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Central Intelligence Agency · 239 pages · text from the file's own layer

This Central Intelligence Agency file is a compilation of Top Secret Director's Log entries from September and December 1951. The entries are daily reports from CIA offices such as OSO, OPC and OO on covert operations and intelligence matters. They cover leaflet drops over mainland China, agent teams sent into Albania and Bulgaria, plans for defector detention centers in Panama, liaison with British, French and Spanish services, and the opening of the Trotsky papers at Harvard. None of the entries mentions UFOs.

  • p. 68 …The Armenian groups are similarly delayed, but will meet:.in Cairo in early October for the…
  • p. 93 …This book was printed in Cairo and copies taken to France. From there small lots of…
  • p. 168 …OSO/Cairo interviewed the 2 French Zone/Germany. -Poles in October with similar negative results but…
  • p. 174 …A meeting took place in Cairo on 26 Nov. between US Ambassador Caffery, the British Ambassador…
  • p. 184 …Discussions re the implementation of CIA' slemergency program for Egypt are reported progressing satisfactorily in Cairo…
  • p. 192 …ACTION OPC steps have been taken to have them rebroidcast- Ambassador Caffery in Cairo and Mr…
  • p. 194 …Legation in Cairo who defected in Paris after brief contact with OSO/Cairo. Since- the defectors…
  • p. 217 …ACTION We are dispatching an agent from Cairo to liarachi' to attend the World Moslem Conference…
TOP SECRET
DIRECTOR 'S LOG
LTE OF DATE 8:30 AM, 24 Oct- 8:30 AM,
2 5 Oct.
)CUMENT RECEIVED FROM TO SUBJECT ACTION
OPC (Cont'd)
He will again have with him the U.S. correspondent for the
Arab News Agency, who is also the sole representative in
U.S. of Radio Baghdad and Radio Damascus. The latter is not
our man but is an excellent unwitting outlet for our agent.
MISCELLANEOUS
We have been informed by memorandum from the FBI that their DO?
legal attache in Madrid has been approached by the information
section of the Spanish High General Staff who expressed a desire
to establish contact with a U.S. Agency having agents operating
behind the Iron Curtain. Tnis infonaation was brought to the
attention of our representative in Madrid. ho requested that
the Bureau transmit it to CIA.headquate'§.
TOP SECRET COPY # / OF 5. OCT 23 1951

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