JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL MONDAY - 13 JUNE 1955

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91-00682R000200120080-2
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 13, 2004
• Sequence Number: 80
• Publication Date: June 13, 1955
• Content Type: NOTES

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Journal
Office of Legislative Counsel
Monday - 13 June 1955
The DCI appeared before the House Armed Services Com-
mittee in support of the request for authorization for a new CIA
building. He was accompanied by Col. White, of 25X1A
Logistics, and the Legislative Counsel, Among the Committee
members present were Chairman Vinson and Congressmen
Kilday, Rivers, Gavin, Hebert, Winstead, Patterson, Bates,
Hardy, Hess, Devereaux, Wickersham and Lankford. Mr.
Smart and Mr. Kelleher of the Committee staff were also pres-
ent during the meeting, which was held in Executive Session
without a stenographer.
Chairman Vinson asked the DCI whether he would object
to the Committee including a provision requiring their final
approval over any site selected. (This is similar to the arrange-
ment which the Armed Services Committees have with the
military). The DCI concurred in this proposal, although it is
not yet definite that it will be included. The Chairman and the
members of the Committee showed a predisposition to have the
Agency locate at a considerable distance from Washington.
This arose in part from the Chairman's thought that it would
not be necessary for the Agency to be near the Pentagon or
other agencies of Government. The Director refuted this
argument, and the Committee then seemed to recede from the
necessity for distance but did show a predisposition to bar con-
struction within the District of Columbia itself due to congestion.
Considerable interest was shown in the use of Government land
and the fact that the building might be financed out of previously
appropriated funds.
The Committee then approved the proposed authorization.
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