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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. 4 …will advance no further argument designed to prevent the Burmese Government from referring the Li Hi…
  • p. 30 …This transfer represents an advance from A $50,000,000 item included in the MDAP program…
  • p. 64 …Earle, a professor at Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study, the view that psychological warfare operations…
  • p. 118 …the Arabian-AmericariaOil Company whereby CIA has advanced to the Company $350,000 toward the purchase…
  • p. 135 …to obtain advance information onmovements of shipping. These recommendations were presented to the President by Adm…
  • p. 163 …This is the first concrete advance in a program for economic warfare operations based in Switzerland…
  • p. 175 …advanced sircere peac66,proposals, these were laughingly rejected by the USSR and its satellites. Kingsbury Smith…
  • p. 216 …forced the govern- ment and the Shah to decide whether to advance resolutely against the Tudeh…
  • p. 228 …locate a Additional details are possible training site for use in the event'the ZRCORSET being…
TOP SECRET
SECURITYINFORMATION
D|RECTOR'S LOG
TE OF DATE 8:30 AM, 6 Dec. -:8:30 AM, .7 Dec.
)CUMENT RECEIVED FROM TO SUBJECT - ACTION
OPC Cont'd.
Soviet Zone of Austria to try to extend DIE PRESSE
circulation into that area. -
The Philippine political crisis has eased' Therefore,
Ambassador Cowan's trip to Manila has been postponed
and he will go in January as. previously p.anned.
OSI
Dr. Chadwell will be in Boston tomorrow in order to
attend a meeting at the A.D. LittleCompany and also
a meeting of the Boston' Scientific Advisory Committee.
He will return to Washington Saturday morning.
Miscellaneous
The President has authorized, where practicable, that DD/A
the administrative-workweek for Christmas will be from
26 December to 29 December, inclusivet, and for New
Year's from.2 January to 5 January, inclusive.
FBI has forwarded an interview with a sour ce of known Copies furnished ONE
reliability who states that the Polish',Vice-Consul in and OIC.
Chicago, who has just returned from Poland,.gave the
following indications of Soviet intentions to start-
a'war: (a) Military service has been extended ]year;
(b). appearance of increased numbers of .individuals in
uniform; (c) setting up of security zonesj (d) the Polish
Government is stockpiling foodstuffs; (e) unrest among the
peasants; and (f). stepped-up propaganda. This information
has been furnished the members of.the IAC by the FBI, with
a 'request that it not be disseminated outside the receiving
agency.
TOP SECRET .1951
COpy Of - - DEC 6 3

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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. 239 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.