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Description “2430 E St. NW” was the address of the original CIA Headquarters located in Washington, D.C., in the E Street complex that had been used by the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II. The E Street Complex is located across from the US State Department in Washington's Foggy Bottom. For several years there was no sign at the entrance of the first CIA Headquarters. President Eisenhower was on his way to church one Sunday morning. He wished to drop his brother Milton off at CIA for a meeting with the Director of Central Intelligence, Allen Dulles. Because there was no sign, the White House driver had great difficulty finding the entrance. This upset the President. The following day President Eisenhower called Dulles and ordered a sign placed at the entrance. It was the President’s view that the E Street address was well known as CIA Headquarters and that the absence of a sign fooled no one. The immediate result was that a sign with the Agency's name and seal was hung on the fence at the entrance. For more information on CIA history and this artifact, please, visit www.cia.gov
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by The Central Intelligence Agency at https://www.flickr.com/photos/59094030@N08/5416190823. It was reviewed on 26 October 2013 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the United States Government Work.

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