LATEST FLAP OVER CIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000400390064-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 2, 1999
• Sequence Number: 64
• Publication Date: August 3, 1966
• Content Type: TRANS

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PROGRAM Newsline
August 3, 1966
STATION WT OP Radio
Washington, D.C.
CPYRGHT
LATEST FLAP OVER CIA
NEWSCASTER: "The Central Intelligence Agency is in the
news spotlight again. Last week, you will recall, the CIA
found itself in hot water after its new Director, Richard
Helms, had written a letter to the editor of a St. Louis news-
paper praising an editorial in that paper that was critical
of Senator J. William Fuibright. He, of course, is Chariman
of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Well, Helms apol-
ogized for the letter last Friday.
"Welly now the latest flap over the CIA also revolves
around one of its highly paid men and Bill Diehl has that
story."
DIEHL: "The CIA is continuing its investigation today
into the affiars of one of it's high level officials, 55-year
old Hans V. Tofte. Tofte came under a CIA probe after classi-
fied documents were found in his Georgetown home by another
CIA man who was looking for a place to live. The story took
on further ramifications when Tofte reported some $20,000 in
jewelry was missing. Tofte says the theft was discovered
shortly after two CIA officials returned to his home and recov-
ered the documents.
"Tofte says the document in question were on the third
floor of his home in a library where he worked. He said they
were not in plain view and, furthermore, it's customary for
CIA executives and senior personnel to take papers home.
"Tofte said the new CIA Director, Richard Helms, is an
old friend and he'd like to see him, but so far, has had no
success. We interviewed Mr. Tofte this morning."
"How do you think you're going to come out in all this?"
'OFTE: "I have no idea. But I do know'that since I came
over here as a refugee, it was first the OSS, then the CIA.
Tha-L's the sort of thing my family -- I know I have many, many
good friends. The thing that irks my is that the system has
worked out in such a way that it looks as if you can be dropped
as an old banana peel without seeing your best friends.
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5iSo, when I found that my home was invaded -- and my law-
%er calls it brand larceny -- and my 86-year old mother-in-law,
ar senior citizen, was bamboozled, I was outraged. Nobody
:,hes my family around, and nobody pushes any senior citizen
round in my presence."
DIEiL ~ "ivieanwhile, J. C. Chatel, a realtor who now owns
'.e ;oase says he's considering legal action against the CIA
-_-egai entry. Tofte has been with the CIA about 16 years.
a has worker; with the Office of Strategic Services in World
won him nation's Legion of Merit.
fa , the CIA has said little except that exposed olas-
ec~ _ocurri:eats in a private home is a violation of agency
county regulations."
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