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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. 57 …to participate in the Federations's recent Rome conference. A CIA agent who has completed a…
  • p. 68 …A representative from the Frankfurt station was immediately sent to'Rome to return Reason to Frankfurt…
  • p. 73 …the- editorial offices from New York to Rome-wi thin the next three months. Mr. Gogh…
  • p. 87 …Gesualdo Barletta, Chief of the Secret Affairs Division of the Italian Ministry of Interior in Rome…
  • p. 149 …Albania considered by officials will be distributed at a reception in Rome to celebrate of CIA…
  • p. 177 …will be highlighted by a large reception in Rome which will be attended by members of…
  • p. 191 …The covertly controlled Rome celebration of Albanian Independence Day on 28 Nov. was attended by'166…
  • p. 200 …OSO/Rome has cabled the preliminary debriefing, conducted. OSO is giving first by an agent of…
  • p. 203 …The Chief of the Swiss IS, currently in Rome, has - been discussing matters of mutual interest…
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)
-S- COPY # OF 5.
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. 239 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.