIA Organizational Arrangement for the Development
of nDefinitiven Plans for a Permanent Headquarters Building
4 October 1955
I Architect-1
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DDS
D/OL
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Planning Staff
Chief 1
Exec Officer 1
Adm Officer 1
Mgmt Asst
Security Asst 1
Commo Asst 1
Architects 3
Space Analyst 1
Stenos 2
Steering
Committee
DDS Chairman
DDP Member
DDI Member
0/DCI Member
Sub-Committee
Headquarters Headquarters
Space
OIL
Compt
Security
IG
Mgmt
DDP
DDI
DCI
Chm & Secy
Member
Member
:Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Liaison Group
0/DDS
0/DDP
0/DDI
Member
Member
Member
With assistants in each staff,
office, and division as re-
quired in each component.
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COPY
Feb 4, 1957
MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director, Support
SUBJECT Planning for the Proposed New Head-
quarters Building
REFERENCE Paper dated 28 January 1957 on this
subject
1. This is in regard to the paper which you gave
to the Director and which was discussed at the Deputies
Meeting on 28 January. It is regrettable that this
paper was not considered by the Building Steering Com-
mittee prior to presentation to the Director, inasmuch
as it is my understanding that the Steering Committee was
established to obtain views on such major problems.
Further, it would have been more useful had the Steering
Committee been able to debate this matter before the
Director was approached for a decision. Inasmuch as at
some future date there may be inquiry into how certain
decisions affecting the building were reached, I wish
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to go on record concerning certain matters in this
paper.
2. First, the intent of Congress is well expressed
in the conference report on the appropriations bill. I
do not believe that it could be made more abundantly
clear that the CIA building is intended to accommodate
"all of its headquarters personnel." Further, I would
construe the balance of this statement as precluding
any return to Congress after construction has started
to secure money for another wing or an additional
building. In addition, one of our major selling points
in securing the authorization and appropriation for the
building was that it would save $3,200,000 per annum.
We already plan to reduce these savings by 50 per cent
by leaving out certain elements. With the increase in
cost of the building, and the necessity for leaving out
even more elements if we stay at our present size or
grow, it is obvious that these savings will be reduced
further, even totally disappear. This, to my mind,
makes it even more essential that we approach both the
President and the Congress and explain to them exactly
what must be done to house all of our headquarters per-
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sonnel. Reasonable individuals are not going to blame
CIA for increases in building costs. Furthermore, I
believe this agency can be severely criticized for com-
promising with present day circumstances to erect a
building that will be unsatisfactory in the future. Not
to face this issue today simply exposes the agency to
severe attack when the realization dawns on the Congress
and Washington that we built a building that couldn't
house our headquarters personnel.
3. It is perfectly true as stated in this memoran-
dum that to reraise this subject might expose us to the '
dangers of not getting the building at all at this time.
However, assuming that this building is our permanent
headquarters that will exist for decades, I do not feel
that we should neglect any step that we can take in order
to make the facts known to the White House and the Congress
before we commence construction. In fact, I would go
further and say that I consider it mandatory that whether
we ask for more money or not, we advise the White House,
the Bureau of the Budget and the Congress as to exactly
how many persons in Washington will not be accommodated
in the new, headquarters building.
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4. Finally, I consider the quoted missives on the
subject of keeping down capital expenditures not to be
applicable in this regard. First, this building is to
be a part of the permanent Washington landscape.
Second, the savings inherent in its construction mean its
amortization in 20 years. Third, the administration's de-
sire to cut down on capital expenditures is related
specifically to the present day economic situation, and'
by the time our contracts commence to affect either the
money or materials market in 1958, the present economic
situation may be drastically changed. '
5. I therefore most strongly recommend that whether
our approaches to the White House, Bureau of the Budget
and the Congress are in the nature of requesting
$14,000,000 additionally or
will have to leave
must so advise and face the
of advising them that we
out of the building, we
possibility of being ordered
to reduce headquarters by that number, or delaying con-
struction.
