SENATOR KENNEDY - USE OF BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROADS' LANDS ADJACENT TO HEADQUARTERS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP67B00446R000100310005-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 25, 2003
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: April 6, 1965
• Content Type: MFR

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ORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: Senator Kennedy - Use of Bureau of Public Roads'
Lands Adjacent to Headquarters
1. This date received a call from Mr. Wendell Pign an,
Office of Senator Robert Kennedy, who advised that the National
Aquatic Council, supposedly a non-profit corporation having a
nation-wide membership. is interested in establishing an indoor
Olympic swimming- pool. The prime mover for the project was
an undesignated attorney with a local D. C. firm. Per Mr. Pigraan,
Senator Brewster had approached Senator Kennedy to join him in
helping the National Aquatic Council in their objective.
2. In surveying available Government land which could
be donated for this purpose. the Bureau of Public Roads apparentl
has suggested that they would donate some 50 acres of their land
adjacent to the headquarters site, ten of which would be used for
the indoor pool, the remainder as picnic grounds and bridle paths
run under the National Capital Parks system.
3. The pool will be the largest such facility on the East
Coast and will be of low-level design, and apparently, will have
seating capacity for almost 2.000 spectators.
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4. Mr. Pigman indicated that the only other land that
they have been able to identify suitable for this purpose would
be at Mains Point and mentioned that there is a reluctance to
make further inroads upon that recreational area. Other plans
would involve getting enmeshed in an urban renewal program
which would delay construction for several years. Mr. Pigman
cited the fact that we have bus service and that buses could also
serve the Bureau of Public Roads site. an advantage over any
location which could be served only by private cars.
6. Zither the Bureau of Public Roads or someone on
the Senator's staff felt that they should contact us to obtain our
reaction to this plan. Mr. Pigman indicated that the plan is to
have Senator Kennedy call Admiral Raborn on this matter and
--wanted to find out the Agency's general viewpoint before this
was done. Mr. Pigman did not indicate whether Senator Kennedy
would press the matter with Admiral Reborn if we came back to
Mr. Ptgznan and indicated that we were against the plan.. Of
course, this would depend upon the intensity of Senator Kennedy's
interest in the project.
6. Mr. Pig=an was most understanding during the
conversation, and he refreshed my memory that we had met
earlier. It is believed that he is a Congressional intern from
the Rederal Government under the American Political Science
Association program.
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