1951-09-01
',:;· ' I • ATE OF )ClJMENT DATE RECEIVED. I .... . ... 1 ' I,_ I TO . •. - TOP SECRET DIRECTOR'S LOG 8:30 AMJ.2 Oct. - 8:30 AM, FROM ';! - : I . lJ Oct. • .... _ \,;' ·.,. SUBJECT - OSO Cont'd. · ·'': ,· ·'' re~ted A Hwigarian espionage personalit:Y-, ACTION and trained by the Hungarian IS for the past several moatba for a mission in Italy under.business CQVer; has been apprehended by Italian CE authorities and has agreed to act as a double ,agent against ·the Hungarian service. · Gen. Umberte Br0ccoli, Chief of.Italian Intelligence, has returneci from a visit te the U.K. spG>nsvred by Britiah Intelligence, during llhich he conferred with Britiall CE chiefs and i.D.ilf!' cted technical equipaent :and training ;"· installations. No definite operation.al, ccumaitments were made but, as a result of the visit, 7 Italian Intelligence o,t'ficers .vill attend a special. Brit:j.'!lh·: ID,telligence tr~ course in the U.K. frOlll November 1951 to 'February 1952. ' . . . " . . '. Sl!APE's tripartite civil se~~tY/oo:mter.e;pi.;,.age conl'erence, t.? which CIA was invited to· send. a representative, has been' postp<>ned from 15 octeber to 29 October. '·Acc~r<llilg to MaJ. Gen. Cnarles Haydon, this delq is due to French inability to agree on their representatives. · ·.· , Mr. c. D. DeLoach, F,i:lI liaison •fficei•:·w "cIA, bas been· promoted to the position of Inspector"and will. asswne duties. His successor will be&. Charles Bates • .Q!'.£ Dtl1I' · . ,,. The first cachiZlg program for the U.S. Z~~~ of' Austria. has been completed. Twelve caches, each consiatiZlg.of a 2300 pound "package" of weapons, ammnition and explosives, .were buried.in Land.Salzburg and Upper Austria. ',"· (CONTDrUED) .•:1 TOP SECRET . . {;. •... .: i COPY II ..L.. OF 5. t ' .. . .·-\. OCT 12 ·?:;. }. . -·.' ,. i. i' l~'1l
,._ ·.(·.... ! . ~ • ' • • \TE OF DATE JCUMENT RECEIVED FROM r • . • ' DIRECTOR'S LOG 8:30 AM,l.2_0ct. - 8:30 AM, lJ <"• •• . • • TOP SECRET T<) .. - Oct~ SUBJECT ACTION OPC Cont'd. ·1 • • A,n "Open Letter to Pastor Niemoeller~ has been distributed 'bJT the CIA-sponsored Associition o! Peµticil Refugees, °" · CoWltering Niemoelle;r• s statement ·that: be; had. aeen endence o! heav,y training by the _Eaat German Alert Police {ibereitschai'ten) while visiting the Elliltern Zone. 'lhe · letter cites 12 specific instances of,Alert,folice heavy weapens and tank training. Thirty-seven thousand copies of the pamphlet wero printed iilitia.J.ii~ aod -sci many • : additional recr.iests were received that-75,000 .more were· distributed. ·· · .. A 122-man CIA-controlled guerrilla fgrce-in Nc;\rth Korea has reported the conduct o! 2 raids between J.2 and 18 September. In a ra.id on a North Korean A:rDfT cava.J:i7 garrison, the force claimed tile killing of 40 men and 13 horses. It sui".fered the 1oss o.f 5 killed, l. captured, and 2 missi:og. In the other raid,· the .force cl.aimed the destruction of 3 . trucks and the capture of 6oO. pounds o! rice. Aiiother CIA-controlled guerrill;i. force has reported the rescue of an.BOK ArtJI¥ Captain wr.~ lia.d be"n held prisoner since 12 February. ., , >... COP!# L OF TOP SECRET > 'l: ' : } I ~ ' 5. .'~ '/ • ~ ,J ~ ' ;-·',, ..; I, ·• "I
>·.~=>''.i •.;: • ITE OF lCUMENT DATE RECEIVED FROM 8:30AM,13 TO ".· .J,. • TOP SECRET DIRECTOR'S LOG Oct. - 8:30 AM, l4 ·, . ~- Oct. .· SUBJECT . .·., ACTION ·. .-. .i::~t ....... ·. ~ A Bulgarian nrefug~e" recent'.cy arrived in Greece bas confessed under interrogation that he' is a Bulgarian Inte~ence agent assigned to penetrate U.S. Intelligence by inviting re- crui~t, arrangiµg for W/R tra.tirl.ng in Germaey, enticing U.S.