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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 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)
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