CIA AIDE ENDS LIFE IN 7-STORY ROOF LEAP

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000300100004-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 14, 1998
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: August 1, 1956
• Content Type: NSPR

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~_N.rv1FS ~iE AUG 1 1956
CIA Aide Ends Life
In 7-Story Roof Lea
District Coroner A. ? agrud-lous condition, had been on
e MacDonald yesterday is- sick leave froni the CIA. Brr-
fore joining the agency in Sep-
fued acertificate of suicide in b 19 1 D ? k
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t tie death of a Central Intelli-
zcnce Agency auditor who is
believed to have plunged from
the . roof of the seven-story
apartment' building where he
lived early yesterday:
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an auditor for Arms in Chi
cago, New York and Paris. I1c,
is survived by his wife, the for-'
mer Claire Hardwick, whom he;
married in 1948.
Archibald S. Deas, 68, was
found at 6:58 a. in. lying on the
garage roof adjoining the Tda-
ho Terrace Apartments, 3040;
Idaho ave. nw. Since the
apartment he lived in was on
,the other 'side of the building,,
police believe he jumped from
the roof.
teas, suffering from a ne1rv-
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Sanitized - Approved For Release : CIA-RDP75-00001 R000300100004-0