FAIRFAX CITY CHIEF KNEW OF CIA BREAK-IN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-01208R000100250004-2
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• Original Classification: K
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 22, 2011
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: June 15, 1975
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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Via;h;r.~ton PcsL Stat! R'ri!e; ..
Fair!'as City Police Chief
Leonard P. Kline acknowl-
ed~ed yesterday that he.
"had knowledge" in 1971 of
a break-in at a private,
studio by Central Intelli-
gence Agency and I'airfax
City police officials.
Kline, who was deputy
chief at the tinge of the inci-
dent, said he did not tape
part in the break-in itself
but declined to say lvhat
role he played in the overall. ?
operation: "I did have
knotvled~e," Kline said in a
telephone interview. "1
didn't ~o in that building."
.-lccordin~~ to federal and
local invesli~~ators, Fairf2~
City policemen ,at1d CI:1
agents in I971 broke into a
Fairfax stttclio at night w?itlr-
out awarrant to photograph
some papers.
In its report last w?ee~ on
the CLA's domestic activi-
ties, the }~ockefeller com-
mission described the hair-
fax Ciiy brcak?in as the onl~?
instance it had found
"where local police actively
participated in a CI:1 opera-
tion."
Cpl. Tto!r~rt L, r lcc:.,
Fairfax; City policeman, said
Friday that former Fairfax
Oily Police Chief ,lIurra}?
}:utner had entered tllc
studio along with C1-~
agents in. F'cbruary, 19;1..
Flcr'~ said Le )r d bcca
tiostcd as a lookottt at a ?
nearly ;;as station, while the
be?eak-in tool: place.
Tn a telephone interview'
~?c~tcrday, Ktaa:?r. who re-
tire:! un Jan. 3 and ~;-as suc?
recded by KL'n ~:, dcc?iincd to:
discuss the iuci,lent. "Eicgers
l:eople than n:c can talk.
'.['here were (f?ederall go;?ern-
ntent people---let them
talk; Kutner said.
In another dctelopment,
7`airfa:: Commonv;ealth's fit-
torney Hobert F. }loran Jr.,
wlto is investigating the
break-in, said in interviews
Friday night gild y-r.>terday
that one point in the F,ockc-
feller commission's brief ao-
count of _ the incrcient was
"trrong" and '`untrue." -
'fhe contnri~sion reported
that tnree F'airfas Cit}? po-
liccnten accompancd CLl
a~cnts who entered the
huilding. I-Iorart sal;': his in-
vestigation so far sitoned
that only tuc Fairfax City .
poiic~:men-and ? possibly:
only one-broke into tl:e
studio aiont; leitlt t: T:\ ti:en.
Iic declinetf to t?ante: the
second poiic?cn?an, in addi?
lion fo former Citief F:utner.
Ilurau ryas apparently lire
first t;ovcrr.ment invcsti~a-
tur to dispute the accuracy
of a factual k~oint in tlrz
Packefeiler cumnussion rc.-
lt~'t?t;-
i'etcr P. Clapl-~cr. rite cont-
rnision's.public affairs offi?
cer, said }estcrday that the
commisc~.io:~`s acco:t:u. of ti:e
k?airfax Cih? inciiie;;t eras
based on "air itttcrview."
7'he C'0 171 1111 5 5 1 0f1's statf still
considers its account ac?cu-
ratt:, he sale!, despite }lor-
an's disagrcemt:nt. Ciapl+er
cicclined to i;~mc the ;:^rsn;t
inlervieevca about, ti?c apcra-
lien.
The hreal:?in apparently ?
occurred at a photo studio
at 1U-119 _llain St. in Fairfak
Cit}-, then I:noty:: as f;olat;d
? Studio. The phoio business
~~as run by Orlando \une~,
a former official of tl:e Cas-
tro government in Cuba, -
and Deborah Fitz~~raid, a
' former part-time CI ~ en1-
-. pluyee. The t?,1?o, ~~11o have:
since mat~~ied a:?d aow own
another' film bu ~iaess in tiu>
District of Columbia, sag
?~ they did not krto?,v c` the re-
ported hreak?in :a tileir for-
mer studio until last tvcclc.
In his accouni F~icav Cul.
r'leck sale! he 31ad seen
Kline, then .de;;ut~ police
cnicf, at Fairfax City p:;!5ce
:.eadyuarters at 11 r:.m. ore
the ni~ilt of ti,e 'vrca~?i; .
littder yttest:onii:;. Fiec::
rescribed this as ., .seta!.
hlinc dici rot dispute
F'leck's statc:n?cot bra de-
cli:lcd to elaborate or, i! )~es?
terday.
Commonu-ealtit-s :lttort~c~'
!loran i~ scheGUlcd tc dis-
cuss his mvestt,ation o: ihc.
breakat dui?in~ ar. c~ecu-
ttve; or clcsed, s s5iutt of ti1r.
}?airfas City Cntrttcii Tue~?
day eeenin~. Ho??an said
there tras a '~pots:bii,;." l.e.
rnct.? obtai:t a depc_:li:~?1, oi'
worn st;:temenc, about the
iccident from Kline a9 l;at?t
of iris invrat,riation. .
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