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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
DIRECTOR'S LOG
TE OF DATE 8:30. AM,15 Sept.- 8:30 AM,17 Sept.
CUMENT RECEIVED FROM TO SUBJECT ACTION
OSI
The Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force
Base has requested a much closer working relationship with CIA and.
has extended an invitation to OSI to participate directly in ATIC
activities.
The Secretary of Commerce has approved the establishment of a general
license for the export of technical data.
ORR
The AD/RR has spent mornings this week at the National War College
participating in the Economics Program at the request of Gen. Bull.
TRAINING
Conference held with Adm. Johnson, 5th Naval District relative to logistical
support of ISOLATION through Navy Supply Depot at Norfolk. Revolving fund
to reimburse Navy for expenditures on CIA behalf.
Conferences have been held with Mr. Sullivan and Mr. Mollenkopf of Educational
Testing Service to plan for possible research contracts during 1952-1953,
involving selection tests and procedures for the Career Corps Program.
TOP SECRET (CONTINUED) SEp 15 1951 Copy #-i of 5

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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.