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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. 206 …60 The East and West Coast Bureaus of FBIS have been alerted to file. to Washington…
TOP SECRET -
DIRECTOR'S LOG
TE OF DATE -8:30 AM,l2 Dec. - 8:30 AM,-L Dec.
)CUMENT RECEIVED FROM TO SUBJECT ACTION
OSO Cont'd.
A British Secret Service officer told OSO/London that*
Brigadier J.H. Nicholson will replace Air Commodore
James.A. Easton as Asst. Chief and Air Commodore Easton
will step up to Maj. Gen. John Alexander Sinclair's
position of Vice Chief. Gen. Sinclair will, become Chief
when Maj..Gen. Sir Stewart Menzies retires. These
changes are expected in about 6 months.
OPC
The: Fukibn Anti-Communist National Salvation Army, a
force of 1,000 CIA trained guerrillas, conducted their
fourth diversionary raid on Chinese Co)mmunist held
territory on 7 Dec. This time the guerrillas traveled
90 miles from theirhome base; Chin-men Island, 'sfd
raided Nan-jih Island 6 miles off shore ofj )entral' Fukien -
Province. During the raid 13 motorized Chinese Communist
junks were badly mauled by a Chinese Nationalist warship
while attempting to reinforce the Island. The raiders
withdrew after } hours of combat which resulted inChinese
Communist losses-of 100 dead and wounded and the capture
of 14 regulars of the 249th Regiment, 83 civilians,. one
radio operator and a number of militia to Chinese Nationalist
losses of 8 dead .and 23 wounded.
60
The East and West Coast Bureaus of FBIS have been alerted
to file. to Washington all materialson the reported
Brazilian mobilization of troops for. the United Nations.
This arrangement was set up following inquiries-fiom the
office of Brig. Gen. Edwin L. Sibert, Inter'American
Defense Board. - -
(CONTINUED)
* TOP SECRET 12 DECEMBER 1951 COPY # . OF 7.

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