· agents into Bulgaria, a.nd'either luring a u.s. Intelligence officer to the Bulgarian border for ,:ca~ture •or making possible the capture of a clandestille operati.Qtia.l aircraft. Close inte~rogation is continuing. ' A meetiilg. of U.S. and British officers': callaj. b7 CG, TRUST, ·.to discuss the recent Yugoslav protestl.against intelligence · ~ctiVities recolllillended a general ·repJ.i,stati.ni that illegal ~ctitities to the detriment of YugoslaVia vouldbe prohibited in the .future but wordeclc.so as not to preclude, operations across Yugoslavia against Soviet Satellites. The :Poµtical Advisor in Trieste is reporting the abilve to the State Dept. for deciaion. Meanwhile, after discussion between Cli and. CIC in wasb.iiigton, State Dept. has replied to the Yugoslav Ambassador that the u.s. does not engage. in subversive activities in Yugoslavia. The Ambassador stated that he considered the matter closed. DD/P reports h-om fondon that the Bri'l(ish Secret Servid~ still Wishes to assign John Bl'.UCe Lockhart.'lis its representative in Washii:lgton. He believ.es, afl;e:r .discudion ld.th senior ,CIA represeritatives in London, that thi1(Bhtish move should.be Countered by an expression of Confidence in M.A.C. Sil~erwood- Cope, the present liaison. officer in Washington, possi'bJ.T by ailovillg him greater access . and increasing the .importance of his.,.-- posit:j.on. DD/P requests DCI guidance in !Urther discussion of this matter, during which he. new intei¥1,s to reaffirm CIA 1 s view that London should remain the chief point of liaiaon ·between the 2 services. A proposed replJ: is being. eubni.tted tO the DCI .. . t. TOP SE CR CT ' ' " :::.. • ' ' ~ . ··1~ _.. : AA ,,J ~ · <j'l/Y' · . ooi>i' # .;.L OF $. . "-, ~ ',.1(,. • Q.iJ·!· }_ ~· ;J: •
,,.~, • ., l .TE OF CUMENT DATE RECEIVED Tor SECRET DIRECTOR'S LOG 8: 30 AM, 15 Oct. FROM a: 30 AM, 16 Oct. ' • . SUBJECT TO .......r;. . ~.· OPC The first issue of.the OPC-supported, Vietnamese language, weekly magazine.was released in Hanoi on 6 October and the week following. The issue sold 23 1 000 copies at three piastres per copy. It is a two-color magazine coveri~g news, features, local social problems, women's news, short stories, humor and cartoons. It is produced entirely localiy and has.,no. conneetion with usrs. . 000 As a result of slow development of .thi:i.: Aga Khan operation, largely owing to the illiteracy and limited operationlll potential of his followers, . the Aga has received the impression that OSO wishes to. terminate> it. OSO belfoives that an · 'attempt to evaluate the project at this time wbuld·be. premature, ·since awrtive efforts in .. some areas have been . c;ounterbalanced by promising development in others. Mr. Emmet McCarthy, OSV officer who met t(le.,Aga in February 1951 as representative of the DCI, wil.1 therefore travel to Paris on 16 October to cla:·ify the situation in discussion with him and to· britif the operation's new case officer.· Reporting the current trial of foreign espion~ge ;lgents in Albania, Radio Tirana includes statements attributed to the sole survivor of an OSO/Italian Naval Intelligence team which. operated in that ar.ea until it was wiped' out .in December 1950. OSO believes its participation was not known tO ar>.y member of the team. R<!~.io Tirana ascribes the operation to the Italians. · .. ·· As .a further step in the effort to .est<;!.blish control of Indonesian Intelligence, eighteen . Iudories~an ·intelligence. officers are being brought clandestiilely to t.he U .s. for TOP SECRET o I I 1 I ".· ... (CONTINUED) cQpy # .. I -.- ' ' ,_,._I ' '·,~t • ' . I ' OF. 5. OC1·1t::.i '9S\ .. < \
..~· ,, • . ATE OF JCUMENT DATE RECEIVED FROM TO~ SECRET DIRECTOR'S LOG 8:30 AM; 15 Oct.- 8:30 AM, 16 Oct. TO " ·. • ·\, ~CT SUBJECT ION ~(Cont'd) .t~o months of paramilitary; inte:µigence':;. ~ommunications, and security train.i.ng. This is the second such group to . receive covert. training in the U ,s! U!ider this program. Col. Daniel, Chief of Swiss Milit.ary ,.:i;nttll{gence, h~s. requested, tJ;irough OSO/Bern, .CIA' asSi~tarice. in securing the release of milit~ equipment which· the Swiss are attempting to buy in the U.S. Col. Daniel was unsuccess:ful during a U.S. visit earlier this yeax in, arranging release of tanks for the Swiss Amy. lleconur,endationli.,;on.this are being prepared for DCI. · Otto Skorzeny, former Nazi para.'llilita_r:y hero, has reported in Madrid that Soviet authorities...~ receiving secret info:mation from the offices of Chancello'r Adenauer, ·the Allied High Gororni3sioners 1 and the French High Command in Western Germany, Further details ·Bfe, promised. Goodell.,· Chief of the lnd;~sian-!1.alaya Branch · of oso, will survey the operations:of.all OSO stations in his area during the .first three riionths of 1952 under cover as a State Department nibber co4sultan~:o' Mr. v. o. POfY TOP SECRE.T • ~ • "'.: ... ' .~ ,' ~ 11 $"'. ~1' 5. #_,_OF • -' ' ·o.c·i 15 '1951 i :
