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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
,.: ~ DIRECf0RIS IG .
8:30 AN,29 Dec, - 8:50 AM, 3 0 Dec.
EOF DATE A
CUmENT RECEIVED FROM TO SUBJECT ACTION
OPC CONT'D.
abolition of the Labor companies used for qover by CIA in
Germany. The intent of this action is tc p event the.
existence of military or paramilitary orgaaizations in
Germany which are not apart of the Gemnn cozntribution
to the European oommuiity. The European Cemmand is very
much against this clause and has asked the 1 ept. of the
Army to urge e State tept. to work against the inclusion {
of this clause n the treaty.
Training
At the request of 0SI arrangements have been made for a
special course in Scientific Russian forr10,rper'sons, 3
days a week for 1(Meeks at Georgetw tIniversity- All *
have had prior trianing in the Russian' language.
As an 4tial step in the -0njmietatien of , prgacts
announced in Staff Training Wvidly activities repok; dated
20 Dec 1951, a conference was held between representatives
of TRO and TSS to establish a division offresponsibility
with respect to the provision of training in:basic
technical fields, and to define propequisites for an
* operational investigative techni.gnes ceourse.
Development, of instruction pertaining to ths collection
and reporting of order of battle information has been
initiated, This instruction when preparea will be given
in both Staff and Quasi-Military courses. -
HALFWAY-SUNBOW - Project for FE/OPC and i4/,030 involving
the training of 16 Indonesian nlationals. The project
has been extended to.15 Feb 1952 with the addition of s
2 weeks of quasi-military training.
(CONTINUED)
ToP SECRET 29 DECEMBER 1951 CDPY # , OF 7.

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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.