USE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN THE RENDEZVOUS ROOM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP72-00310R000100140001-1
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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 3, 2002
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OGC 70-1989
25 November 1970
MEMORANDUM FOR: Acting Deputy Director for Support
SUBJECT : Use of Alcoholic Beverages in the Rendezvous
Room
1. As I reported to you several days ago, I and I
called on Mr. Van Cleve, Regional Counsel for GSA, to ask his
advice and assistance on our interest in being permitted to serve
alcoholic beverages in the Rendezvous Room for parties and
special occasions. We discussed this matter with him without
reference to that room specifically, but referred instead to Head-
quarters generally. Mr. Van Cleve was very helpful and forth-
coming. He indicated that the Administrator takes an affirmative
attitude on requests for exemption from the prohibiting regulation
and he thought a request almost certainly would receive a favorable
response. He offered to go over with us a draft of our proposed
letter to the Administrator. A proposed draft for that purpose is
attached.
2. If you approve the draft, we will discuss it with Mr. Van Cleve.
Further, we would ask that when it is formally transmitted to the GSA,
Mr. Van Cleve attempt to shepherd it and to give us warning if there
is any indication that a negative response is likely to be forthcoming.
The thought here of course is that it would be better to withdraw the 25X1A
request than to have it turned down.
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Mr. Robert L. Kunzig, Administrator
General Services Administration
18th and F Streets, N. W.
Washington, D. C. 20405
Dear Mr. Kunzig:
This is to request an exemption from the prohibition of the
General Services Administration regulation (41 C. F. R. 101-19. 306)
to permit the use of alcoholic beverages on the federal property
occupied by this Agency at McLean, Virginia.
As you know, this Agency is headquartered in McLean and a
major portion of its employees, including the Director and Deputy
Director of Central Intelligence and their ranking assistants, are
located here. In the course of the duties of the Director and Deputy
Director and of other Agency officials and employees, there are
occasions to meet with and to entertain foreign officials and indi-
viduals, as well as high-level officials of the United States Govern-
ment and other Americans from private life. In addition, it is some-
times appropriate on the occasion of the reassignment of Agency
employees to positions abroad or'elsewhere or on their retirement
or resignation that such employees be honored by parties or other
ceremonies to which other Agency personnel and, on occasion,
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persons from outside the Agency are invited. In many instances
Agency employees whose CIA employment is publicly known and
employees whose CIA employment is not revealed to outsiders would
attend the same function. Security considerations thus require that
certain of these functions not be held in public facilities. We, request,
therefore, an exemption from 101-19. 306 to permit the use of alcoholic
beverages on the CIA property at McLean for these purposes. We
would maintain strict controls on. such activities, with due regard
for the protection of government property and for the reputation of
the government and its employees.
We of course will be glad to submit any additional information
or to meet with you or other GSA officials concerning this request.
Yours very truly,
John W. Coffey
Acting Deputy Director for Support
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