Distribution:
2 - Addressee
1 - I.G. Subject File
1 - I.G. Chrono
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Appendix K
Sites and Site Acquisition Data 1957-69
A. Property: Basic CIA Tract
Area: 131.563 Acres
Acquisition Data: Transferred to Agency on
15 March 1957; Accepted
5 April 1957
From: Bureau of Public Roads
Costs: (1) Land - Transferred without reimbursement
(2) Buildings* - See below
*BuildingS: The Total cost of -- $43,670,000.00
(a) Headquarters buildings
(b) Clearing and grading land
(c) All roadways and parking areas
(only first portion of west lot)
(d) All utilities such as water and '
? power on property'
(e) Complete powerhouse, cafeteria,
and auditorium
(f) Security and property line fences
B. Property: Viner Tract
Area: 13.8227 Acres
Acquisition Data: Property condemned and transferred
to the Agency on 12 June 1963
From: Viner
Costs: (1) Land - $172,000.00
C. Property: Rivercomb Tract
Area: 12.8279 Acres
Acquisition Data: Property condemned and trans-
ferred to the Agency on 12 June 1963
Costs: (1) Land - $130,000.00
D. Property: Travers Tract
Area: 11.2 Acres
Acquisition Data: GSA purchased land from Travers
on 11 August 1966
Cost: (1) Land- $145,463.00
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Area: 32 Acres
Acquisition Data: BPR purchased on 27 July 1947
F. Property: West Parking
Area: 19.7 Acres
Acquisition Data: 30-day revocable use permit
from BPR
G. Property: ?EAA Ballfields
Area: 29.5 Acres
Acquisition Data: 30-day revocable use permit
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Professional Achievement Awards
1960 Engineers, Scientists, and Architects Day
?25 February 1960
To the Outstanding Young Architect
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Architect-Engineer, Central I
OOP
Cited for his outstanding contribution, at the
age of 30, to the new headquarters building of the
Central Intelligence Agency. He devised a scheme which
has permitted the maximum number of necessary changes
in plans during construction with a minimum of dis-
ruptions. These changes are the result of changes
in organization, working relationships, and procedures
during the construction time. His scheme will also
greatly facilitate the move into the new building.
ias a degree of Bachelor of Architecture
from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is a
Registered Architect in the District of Columbia.
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Description of Achievement
1. One of the major problems in connection
with the planning for a new headquarters building
is created by the time lag between the date final
working drawings are completed, and the date the
.00 building is ready for occupancy. During this period
many changes occur in organization, personnel strength,
operating procedures, and in the equipment and facili-
ties required by the Agency for efficient operation.
Such changes affect partition layouts, door locations,
air conditioning, light, power, and other facilities.
2. In order that the maximum number of necessary
changes might be effected prior to completion of con-
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010? Agency space layouts of the new building to serve
for working out building revisions resulting from
changes in organization, working relationships, and
procedures. His scheme also provides a means for
determining location of telephone and power outlets,
and when the building is complete will serve for
planning and executing the move into the new building.
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using acetate sheets approximately two feet square
ell on each of which the outline of a section of the
building was drawn at one-eighth scale. Fifteen
such sheets provided the layout for an entire floor.
A method of mounting these sheets on the wall of the
plan room was devised so that each floor of the build-
ing could be viewed in its entirety. The building
walls and fixed installations such as stairwells,
toilets, pneumatic tube stations, columns, and main
corridors were inked on the acetate sheets. Partitions
within the building were shown in place by the use of
three sizes of black tape, each size indicating a
25X1A different type of partition. then devised
an economical means of manufacturing trniture templates,
drawn to scale, with an adhesive backing permitting
them to be removed and reused.
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completed so that the space layout is identical to
that shown on the contract drawings. From information
as to Agency requirements each space layout is templated
to show the furniture and equipment the operating ele-
ment requires in the new building. The acetate sheets
are then reproduced by the ozalid process and copies
furnished the prospective occupants. These layouts
are reviewed and any required changes discussed with
or other members of the Building Planning
Staff. When changed conditions warrant revision of
the space layout, such revisions are studied and
analyzed by using the acetate sheets with the re-
movable partitions (tape) and furniture templates.
