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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. 35 …the American Mercury, in both this Col. Hansen will magazine and the current Cosmopolitan has reported…
  • p. 46 …FROM TO SUBJECT ACTION ITEMS FROM COL. HANSEN Conversed with Drew Pearson at Doctors Hospital- late…
  • p. 70 …a meeting in either Washington or Col. Hansen New York with not more than a dozen…
  • p. 164 …on CIA. He will call on Col. Hansen at 9:30 Friday, November .23, for a…
  • p. 172 …the press. Both - Col. Edwards and Col. Hansen advised informally that we' could not give significant…
  • p. 204 …Agency has requested our comment on Col. Hansen for direct an unsigned letter that Agency received…
TOP SECRET
SECURITY INEObRMATION
DIRECTOR'S LOG
- 8:30 AM,13 Nov. - 8:30 AM,ll Nov.
~TEOF DATE S-BEC-ATION
)CUMENT RECEIVED FROM TO SUBJECT AC
OSI
Gen. McClelland and Mr. Ralph Clark met with Rear
Adm. Redman, Chairman, Joint Communications and
Electronics Committee of the JCS to discuss the establish-
ment of .a consolidated Army, Navy, Air Force Group in
- cluding CIA support for the analysis of the results of
"Ferret" and other listening activities. It was indicated
by Adm. Redman that it would be difficult to establish the
Group with full CIA participation under present JCS policies.
It was agreed, however, to establish the activity as ap Army,
Navy, and Air Force operation with provisions for CIA to
lend technical assistance and supply personnel.
During visit agreEment was reached on
the need.,for conference in. thq fields of Physics,
Electronics and Guided Missiles. It was also agreed to
consider at a later date the possibility of holding a'
conference on BW and OW.
CIA-controlled North Korean guerrillas rescued a. downed
U.S. Marine pilot on 31 October.
(CONTINUED)
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