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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 …Forces in Germany." OPC Headquarters has received from the field for chemical analysis, a sample of…
  • p. 21 …forces have cut it off from underground headquarters and requested, in view of the extremely difficult…
  • p. 28 …another agent recently arrived from the same headquarters. Continued operation with 2 doubleit agents offers improved…
  • p. 38 …Suggest you come as soon as feasible." Headquarters has no further information oilthe matter to date…
  • p. 40 …Chennault's secretary, Headquarters surmises that the secretary: acting as a courier, passed a message to…
  • p. 41 …OSO The Chief Operations Officer of CIC/Trieste conferred with an unidentified official at Headquarters of…
  • p. 43 …Headquarters has no information on "candle", the subject of the message the secretary passed"inadvertently to…
  • p. 50 …reports that the message misdelivered to BGMARQUE Headquarters in Taipei by General Chennault's secretary was…
  • p. 51 …conducted jointly with the State Security organization headquarters in Brussels.. The Chief of State, Security has…
  • p. 67 …At headquarters, it has been placed' in :the normal intelligence distribution channels. COPY # of 5. TOP…
  • p. 86 …RECEIVED FROM TO SUBJECT ACTION OPC Headquarters has authorized dGR Uto drop -2 guerrilla contact teams…
  • p. 98 …Tudeh leaders and the raiding of party' headquarters where the police confiscated propaganda material, etc. Our…
  • p. 99 …This proposal is being considered by Headquarters. On 15 October, 2 guerrilla teams were dropped successfuy…
  • p. 100 …Aerial photos cdnfirmed the destruction of a North Koeah Army batallion headquarters at the Mine and…
  • p. 101 …Sir Edward Travis, Director of the Government Communications Headquarters, British' counterpart of AFSA, will retire in…
  • p. 104 …Plans and Training-- the executive and administrative headquarters, .(2)I Escape and Evasion--new E & E…
  • p. 105 …Sir Edward Travis, Director of the British Goernment Communications Headquarters, British counterpart of AFSAy will visit…
  • p. 106 …and East Germany have visited their West Berlin headquarters since 1949. Forty-five thousand of these…
  • p. 112 …Thomas that he be given assistance in:.establiahing the, headquarters for the trust territories'in Saipan…
  • p. 119 …in Greece but is now stationed in Headquarters. On 26 October, Otto SKORZENY showed the Assistant…
  • p. 122 …Washington in detail and has requested that Headquarters undertake a review of our Hong Kong liaison…
  • p. 131 …Colonel Thomas Betts, Senior CIA Representative in London, will return to Headquarters. on 12 November 1951…
  • p. 139 …OPC's facil ty at Camp Chinen,. Headquarters has Okinawa, has requested authority to terminate the…
  • p. 162 …A Hungarian agent of French Security employed at US Army =SO/Paris has been headquarters in…
  • p. 168 …Paris, in case Headquarters desired further contact. Upon being con- tacted, 'OSO/Paris turned the defectors…
  • p. 169 …If .this is and instructed to keep not forthcoming, the family threatens legal action headquarters informed…
  • p. 171 …The Spanish police officer in Barcelodna whd handles the Headquarters has decided playback of a captured…
  • p. 189 …Millard Lewis, A-2 USAFE, has informed Chief, OSO/ Headquarters has con- Germany.' that a CIC…
  • p. 194 …OPC Headquarters is authorizing an agent to resume negotia- tions with Polish Gen. Anders in London…
  • p. 200 …in 1948 has been called to Party- Headquarters for searching interrogation and hopes to be restored…
  • p. 209 …202 .080 Headquarters employees donated blood to a Red Cross Blood Mobile unit on 11 and…
TOP SECRET
SECURITY' nOIIATION - -
DIRECTOR'S LOG k i I
ATE OF DATE 8:30 AM,20 Dec. - 8:30 AM, 21 Dec. .
)CUMENT RECEIVED FROM TO SUBJECT ACTION
OSO/Japan has reported that a safe which was transferred OSO/Japan has undertaken
from Korea to Yokosuka during the US military evacuation a full investigation of
of Pyongyand and Seoul in late 1950 was stored unopened the matter, including
without record or clearance through the $ecur ty Officer security examination of
and sent'in April 1951 to the Tokyo offi'ce,4of Remington- all Remington-Rand per-
Rand. for repair. Employees of. Remington ,andi forced sonnel who may have had
the safe without notice to 030 officers and held its access to the material,
contents, classified materials relatirg ±o the operations and will forward a com-
of the OSO mission in Korea; in the office of the U.S. plete report.
supervisor until 3 Dec. 1951..-
DADSO conferred at State with Mr. Robert Joyce and Mir. OSO and OPC are now
Fisher Howe, at the latter's request, on the reasons developing the desired
for Ambassador Butterworth!s reluctance to have Mzt data which will be sub-
George Bond, joint OSO/OPC-representative, assigned . mitted to DD/P shortly.
to Stockholm under Naval Attache cover. At this
meeting DADS0 informed the State officials that
Ambassador Butterworth had now agreed to accept Mr. Bond
under ordinary Foreign Service cover but, that he was
requesting agreement from CIA to a limit of 5 officers
and 5 clerical personnel with official status in
Stockholm. This led Mr.. Joyce and Mr. Howe to request
a consolidated OSO/OPC staffing pattern fcr Sweden
inan effort to establish whether or not ,Amassador
Butterworth's conditions could be accepted -
The Chief of the Intelligence Sectionsof the Finnish 'OSO/Helsinki will reply
Social Democratic. Party has asked OSO/Helsinki to that. equipment can be
furnish recording devices to assist counter;-intelligence provided in proper cases
coverage of Communist activities in Finlandi and will request detailed
- - -- information on the types
of equipment needed and
-its proposed use.
(CONTB-UED)
TOP SECRET 20 DECIrJER 1951 00pC # 3 OF 7.

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