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Central Intelligence Agency · 239 pages · text from the file's own layer

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, 16 Oct.- 8:30 AM, 17 Oct.
)CUMENT RECEIVED FROM TO SUBJECT ACTION
OSO
OSO/London is asking the British Sactit Service to assist in
speeding the construction of CIA's radio base near Oxford by
overcoming delays due to British administrative requirements.
OPC
Two Albanian agent teams were successfully parachuted into
Central Albania on the night of i/15 Odtober. Each team
was supplied with a W/T Operator. Ligt inaccurate anti-
aircraft and machine-gun fire was encountered in the vicinity
of Tirana.
In implementation of OPC's program to bring.on a firmer ,anti-
Communist policy in the government of Irn, .the following -
operation has been carried out: OPC's two principal agents
in Iran orote a "commnist" book designed to be particularly
offensive to non-communists because of its violent anti-religious
content. This book was printed in Cairo and copies taken
to France. From there small lots of the books were mailed to
Communist leaders in. Iran. In the meantime OPC's agents anonymously
informed police of the impending arrival of the books, The police
spotted.and confiscated them. An official report was sent to
the Council of Ministers for action and'"ine. package was lent to
the Shah. He is expected to take strong action and may send the
material to one of the religious leaders with a request that
a Fatwa (religious decree) be issued.
TOP SECRET COPY p . OF 5. OCT 161951

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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.