Documents / FOIA release

/specialCollection/DCI/Smith FOIA/1951/1951-July to September/1951-09-01.pdf

Central Intelligence Agency · 239 pages · text from the file's own layer

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 -
SECURIIN INFORMATION
DIRECTOR'S LOG
TE OF DATE 8:30 AM,1h Dec. - 8:30 AM, 15 Dec.
CUMENT RECEIVED FROM TO SUBJECT - ACTION
OSO
State Dept. informed 050 that Vishinsky i c rculating a 0S0 informed State that an
petition in the UN which protests the:use of "electrical OSO-officer in Athens had
torture devices" by"U.S. security police" on Communists occasionally used a lie
recently arrested in Greece and requested iaformatibn to detector to assist Greek
guide its action in the matter. Security interrogation of
Communists, who submitted
voluntarily to the proce-
dure. Vishinsky's maneuver
seems clearly designed to
diffuse the impact of evi-
dence to be presented in
the impending trials of
Greek Communists arrested
during CIA's recent effec-
tive' carpaign against them.
State will drop the matter
on the basis of this ex-
planation.
OSO/New Delhi reported that Prime Ministe.Nehru has
welcomed with enthusiasm OSO's suggestion that Indian
Intelligence officers be trained in the U.S.. He insists,
however, that the officers selected for training remain
in India until the end of the Indian generaljelections
about' l February 1952.
John Bruce-Lockhart, British Secret.Serviceiia son: OSO does not feel that this
officer in Washington, told the Chief, 'FDW/dSO that expression of British interest
Spanish Intelligence had requested British support should modify the present
in radio-locating secret Soviet transmitters before;; bilateral arrangement made
asking for CIA assistance.- Since: the British are without knowledge of are
now ready to proceed, he suggested that CIA should British involvement.
either join in a tripartite operation or withdraw
from the project.
TOP SECRET (CONTINUED)
DEC 141951

Not linked to a story yet.

About this file

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.