After the templated layouts have been completely re-
viewed and approved, additional prints are made and
forwarded to Public Buildings Service and to the Con-
tract Architect for use in the issuance of such con-
tract change orders as may be necessary. Prints of
the approved templated layouts are also being used
to plan the telephone installation and electric out-
lets needed for each office. When the move to the
new building is started these templated layouts will
provide detailed information as to the placement of
each piece of furniture and office equipment.
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Appendix M
History of the CIA Cornerstone Box
Following the symbolic placing of the Corner-
stone Box at the laying of the CIA Cornerstone by the
President of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower,
on 3 November 1959, the box was removed from its niche
and taken into custody until such time as the Corner-
stone was permanently emplaced. At that time, the
Cornerstone Box contained only, that material which
was listed in the program of the Ceremony, minus the
microfilm of the newspaper of 3 November, the tape
recording of the Cornerstone Ceremony, and the photo-
graphs of that occasion.
Despite the Director's joking remark to the
President (recorded on the tape) that the contents
of the Box were "secret", there were no classified
documents in the Cornerstone Box. Prior to the
ceremony, careful consideration had been given to
the documents which were to be included in the Box.
After consultation with the Deputy Directors and the
Inspector General, Mr. Walter L. Pforzheimer, the
Curator of the CIA Historical Intelligence Collection,
had drawn up a list of proposed materials for inclu-
sion in the Box, subject to the approval of Mr. Dulles.
Included on the list were a.considerable number of
classified documents, largely in the field of National
Estimates. It was finally determined not to include
any classified material in the Cornerstone Box at
the time of the Ceremony, and that the whole subject
of classified contents 'should be held in abeyance
until it could be determined what degree of control
the Security Office would have over the new building
when the box was finally put into the Cornerstone.
Late in September 1960, the contractors advised that
they were virtually at the point when they would desire
to lay the Cornerstone permanently. At that time,
the contents of the Cornerstone Box were reconsidered,
and the DCI made a final determination that it should
contain no classified material. At the request of '
the Office of the DDP, there was added to the contents
of the Box those medals which are awarded for distinguished
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service in the field of intelligence, namely the
National Security Medal, the Distinguished Intelli-
gence Cross, the Distinguished Intelligence Medal,
the Intelligence Star, and the Intelligence Medal of
Merit; together with a description of these medals
and the certificates which accompany them when awarded;
and also a copy of the Certificate of Merit with Dis-
tinction and the Certificate of Merit. The complete
list of the contents of the Cornerstone Box is appended
as Tab A.
At this time, reconsideration was also given
to the proper preservation of the contents of the
Cornerstone Box and its ultimate sealing. There had,
been a general feeling that the copper box, furnished
by the contractor, was not of the desired standard.
It was rather too small for the contents, and its
copper was not sufficiently thick to withstand the
necessary welding of the top without seriously char-
ring the papers enclosed. On the other hand, it had
to be of the correct size to fit into the niche
provided for it behind the Cornerstone slab. For
these reasons, Mr. H. Gates Lloyd, Assistant Deputy
Director/Support, made arrangements, through the CIA
Technical Services Division, with-the National Bureau
of Standards to prepare a new copper box, whose sides
are about an eighth of an inch thick. The box has
been constructed from thirty pounds of copper. The
magnetic tape recording of the Cornerstone Ceremony
and the formal opening of the contractor's bids on
the building has been placed in a steel box with a
quarter inch steel plate on. top and bottom, and a
1/8 inch steel plate on the sides. A description
of the Cornerstone Box and its preparation, written
by the Bureau Of Standards, is attached herewith as
Tab B.
On 20 October 1960, Mr. Lloyd and Mr. Pforzheimer,
accompanied by twu members of the Technical Services
Division Staff,
went to the National Bureau of Standards and place
ace
the material in the Cornerstone Box. The Box cover..
was then welded intoplace by Bureau of Standards
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of George A. Ellinger, Chief of the Corrosion Section,
Matallurgy Division, National Bureau of Standards,
and Melvin Romanoff of his staff. Pictures of the
ceremony were taken. The copper box was then buffed
by Mr. Zieda, also a Bureau employee. Inscribed on
the top of the Box is an instructiohich reads as
follows:
"Top
To ?peril
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Do Not Use Torch"
On 2 November 1960, Colonel L. K. White, Deputy.
