CIA AGENTS AMONG THEMSELVES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000400300004-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 1, 1999
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: November 21, 1966
• Content Type: OPEN

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21 November 1966-l'.
r,ovD 4 M1s article by Heinz Paechter was published in
Handelsblatt.
The US spy agency, (Central Intelligence Agency, abbreviated
IA) has already been accused of the most terrible crimes and even
orse stupidities -- from the unsuccessful attempt to conclude a
separate peace with Kesselring, to the now world famous "ugly
merican" in South East Asia, to the abortive landing in the Cuban
ay of Pigs in 1961, yes it has been called the "Invisible Govern-
.ntentions, namely as a "cover" for a burglary which was concerned
ion that they also steal jewels -- of course only with the best
ent" in the title of a best-seller. New, however, is the accusa-.
with secret papers. This is complicated by the circumstance that
he papers stolen by the CIA belonged to it, and by the fact that
ne of its own officials made the accusation, one who according to
is own statements could have become the head of the agency but
he position to cover the innumerable blunders of his colleagues..
rom the position of a mere agent to that'of director and be in
efused the honor, because, in his opinion, no one should rise
his accusation, the CIA named two more of its agents and thus.
is well as of his cover story is only one of the proofs that his
ccusation, that the CIA is awkwardly clumsy, may not be so com-
letely unjustified. Because in order to defend itself against
he newspapers who he actually was -- the disclosure of his identity.,
e made there were more than a little surprised when they read in ,
The current head, Helms, is a former agent, and Hans Tofte
ccusses him of unbelievable clumsiness and awkward attempts at
overing them up. Tofte is an adventurous Dane, who fled before
litler's march [into Denmark], worked his way into the intelligence
ervice via Singapore, showed great courage in.supplying Tito
i.th ammunition and equipment, and after the war carried on honor-
ble business transactions in paper clips and loose-leaf office
ecords in small US cities such as Mason City, Iowa. Friends that
ompromised them.
Man Named Slocum
One of these is a man named Slocum, who one day felt a desire
to buy a house and -- what a coincidence -- a real estate agent
howed him Tofte's house, whose basement.was for rent. Tofte's
6 year-old mother-in-law lived. on the upper floor, while the
oftes -- another coincidence,- since it was Sunday --were in the:'
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