SUGGESTIONS REGARDING FUTURE INSPECTION TOUR BY THE DIRECTOR CIA, OF THE NEW FACILITY.

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• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: January 8, 1963
• Content Type: MEMO

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8 January 1963
C. C. and E. H.
Suggestions Regarding future Inspection Tour by the
Director CIA, of the New facility.
These suggestions set forth here are only offered for the purpose of consideration
by those who will make the visit or conduct the Director about the facility if, as,
and when he chooses to pay such a visit to the new building and its environments.
The suggestions offered here could only apply if the time, date and duration of
the Director's visit is known in advance and the persons are on hand who might
properly conduct him through the facility. These suggestions are also offered
at this time because of the Director's interesting and qualified background in
construction, engineering, mechanical features, as well as his very keen
awareness of the costs of construction work, mechanical heating. ventilating,
air conditioning systems, high precision instruments and devices and quite
significantly, the importance and the complexity of mechanical control systems,
alarms, etc.
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It would be a rather natural thing for most visitors of the stature and importance
of the Director to be taken directly to the Sixth Floor upon arrival. However, it
is probably not appropriate to have this occur because of the Director's peculiar
background associated with construction and other matters. Therefor*, the
following is suggested as a matter of interest to him, in the opinion of the
architects, and who would suggest the following details of the tour for compliance
with same if possible.
The architects and any engineers from our office will, of course, be available
should sufficient notice be given so that we may be in town and so able to report
to the job if desired.
The writer, having recently walked this tour set up below himself, and using a
stop watch to time the actual walking time required to adequately see the
buildings (213 and 213-A), the Director should be requested to set aside at
least 1 hour and 30 minutes to 1 hour and SO minutes or roughly 2 hours, If
possible, in order to adequately acquaint himself with the entire facility. This
being the case, and quite necessarily so, if he is to become orientated and
acquainted with it on the first visit, it would seem that early indication of this
should be provided to him as well as perhaps a recapitulation of the tour after-
ward in brief detail reminding him of what he actually was observing in the
various parts of the whole facility.
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It is only correct to assume that the Director will enter through the Main Lobby.
and it is suggested that because of his acquaintance with the Northwest, and as
well as Mrs. McCone's residence and long familiarity with the Northwest, that
it would be of interest to the Director to have a quick look at the California
redwood paneling in the cafeteria as almost an initial introduction to the
Following the quick walk through the Security Office and the Kidde Alarm System,
the Scrambling Room. etc., the strong suggestion is made that here and at this
time he then be directed to Building 21 3-A, with the engineer in charge in the
party, and the Director be permitted to observe the complexity and the magnitude
of the heating ventilating and air conditioning systems, the filtration systems,
the Control Panel Room, the electrical power distribution and transformer areas,
as well as the Cooling Tower, the generators and converters, all of which is
well understood by him having had such vast experience with shipbuilding and
similar complex mechanical installations through his A. E. C. background. It
is also suggested that the SOMAT and Incinerator Room and facilities be pointed
out to him as unique and important to this installation.
Following the visit to 213-A, it is suggested that the Director then he accompanied
through the DMD area on the First Floor where the following should be pointed
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out to him; namely, the conveyor system, both the horizontal conveying system
as well as the Cornmo Rooms, the vertical vault and the vertical conveying
system and dumb-waiter in this area. Also, the magnitude of the file area
here should be brought to his attention indicating the workload of NPIC as
planned for and anticipated during the next 60 months.
Following this, it is suggested that the Refrigerator Room on the main deck
be called to his attention and these facilities be open for his inspection.
Following this portion of the tour of the First Floor, the next area suggested
for his inspection would be the Second Floor including the Photo Lab, of course,
and the Repro Area as well as the areas in the north side of the building, both
east and west areas with their mensuration gear and finally, on this floor his
direction and inspection of the Rem Rand Univac-490. Following this, it would
seem appropriate that he be conducted through the north end of the Third Floor
for an inspection of the PID and the Tank Farm omitting, if required, a visit
to the joint area which is essentially identical with the north end of the building
for all intents and purposes.
Following this, a visit to the Fourth Floor beginning with the laboratories area
at the extreme northeast corner, followed by a visit to the library area,
terminating on the east side at the 1401 area and thence immediately returning
to the Publications Area to view the graphic and editorial facilities provided there.
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If necessary, it would seem appropriate that the Fifth Floor may be omitted
if time is running short, inasmuch as most of this is only a small addition
of that found on the other floors, however, with the mention made to the
Director that the three services are accommodated on this floor; namely, the
Fifth.
Following the visit to the Fifth, if it is made, or from the Fourth if the Fifth
Floor is skipped on the tour, the Sixth Floor would remain and this is obviously
well understood by the Director of NPIC, the Executive Director and others,
and no comment need be made here of this facility.
It would seem appropriate to point out that the parking facilities do have
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seem appropriate to reiterate the total population anticipated in the Building
when the complete T. O. is fulfilled and that the attempt has been made by the
Director of NPIC and Executive Director and others to provide an atmosphere
for the employees of this facility to compensate to the beet of the ability as
far as design work is concerned, for the omission of all windows for security
purposes except on the Sixth Floor and also to compensate to some degree for
the intense and long work period which this facility demands of the employees
therein.
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The importance of the vaulting arrangement built into this facility seems
significant enough to the architects and a departure from Agency tradition,
important enough to warrant calling the Director's attention to these features
and the fact that we are thus able to omit the infinite number of 3-combination
safes throughout the building except on the Sixth Floor, and calling his
attention to the man hours saved daily by being able to leave work out in various
vaulted areas with only the need to cover any work of a classified nature in case
of an emergency or a fire alarm malfunction or some other requirement for
persons to enter vaults for inspection who may not be authorized to have access
to the classified material therein.
There is one final comment regarding the Sixth Floor which perhaps is in order
and that is the provisions made for and the extreme flexibility of the Briefing
Rooms built-in accommodations and features, all of which are recorded elsewhere
on the tape and are available in the offices of the NPIC Director. It is presumed
that this particular*tape made by the architects some time ago is in the hands
of either MD personnel,
or in the Administration Office's files,
and perhaps in the Training Officer's own files; that is,
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