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NSIAD-88-23 1 (1987-10-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaboqo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 National Security and International Affairs Division B-226595 October 23, 1987 The Honorable Lawton Chiles Chairman, Committee on the Budget United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: This is our overall report in response to your October 7, 1986, request that we review the Department of State's efforts to construct U.S. embassy facilities in Moscow, the Soviet Union. Interim reports were issued in April 1987 and June 1987 on certain facets of the project., In this report, we explain why this project has taken longer and cost much more than anticipated. We also compare the construction of the U.S. embassy in Moscow with the construction of the Soviet embassy in Washington, D.C. We did not assess the security problems at the U.S. embassy, which have been the subject of investigations by others. The U.S. embassy complex in Moscow is the largest construction project ever attempted by the State Department's Office of Foreign Buildings Operations (FBO). Originally the project was to have been done simulta- neously with the construction of the Soviet embassy in Washington. Neither the Soviet nor U.S. project is finished. However, the Soviets began occupying their residential facilities in 1979; the United States did not occupy any of its facilities until 1986. Currently, all the buildings in the U.S. complex have been completed except for the new chancery office building, which is about 65 percent complete. Work there has been at a standstill, pending the outcome of UJ.S. security reviews. At the Soviet complex in Washington, all the buildings are finished except for the chancery and reception hall, which are about 70 to 80 percent complete, and work is contin uing at a slow pace according to U.S. officials. The Soviet and U.S. chanceries are to be occupied simultaneously at an agreed-upon date. Although the origins of these projects date back to the late 1960s, nego- tiations of necessary agreements delayed the actual start of construction on the Soviet and U.S. projects until 1977 and 1979, respectively. ()verscas Construction: Degn and 'onstructton of I .S. Emlbassy 'ofiplev% in N)o% ,GA( NSIAD-87-125BR. Apr 10. 198, land Overseas Conbt rout ton. ( taM le'ltd ln (l'na1rn i ti 1,i Moscow Embassy Project (GAO C-NSIAD-8T-16.June 17. 9871 GAO NSLAD-88.23 Construction of UTS. Emnbassy, No.-,.ow Page I

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