HYPNOTIC PROPENSITY FOR PUBLICITY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000400390047-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 2, 1999
• Sequence Number: 47
• Publication Date: August 4, 1966
• Content Type: TRANS

RADIO TV REPORTS, INC.
Approved For Release 1999/09/17: CIA-RDP 460Tk1
3333 CONNECTICUT AVENUE, N.W., WA8HINOTO
FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS STAFF
PROGRAM Huntley-Brinkley Report STATION WRC-TV
NBC Network
DATE August 4, 1966 6:30 PM CITY Washington, DC
CPYRGHT
one decided who did what . (Laughs) to whom."
HYPNOTIC PROPENSITY FOR PUBLICITY
CHET HUNTLEY: "The CIA, the very fibers of whose being are
secrecy and stealth., has an almost hypnotic propensity for pub-
licity, usually of the wrong kind and at the wrong time.
"Here, as nearly as can be deciphered is the latest instance.
A CIA man named. Hans Tofte decided to rent his Washington house.
Another CIA agent came to look it over. He didn't know Tofte was
a CIA man, and vice versa. Apparently you don't have to be one to
know one. But he saw some classified documents lying around.
"He returned with. another agent and they may or may not have
taken something besides the classified (laughs) material. At
least, Tofte claims, nineteen thousand dollars worth of jewelry
is missing.
"Today, the CIA suspended Tofte; however, he'll stay on the
payroll at almost twenty-five thousand dollars a year.;until some