Director/Support, accompanied by Mr. Lloyd and Mr.
Pforzheimer, inserted the Cornerstone Box into its
niche, and the Cornerstone was then lowered into place.
Many of the participants, which also included Mr.
James A. Garrison, Director of Logistics, Mr.
Chief of the Building Planning Staff,
and other members of their staff, as well as represent-
atives of the architects and contractors, threw lucky
pennies into the nibhe with the Box. Photographs
were taken.
Att:
Tabs "A" & "B"
Walter L. Pforzheimer
Curator/Historical Intelligence
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Contents of Cornerstone Box
Copy of Memorandum for President Franklin D.
Roosevelt from Major General William J. Donovan,
Director of the Office of Strategic Services, dated
18 November 1944, regarding the establishment of a
permanent centralized intelligence service and copy
of Memorandum from President Roosevelt to General
Donovan, dated 5 April 1945, directing that General
?Donovan discuss his plan with the appropriate officials
of the Government.
Copy of President Harry S. Truman's Executive
Letter of 22 January 1946, establishing the National
Intelligence Authority and the Central Intelligence
Group.
Statement of General (then Lieutenant General)
Hoyt S. Vandenber, Director of Central Intelligence,
before the Senate Committee on Armed Services, on
29 April 1947, in support of the sections of the
proposed National Security Act of 1947 to establish
the Central Intelligence Agency.
A Text and Explanation of Statutes and Executive
Orders relating specifically to the Central Intelli-
gence Agency, including Enabling and Appropriations
JIM Acts for the construction of the new CIA Building.
Reproduction of the CIA seal and its official
description.
"William J. Donovan and the National Security."
A speech by Allen W. Dulles, Director of Central
Intelligence, to the Erie County Bar Association,
Buffalo, New York, 4 May 1959.
Aerial photographs of the area of the CIA
Building site at the time of the Cornerstone Ceremony.
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Copy of the architect's drawing of the CIA
Building as it will appear when completed.
Invitation to the ceremony, copy of the Program,
tape recording of the proceedings, selected photographs
of the ceremony, and copy of pamphlet entitled "The
Cornerstone Ceremony," containing the speeches made
on the occasion.
A microfilm of Washington and northern Virginia
newspapers for 3 November 1959 (the date of the
ceremony), and selected articles from subsequent
issues (4-6 November) concerning the ceremony.
The National Security Medal and the four CIA
Medals, the Distinguished Intelligence Cross, the
Distinguished Intelligence Medal, the Intelligence
Star, and the Intelligence Medal of Merit; together
with a description of these medals and the certificates
which accompany them when awarded; and also a copy '
of the Certificate of Merit with Distinction and
the Certificate of Merit.
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Method of Construction of Metal Boxes
Used to Contain These Articles
The steel box which contains the magnetic tape
was constructed from AISI number 1020 steel. The
plates for the sides, top, and bottom of the box and
cover were cut to size and all edges ground. The
seams in the box and cover were joined by the electric
arc weld method.
The outer container was fabricated from copper
plates which were joined by Heliarc welds (inert gas
tungsten arc method).
The container was lined with asbestos paper
(dried at 105?C for 48 hours), the contents inserted
in the box and the lid was welded in place. During
the operation of sealing the lid, the container was
immersed in water up to one inch from the top in
order to reduce the temperature inside the box.
Prior to sealing the copper box,.the same opera-
tions were performed on a dummy box which contained
similar articles. Before opening the box to examine
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check for leakage.
The box was made and sealed at the National
Bureau of Standards.
