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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. 2 …Chief of Station, Madrid, feels that further discussion should await the arrival of the official CIA…
  • p. 72 …stay- behind operations in Spain informed O0SO/Madrid in strictest con- fidence that this program may…
  • p. 92 …Otto Skorzeny, former Nazi paramilitary hero, has reported in Madrid that Soviet authorities are receiving secret…
  • p. 107 …Tnis infonaation was brought to the attention of our representative in Madrid. ho requested that the…
  • p. 119 …On 26 October, Otto SKORZENY showed the Assistant Air Attache, Madrid, Spainy copies of reports allegedly…
  • p. 131 …He will arrive in Madrid approximately 18 November 1951. Colonel Thomas Betts, Senior CIA Representative in…
  • p. 168 …US Air Attache/Madrid has advised tht he is acting con- OSO will ask the Air…
  • p. 171 …official liaison with the Spanish Services in Madrid. A large US electronic instrument firm, which has…
  • p. 208 …Chief; British Secret Service/Madrid has indicated to the U.S. Legal Attache that the British…
  • p. 217 …OSO/Madrid, however, reports that the Chief of Spanish Intelligence wants the project to' continue on…
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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