PLAQUE HONORING ALLEN DULLES - DEVELOPMENTS LEADING UP TO INSTALLATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP87-01130R000200160025-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 24, 2002
• Sequence Number: 25
• Publication Date: March 14, 1968
• Content Type: MF

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14 March 1968
MEMORANDUM FOR: Executive Director-Comptroller
SUBJECT Plaque Honoring Allen Dulles -
Developments Leading up to Installation
The following is an account of the developments leading
to the installation of the bas relief plaque honoring Allen
Dulles which you or the Director may find useful incident to
the unveiling.
In October 1965 made a suggest ijATI NTL
to name the various entrances to ea quarters Building
possibly after past directors, with suitable signs and placards
emplaced.
From this suggestion, in February 1966 the Fine Arts Com-
mission reported to the Executive Director-Comptroller its
consideration of an appropriate memorial to the pre-eminent
role of Allen Dulles in obtaining a Headquarters Building for
CIA and it recommended placing a bust and/or plaque in the
main entranceway. The FAC was advised that the Director
found this suggestion appealing, but before definite action
would want quite specific recommendations about what was pro-
posed, who the sculptor would be, etc.
In April 1966 the FAC suggested that a plaque of bronze,
approximately two feet by three feet, with a bas relief head
of Mr. Dulles be placed in the main entrance way.
Consideration was given to recognized sculptors, and in
May 1966, after Mr. Heinz Warneke was brought to the building
for discussion of the proposal, the FAC recommended that Mr.
Warneke be selected to do the work decided upon.
To reach a decision on the most appropriate way to give
recognition to Mr. Dulles in the Headquarters Building, three
suggestions were circulated in June 1966 to 28 senior officers
of the Agency--a plaque with bas relief of Mr. Dullest* head,
a bust of Mr. Dulles, or a modern sculpture. The substantial
vote was for the plaque. In July 1966 the Director approved
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-commissioning Mr. Warneke to do the plaque which would be In-
stalled on the right way opposite the scriptural quotation
in the main entranceway.
Soon after Mr. Helms advised Mr. Dulles that many who
were honored to serve for so long under his leadership felt
that they would like to give some lasting recognition to his
unstinting efforts which resulted in the construction of the
Headquarters Building and described the manner In which we
planned to do it. Mr. Dulles replied that he was touched
by the thought and suggestion and would cooperate with Mr.
Warneke.
In December 1966, after he had prepared the plaque in
clay and tested it in the entranceway, Mr. Warneke recommended
that the plaque be not in bronze, but In marble similar to
that used in the entranceway. In March 1967 the FAC received
the Director's approval for the marble plaque with a has relief
of Mr. Dulles's head and the inscription:
ALLXK WELSH DULLES
Director of Central Intelligence
1933 - 1961
HIS MONUMBKT IS AROUND US
Fine Arts Commission
Distribution:
Trig & 1 - Addressee
C/FAC sub
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