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DIRECTOR'S LOG
1TE OF DATE 8:30 AM, 30 Nov - 8:30 AM, 1 Dec
)CUMENT RECEIVED FROM TO SUBJECT ACTION
OSO
Efforts to improve coordination of US intdlligence activities
in Korea have resulted in Gen. Ridgways .establishing CCRAK
(Covert, Clandestine, and Related Activities in'Korea) on 28 Nov.
under the command of Col. Washington Ives:of FEC. CCRAK Head-
quarters in Seoul will direct all CIA, Arey, Navy, and Air Force
intelligence operations in Korea, but the organizational integrity
of each component will be preserved to the extent it requires.
OSO/Bangkok's consistently precise reporting of internal political
machinations in Thailand culminated on 23 Nov. in .an accurate fore-
cast of a probable coup d'etat prior to the King's return at the
end of November. OSO received and disseminated on the morning of
29 No. OSO/Bangkok's report of a Thai security alert-in anticipation
of a coup attempt. The reorganization of the Thai. government,-
abolishing Parliament and giving dictatorial powers to the coup
clique of 1947, was announced a few hours.;later.
The Director of the French Secret Service has agreed to the assignment
of .Col. Clinton Morton to Paris as an'iritelligence officer under M&aG
cover. A technical administrative questidn on the assignment remains
to be resolved with 0-2, Amy.
Although two-way communication has not yet been established, the OSO-
Dutch intelligence agent team dispatched into Rumania on 18 Oct.
has been heard attempting to make radio contact.
(CONTINUED)
TOP SECRET of '7 NOV 30 1951