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approximately 9 acres of the site. Two large parking
lots are provided with a total capacity of 3,000
cars. The parking lots require about 21 acres. Roads
on the site serving the building entrances, parking
lots, power plant and other facilities total more
than 2 miles. In several large areas of the site
the natural growth has been left undisturbed except
for clearing out brush and dead trees. The entire
perimeter of the main part of the site is bounded by
trees and very little of the building is visible from
the public highways.
3. The Building. The headquarters building is
constructed of reinforced concrete with the floor slabs
supported by columns generally 20 feet apart center
to center. It provides a total of approximately one
million square feet of space for use by the Agency.
Corridors and service areas require an additional
600,000 square feet. The Ground and First Floors
constitute an oblong base with curved outer walls
and corners enclosing three landscaped courts, two
of which are 80 feet wide by 140 feet deep and a
center court 260 feet wide by 140 feet deep. The
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greatest length of the building north to south is
about 926 feet and the depth, excluding the cafeteria,
475 feet. Rising from this two-story base are five
connected towers 90 feet wide and varying in length
from 151 feet to 671 feet. These towers contain six
floors (second through seventh).
Architectural features include a five-foot set-
back at the second floor and a ten-foot setback at the
seventh floor. Continuous glass windows form the ex-
terior walls of those two floors. The Ground Floor
exterior has windows two feet by three feet set rather
high above the floor level every five feet except at
the entrances and several parts of the rear of the
building. The remainder of the building (floors 1,
3, 4, 5 and 6). have windows approximately 3 feet wide
by about 7 feet high, spaced five feet apart center
to center. The windows on these five floors are set
in precast concrete with a quartz aggregate finish.
The quartz aggregate, while predominantly white,
contains some color and serves to relieve what might
otherwise be a rather drab concrete finish. There
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feet high, 55 feet wide and 282 feet long, housing
elevator machinery, fan rooms for air conditioning
and other mechanical and electrical equipment.
The entire building is air conditioned. In
most areas, floors are covered with asphalt tile.
Interior masonry walls are generally plastered and
painted. The bulk of the partitioning is of the
steel movable type, either full or part height.
Part height partitioning is 68" high. Heights from
the floor to the ceiling vary, depending upon the
use to be made of the space. Ceilings are of acoustical
tile suspended from the upper floor slab. The space
between the ceiling and the slab above is used for
air conditioning ducts, conduit, tube runs and other
mechanical and electrical equipment. Lighting is by,
fluorescent fixtures generally flush mounted five
feet apart. Telephone and electrical outlets are
from floor cells so spaced as to provide ample cover-
age.
4. Building Facilities. The Auditorium is a
reinforced concrete dome-shaped structure. The dome
shape itself is an acoustical feature and acoustical
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quality of the Auditorium is further improved by the
interior design. The Auditorium seats 500 people.
It has a small stage with a disappearing screen for
film projection. The Auditorium is connected to the
building by an underground passage which also provides
sheltered access to the building from the bus stop
near the front of the building.
The Cafeteria seats about 1400 people at one
time. It is divided into one main dining room, and
one smaller dining room. Employees found an innova-
tion in cafeteria service that was unique in the area.
The new set-up is called by various names -- super-
market", "hollow square", and "open square", -- all
attempting to describe a system that permits a patron
to go directly to various places where the food he
wants is displayed, without standing in a line. The
new system is under the management of Government
Services Incorporated. In addition there is a small
table service dining room. Snack bars ?are located
throughout the building, generally two to a floor.
The executive dining rooms and kitchen are located
on the seventh floor.
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Vertical transportation within the building is
provided by an escalator serving the Ground and First
Floors and four banks of four elevators each serving
all floors. Since almost half of the space in the
building is provided by the Ground and?First Floors,
the single escalator can handle a considerable share
of the morning and evening traffic. Elevators are
the high-speed automatic self-operated type. In
addition to the 16-passenger elevators, there are
two freight elevators serving all floors.
In the rear of the building two large loading
docks are provided for incoming and outgoing mail,
supplies, equipment, etc. One of these docks is
used primarily to serve the Cafeteria and the Public
Building Service.
