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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. 11 …on a mission to kidnap an individual cooperating with a CIA cover organization in -estern Germany…
  • p. 17 …OSO Djakarta believes he prefers to cooperate with the u.S. A Chinese claning to represent…
  • p. 34 …The American Red Cross has expressed appreciation for the "grand cooperation" of CIA personnel in the…
  • p. 44 …Bird is cooperating closely with CIA .there. Congressman Rogers and Killam's parents TOP. SECRET (CONTINUED…
  • p. 47 …The articles,,prepared by a CIA agent in cooperation with British intelligence, were planted through a…
  • p. 49 …Lie the expansion of cooperation between OSO and the Norwegian party's intelligence organization, which he…
  • p. 52 …the National Committee for a Free Albania cooperating with CIA in operations against Albania havemade politically…
  • p. 56 …A CIA agent in Germany has enlisted the cooperation of the East Zone Assistant Postmaster General…
  • p. 65 …The 2 Turkish officials expressed willingness to cooperate and have-agreed to the conduct of negotiations…
  • p. 80 …have 'attributed the agent's arrest to cooperation between U. S. intelligence and German- authorities. OPC…
  • p. 98 …Tudeh plans for Mehregan (the Autumn Festival). Cooperation with our agents led to the/arrest of…
  • p. 110 …Guaranty Trust is most cooperative, will divulge nothing further' and ddes not appear concerned by possible…
  • p. 115 …the Ozeek - Intelligence services with the secret cooperation of OSO. The traffic of this W/T…
  • p. 118 …willing'to cooperate in such a-project. This action is being taken in view of difficulties…
  • p. 134 …Although the owner of the Island was agreeable and cooperative there was parliamentary opposition and it…
  • p. 135 …to Economic Cooperation Administration. The President has now cancelled this NSC project in view of his…
  • p. 139 …the field to shown complete reluctance to 'cooperate with his superiors furnish details of and has…
  • p. 142 …been fully clarified, with close and infoiaed cooperation expected. in the future. Mutual benefit will .result…
  • p. 144 …Ladd was given a copy of CIA's message to the field on,,CIA/FBI cooperation…
  • p. 147 …that 'tripartite program of this kind in cooperation (between U. S., U. K.,-and Belgium) was…
  • p. 165 …to inforia of possible'need fir his cooperation in arranging aid to police and.security agencies…
  • p. 175 …Kingsbury Smith, European representative of 'the International News Service, is cooperating in a plan to pick…
  • p. 179 …useful group in order to get its cooperation with the Political Center. (CONTINUED) - TOP SECRET LL…
  • p. 205 …Discussion was specific and detailed but cordial and cooperative. Working-level liaison has been establ shedbetieen…
  • p. 229 …Lie hesitates to expand his cooperation with OSO, but has agreed t';furnish monthly reports on…
  • p. 230 …Lay, NSC, express~d apprecistion and~s 5ristlon for high degree of cooperation and assistance 'kitdered…
  • p. 231 …to remedyia' ituation which- -P- be4 exteaemely cooperative witfri.)SO/Athens auring- the could be disastrous…
*TOP SECRET
.SECURITY INFOfaWATION
DIRECTOR'S LOG
ATE OF DATE 8:30 AM, 18 Dec. - 8:30 AM,19 Dec.
2CUMENT RECEIVED FROM TO -'SUBJECT _- ACTION
OSO Cont'd.
The State Dept. has reopened the question of a reply to If State decides that a
Vishinsky's charge that US officials in Athens have used reply must be made, the
an'"electrical torture device" in interrogating Greek statemirtwill be sub-
Communists. State suggested that :we admit the use of mitted in draft for CIA
the polygraph by Mr. Robert Driscoll, "an E&ibassy Attache", comment.
and offer a demonstration to the UN committee. OSO does
not object to this on security grounds'but--is of the opinion-
that any admission will merely furnish opportunity for
further Soviet charges.
According to the German Chief of ZIPPER, Hans Olobke,
Chancellor Adenauer's Assistant for Personnel,. is now
convinced that the German counterpart of OPC should be
placed under German Intelligence, not under' the. fufuxre
Defense Ministry. The ZIPPER Chief himself firmlyf believes
that activities of this type should be limited to subversion
by clandestipe propaganda and that CIA should not discuss
planning for resistance activities with the German Government.
Although State Dept. must reply formally to ,the Rumanian
note charging US sponsorship of the 2 (OSO-putch Intelligence)
agents recently captured in Rumania, State-Has not yet decided.
whether to ask CIA for any information it;'may have on the
matter. -
Gen. Umberto Broccoli, Chief of Italian Intelligence, has
accepted CIA's invitation to come to the US on 14 January:
for a two-week visit. x
18 DECEBER 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.