DIARY NOTES

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 15, 2001
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: April 26, 1963
• Content Type: NOTES

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DIARY NOTES
26 April 1963
1. Jim Garrison telephoned and left this message:
has agreed to bdild the seventh floor of the apartment
house in ~ and will furnish us seven apartments. They are
agreeable to accept money in Fiscal Year 1963 or 1964. The Agency
informally told them to include this in the contract. The paper for
securing this money is in the process of being coordinated with FE
Division and the Comptroller. We are assured of the seven apartments
in the building. "
2. General said that he heard a rumor that he was being
considered as a replacement for Dr. Stewart, who has recently resigned from
a position at the White House. said he was not interested and, if
approached, would take the position that his health would not allow him to accept
this position.
3. General iscussed with me a proposal to ask the Department
of Defense to earmark space a for our emergency use to
25X1A6a accommodate our communications sc h oo . w c un oubtedly will be evicted from
the We should try to do this. If we are ever to
GJ/\ P'XVQ undertake any construction to meet this requirement, I think it should be done at
said that he had talked to the Office of Training about
25X1A9a this, and they were very reluctant to give the communications school any space.
(I doubt seriously if this is a sound position.)
4. Mr. Charles Conrad, Acting Director of the National Capital Planning
Commission, and members of his staff (Mr. Hodges and Miss Small) gave a
presentation in the auditorium on the plan for the Metropolitan Washington Area
in the year 2000, and we entertained them afterward at lunch in the Director's
dining room. In the course of our conversation, Mr. Conrad told me that they
had several proposals being considered for the use of the Government-owned
property in the Langley area and that the Patent Office wanted very much to
build an office building to accommodate several thousand people out here. In
the light of this information, I thought it wise to tell Mr. Conrad and his asso-
ciates what we were thinking about in terms of additional construction at Langley.
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They take a general position that not more than about 2, 000 additional Government
employees should be located in the Langley area. If this position sticks, it would
seem to me that we would have a very strong argument to reserve this capacity for
us and not allow anyone else to come into the area. At least this is what I had in
mind in advising Mr. Conrad about our thoughts.
5. I met with to
discuss the format of our request, for presentation to our Congressional com-
mittees, to spend approximately $200, 000 for preliminary planning for additional
construction at Langley. I asked them to expedite preparation of this material
and to let either Mr. Lloyd or me know as soon as parts of it are available. In
this connection, I also aske to dig out and to update the information
we prepared last year about the new functions taken on by the Agency during the
past several years and its impact on manpower requirements, etc.
6. Mr. Abersfeller, of GSA, Region 3, telephoned to ask whether I had
reached a decision on the Downs property. I told him that I had and that we felt
he should tell Mr. Hansbarger that there were no plans at present to acquire any
additional property in the Langley area in the interests of security of CIA or for
any other reasons. However, beyond this we should not and could not make any
further commitment; hence, we could not give Mr. Hansbarger a definitive answer
to his statement and even if we tried it would not be binding on the Government.
Mr. Abersfeller was in complete agreement with this position. He also advised
me that the Fallins and Sterretts had both contacted him to request that the
Government pay their attorneys' fees which were incurred during our recent
negotiations. He said that he was inclined to tell them that they had misunder-
stood him; that he had not said the idea of acquiring this property had been
completely abandoned but merely postponed indefinitely. I suggested that this
would only beg the question and that he should tell them that the Government had
no responsibility for the attorneys which they hired and, in fact, the whole process
would have been much simpler from the Government's point of view had we been
able to deal with the owners rather than the attorneys. He agreed to do this.
7. John Bross telephoned and was somewhat upset about the memorandum
I wrote to General Carter stating that we were going to have to forego $3 million
in normal procurement and could not replace $12 million worth of paramilitary
stock. John disagreed with the figures and said that no such figures had ever
been submitted to him. I said that I had been assured these figures were correct,
but if they weren't I certainly would like to correct them. I emphasized, however,
that regardless of what the figure turned out to be I did want General Carter to
know that we were not going to be able to meet our procurement responsibilities
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and that we could not go on supplying paramilitary equipment indefinitely unless
our stock fund was replenished. John also suggested that we discuss this matter
at the Financial Policy and Budget Committee meeting on Wednesday, 1 May, and
perhaps it would be well for me to attend. I told him that I would reserve judgment
as to whether I should attend or whether Gates and Hodges should, but I agreed that
it would be a good idea to discuss it.
8. Emmett Echols discussed with me the case of an FE Division employee
who wanted to go The
Medical Staff and Emmett Echols thought that this was wrong. Emmett sought
guidance as to whether we should defer judgment or dig our heels in. I told him
that I would discuss the principle with General Carter.
25X1 A 9. advised me, with regard to the - case, that
General Carter had sent Larry Houston a memorandum directing that he get
Office of Security;
from the
from the Office
Eyes Only memorandum of 25 April,
subject: "DCI Installations". I emphasized the necessity of getting on with this
work and asked them to advise me as soon as they reached some conclusion so
that we could get together again. We either must have completed action or have
a positive report ready for the Director when he returns.
12. I reviewed with my conversation of a few days ago with
and we will have no difficulty in making the change as soon as he becomes the
Director of Security.
13. Emmett Echols was in to advise me that General _was restless
and wanted to revert to retired status. I have discussed this with Larry Houston,
Ting Sheldon, and General Carter and will suggest to Emmett that General_
talk the whole matter over with Ting Sheldon.
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