Documents / FOIA release
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.
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TOP SECRET SECURiTY I~i"'T DIRECTOR'S LOG 2 u. ITE OF DATE 8:30 AM,27 Nov. - 8:30 AM, 28 Nov. CUMENT RECEIVED FROM TO SUBJECT ACTION OSO Chief, FDP/OSO, conferred with Mr. Dixon, State Dept. Greek DD/P has cabled OSO/ Desk, and Mr. Howard Furnas, representing Mr. Armstrong's Athens regretting that office, on Ambassador .to Greece Peurifoy's suggestion that CIA cannot assist the CIA send .a US heart specialist to examine Greek Prime Ambassador in this Minister Plastiras, who has recently suffered several instance. heart attacks. Although admitting that the matter was within State jurisdiction, Mr. Dixon was adamant'in insisting that CIA assume responsibility for it. Mr. Furnas agreed with the CIA view that action in a case of this kind is not a proper CIA functionf.or responsibility and called later to apologize for-Mr. Dixon's unreasonable and erroneous position. He added that this is- not the position of the State Dept., which should use State funds to help Plastiras if such aid is desirable. The Spanish police officer in Barcelodna whd handles the Headquarters has decided playback of a captured Soviet W/T agent has offered to to defer participation in accept buildup material from OSO/Barcelona for use in the operation pending the operation. * establishment of official liaison with the Spanish Services in Madrid. A large US electronic instrument firm, which has offered to furnish deep cover in Finland, has indicated willing- ness to accept an agent already recruited by OSO as qualified for the cover position. OPC Three scheduled radio attempts to contact the CIk agent team in Northern Albania have met with failure. The team was last contacted successfully on 1 Nov. and it reported at that time that it was moving to -a new location. (CONTINUED) TOP SECRET o 7O 9
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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.