ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP65B00383R000100110010-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 29, 2003
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: January 24, 1963
• Content Type: MEMO

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Z4 January 1963
MEMORANDUM FOR:- Chairman
Committee on Appropriations
House of Representatives
Washington 25, D. C.
SUBJECT:
Acquisition of Property
A careful survey of the property surrounding the headquarters
building of the Agency at Langley resulted in the determination that
additional land should be purchased to protect effectively security of the
headquarters building. The attached map (TAB 1) indicates two unimproved
pieces of property of approximately thirteen (13) acres each (
a part or all of which lies within a 1400-foot radius of the
building which should be purchased. In addition, there are two small
improved lots of slightly more than an acre which should be purchased
The total acreage involved is a ro ate I
acres. An estimated value of these properties is The building
is otherwise basically protected through Govt n ownership of the
land including the Bureau of Public Roads and the George Washington
National Memor Parkway.
Recent activities indicate an intent of the owners to request
resg to permit construction of a high-rise apartment. Naturally
such a building would aggravate the endsting dangers. These dangers
have been the subject of a full technical survey and fall in the fields of
visual, photographic, audio, electronic, and infrared surveillance. We
have attached a set of pictures (TAB 2) taken from one of the properties
a indicated in the first picture) showing various offices in the building
including the Director' a office. It must be emphasised, however, that
a most serious danger lies in the field of technical surveillance. These
dangers are very real in our opinion and, consequently, it is believed
prompt, action to acquire this land is necessary prior to further
development of the land.
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3. The legal and funding aspects of acquiring this land
bees fully coordinated within the EX"utiv* branch. The Depat
of Justice, in cooperation with ? eneral Services A , Mstration. is
prepared to acct when they are requested to do so. Legal author tion
may be drawn from the original authorization act for the construction
of the building contained in Title IV of Public Law 64.161 or the basic
provisions the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 which
authorize acquisition of land. Depending upon a legal ruling from the
General Accounting Office, we may be able to Utilize unspent funds
still available from the *pprvpriations for construction of the building;
otherwise, we would be required to utilise current appropriations
which would require some rsprograming within the Agency. In any
event, no authorization legislation or appropriation legislation is
required to accomplish this.
JOHN S. WARNER
Legislative Counsel
OCC/LC.JSW :mks
Same letter to Chairman
Senate Committee on Appropriations
Chairman
Senate Committee on Armed Services
cc: DD/S
D/Log , .
OGC/LC - Subject
OGC/LC - Chrono.
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