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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
SECURITYINFORMATION
DIRECTOR'S LOG
TE OF DATE 8:30 AM, 7 Dec - 8:30 AM,8 Dec 51
'CUMENT RECEIVED FROM TO. SUBJECT ACTION
OPC
Two cables from the Chief of Station/Thailand
indicate that the political situation there is
virtually resolved. The King has written a
letter ~to the Prime Minister agreeing in principle
to the constitutiorial changes proposed by the
recent coup group and requesting Phibul, the
present Prime Minister, to form .a Cabinet. This
letter was shown our Chief of Station at a con-
- ference held between him, the Prime:Minister and
- Turner, the U.S. Charge d'Affaires. ,The situation,
with, the King's recent arrival serving .to mitigate
somewhat the power of Phibul and his group, is now
particularly good for the use of political leverage
to further U.S. aims. It is- believed that .our.
Chief of Station will be able to employ this. lever-
age to its fullest extent.
The field has reported that the recent CIA-controlled
International Federation World Veterans Organizations
conference held in Belgrade was deemed successful.
The conference agenda covered procedural matters
- principally although some pro-Western matters were
favorably acted upon.
00 *
As its defense in the U.S.. Governrohnt suit against
Sieling and Jarvis for forfeiture of the tanker
"Meacham", David Jarvis is contending that the.CIA
"encouraged" his company to ship petlum products
into Vladivostok and Dairen. Jarvis further contends
(CON"INUED)
TOP SECRET -
DEC 71951: CGca of-

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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.