The building contains modern paper carrying
devices. One of these is an automatic Pneumatic Tube
System. This system is designed primarily for the
movement of small quantities of correspondence type
papers and is used where expeditious handling is
essential. There are approximately 150 stations
from any one of which material can be dispatched to
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or received from any other station. In addition to
the Pneumatic Tube System, there is a tray conveyor
system serving two stations on each floor and from
these stations distribution can be made by courier
to the surrounding areas. The tray conveyor system
can handle bulky material such as magazines, books,
newspapers, folders and even office supplies. Each
tray can carry a 30-pound load. The system has a ca-
pacity for picking up 8 trays per minute.
Classified trash is destroyed by burning at
two points in the basement of the building. Employees
may deposit bagged classified trash in incinerator
chutes at any of four points on each floor.
Clocks controlled by a master clock are installed
throughout the building, although not necessarily in
every room. Alarm systems throughout the building
are wired to a central control room.
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Appendix P
Photographs
Aerial view, original Headquarters area,
2430 E Street NW, Washington, D. C.
Building with light roof was Central
Building; smaller building on courtyard
was East Building; and the third building
was the Administration Building (formerly
the South Building).
Figure 2 Central Building, 2430 E Street NW.
Figure 3 East Building, 2430 E Street NW.
Figure 4 Administration Building, 2430 E Street NW.,
Figure 5 Alcott and Barton Halls (scientific and
technical intelligence centers).
Figure 6 Building 13 (Security's "black box"
building).
Figure.7 Building 14 (Graphics Register).
Figure 8 Tempos 1, J, K, and L ("Spook" quarters).
Figure 9 1016 16th Street NW (Office of Personnel
and Office of Training facilities. Also
overt employment office for Agency as
listed in telephone directory).
Figure 10 Site and block model, Campus Scheme, 1956.
Figure 11 Cornerstone ceremony, Headquarters Building,
November 3, 1959.
Figure 12 Cornerstone, Headquarters'Building
Figure 13 Building under construction, 1959-60.
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Figure 15
Aerial view, Main entrance. Auditorium
under construction (Summer 1962).
Aerial view, Main and North entrances,
auditorium under construction (Summer
1962).
Figure 16 Aerial view, Main entrance (Spring 1963).
Figure 17 Aerial view, North end (Spring 1963).
Figure 18 Aerial view, road system and Headquarters
area. (GW Parkway access at top of photo.
Printing Services Building and part of Steam
Plant visible center and lower left.)
Figure 19 Aerial view, access road from Route 123.
Figure 20 Aerial view, cafeteria entrances (Summer
1963).
Figure 21 Auditorium, main entrance (Summer 1963).
Figure 22 Auditorium, side view.
Figure 23 Auditorium, close up of dome paneling and
junction of auditorium lobby with amphi-
theater.
Figure 24 Auditorium, lobby entrance.
Figure 25 Auditorium, construction detail, lobby
entrance.
Figure 26 Mr. Dulles's "campus." (SE corner of
building in foreground.)
Figure 27 Main entrance, construction detail.
Figure 28 Canopy, main entrance, cohstruction detail.
Figure 29 Cafeteria, arches and windows.
Figure 30 Cafeteria, windows and arches.
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Figure 31 Cafeteria, arches and reflections. (Note
construction detail of arches.)
Figure 32 South Cafeteria, arches over entrance.
Figure 33 North Cafeteria, interior detail.
Figure 34 Cafeteria, side view.
Figure 35 Courtyard, Headquarters Building.
Figure 36 Lobby and CIA Seal, main entrance.
Figure 37 Lobby, main entrance.
Figure 38 Corridor on courtyard, first floor.
Figure 39 Leased property: (1) Chamber of Commerce
Building and (2) 1000 Glebe Road, Arlington,
Virginia. (During its years as the home
of OTR, 1000 Glebe was known as "Blue U.")
Figure 40 Leased property: (1) Key Building and
(2) Ames Building, Rosslyn (Arlington),
inia.
Figure 41
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DWIGHT D I SENH"OW
PRESIDENT OF THC-UNITED.-StATtS
ALLEN,I:W. DULLES
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