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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. 149 …of CIA, the State De- Albanian National Independence Day on 28 Nosvember. The Partment and represent…
  • p. 177 …OPC Plans for celebration of Albanian National Independence Day on 28 Nov. will be highlighted by…
  • p. 179 …in acknowledgement of greetings from the Committee marking the celebra- tion of Albanian Independence Day. Mention…
  • p. 191 …The covertly controlled Rome celebration of Albanian Independence Day on 28 Nov. was attended by'166…
TOP SECRET
SECURITY INFORMATION
- DIRECTOR'S LOG -
VTE OF DATE 8:30 AM,17 Dec. - 8:30 AM,18 Dec.
)CUMENT RECEIVED FROM TO SUBJECT - ACTION
OPC Cont'd.
in involving the religious forces under the fanatical Moslem
cleric Kashani in anti-Tudeh action.. Despite excesses during
the riots directed against anti-Tudeh elements as well as
against the Tudeh, our agents consider that the total result
of the riots was favorable, since they have forced the govern-
ment and the Shah to decide whether to advance resolutely
against the Tudeh or to retreat before it. CIA agents are.
operating a large-scale press service, furnishing anti- i
Tudeh caricatures, cliches, articles, tz'ansgations, and news,
and claim to have penetrated almost eyery Teh ran newspaper.
through this means.
MISC. -
In view of the expected visit of Mr. Churehill, Gn. Sanford AD/NE and AD/C
has requested that there be repared on :a 'riorit".crash
basis a special estimate
17 DECEMBER 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 under it. 239 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.