• \TE OF )ClJMENT DATE RECEIVED . '·' TOP SECRET DIRECTOR'S LOG -~·•·• I ~. .'·,,, ." .~ \ .~ 8: 30 AM, 16 Oct. - 8: 30 AM, 17. Oct. FROM TO SUBJECT Q§:Q OSO/London is asking the British ~c~t Servic~ to assist in speeding the construction of CIA' s radio base riear Oxford by overcoming delays due to British adm:i.hi:1trative requirements. OPC Two Albanian agent teanis were Sll.CCl!ss~ parachuted iiito Central Albania on the nigh.t of 14/lS 04tober~' /Each team was supplied with a W/T Operator. · Ligii't inacctirate anti- . . aircraft and machine:-gun fire was encountered in the vicinity of Tirana • .In implementation of OPC' s prog:tam to bring on a firmer '.anti- communist policy in the government of Ir.m, the following operation has been carried out: OPC's two principal.agents· in Iran llrote a 11 COmm'~nist 11 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 ColTlll!Ullist leaders in.. Iran~ In the. ineantim~ OPC 1 s agents ·:'!J!OnymOusl,y infonned police of the impending arriva~ of the books, The police spotted.'and confiscated them. An offi<?ial report was sent to . the Coun6U of Ministers for action ahd',.bne., package was ~ent to . the Shah. 'He is expected to take strong action and may send the material to one of the religious leaders with· a request tbat a Fatwa (religious decree) be. issued. ,, ., h ./.' TOP SECRET . ';. \. . COPY,tt ... . . . ' L . OF ~..,:. '.' s. OCT 16 1951 . ;
.. • tr:._ 'TE OF JCUMENT DATE REC!!:IVED 8:30 AM, FROM TO ··~ TOP SECRET · DIRECTOR'S LOG ,. ;.u.._~ •• ;:·.. _, 17c0ct- 8:30 AM, 18 Oct. SUBJ!!:CT ACTION In reply to our request, Mr. Gordon Dean has designated' 'Commander F. J. Pinney, Jr., to discuss With cl.ii repres~ntatives the development or adaotation of atomic weaoons And raniolo-.,.i~~ 1 warfare materials! oso The Radio· Free Europe representative ·in·\Trieste is repor·tedly planning to send a locally-recruited RFE employee to Beigrade on 25 October to explore the possibilities or interrogating refugees and obtaining informa:tion of :i!FE interest. OSO is advising i!FE through OPC that such an liPProach in Belgrade at, this time would prejudice overall cIA) ~terests in J:ugoslavia. ·: 1 Captain L. ff, Patterson, Jr,, Psyc!10logipal;;\'fa.z:fare Branch, Department of the Army, contac.tcd t:pe- Executi:vll· Officer, ssu, on 15 October to request a microfilln copy of a .roster of all Anny officers assigned to OSS. He was advised ··i:.hat such a lis_t was unavailable • ·'' ~ A resupply and infiltration operation in support of an agent team in the Kukes area of northern Albania was successfully completed on the night or 15/16 Oc4Jb¢"r. TWo men~ one ~f :whom is a W/T operator, were dropJled. Prior .to this operation, communications with this team have. been by means o~ letters with s~cret writing forwarded via Yu~si'avia. - ' TOP SECRET- (CONTINuED) ~- A COPY #,1 i?-· L OF 5. OCT 1 7 1951 DD/P
• • ITE OF >CUMENT DATE RECEIVED - : . • _,.-;=-, . - TOP SECRET OIRECTOR'S LOG 8:30 AM, 17 Oct. - 8:30 AM, 18 Oct. FROM TO. ' ·, • .t SUBJECT ·Q!'.£ ACTION (Cont 1 d) ,j On the night of 10/ll OctOber two BGMARQJE guerrilla war.fare teams were dropped in central Cheld..ang.Pro.vin;;e. Two Americans piloted the plarie and another acted a •jµmpmaster. There is no report o.f radio contact with the .first team' (5 members) .. which landed near Miug-Hai. A 'favorable radio .report was received on ll October .from the second ·team (4'inembers) ·which landed near Hsien-Chu. · i,:' has arrivdd .for a two weeks visit·in Washington. OCT 17 1951 ·copy# _I OF 5. TOP SECRET ·; ' ·.
