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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. 4 …will advance no further argument designed to prevent the Burmese Government from referring the Li Hi…
  • p. 30 …This transfer represents an advance from A $50,000,000 item included in the MDAP program…
  • p. 64 …Earle, a professor at Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study, the view that psychological warfare operations…
  • p. 118 …the Arabian-AmericariaOil Company whereby CIA has advanced to the Company $350,000 toward the purchase…
  • p. 135 …to obtain advance information onmovements of shipping. These recommendations were presented to the President by Adm…
  • p. 163 …This is the first concrete advance in a program for economic warfare operations based in Switzerland…
  • p. 175 …advanced sircere peac66,proposals, these were laughingly rejected by the USSR and its satellites. Kingsbury Smith…
  • p. 216 …forced the govern- ment and the Shah to decide whether to advance resolutely against the Tudeh…
  • p. 228 …locate a Additional details are possible training site for use in the event'the ZRCORSET being…
TOP SECRET
SECURITYINFORMATION-
DIRECTOR'S LOG
A 8:30 AM, 21 Dec - 8:30 AM, 22 Dec 51
'ATE .0F DA TE
OCUMENT- RECEIVED FROM TO SUBJECT ACTION
OPC (Continued)
to Libya, two general officers representing
the Air Force, Mr. Gable, Chief of the Air
Maritime Division, and a representative of
CIA, re the ARC Wing Program. Mr. Villard was
thoroughly briefed and promised to support the
program to the best of his ability. .The'con-
-fereesagreed that:
(a) The Wing should be developed gradually so
that there would not be large troop movements
in the area at the same time:--
- (b) There should be a minimum amount of pub-
licity; -
(c) Insofar as is possible, the, Britisbj sh'ould, .
be informed;. and
"'(d) Mr. Villard should naturally be kept fully
informed.
MISCELTANEOUS
Mr. Haraden Pratt, Telecommunications Advisor AD/Communications for
to the President, is preparing a study relating, coordination with AD/CI
to the radio monitoring ability of the several and AD/O.
governmental organizations and has requested this
Agency's participation.
British Joint Services British proposed the establishment of a No CIA action required now
Mission NATO Security Committee with representation from per AD/IC. Sent to Chief,
all NATO countries and responsible to the Council I&S through DD/A, for de-
Deputies. *The proposed committee wold supersede, velopment of CIA position.
as a policy-making group, the existing Security
Committee (US, UK and French representation) ,idhich
formulates policies and procedures gotvrning all
phases of NATO Security System. *
- TOP SECRET (CONTIgD) - 2 -

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