CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF PURCHASE OF HILLSIDE SAFES THROUGH GSA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81M00980R001300060027-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 18, 2004
• Sequence Number: 27
• Publication Date: October 11, 1978
• Content Type: MF

Approved For Release 2004/03/26: CIA-RDP81 M00980R0013
OLC 78-3157
11 October 1978
MEMORANDUM FOR:
Michael Malanick, ADDA
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.oor ination and Review Staff
Office of Legislative Counsel
SUBJECT Chronological History of Purchase of Hillside
Safes Through GSA
1. In late September, we received a telephone request from
Pete Roman, on the staff of the Senate Governmental Affairs
Subcommittee on Federal Spending Practices and Open Government,
who reported that he had received an anonymous tip that the
Agency had "half a warehouse full. of defective safes from a
subsidiary of Art Metals Corporation." Roman said that he had
also been provided the names of two Agency employees who could
provide him the details about these safes. After a discussion
with Mr. Malanick, we decided and Mr. Roman agreed that at this
time it would be better to make arrangements to provide him the
pertinent documents on this matter.
2. On 2 October, Mr. Malanick provided this office with
23 documents which provide a chronological. history of the purchase
by CIA of Hillside Safes (a subsidiary of. Art Metals Products).
On 6 October, the undersigned showed Mr. Roman the 23 documents
with the instructions that should he want any of these documents
they would be released to him in an unclassified version and that
the names of Agency employees would be deleted as appropriate.
Mr. Roman concluded that he wanted the entire package of documents.
3. The release of document number 1, which was originated
by the Department of State, was approved by Mr. James Kolesnik,
Chief, FOIA Office of Security, Department and of State. The.naf.ed
release of documents numbers 4, 5, 6,
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