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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
SECURITY INFORMATION
t DIRECTOR'S LOG
TEOF DATE 8:30 AM, 13 Dec. - 8:30 AM, 1l Dec.
CUMENT RECEIVED FROM TO SUBJECT 4" ACTION
"OSI ,A G
On 11 December, at the request of OSI, a meeting wa held
with Gen. Davison, Mr. Fuchs, and other fiscal and personnel
representatives to discuss the emergency action required to
effect the transfer oc concerned CIA personnel in Cermany
from State Dept. to CTA rolls, prior to 1 January. iThis
problem is a facet of implementing the Truscott-McCloy
Agreement of 23 October 1951.
ORR .
Dr. Hillikan received a letter C, which has been
expressing handling the details
appreciation for the information supplied.hi about the of the proposed CIA
"Current Digest of the Soviet Press' and informing us that financing of the Digest
the Board of Trustees 'at$50,000 has been informed and
for the support of the "Current Digest." - has withdrawn our funds
Miscellaneous
The U.S. Attorney, Southern District of New fork, has Legal Counsel through
requested information on the China Daily News, which DD/A.
has published advertisements concerning the remittance
of funds from the U.S. to China.
Admiral Souers has forwarded a chemical formula that AD/SI
was developed by Dr. Kormel Szabo who was chief
chemist of Nitrochenia Inc., owned by the Hungarian
State.. This fcrmula was submitted to Adm.Souers by
Ladislos. Fargo of New York City, presently an, employee
of Radio Free Europe.. -
13 DECEI BER 1951 COPY # OF 7.
TOP SECRET -
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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.