C.I.A. EXPERT SAYS GEMS WERE TAKEN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000400300030-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 1, 1999
• Sequence Number: 30
• Publication Date: August 3, 1966
• Content Type: NSPR

STATINTL
Approved For Release 1999/09AV4 CIA-k 75-00001 R0004003
CPYRGHT
CiA. L 1 ER1 SAYS
GLIi>,S WERE l A1(E1\
Reports $19,000 Theft After
Visit of 2 Other Agents
a security reprc enl.,tlive of this-same "manuscripts" were miss-,
agency. returned to the reci- in; from the third floor, ]3ut
dente on Sunday, July 24. That she (lid not know much
" They were again admli1cd;about them except that they
by Mr. Tortes mother-in-law belonged to her husband.
and took custody of the classi- A check of pawnshops in the
fled material. Subsequently, 3\1r. area has failed to turn up any
Tofte advised a security official trace of the missing jewels,
of this agency that some jew- the police said.
elry belonging to his wife was According to Mr. Molten-r
g.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 "He was encouraged to' re- it was "customary for execu
(UPI) - Hans V. Tofte, a Port this immediately to theltives and senior personnel in
metropolitan police department key positions, as well as em-
Central Intelligence Agency of the District of Columbia, Player of certain ranks' and;
expert in clandestine operations, ? ?
CPYRGHT has notified the Washington investigating the reported loss. He charged that C.I.A. Poe-;
puuce that jewels, reporwuiy ,,,s Y agency is . cooperating - .??...
valued at about $19,000. were full with the authorities of entered his home, "managed to missing" from his home after the cth precinct in this invea- distract the attention of my
.tigation, mother-in-law, and )roamed the
two other C.I.A. men visited 'Manuscripts' ,lllssing house for a period of time." He
his residence, said n6 warrant or other of.,.
A spolesman for the in- Police officers who investi- ficlal identificationwas dis-
tNligenr.e agency said the two gated the case said that they played at time."
went to the home on July 25 The C.I.A. spokesman toda.,y
agents had gone to Mr. Tofte's and Mrs. Tofte told them that said Me. Tofte was still on the'
home to recover "exposed clan- about X19,000 'worth of jewels agency's employment rolls, but:
rifled documents" that one of in a porno were missing from that investi
ation of M. p
n
g
a
them accidentally had spotted a first ?cloor closet. Idling Of classified material at
lhaF L,nn,n ore. 11..1... ... ..ii ... a t
t .,t. Tha?' nnliemm~n said
;f t
o
the 11blt.,er which was advertised
for sale,
The C.I.A. spokesman made;
his statement in response to'`
an article in The Minneapolis-
Trihune and The Des Moines;
Register and Tribune by the!
papers' Washington col?1?e
spnndcnt. Clark Mollenhoff. -
Mir. Mollenhoff wrote that
the reported jewel theft was
creating new major problems
for the agency's new director,
Richard Helms, who recently
was criticized in the Senatc.for:
praising a newspaper editorial,
critical of Senator J. W. P'ul-?
bright, Democrat of Arkansas.
;25,000-A-Year Man
Mr. Mollenhoff identified
Jr. Tofte as a ' $25,000-a-year
mploye of the intelligence'
gency.
The C.I.A. spokesman said
fiat Mr. Tofte had listed his
corgetown home for sale with;
real estate concern, which'
"ranged for another C.I.A. cm
loye, Kenneth R. Slocum, to'
cc the property.
"Mr. Slocum. was not aware.
f Mr. Toftc's agency affilla-?
ion at the time he visited the
ropcrty," the C.I.A. said. . 'Mr. Slocum was shown the
ouse by Mr. Tofte's mother-
n-law on July 24,
"During the course of the
isit," the C.I.A. spokesman said,'
'7fr, Slocum noticed by chance'
lassified [C.I.A.] material in
no of the rooms being shown
nd reported this promptly to,
gency security officials. i
"Since the presence of ex-;
osed classified documents In al
rivate home constitutes a
'iolalion of agency security)
eglllat]?ons, Mt'. and Mi's, Slo-1
Approved For Release 1999/09/17 CIA-RDP75-00001 R000400300030-8