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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. 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 -
SECURITY INFORMATION -
DIRECTOR'S LOG
TE OF DATE 8:30 AM,13 Nov. - 8:30 AM,14 Nov. -1
)CUMENT RECEIVED FROM TO SUBJECT ACTION
OSO
Mr. Freer, Deputy Chief, FDP/OSO, discussed fnal arrange-
ments for the specialized training in Germany of 2 Greek
Air Force pilots with Air Marshal Kelaides, Chief of the
Greek Air Ministry currently in the US. After training,
the pilots will fly aerial photographic missions from
Greece over Bulgaria and Rumania inran RF-51 aircraft
furnished by the USAF for this purpose and may later perform
.missions over the USSR.
Construction of a building to house both ithe British
Security Service (MI-5) and the British Secret Service
(MI-6) has begun. in London, foreshaobwing closer functional
coordination of the two services. Since completion is 2
years away, this information is being yithhell from most
British Intelligence officers.
A French official has told OSO/Paris that Brig. General
Pierre Louis Carolet is being considered as successor to
M. Pierre Boursicot, Chief of the French Secret Service.
Gen. Carolet, now in Berlin, was mentioned as a candidate
for the position in 1947, when M. Boursicot was appointed.
A misunderstanding between OSO/Hanoi and the local U.S.
Military Attache, which arose from the latter's misconception.
of OSO raw intelligence reports as infringing upon his
responsibility for evaluated military analyses, has been
fully clarified, with close and infoiaed cooperation expected.
in the future. Mutual benefit will .result from local co-
- ordination permitting more prompt assessment of the accuracy
of agent reporting on military matters and closer direction
of agents toward military intelligence targets. -
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