AMES BUILDING CAFETERIA

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84-00780R003900060004-2
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 16, 2002
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• Publication Date: November 17, 1971
• Content Type: MF

CONFIDENTIAL
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Support
SUBJECT Ames Building Cafeteria
REFERENCE Memo dtd 22 Jul 71 to ADD/S fm D/L,
same subject
1. This memorandum contains a recommendation for your approval. Such
recommendation is contained in paragraph 6.
2. Referent memorandum requested approval for a 45-day trial period to
open the Ames Center Building Cafeteria to State Department employees in the Rosslyn
area. This request was made on behalf of the General Services Administration (GSA)
and the Government Services, Inc. (GSI), who cited insufficient Agency patronage and
resultant losses on operations.
3. Approval was granted "with the understanding that the 45 -day trial period
will be used only to determine feasibility of expanding customer population to include
the AID employees. It would not be possible to exclude the State employees after a
45-day trial period regardless of our reasons for wanting to do so; however, after
45 days, we, GSA, and GSI should be in a position to determine whether the Ames
Center Building Cafeteria can accommodate the Rosslyn employees of this Agency,
State Department, and AID. "
4. The Cafeteria was opened to State Department employees on 7 September 1971.
A survey of their attendance indicates that an average of only 29 persons use the Cafeteria
on a daily basis. The largest number recorded was 42 and, after the first week, the
lowest number has been 12.
5. The turnout has been disappointing to both GSA and GSI and this Office has
been approached informally by Mr. Robert D. Marcus of GSA to consider opening the
facility to AID personnel in the Rosslyn area. We have no objection to this request and
have ascertained through the Office of Security that all AID personnel are cleared to the
Secret level with the exception of those new employees in process for full clearance.
These employees have a distinctive badge and would not be permitted access.
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6. In view of the foregoing, approval is requested to notify GSA of our
willingness to permit AID personnel to utilize the Ames Center Building Cafeteria
for a 45-day trial period subject to:
a. Access limited to fully cleared and badged AID personnel;
b. The hours pf usage would be restricted to the period between
1245 and 1400 hours, the same as State Department employees; .
c. That egress and ingress would be limited to the rear entrance
of the Ames Center Building.
SlgriedD John F. Blake.
John F. Blake
Director of Logistics
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Howard rn Date
Director of Security
The recommendation contained in paragraph 6 is approved.
.(signed) John W> Coffey
John W.. Coffey
Deputy Director
for Support
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Acting Deputy rector for Support
SUBJECT : Ames Center Building Cafeteria
1. This memorandum contains a recommendation for your approval; such
recommendation is contained in paragraph 5.
2. For a number of years, we have received persistent requests to open the
Ames Center Building Cafeteria to employees of other Government agencies In Rosslyn.
These requests have been made through both the General Services Administration (GSA)
and the Cafeteria Operator, Government Services, Incorporated (GSI), From the joint
GSA/GSI point of view, the Cafeteria is losing money because of insufficient patronage.
An average of 400 to 450 Agency employees eat there daily as opposed to a lunch-period
capacity of 800 to 850, based on a seating capacity of 248 persons.
3. Our concerns to date for not opening the Cafeteria have centered around the
possible large influx of personnel from other agencies during the peak lunch period of
1130 to 1245 hours, which would overtax both the facilities and service with the
resultant inconvenience and annoyance to all concerned. A secondary consideration
involved security. However, most of our employees in the Rosalyn area are overt
with only a few under light cover who are more subject to compromise at the present
time when coming in or out of the Ames Center Building during the lunch hours. There-
fore, in the absence of valid security reasons, the primary reasons of overcrowding and
insufficient serving facilities and personnel remained.
4. A meeting between our Logistics Services 43ivision and representatives of
GSA, GSI, Department of State, and the Agency for International Development (AID)
was held on 1 July 1971 to explore possibilities and options under which the Agency
could permit opening the Cafeteria to State or AID. The following points were
developed:
a. All parties concerned recognized that the use of the Ames Cafeteria
would be limited to State and AID badged personnel.
b. If State or AID personnel are permitted to use the Cafeteria, GSI
will extend the luncheon hours of operation from 1100 to 1400 hours, vice the
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present 1130 to 1330 daffy. Furl, they will provide additional personnel in
all serving areas; i.e., grill, sandwich bar, steam table, cashier, etc.
C. State and AIl} are both willing to schedule hours of use for their
personnel from 1245 to 1400 hours thus aVoidtag the Agency peak-period use.
d. State has approximately 700 and AID 1,000 personnel in the area.
CSI estimates that 40 to 45 percent of the total population of 1, 700 would use
the Cafeteria. This would result in an increase of 680 to 765 patrons daily,
thus overloading capability. Therese, if the Agency would consider a trial
period for use by either State or AID, it would be necess$ry for State, AID,
and GSA to jointly agree as to which group's employees would be selected to
participate in the test.
5. In view of the foregoing, it is recommended that the Agency institute a
45-day trial period starting 30 August 1971 for the use of the Ames Cafeteria by other
Federal employees in the Rosalyn area, subject to the following:
The use of the Cafeteria will be limited to bodged employees from
one agency and that this agency be State because of their smaller number of
employees and having the oldest outstanding request.
b. The Cafeteria hours be extended to cover the period from 1100 to
1400 hours daily, Monday through Friday, with no change in breakfast hours.
c. GSI to provide sufficient additional equipment and personnel with
the Agency reserving the right to judge the numbers required based on serves
ice rendered.
d. State to schedule or restrict use of the Ames Cafeteria to the
period between 1245 and 1400 hours, with no restrictions applicable to the
breakfast service.
e. That entrance and exit by State employees be limited to the first
flow, rear entrance of the Ames Building upon display of a Rae badge.
6. Upon your approval of the foregoing, we will notify GSA, GSI, and State of
the proposed trial period, the appropriate caveats, and publish an Agency notice to all
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personnel, and particularly those in the Rosslyn area, informing them of the above and
the necessity for good security practices when using the Ames Cafeteria. Neither per-
sonnel from the Agency nor State will wear badges while in the Cafeteria.
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CONCURRENCE:
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Howard J . shorn
Director of Security
The recommendation contained in paragraph S is approved. *
Robert S. Wattles
Acting Deputy Director
for Support
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* With the understanding that the 45-day trial period
will be used only to determine feasibility of expanding
customer population to include the AID employees. It
would not be possible to exclude the State employees
after a 45-day trial period regardless of our reasons
for wanting to do so; however, after 45 days, we, GSA,
and GSI should be in a position to determine whether the
Ames Center Building Cafeteria can accommodate the
Rosslyn employees of this Agency, State Department,
and AID.
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