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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 SECR'T
SSECURITY INFORMATION -
DIRECTOR'S LOG a ' U*e.
'TE OF DATE 8:30 AM, 22 Dec. - 8:30 AM, 23 Dec.
)CUMENT RECEIVED FROM TO SUBJECT ACTION
Training
Two members of the Maritime Training Branch are attending
a symposium. on underwater swimming, sponsoied by the
National Research Council in Coronado, Calf. on comple-
tion they will inspect Santa Catalina srand forits
suitability as a maritime training base: .
ISOLATION - Administrative Services has arranged meetings
for 26 Dec. in Richmond, Virginia, with owaiers oft2
housing developments to discuss'possibilities of obtaining
advanced commitments of rental of a block ofhouses for
use by ISOLATION personnel.
ZRELOPE - An investigation has been started to. locate a Additional details are
possible training site for use in the event'the ZRCORSET being assembled on the 3
site is not available. An informal inquiry has been :other sites in order to
made to the Bureau. of Yards and Docks and they have determine whether an
suggested 5 possible areas. Of these, 2 are inadequate inspection of each is
or not adaptable either due to location or lack of desirable. Also various
acreage. . - sites inspected in late
1950 and the early part of
1951 are being restudied
as to possible use for
paramilitary training
;junder ZRELOPE.
MISC
-r. John H. Ohly, Ast. to the Director of Matual DD/A.
Security, has withdrawn his letter to Mr. Lawton
concerning the inclusion of an additional ,50AO0,000
in the FY 1953 Mutual Security program for peCial
purposes in the Far East.
TOP SECRET 22 CIy95-

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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.