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mission impossible about The Mall. And actually,
this is a compliment to the real estate group
because, and I did not see it publicized, but I
thought the acquisition of the I and A building in
Rome, for I believe it was a hundred million
dollars, I thought that was the equivalent of buying
the IRS building on Constitution Avenue. Now, I
think perhaps the ambassador had something to do
with it. I happen to have been over there when
Congress visited and it was very easy to sell them
on why this should be bought. And I also thought it
was a coup that you got security to pay for it and
not something else. I do want to compliment you on
what I perceive to be a mission impossible at that
site.
MR. WILKIE: Thank you. That wasn't a
site. It was a building, but it fits in the mission
impossible category, as General Williams would
remember probably.
GENERAL WILLIAMS: Right.
MR. WILKIE: I personally negotiated that
and it wasn't nearly that expensive, thank goodness,
but it was a unique, one of a kind, you know, you
never get that sort of opportunity to buy a property
like that right next to the embassy that just
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