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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. 11 …Forces in Germany." OPC Headquarters has received from the field for chemical analysis, a sample of…
  • p. 21 …forces have cut it off from underground headquarters and requested, in view of the extremely difficult…
  • p. 28 …another agent recently arrived from the same headquarters. Continued operation with 2 doubleit agents offers improved…
  • p. 38 …Suggest you come as soon as feasible." Headquarters has no further information oilthe matter to date…
  • p. 40 …Chennault's secretary, Headquarters surmises that the secretary: acting as a courier, passed a message to…
  • p. 41 …OSO The Chief Operations Officer of CIC/Trieste conferred with an unidentified official at Headquarters of…
  • p. 43 …Headquarters has no information on "candle", the subject of the message the secretary passed"inadvertently to…
  • p. 50 …reports that the message misdelivered to BGMARQUE Headquarters in Taipei by General Chennault's secretary was…
  • p. 51 …conducted jointly with the State Security organization headquarters in Brussels.. The Chief of State, Security has…
  • p. 67 …At headquarters, it has been placed' in :the normal intelligence distribution channels. COPY # of 5. TOP…
  • p. 86 …RECEIVED FROM TO SUBJECT ACTION OPC Headquarters has authorized dGR Uto drop -2 guerrilla contact teams…
  • p. 98 …Tudeh leaders and the raiding of party' headquarters where the police confiscated propaganda material, etc. Our…
  • p. 99 …This proposal is being considered by Headquarters. On 15 October, 2 guerrilla teams were dropped successfuy…
  • p. 100 …Aerial photos cdnfirmed the destruction of a North Koeah Army batallion headquarters at the Mine and…
  • p. 101 …Sir Edward Travis, Director of the Government Communications Headquarters, British' counterpart of AFSA, will retire in…
  • p. 104 …Plans and Training-- the executive and administrative headquarters, .(2)I Escape and Evasion--new E & E…
  • p. 105 …Sir Edward Travis, Director of the British Goernment Communications Headquarters, British counterpart of AFSAy will visit…
  • p. 106 …and East Germany have visited their West Berlin headquarters since 1949. Forty-five thousand of these…
  • p. 112 …Thomas that he be given assistance in:.establiahing the, headquarters for the trust territories'in Saipan…
  • p. 119 …in Greece but is now stationed in Headquarters. On 26 October, Otto SKORZENY showed the Assistant…
  • p. 122 …Washington in detail and has requested that Headquarters undertake a review of our Hong Kong liaison…
  • p. 131 …Colonel Thomas Betts, Senior CIA Representative in London, will return to Headquarters. on 12 November 1951…
  • p. 139 …OPC's facil ty at Camp Chinen,. Headquarters has Okinawa, has requested authority to terminate the…
  • p. 162 …A Hungarian agent of French Security employed at US Army =SO/Paris has been headquarters in…
  • p. 168 …Paris, in case Headquarters desired further contact. Upon being con- tacted, 'OSO/Paris turned the defectors…
  • p. 169 …If .this is and instructed to keep not forthcoming, the family threatens legal action headquarters informed…
  • p. 171 …The Spanish police officer in Barcelodna whd handles the Headquarters has decided playback of a captured…
  • p. 189 …Millard Lewis, A-2 USAFE, has informed Chief, OSO/ Headquarters has con- Germany.' that a CIC…
  • p. 194 …OPC Headquarters is authorizing an agent to resume negotia- tions with Polish Gen. Anders in London…
  • p. 200 …in 1948 has been called to Party- Headquarters for searching interrogation and hopes to be restored…
  • p. 209 …202 .080 Headquarters employees donated blood to a Red Cross Blood Mobile unit on 11 and…
TOP. SECRET
SECURITI NFRRMATION
DIRECTOR'S LOG
TE OF DATE 8:30 AM, 13 Nov. 8:30 AM, 14 Nov.
CUMENT RECEIVED. FROM TO SUBJECT ACTION
OPC
The JCS gave full approval of 9 November for use of the.
Joint' American Nilitary Mission to Aid Turkey(JAAT) as
cover for CIA-controlled Paramilitary operations in Turkey
and Turkish.based CIA-controlled operations into the
Balkans and the USSR.
A third contact was made with the CIA-controlled agent team
in Northern Albania on 8 November. The team reported the
loss of one man who was captured by the enermy and requested
additional supplies to replace those lost in the resupply
drop of 15 October.
The Commanding Officer of OPC's facil ty at Camp Chinen,. Headquarters has
Okinawa, has requested authority to terminate the contracts granted the authority
of 2 employees, Kirby Atterbury,' Jr. and Fenton Kilkenny. requested and in-
Atterbury, OPC supply officer, at nearbyadena irport, has structed the field to
shown complete reluctance to 'cooperate with his superiors furnish details of
and has possibly mishandled government funds. Kilkenny, the possible mis-
an, admistrative assistant, has not performed his duties handling of funds.
satisfactorily and was last reported AWOL. Atterbury & Kilkenny
will be returned to US
held for debriefing &
investigation and then
discharged.
Carrier Task Force 77 carried out an air strike on a labor
party office, .security office, and troop barracks in Kapsan,
North Korea, on 29 Oct. on the basis of intelligence furnished
by CIA-controlled guerrillas in the area. The guerrillas
reported on 30 Oct. that 520 of the enemy were, killed in' the
- raid, including 40 officials of the labor party, 31 officials
of. the local gun committee, 76 anti-guerrilla trainees, 300
North Korean soldiers, and llciviliana. Aerial photographs
confirmed complete destruction of the three targets.
TOP SECRET COPY # OF 5. (1:

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