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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.

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  • p. 11 …Forces in Germany." OPC Headquarters has received from the field for chemical analysis, a sample of…
  • p. 21 …forces have cut it off from underground headquarters and requested, in view of the extremely difficult…
  • p. 28 …another agent recently arrived from the same headquarters. Continued operation with 2 doubleit agents offers improved…
  • p. 38 …Suggest you come as soon as feasible." Headquarters has no further information oilthe matter to date…
  • p. 40 …Chennault's secretary, Headquarters surmises that the secretary: acting as a courier, passed a message to…
  • p. 41 …OSO The Chief Operations Officer of CIC/Trieste conferred with an unidentified official at Headquarters of…
  • p. 43 …Headquarters has no information on "candle", the subject of the message the secretary passed"inadvertently to…
  • p. 50 …reports that the message misdelivered to BGMARQUE Headquarters in Taipei by General Chennault's secretary was…
  • p. 51 …conducted jointly with the State Security organization headquarters in Brussels.. The Chief of State, Security has…
  • p. 67 …At headquarters, it has been placed' in :the normal intelligence distribution channels. COPY # of 5. TOP…
  • p. 86 …RECEIVED FROM TO SUBJECT ACTION OPC Headquarters has authorized dGR Uto drop -2 guerrilla contact teams…
  • p. 98 …Tudeh leaders and the raiding of party' headquarters where the police confiscated propaganda material, etc. Our…
  • p. 99 …This proposal is being considered by Headquarters. On 15 October, 2 guerrilla teams were dropped successfuy…
  • p. 100 …Aerial photos cdnfirmed the destruction of a North Koeah Army batallion headquarters at the Mine and…
  • p. 101 …Sir Edward Travis, Director of the Government Communications Headquarters, British' counterpart of AFSA, will retire in…
  • p. 104 …Plans and Training-- the executive and administrative headquarters, .(2)I Escape and Evasion--new E & E…
  • p. 105 …Sir Edward Travis, Director of the British Goernment Communications Headquarters, British counterpart of AFSAy will visit…
  • p. 106 …and East Germany have visited their West Berlin headquarters since 1949. Forty-five thousand of these…
  • p. 112 …Thomas that he be given assistance in:.establiahing the, headquarters for the trust territories'in Saipan…
  • p. 119 …in Greece but is now stationed in Headquarters. On 26 October, Otto SKORZENY showed the Assistant…
  • p. 122 …Washington in detail and has requested that Headquarters undertake a review of our Hong Kong liaison…
  • p. 131 …Colonel Thomas Betts, Senior CIA Representative in London, will return to Headquarters. on 12 November 1951…
  • p. 139 …OPC's facil ty at Camp Chinen,. Headquarters has Okinawa, has requested authority to terminate the…
  • p. 162 …A Hungarian agent of French Security employed at US Army =SO/Paris has been headquarters in…
  • p. 168 …Paris, in case Headquarters desired further contact. Upon being con- tacted, 'OSO/Paris turned the defectors…
  • p. 169 …If .this is and instructed to keep not forthcoming, the family threatens legal action headquarters informed…
  • p. 171 …The Spanish police officer in Barcelodna whd handles the Headquarters has decided playback of a captured…
  • p. 189 …Millard Lewis, A-2 USAFE, has informed Chief, OSO/ Headquarters has con- Germany.' that a CIC…
  • p. 194 …OPC Headquarters is authorizing an agent to resume negotia- tions with Polish Gen. Anders in London…
  • p. 200 …in 1948 has been called to Party- Headquarters for searching interrogation and hopes to be restored…
  • p. 209 …202 .080 Headquarters employees donated blood to a Red Cross Blood Mobile unit on 11 and…
* TOP SECRET ® "
DIRECTOR'S LOG
2ATE OF DATE 8:30 AM, 6 Oct. - 8:30 AM, 8 Oct.
2OCUMENT RECEIVED FROM TO SUBJECT 'ACTION
OSO
Operational developments have increased OSO doubts as to-the
authenticity of the penetration of the Greek Communist Party in Athens which
recently produced information that Comunists were planning to assassinate
the Deputy Chief of ECA in Greece. All leads are being followed out to dis-
tinguish the genuine from the false aspects of the operation.
In a discussion with OSO representatives, Admiral Carney cordially welcomed
the proposed assignment of Mr. Michael G., Mitchell to his CINCNELM
staff as OSO liaison officer and recommended that Mr. Mitchell join his
planning staff as a reserve Commandai'oh active. duty under Captain Fabian, Chief
CINCNELM Intelligence Officer. The Admiral emphasized his interest in Balkan
developments and expressed a desire .for the further assignment of an OSO
Balkan expert. 00 is confident, however, that Mr. Mitchell's qualifications
will make this additional officer unnecessary. "j -
Pierre Boursicot, Chief of the French Secret Service, told CIA
officers in Paris that General de Lattre de Tassigny has agreed to accept a
Senior CIA representative in Indochina, together with two 00 and two OPC
officers. Tenms of the agreement include CIA acceptance of two representa-
tives of the French equivalent of OPC in Korea. Interpreting a. comment
of the DCI in Paris to mean that CIA will take some time to find personnel
qualified for the Indochina assignment, Boursicot asked whether he might name the
two French officers without. waiting for CIA's nominations.
It is the belief of the British Secret Service representative in Washington
that Major General Charles.Haydon and AiriCommodore James A. Easton
are.being groomed to succeed the present Chief and Vice Chief of the British
Service,'not necessarily in that order.
ADSO is forwarding through State channels a letter to the Canadian
Department of External Affairs in Ottawa requesting assistance in arranging
for CIA interrogation of a number of Polish seamen who recently defected in
(CONTINUED) COPY # / OFS. OCT 6 1951
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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.