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DIRECTOR'S LOG
TE OF DATE 8:30 AM, 5 Nov. - 8:30 AM, 6 Nov.
'CUMENT RECEIVED FROM TO SUBJECT ACTION
OPC (Contid)
Conferences botween CIA officials and Dr. Palm; Chief of
the Swedish Intelligence'"Services, have been concluded with
generally satisfactory results. Dr., Palm has indicated his
unwillingness to participate in any Swedish-based OPC type
operations concerned with Finland.
A compromise operations plan has been drawn up for "The
Stalin Portrait" project which will satisfy the objections
raised by the officials of 'the Paix etLiberte. organization
while leaving the door open for eventual expansion of
the project as originally contemplated if it is later-
deemed advisable. Under the pew arrangement, 150,000
post cards are to be mailed in various European countries.
Approximately 100,000 of these will go to France and Italy.
The cards will carry a message to the effect that additional
post cards and posters can be obtained from a given Paris
address. No mention of sponsorship by the Paix et Liberte
organization will be indicated on either the cards or the-
posters. The initial distribution will be made to a
carefully selected list of intellectuals, including
journalists, educators, and professional people. It is
expected that these, in turn, will effect a further dis-
tribution of additional copies to .the masses, thus achieving
essentially our original objectives. The total cost of the
initial distribution, planned for mid-December, is estimated
-.at $10,000. Follow-up reports will be made when. the results
of this planned distribution are indicated.
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