CIA AGREES TO HELP IN JEWEL THEFT PROBE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000400390056-1
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• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 2, 1999
• Sequence Number: 56
• Publication Date: August 3, 1966
• Content Type: NSPR

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Ci. Agrees fo "a/
in Jw& eThth Probe
C,PYRGHT By CLARK MOLLENHOFF 3 Aug 66
Minneapo]is Tribnno Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, D.C. -
.The Central Intelligence
Agency (CIA) reported Tues-
day it was "co-operating ful-
ly" with police in connec-
tion with the theft of $20,-
000 in jewels from the home
of Hans V. Tofte, a high-
ranking CIA official.
The CIA said Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth Slocum, CIA em-
p l o y e s, and Charles D.
I Speake, a security represent-
ative of CIA, were In the
Tofte home in the period
when it is alleged that the
$20,000 in diamonds and
sapphires were stolen.
Tofte and Mrs. Tofte in
statements to the police have
said they found certain CIA
papers, some "manuscripts"
that were Tofte's personal
property and the jewels were
m i s s i n g between Saturday
morning July 23 and Sunday
j evening, July 24.
Approi
with the CIA at the time of
the Saturday visit.
"During the course of the
visit, Slocum noticed by
chance classified agency ma-
terial in one of the rooms
being shown and reported
this promptly to agency se-
curity officials," the CIA
said yesterday in explaining
the reason for the return
visit on Sunday.
"Since the presence of ex
posed classified documentsI
in a private home constitutes
a violation of agency security
regulations, Mr. and Mrs.
Slocum and Speake returned'
to the residence on Sunday,'
July 24," the CIA stated.
"THEY WERE admitted by
Tofte's mother-in-law and
took custody of the classi-i
fied material," the CIA said.
Mrs. Tofte told police the
classified material was in the
third-floor room, out of the
way of normal house traffic,
and eras wrapped in such a
NEITHER Tofte nor Mrs. I man,ler that it would have
Tofte were present when Mr. I been necessary for any in-
and Mrs: Slocum and Speake
were in the home, but Mrs.
Charlotte Leister, mother-in-
law of Tofte, was there with
two poodles.
Mrs. Marlys Tofte, former-
ly of Anoka, said yesterday
the jewels and the official
'CIA papers that T o f t e
brought to the house for
home work were In a third-
floor library and away from
the area where guests were
invited.
She said they regarded the
home and Mrs. Leister safe
because the two dogs barked
loudly and angrily if anyone
,approached the house or
tried to enter unless calmed
by the Toftes or b y Mrs.
Leister.
truder to have unwrapped it
to have known what it was.
In addition, she said Mrs
Leister did not show the third
floor to the Slocums and the
real estate man on Saturday,
and on Sunday had no knowl-
edge that the three CIA em-
ployes had gone to the top'
floor and had removed the
CIA papers in addition to
other " personal papers and
property."
THE CIA contends the Slo-
cums were looking for a
house, and did not know
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