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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
8:30 AM,26 Nov. - 8:30 AM, 27 Nov.
~TEOF DATE
CUMENT RECEIVED FROM TO SUBJECT ACTION
OSO 'Cont'd.
Alarmed by Polish Embassy inquiries, French Intelligence OSO/Paris has been
has asked OSO/Paris to transport to the US Zone/Germsy instructed to urge
the former Polish Commercial Attache in Cairo and his the French to dispose
wife, both now defected, whom they have been debriefing of the Poles in the
with negative results. OSO/Cairo interviewed the 2 French Zone/Germany.
-Poles in October with similar negative results but paid
them and provided a live letterdrop ir. Paris, in case
Headquarters desired further contact. Upon being con-
tacted, 'OSO/Paris turned the defectors over to the
French.
US Air Attache/Madrid has advised tht he is acting con- OSO will ask the Air
trary to Air Force instructions in permitting his as- Force in Washington to
sistant to continue contact with Otto Skorzeny, authorize the Air At-
tache to permit con-
tnued contact.
Air Commodore James A. Easton, Aest. Ciei.of.the British
Secret Service, will arrive in Washington from Tokyo on
16 Dec. and depart for London on 18 Dec. He has no
official business to discuss with CIA but hopes to pay
courtesy calls on D/DCI and DD/P on 17 December.
Dr. Danios Morali, psychologist and Chief Assessment
Officer of French Intelligence, who has been conferring
with CIA assessment and security officers, is now visiting
universities in New York and Chicago. He will be in
Washington about 5 December for a final visit before
returning to Paris.
OPC
The annual convention of the CIA-supported International
Federation of World Veterans' Organizations is scheduled
to open in Belgrade on 27 Nov. Eightee countries will
TOP SECRET (CMImNUED), .COPY # L OF 6.

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