3 AGENCIES PROBE DODD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000200300074-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 20, 1999
• Sequence Number: 74
• Publication Date: May 5, 1966
• Content Type: NSPR

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MAY 5 1966
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By TED KNAP
Scripps-Howard Staff Writer
Three Federal agencies now
are investigatjli .-1beJi--'anew.
affairs, of.Sen; Thomas J. Dodd
(D., Conn. i,
ThGif431'has finished its probe
otl who "opened Sen. Dodd's files
to columnists Drew Pearson and
Jack Anderson, and now is
actively investigating the
charges against Sen. Dodd
based on those files.
The other investigations are
being made by the donate
Ethics Committee and the
Internal Revenue Service. So
far, the three investigations are
being conducted independently.
The. initial phase of the FBI
probe has established that Sen.
Dodd's files were "removed"
rather than "stolen," according
to a 'reliable source. This
indicates that facsimiles were
made.'_
P rceOcid
_Q_,,,Do.dd..-A.skcd - the
}Yllen,j
Ethics C,o.ntFn,it,t.e..G_to
investigate, he also offered .to
turn over his files- to the FBI,
and (lid.
Sen. Dodd is a former FBI
agent and long-time friend of
director J. Edgar Hoover. FBI
officials became incensed 'when
Mr. Pearson and Mr. Anderson
charged that FBI agents were
harassing the columnists '
informants but ignoring the
conflict-of-i n t e r e s t charges
against. the Senator.
The charges against Sen.
Dodd are that he gave aid to
foreign agent Julius Klein and
converted to personal use much
of some $200,000 raised for him I
at campaign dinners.
Announcing it will hold
hearings on the Klein matter,,
the Committee said that on
completion of that phase of the
investigation, it "will decide.
what further hearings to hold."
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