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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 .SECkiT -CIIRJ!Y I~FRMAnto DC
- -DIRECTOR'-S LOG
8:30 AM, 17 Dec.- 8:30 AM, 18 Dec.
TE OF DATE -TO
CUMENT RECEIVED FROM TO SUBJECT N ACTION
OSO
Chief, OSO/Belgrade met for the first time ith the Yugoslav
Intelligence officer designated to conduct dliaison with him
and presented a broad and comprehensive outline of CIA's
views on the relationship. The Yugoslav reply, expected this
week, should define the initial scope of the liaison, after.''
which the Chief of Station will return to Washington for
discussion of its further development. The Yugoslav
representative confirmed that 050's Chief of Station is
personally acceptable and that his past intelligence activities
in Yugoslavia will not prejudice the association.
A Finnish agent, who has performed 2 missions in Soviet OSO is arranging, with
Karelia for the Army Attache/Helsinki acting for OSO, Army approval and as-
escaped illegally last month to Sweden to avoid arrest sistance, to evacuate
by the Finnish Border Guard on Soviet requa't. Following ''the agent to Germany,
hisarrestby Swedish authorities,' he gave Swedish in order to protect
Intelligence' full account or his activities, including both the Army Attache/
the identity of the agent who accompanied him on both Helsinki and the agent
missi,dns but is still in Finland, though unidentified in Finland.
by either Finnish or Soviet authorities. To forestall
an anticipated Finnish request-for extradition; Swedish
Intelligence has now offered to release the agent to
OSO/Stockholm for immediate removal frm Sweden.
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TOP SECRET (CONTINUED) 17 DECEMBER 1951 COPY # L OF 7.
SECURITY INFORNATION 3

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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.