January 13, 2018
By Latika Bourke
...Mr Trump announced on Twitter that his London trip, (click here) originally planned for 2017, was cancelled, citing the move of the the US embassy from its prestigious Mayfair location to the regenerated Battersea area south of the river Thames, which he wrongly attributed to the Obama administration, as his reason.
The decision to move from Grosvenor Square was made when George W. Bush was in the White House and was announced by the then Ambassador Robert Tuttle, a Bush appointee.
London's first Muslim mayor Sadiq Khan, who Mr Trump has personally targeted over the city's terrorist attacks, said that the president's visit would have "without doubt been met by mass peaceful protests."
"It appears that President Trump got the message from the many Londoners who love and admire America and Americans but find his policies and actions the polar opposite of our city's values of inclusion, diversity and tolerance," Khan said on Facebook....
I suppose the new building in 2008 is something Putin doesn't appreciate. I think it is time to examine what Trump is doing in regard to erecting buildings. There can be some embassies which would benefit from greater security, however, that is not the case in the United Kingdom. It is my guess most new buildings under Trump could have their security compromised. Perhaps Russia wanted to purchase the old USA Embassies. I am sure former USA embassies would be an improvement for Russia including state of the art security Putin can't match otherwise with Russian talent.
US embassy in Grosvenor Square, London (Old Embassy) It was originally built in 1960. It was outdated.
8 November 2018
By Jason Lewis
British firms (click here) have been banned from bidding for the £275million contract to build the new US Embassy in London.
The American mission is moving from its long-time home in Grosvenor Square in Central London to a new purpose-built secure compound close to the headquarters of MI6 in Vauxhall.
But tender documents released by the US State Department last week make it clear British firms will not be allowed to oversee the project....
...The builders will oversee the construction of a CIA operations centre, from where US agents will run sensitive anti-terror missions and work with their counterparts in MI5 and MI6.
The embassy will also have an FBI liaison office and sealed meetings rooms.
Documents from the State Department’s Office Of Logistics Management say the first stage will involve the selection of ‘American architects with experience in the design of American Embassies and other government buildings’.
Several of these firms will be invited to bid for the main contract. The design will ‘require access to classified information...the successful contractor must possess a Defense Security Service Secret Facility Clearance (FCL), with Secret safeguarding capability’. It states: ‘Foreign firms are not eligible for FCLs.’...
It took quite some time to build the new Embassy. Post 911 everything changed, especially security issues. There is an opening scheduled for this month. This is a history of the new structure (click here).
The new embassy is called "The Glass Cube." Trump is a lousy president. He is too tempermental to carry out the business of the country. The USA Ambassador to the UK should go forward with the ribbon cutting to the new embassy.
I suppose the new building in 2008 is something Putin doesn't appreciate. I think it is time to examine what Trump is doing in regard to erecting buildings. There can be some embassies which would benefit from greater security, however, that is not the case in the United Kingdom. It is my guess most new buildings under Trump could have their security compromised. Perhaps Russia wanted to purchase the old USA Embassies. I am sure former USA embassies would be an improvement for Russia including state of the art security Putin can't match otherwise with Russian talent.
US embassy in Grosvenor Square, London (Old Embassy) It was originally built in 1960. It was outdated.8 November 2018
By Jason Lewis
British firms (click here) have been banned from bidding for the £275million contract to build the new US Embassy in London.
The American mission is moving from its long-time home in Grosvenor Square in Central London to a new purpose-built secure compound close to the headquarters of MI6 in Vauxhall.
But tender documents released by the US State Department last week make it clear British firms will not be allowed to oversee the project....
...The builders will oversee the construction of a CIA operations centre, from where US agents will run sensitive anti-terror missions and work with their counterparts in MI5 and MI6.
The embassy will also have an FBI liaison office and sealed meetings rooms.
Documents from the State Department’s Office Of Logistics Management say the first stage will involve the selection of ‘American architects with experience in the design of American Embassies and other government buildings’.
Several of these firms will be invited to bid for the main contract. The design will ‘require access to classified information...the successful contractor must possess a Defense Security Service Secret Facility Clearance (FCL), with Secret safeguarding capability’. It states: ‘Foreign firms are not eligible for FCLs.’...
It took quite some time to build the new Embassy. Post 911 everything changed, especially security issues. There is an opening scheduled for this month. This is a history of the new structure (click here).
The new embassy is called "The Glass Cube." Trump is a lousy president. He is too tempermental to carry out the business of the country. The USA Ambassador to the UK should go forward with the ribbon cutting to the new embassy.
