FBI STAYS OUT OF CIA GEM CASE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000400390039-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 2, 1999
• Sequence Number: 39
• Publication Date: August 5, 1966
• Content Type: NSPR

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Approved For Release 1999/09/17: ~'~~~5-000
CPYRGHT
FBI Shays Oat
Of CIA Gem Case
e ederal Bureau of In-
vestigation is not investigating
he reported theft of $19,000 in
ewels from the home of a high-
anking Central Intelligence
gency official, an FBI spokes-
an said today.
The FBI was routinely in-
ormed of the theft report 6y
he police, the spokesman said,
ut he added, "we are conduct-
g no investigation in the ab-
ence of evidence of a violation
' f federal Iaw."
Police were told on July 25
at the ~cwels were missing.
is was the day after two CIA
gents had entered the home of
ans V. Tofte, a CIA official,
ad removed classified docu-
enta Tofte said he had taken
om the agency as "home-
ork." , . ~
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