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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. 57 …to participate in the Federations's recent Rome conference. A CIA agent who has completed a…
  • p. 68 …A representative from the Frankfurt station was immediately sent to'Rome to return Reason to Frankfurt…
  • p. 73 …the- editorial offices from New York to Rome-wi thin the next three months. Mr. Gogh…
  • p. 87 …Gesualdo Barletta, Chief of the Secret Affairs Division of the Italian Ministry of Interior in Rome…
  • p. 149 …Albania considered by officials will be distributed at a reception in Rome to celebrate of CIA…
  • p. 177 …will be highlighted by a large reception in Rome which will be attended by members of…
  • p. 191 …The covertly controlled Rome celebration of Albanian Independence Day on 28 Nov. was attended by'166…
  • p. 200 …OSO/Rome has cabled the preliminary debriefing, conducted. OSO is giving first by an agent of…
  • p. 203 …The Chief of the Swiss IS, currently in Rome, has - been discussing matters of mutual interest…
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.