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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 -
DIRECTOR'S LOG
ATE OF DATE 8:30 AM, 9 Oct-- - 8:30 AM, 10 Oct.
CUMENT RECEIVED FROM TO SUBJECT ACTION
5 Oct. '51 J. Edgar Hoover DCI Advises thati
(a) the "Dutch Agent" contacted the New York FBI Office DD/P
a few minutes prior to his departure on 4 October;
(b) he was not contacted by any Soviet representatives
during his stay; and .-
(c) he plans to prepare a report on his visit which
will be 'turned over to U.S. Government representatives
in Holland prior to furnishing these reports to his
iissian principal.
FBI requests that CIa furnish to them copies of this
individual's report when received.
At the request.of Mr. Lay, Mr. Gray has reviewed a draft Mr. Dulles
of parts 1 and 2 of the NSC paper "United States Programs
For National Security", and has forwarded to the NSC
a suggested revision of paragraphs 28, 51, and 52. A
copy of these revisions has been furnished to CIA.
OPC
The number twoiman of the second agent team dropped into
Lithuania has radioed a report describing,hw the team's
leader was killed at a farm house attempting to fight his
way out of a MGB ambush. As reported on-10 August, the
field felt that the number two man may be under Soviet
control, in part because he had not supplied details of
the death of his team leader. This feeling has been
somewhat allayed by the message just received.
(CONTINUED) COPY # / OF 5. OCT 9 1951
TOP SECRET

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