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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. 68 …The Armenian groups are similarly delayed, but will meet:.in Cairo in early October for the…
  • p. 93 …This book was printed in Cairo and copies taken to France. From there small lots of…
  • p. 168 …OSO/Cairo interviewed the 2 French Zone/Germany. -Poles in October with similar negative results but…
  • p. 174 …A meeting took place in Cairo on 26 Nov. between US Ambassador Caffery, the British Ambassador…
  • p. 184 …Discussions re the implementation of CIA' slemergency program for Egypt are reported progressing satisfactorily in Cairo…
  • p. 192 …ACTION OPC steps have been taken to have them rebroidcast- Ambassador Caffery in Cairo and Mr…
  • p. 194 …Legation in Cairo who defected in Paris after brief contact with OSO/Cairo. Since- the defectors…
  • p. 217 …ACTION We are dispatching an agent from Cairo to liarachi' to attend the World Moslem Conference…
- TOP SECRET
SECURITYIHFCRMATI 00
DIRECTOR'S LOG
1TE OF DATE 8:30 AM, 5 Dec. - 8:30 AM, 6 Dec.
)CUMENT RECEIVED FROM TO SUBJECT ATO
OPc Cont d.
OPC Chief of Station Lansdale in Manilarlas repdrted an State Dept. has
"Unholy Alliance" aiming toward the ousting of Magsaysay been alerted and
as Sec'y of.Defense, the possible impeachment of President Ambassador Cowan is
Quirino, and reestablishment of the Philippine Constabulary leaving on 7 Dec. for
as means. of "guaranteeing" victory in the 1953 presidential Manila. Forces
election for the Lopeze-Recto ticket. The immediate task against the "Alliance"
is. to prevent impeachment of Pres. Quirino. in the Philippines are
being mobilized.
"Leaks" will appear in
the Manila press in
the immediate future
exposing the plans of
the "Alliance".
A large'amount of propaganda material't,4 been produced
to' counter the Grotewohl "unity":proposals in Germany.
A full page advertisement.was lnserted'in the leading
West German weekly "Quick", reading: "in the Soviet
Zone 137,000 Women Engaged in Heavy Labor, 27,000
Women. in the Mines - Grotewohl calls it equality of
rights." Some 125,000 leaflets have been! distributed
in Western Germany picturing Stalin about to swallow
all of Germany and another 250,000 leaflets idistributed
.in the Soviet tone report on a purporte underground
conference of the German Freedom'Leaguej'a CIA-invented
anti-Comnunist group.
The covertly controlled Rome celebration of Albanian
Independence Day on 28 Nov. was attended by'166 persons,
including 17 hress representatives. The Albanian News
Bulletin, published that day for. the first time, was highly
praised by the newsmen present. Special Radio Free Europe
programs commemorating the day were cogpletely jammed, but
TOP SECRET - DEC 5
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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.