C.I.A. EXPERT SAYS GEMS WERE TAKEN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000400340022-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 8, 1999
• Sequence Number: 22
• Publication Date: August 3, 1966
• Content Type: NSPR

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((tF' j}~I l~rt l~fl i J I('lim ail C11i 1', c flat lc'.: 1?, Spea ke,'.Nl lV. Tofte rtlti(I l lll'lIlll,lll'll l:l.t4
~,I,1?f id Lit I SA` a security reprc c.nt.:rt.ive, of this;some "manuscripts" wet miss-
lagency. returned to the rcai- in;; from the third floor. But,
[r TTfl `.-T f-1 j deuce on Sunday, July 24, That she (lid not know gulch
the howhich was advertised .
'sificd documents" that one of-in a purse were missing from that investigation of his hag-I
thl.l? ar'irlontally had snottedla first ?cioor closet. dling of classified material ut
missing '-from his home after tigation " mother-in-law, and roamed the
two other C.I.A. men visited 'Manuscri ts' 1iis51n house for a period of tine. He
his residence. p g said nb warrant or other of-;
Police officers who investi- ficial idcntificationwas dis-
A ;poke man for the in- Hated the case said that they played at time."
telligence agency said the two went to the home on July 25 The C.I.A. spokesman today'
agents had gone to Mr. Tofte's and Mrs. Tofte told them that said Me. Tofte was still on the
horny to recover "expo,sed. clan- about $19,000 worth of jewels agency's employment roils, but.
expert in clandestine operations, which we understand is now pcrs home to work on them,
has notified the Washington investigating the reported loss. He charged that C.I.A. per
police that jewels, reportedly This agency is cooperating sonnet unknown to him had
valued at about $19,000, were fully with the authorities of entered his home, "managed to
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the - rth precinct in this inves- distract the attention of my
UlJ1lf11J ~1 l\11 IAi ri1N! "They were again aclmitteclabout lhent except that they
Eby Mr. T of tc's ntother?-in-law -belonged to her husband,
-- and look custody of the classi- A check of pawnshops In the
t fiat material. Subsequently, Mr, area has failed to turn up any
Reports a19,0007he1tAfter Tofte advised a security official trace of the missing jewels,
Visit of 2 Other Agents l? f this agency that some jew- the police said,
clry belonging to his wife wart According to Mr. Mollen-t
missing, lit article, Mr. Tofte said:.
"He was encouraged to re- it was "customary for execu-
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 itives and senior personnel in
(UPI) - Hans V. Toftc, a1port this immediately to the metropolitan police department key positions, as well as em-'
Central Intelligence Agency of the District of Columbia Player of certain ranks' and-
for sale,
The C.I.A. spokesman madc
his statement in response to
an article in The lfinneapolis'?
Tribune and The Des Moines
Register and Tribune by thei
papers' Washington corro.
spondent, Clark %Iollcnlioff.
MIr. Mollenhoff wrote that
the reported jewel theft was
creating new major problems
for the agency's new director,
-Richard Iielins, who recently
was criticized in the Senate for.
praising a newspaper editorial,
critical of Senator J. W. Ful-'
bright, Democrat of Arkansas.
$25,000-A-Year Man
,fir. Mollenhoff identified
Mr. Tofte as a ' $25,000-a-year
employe of the Intelligence'
agency.
The C.I.A. spokesman said
that Mr. Tofte had listed his
Georgetown home for sale with:
a real estate concern, which'
arranged for another C.I.A. cm-;
ploye, Kenneth R. Slocum, 1o'
see the property. -
"M4r. Slocum. was not aware
of Mr. Toftc's agency affilia-,
,tion at the time he visited the
property," the C.I.A. said,
. Mr. Slocum was shown the
:house by Mr. Tofte's mother-
in-law on July 24.
"During the course of the
visit," the C.I.A. spokesman sald,'
"Mr. Slocum noticed by chancel
classified [C.I.A.] material inl
one of the rooms being shown
and reported this promptly to
;agency security officials. -
"Since the presence of cx-i
posed classified documents in at
private home constitutes a-
violation of agency sccurityl
rcgulatt'ons, 'M..r. and Mks. S)o-t
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