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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 SECRET.-
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DIRECTOR'S LOG -
8:30 AM,29 Dec. - 8:30 AM, 0 Dec.
TE: OF -DA'TE--.
XCUMENT RECEIVED FROM -1 SUBJECT ,. . ACTION
OSO -
Army G-2 representatives discussed with OSQofficers't OSO reaf Wd Sts
case of a Hungarian agent of :CIC/Austria whose emijration position that it has
to the U.S. as a DP under G-2'sponsorship r, sbeenodelayed reported available -
by :seriously derogatory information furnished froOSO nmdiption, without
files to other Government- agencies. The 02 offic2r . iagki any determinaa1.nn
advised. that exhaustive overseas investigatien by Ar' asd .on it, and
- had disproved the allegations implicit On s data :gested than 04i2 rviw
-2 additio1. efficers
involved 1k the case
prior to'presenting it to
- -State,
After discussion with Gem. Charles E Hart, Chik Qf
the U.S. Military Mission in Athens, Ambassador
- Peunloy has acted to minimize the damage CIK
interesta in Greece which inight be causecP the -
- -sudden replacement of Gen. Nikolopoulas aa Wiictor
of Greek Intelligence by a sucbessor Lis sympathetic-
to the U.S. As a.result, Lt. Gen.. Grigorppoulos, Chief
of the Greek General Staf$f has given assurance that
ileklopoulos vit.ramai2jmfull oontrel- of tho of:ice -
for 2 to 6 sontvi du'ing theorientation of his rejlaoement
and'wlin no. event be removed withoutb U.S. consent based
on satisfaetion with his successor. Thia expedient gains
time for the possible accession af Gen. Papagos ,to power -
within the next few months, in which case Nikolpbulos -- Y
will be retained, and in any case insures the:ecise of_
U.S. influence in selecting an alter"at rep acest, if
the present designee is inaccaptable..
OPC .
The Germans are insisting in .the European defense 'treaty
- that a clause be inserted which would in effect, mean the -.
(O4TINUED) 29.DECERBER 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.