DECORATING THE BUILDING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R000100160049-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 20, 2002
• Sequence Number: 49
• Publication Date: March 27, 1963
• Content Type: MEMO

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SUBJECT f.~eCOratng the Huildin,
REFERENCE: A' headquarter E~tablis3~ln~ Fine Arts Gomnzisatitass
J3. Action 1~7em~oranduax~ Af~i~:, ~ub,~~ett: ~:~tabliahrre~t of ~ ire
.~#.rta Carnmission, dated ZC March 1y63
I. ~+?itl: tl,ae iBac~ance of refar~:nced me;~zrrandum ansi
iieaclga~arters Nptic~, tt'i~: Ag~xicy Fin,rs Arts Camrs:ission {EAC)
~-i.il die in c~pr~xaticsn ~y l~ .April 19+63. Cane of Lhs first items ~i
bur~ia~+~?~s fvx t2~+~ g`AC. urill be to xrvie~c and rra,ca x~e~orc;r~zendatic~n~
ran ax. ixxte~rated piars 1r~r ahac~~ing the cc-ior scherxse caf the building.
~;. I=tsxs~xant tca this action the I)J`a is requested co
esxga~;e the sexvic:es of a F~rofessic+nal interior detcsra-tc:r to rr~pke
a tboraugh mtudy ttf tr:e buildfng ar~.d. to au' rr~it a plan fear re~is~
li~y ~,~ FRC on fhe following keneral subjects:
a. Thc~ clecc-r of the main foyer, the related
fainting of ttne quadrangle an the first fle~+r,
and the haiaging of the portraits of tb+e ~?irectors
of Cen#ral Intelligence;
`Tlie detexrr~inatiort of vhe c:olcars and order of
lariority for tlaa painting ai public spaces such
as cc~~rridors, elevator foyers, a-nc3. snag iie.rs
(as t,i-iroa~ad to individual ufficesl: and
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detailed i:rrstruetfoxas and xaeytitA7rexxseaxts to the izzt~ziar dexcoratox.
to bear in mixed that rear she~uld have advice frorx?; just one inriirridi~ ~-:~
~r firm vrhtx would be ex~sacts~3 to present a rr~aster gLan ft3ar the
exrt~.re buiLdir~~ acrd ~vho waald be avaiiablc to a-erv~a sxn a contixauin~
looses as ere 3dentif'y ether area! ~regv:irin~ the se~rviced~ of a prr~-
fessi+~nal iaxtexiox dacc-ratc~r. '.Che ~relectiatx of the interior decc~ratc~x
be dune in coasdinatirsrn vrith the Cl~irman cif th+a F`irxe .Arts C;or~xtais-
siaxx.
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c. the dsterxzaination ~# the calcsxs ui paint tt~ be
r~:racic avaiiakrl+~ f!Lr individtxa2 of#icas as n~sw
pai.ntirr~ is rec;uired.
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Irx sel+scti~i~ a~, i.ntarior docprsttar yt>u are retiuessted
be the xeaponsibi3.ity of the I,~L3~S, 'hOV~evem eve suggest that this
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