WIDOW OF CIA APPLICANT SUES AGENCY OVER HUSBAND'S DEATH

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000100800008-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 27, 1998
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: May 21, 1968
• Content Type: NSPR

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Widow of. CIA Ylicant Sues
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., WOR1"OLtC (UPI) . e n- retire miy Maj. Gen. Thomas widow and $50,000 for the dae rh-
CPYRGHT , . ii a Bence Agency said
1l a?,iiington Friday there is no Mrs. Christensen charged the Christensen retired from the
basis for charges against the CL' administered "drugs of toxic
substances" to her 49-year-old
arganization by ' the widow of a husband and was negligent in
Mai^ue colonel rvho said Friday that it knew, or should h a v e
the CIA paused the death of her known, "they could and prob-
luisban+ . - ably would affect Wm adverse-
Mrs. Edith -M. Christensen of 1Y."
Virginia Beach, filed charges In Attorney for the woman and
U. S. Distriot Court here saying her daughter, Lina Anne, a high
the CIA "administered certain school student, said Christensen
drugs' 'to retired Marine Col. was allergic to the drugs.
James R. Christensen, her hus- THE ATTORNEYS said Mrs,
band, during a Jan. 18 job inter- Christensen noticed "'a definite
view in Washington. change" in her husband follow-
AT PORNEYS for the 48-year- ing the Jan. 18 session with the
oid woman said she and her 17- CIA.
y.?at?.old daughter had filed three Mrs Christensen reported her
su.as against the federal gov-
ernnient asking X5800,000 in dam-
ag-es as a result of the inoident.
The interview was one of two
sessions Christensen had with
CPA officials in an effort to gain
employment with the Intelligence
Agency after his retirement from
tile. Marine Carps.
Eigha days after the second
interview, he' kllled himself with
ft. home oil $250000. for Mrs. Christensen a
Marine corps Juhe 10. 1f)65. At i
the time of his retirement iie
was Director of Joirrt Operations
on the staff of Commander-in-
Chief Atlantic Fleet at Norfolk.
As a Marine aviator he had
served duty tours at Marini
posts at Pensacola, Fla., and at
Cherry Point, N. C. His only
intelligence experience had been
a past as Wing . Intelligence Of-
ficer while on duty in Japan.:
with a Marine Corps Group.
IN FILLING out an employ
ment application with the CIA.
Chu istensen . had reported "I tee}
strong and vigorous and have no
husband was in "a very upset complaints."
uits
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state . emotionally and thought deepening s
n for
a
people were trying to poison pening sea a of hot water at
him ? the Ultra-secret Central Taaeili?
Bence Agency.
The' attorneys reported Chris- Recently the agency was blast-
tensen was in a state of "deep ed -for recruiting on college cam-
depression until' the time of. his puses; charged with using Mich-
death." igan State. University as a frost
The three suits asked . $5O0,000 for operations in Viet Nam; and
for Mrs. Christensen as admin- forced to reveal the identity of
omA case.
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