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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. 2 …Chief of Station, Madrid, feels that further discussion should await the arrival of the official CIA…
  • p. 72 …stay- behind operations in Spain informed O0SO/Madrid in strictest con- fidence that this program may…
  • p. 92 …Otto Skorzeny, former Nazi paramilitary hero, has reported in Madrid that Soviet authorities are receiving secret…
  • p. 107 …Tnis infonaation was brought to the attention of our representative in Madrid. ho requested that the…
  • p. 119 …On 26 October, Otto SKORZENY showed the Assistant Air Attache, Madrid, Spainy copies of reports allegedly…
  • p. 131 …He will arrive in Madrid approximately 18 November 1951. Colonel Thomas Betts, Senior CIA Representative in…
  • p. 168 …US Air Attache/Madrid has advised tht he is acting con- OSO will ask the Air…
  • p. 171 …official liaison with the Spanish Services in Madrid. A large US electronic instrument firm, which has…
  • p. 208 …Chief; British Secret Service/Madrid has indicated to the U.S. Legal Attache that the British…
  • p. 217 …OSO/Madrid, however, reports that the Chief of Spanish Intelligence wants the project to' continue on…
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 under it. 239 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.