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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, 26 Nov. - 8:30 AM, 27 Nov.
CUMENT RECEIVED FROM TO SUBJECT ACTION
MISCELLANEOUS
Nov 51 26 Nov Wm. S.B. Lacy DCI Mr. Lacy highly commends the results.of Lt. Col. DD/P
Director, Office of Lansdale's operations in the Philippines and notes
Philippine and Southeast that he is deserving of the highest possible reward
Asian Affairs for his outstanding services.
Gen. Bolling has forwarded a proposal for the develop- DD/P for recom-
ment of an agreement under the provisionsl of NSCID #, mendation.
between CIA and G-2 and suggests that he informally
discuss this proposal with DCI. He notes that since
- this proposal could apply with equal facility to the
Navy and Air Force, he suggests that Adm. Johnson and -
Gen. Samford be present at the above discussion. Tnis
matter has not been discussed with them.
Governor Skinner of Guam has accepted our nominee for
his police chief.
Bureau of the Budget has requested our .corments on a DD/A
proposed Executive Order "Amending Regulations Relating Col. Edwards
to the Safeguarding of Vessels, Harbors; Ports and-
Waterfront Facilities-of the United States". This
proposal was submitted to the Budget by Acting Secy
of the Treasury and is in addition to the one received
by CIA on 21 November.
TOP SECRET CO-Y# L OF 6. NOV 26 19,I

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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 239 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.