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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 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.