POSSIBILITY OF PUBLICITY ASSOCIATED WITH AGENCY OCCUPANCY OF 85,000 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE SPACE IN(Sanitized)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84B00890R000500030022-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 27, 2003
• Sequence Number: 22
• Publication Date: January 25, 1980
• Content Type: MF

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SUBJECT: Possibility of Publicity Associated With
Agency Occupancy of 8S.000 Souare Feet
of Office Space
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
THROUGH: Deputy Director for Administration
FROM: James H. McDonald
Director of Logistics
1. This memorandum is for information only.
2. On 24 January 1980, the Director of Logistics met with
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the new office building which the Agency has contracted to lease
will be built. These gentlemen had become aware of the Agency
involvement in this building through other means, and while they
do not object to this Agency's occupancy of the building per se,
they aro concerned with the general commorciL1 development of the
area which they consider significant, although the Agency's
building is a minor part.
3. These concerns center around the disruption to their
residential environment which would be caused. primarily by substan-
tially increased traffic on the two principal access roads. Their
efforts appear to be directed toward persuading
to either preclude or radically restrict future commercial develop-
ment of this area. While there appears to be little likelihood of
their blocking construction of the building being built for Agency
occupancy, it does appear likely that our occupancy will be
disclosed as the civic association pursues its case at various
public hearings and meetings, and possibly as a result of local
press coverage of those meetings.
4. The Director should also be aware that the developer,
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smite partners, two curren Agency employees
(Attachment). However, plans to develop this site and the Partne
ship were established for the purpose of commercially developing
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the site some time before the government's solicitation. of offers.
This solicitation was undertaken by the General Services Adminis-
tration (GSA) in response to Agency space requirements which
included a large delineated area encompassing many potentially
acceptable sites. All negotiations were conducted by GSA without
Agency participation or knowledge of the bidders. After negotia-
tions were complete, GSA delegated leasing authority to the Agency,
who awarded the contract to the developer selected. by GSA as the
lowest bidder.
5. The names of the limited partners with past or present
Agency affiliation have been identified to the Office of General
Counsel, and it is their opinion that there is no violation
of the conflict of interest statutes under these circumstances.
James 11. "icilonald
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