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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.

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  • p. 11 …on a mission to kidnap an individual cooperating with a CIA cover organization in -estern Germany…
  • p. 17 …OSO Djakarta believes he prefers to cooperate with the u.S. A Chinese claning to represent…
  • p. 34 …The American Red Cross has expressed appreciation for the "grand cooperation" of CIA personnel in the…
  • p. 44 …Bird is cooperating closely with CIA .there. Congressman Rogers and Killam's parents TOP. SECRET (CONTINUED…
  • p. 47 …The articles,,prepared by a CIA agent in cooperation with British intelligence, were planted through a…
  • p. 49 …Lie the expansion of cooperation between OSO and the Norwegian party's intelligence organization, which he…
  • p. 52 …the National Committee for a Free Albania cooperating with CIA in operations against Albania havemade politically…
  • p. 56 …A CIA agent in Germany has enlisted the cooperation of the East Zone Assistant Postmaster General…
  • p. 65 …The 2 Turkish officials expressed willingness to cooperate and have-agreed to the conduct of negotiations…
  • p. 80 …have 'attributed the agent's arrest to cooperation between U. S. intelligence and German- authorities. OPC…
  • p. 98 …Tudeh plans for Mehregan (the Autumn Festival). Cooperation with our agents led to the/arrest of…
  • p. 110 …Guaranty Trust is most cooperative, will divulge nothing further' and ddes not appear concerned by possible…
  • p. 115 …the Ozeek - Intelligence services with the secret cooperation of OSO. The traffic of this W/T…
  • p. 118 …willing'to cooperate in such a-project. This action is being taken in view of difficulties…
  • p. 134 …Although the owner of the Island was agreeable and cooperative there was parliamentary opposition and it…
  • p. 135 …to Economic Cooperation Administration. The President has now cancelled this NSC project in view of his…
  • p. 139 …the field to shown complete reluctance to 'cooperate with his superiors furnish details of and has…
  • p. 142 …been fully clarified, with close and infoiaed cooperation expected. in the future. Mutual benefit will .result…
  • p. 144 …Ladd was given a copy of CIA's message to the field on,,CIA/FBI cooperation…
  • p. 147 …that 'tripartite program of this kind in cooperation (between U. S., U. K.,-and Belgium) was…
  • p. 165 …to inforia of possible'need fir his cooperation in arranging aid to police and.security agencies…
  • p. 175 …Kingsbury Smith, European representative of 'the International News Service, is cooperating in a plan to pick…
  • p. 179 …useful group in order to get its cooperation with the Political Center. (CONTINUED) - TOP SECRET LL…
  • p. 205 …Discussion was specific and detailed but cordial and cooperative. Working-level liaison has been establ shedbetieen…
  • p. 229 …Lie hesitates to expand his cooperation with OSO, but has agreed t';furnish monthly reports on…
  • p. 230 …Lay, NSC, express~d apprecistion and~s 5ristlon for high degree of cooperation and assistance 'kitdered…
  • p. 231 …to remedyia' ituation which- -P- be4 exteaemely cooperative witfri.)SO/Athens auring- the could be disastrous…
TOP SECRET
DIRECTOR'S LOG
8:30 AM, 11 Sept. 8:30 AM 12 Sept.
(TE OF DATE
)CUMENT RECEIVED FROM TO SUBJECT ACTION
OPC (Con!t)
made with the UHVR-UPA (Ukrainian Resistance Movement),
although no messages were exchanged. This is the first
contact with the Ukrainian partisan operator since 7 August.
A six-man CIA-controlled Albanian agent team crossed the
border into Greece on 3 September. During its three-week
stay inside the country, the team was involved in a battle
with Albanian security forces in the region between Gramah
and Voshkopoje and killed two of the enemy without loss
to itself. Matiani, the team leader, brought out valuable
Albanian Communist documentation which was removed from
the bodies..
The team disobeyed instructions by operating in an area
allotted to the British by previous agreement and bs
becoming involved with the enemy before becoming properly
established. In addition, for reasons as yet unknown to
Washington, it failed to display peoper recognition fires
for an attempted resupply drop.
The operations staff of the British VAIUABLE mission is
reportedly concerned. The resulting alert of Albanian
security forces may have disrupted the effective .operation
of a British-controlled team in the same area. :The OPC
Albanian field chief has recommended disbanding the CIA-
controlled team but has requested that its two top men
be retained for future hit-and-run operations. He is
being instructed to retain their services for special
missions and to use his initiative in planning such missions.
It was reported on 8 September that the September schedule
for infiltrations into Albania had been postponed one month
due to the lack of trained W/T operators. A subsequent .
TOP SECRET (CONTINUED) COPY # / OF 5. SEP 1 1 95

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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.