CIA AIDE REPORTS GEMS MISSING FOLOWING VISITS BY COLLEAGUES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000100230004-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 23, 1998
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: August 3, 1966
• Content Type: NSPR

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Washloeton poet Btal[ Wrltcr
to ercover roves tga ton
by the Central. 7nte11'i~ence
Agency of one of Its own high-
level officials has brought the
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by a "stupid cloakVand,vuag? seehaubasementnapatment he
gcr raid' in which his moth
~~ ;lin-law had been bum-boozled, got into a third-floor area
He saira tt,a+ ~n ?o .,,;.. ,,,rF used by Tofte as a library and
~~~;;; ouiral;en as a private ?~ `'""???
citizen" and dismayed as a' There, Tofte said, he had
,~ man with pride in the agency tnanuscrlpt material for atext-
at its unprofessional perform- book and CIA material taken
ancc, home by me for the purpose
In a separate interview, his of homework." In a statement
~ wife Marlys shared her hus- fiiven to police last Saturday
Tofte said taking papers home
b
d'
an
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s outrage at what she
1 ?called; the "impertinence and is customary for executives
'i
~ ruthlessness" of the and senior personnel, as well
~`~~ ; CI:A neonle "nlowinu +hyoung as employes of certain ranks;
st.'nw., came with hIs wife
to see about renting a base-
ment apartment.
According to the CIA, Sla
cttm was "not aware of Mr.
Tofte'a Agency affiliation" and
was shown through the prop-
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h,;~r~a;
jand is now the owner of the in~ual. was securely wrapped
.house in question, a 3-stor Parcel preparatory to
I brick residence a+ taco ,~~w moving, and that the parcel
The account of the a tsode 1'1C r~gency~s contention
P that Slocum discovered the
given by Tofte and his wife CIA material by chance was
was backed by J. C. Chatel, a countered by Mrs. Tofte_ whn
realtor who sharprl tt,at.. s.,
But a spokesman for the turn, was under a tarpaulin.
CIA, Cmdr. Johri Moran is? On Sunday, July 24, the CIA
sued a statement defendin statement said, the Slocum
the agency's role and sa ing couple returned to the 35th
that Slocum had seen "exposed Street home with Charles D.
classified documents in a ri- Speaker 45?0 MacArthur blvd.
vate home ... a vlolationpof?nw., a security representative
of
thi
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s agency .. .
agency security regulations."i
The complex story began in' They were again admitted
June when Tofte, 59
a Worldjby -Mr. Toftes mother-In-law
,
;,~ Z+Iar II underground and comp and took custody of the classi?
_~ mando hero, sold his house toiled material," the statement
es Bob Surehette, 8taf[ PhotorraDhee ~ Chatel's real estate firm.' continued.
STORbT CENTEi'L--This is the Georgetown home of ~'hlch then advertised !t for Subsequently, Mr. T o t t e!
CIA official Haas V. Totte. from which $20,000 to 30 000 'rental or sale. advised a security oftlcial oL
in jewels are missing following what Totte oa11s "scoop- On July 23 locum[. oi' Z811, .this.A~ency-tlfat;ome iewelry,
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!ng" br agents from his own ageeoy. i _ ~a~llt~Atled
an area that was-""absolutely off ~ a to one of the rooms
~? i limits" and had then rennrt~A being shown and reported
agency another burst of bizarre an 86-year-old woman in a Charlotte Leislcr. The Toftes,
ubli ' ~howcver s '
about it.~ methods of operation. a Georgetown neighborhood .s own through by AZelita Mol-'
abounding with CIA brass. 1?Y. a saleswoman !or the
The story involves $20,000 to The official, Hans V. Tofte,;Chatel firm.
$30,000 in .jewels discovered said last night that one CIA The ? CIA statement said
missing after a CIA visitation, man, Kenneth ft. Slocum,, had that "Slocum noticed by '
---c- ? : >' I "snooped" inside hIs home in chance classified agency ma?
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