CONSTRUCTION OF SOFTBALL DIAMONDS ON BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROADS PROPERTY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-04608A000400090002-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 1, 2013
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: March 1, 1963
• Content Type: MEMO

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Memorandum of Conversation
DATE} 492'41 1963
Construction of Softball Diamonds on Bureau of Public
' Hoods Property
PARTICIPANTS: M. 14h1144744 federal iligavar Adadnistretor, NPR
J. C. Allen, Director, Deportment of Adelnistratics4 BPR
Alan M. Warile146 Acting Director of Logistics, CIA
Acting Chief, 'Real Estate & Cometruction
Division/MI, CIA
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STAT 1. and W. Vierfiald of the Office of Logistios called on F. Aex
A. Vhitton, Mara Highway Adninistrator, and his Chief Administrator, Mr. J. C.
Allen, Bureau of Public Roads (BPS), to discuss a revision of the use permit for
BIM property adjacent to the Headquarters Building.
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The original use permit greaten by Bureau of Public Roads covered only the
west Perking Lot area and access roads thereto. Arequest for en additioasl
unused area for softball diamonds vas refUsed at first and later approved, but
not for the layout 'which Office of Logistics engineers had chosen as requiring
the least grading. Since this irk must be performed on limited non.
appropriated tUnds, the increase of Omit #,000 resulting from BPR's relocation
of the diamonds vee not acceptable.
3. Mr. thitton is most coogerstive but apparently bed not been, briefed in
detail on the CIA request. Se indicatedthat be could see no reason 'why do atter
hours softball game 340 feet from the BM, building mould create any substantial
interference with vork in the building. Be naturally vented to Check this out.
At one point, Mr. Allen said that be too combi see no prObleo provided ve were
villing to vecete mace in the Mamie Building.
4. I told Ar. Mitton that I was glad that this subject had been raised
because I was assured that CIA's position with respect to 1717 IV Street had not
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SU13.1,ECT: Construction of Softbell DienEnds iIkaresu of Public Roads Property
been properly presented to kink I told,biathet we hed advised the Mlle
Buildings Service (PBS) that me hod no overriding Interact in reaniming in
the *Wale Attlatng but moot definitely did require equivelmet spec* in the
Sonatas* srem. Mr. Whitton adknoSUdipdtbst he did not know this end said
that be hod merely been told that CIA bed refused to move. Hi essay very
maineingly of the ineressedeffieleney that BPS vould realise freaconeoli-
doting in the atom'. Building end mike& if me hal. may objectionto bin going
beck to PBS vith our tentative agreement to nose into another dcantosi
permanent type (prehdoly leased) onto, Incilding. I amnued hiatus dlid not
end voulii, in feet, cover this in earnest meeting vith Mr. rely end/or Mr.
Ziernicki.
5. Mr. Whitton said that he 34 rt to adrise us very shortly
on chether or not he omildgrent *revised use pernit Der tbe softball diamonds
and said that he did not intend in any wry to be difficult in this natter.
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