,, r ~ ~~- • \TE OF DATE lCUMENT RECEIVED FROM ~· ' .' .1 - • • • ~ TOP SECRET DIRECTOR'S LOG 8:30 AM, lB·Oct.- .8:30 AM, 19 Oct. TO . ~ •• , ...... :' .: i"'r--~ .. . • ACTION SUBJECT Mr. Gordon Gray has forwarded a c9py of his memorandum, to Mr· Webb, which enclosed a copy of a .memorandum from Mr. Foster recommending that the follow.ing_pri:>cedural. modifications be made in Plan TAKEOFF: ·: · a. The Department of State be requested to assume primaty responsibility for obtai,ni~g approval as to the political feasibility ar(d acceptability, of the leaflet drop operation. · b. The preparation of_ the substantive_' themesfin the leaflets to be dropped be assigned '.to the· Department of State. DD/P. These recommendations have the:· concurrence of the Secretary of Defense,- Mr. Gordon Gray-has forwarded for consideration at the next Board Meeting 11 SUgge.~ted Fiscal Year 1953 Budget Estimate as Compared to 1952 Est:j.Inat-:i for Psychological, Strategy Board". DD/A :.j ·Gen. Cutler and members of his statf'~~re briefed on 18 Oct by Hunt·and Hulick on the implications of NSC 86/1 as it relates to the han<!+ing resettlement of·' low-level Soviet and satellite defectors.: ..·· The .program of the intelligence agencies vis-a-v-ls •high-level defectors was reviewed and the difference in def:iliition between "defectors" as set forth in NSCID 13 arid NSC ,86/1 was emphasized. It was suggested tha~ the ,,Ke1~teri amendment _ to the Mutual SecurHy Act, which. penn1ts up: to a hundred, million dollars to be used for escapee~ from the Iron Curtain countries if the President detennines tha.t this· expenditure ana TOP SECRET (CONTINUED) . ... ; .I , •,.. ' ' , •' COPY # -'-. 'oF 5. - OCT 18 1951 '
~ ' • ,TE OF ICUMENT / < I' • - > > ' • 1t ,1~1 _,.~, \ l', ..., _..., ! ' 'l, • DIRECTOR'S LOG 8:30.AM, 18 Oct. - 8:30 AM, 19 Oct. DATE RECEIVED FROM TO SUBJECT ACTION DD/P (Cont 1 d) would contribute tci the objectives of NATO and the security of the U. S. 1 might provide funds for a resettlement program for re.f\lgees •. U. S. psychologica1 warfare activities have suffered and may .continue to do so in the future i:f refugees are not, b7tter handled. ' The interest· of the POCC, G-3, DP CC'mmission,. and the UNA/R Division of State were discus.9ed and recognized.; Gen. Cutler asked his staff to prepare a memo which ~ould be submitted to the Board outlining the problem·• and requesting qiproval for .the PSB to study the matter further and detennj_ne which agency, if any, should be given the responsibility for·this welf.1re'·matter. oso ~~,..·!. OSO/Brue1seb has forwarded microfilm copi~s. cif Belgian . State Security agent dossiers and informant lists. The. opportunity to reproduce the.se records. arose -wbe.n State Security placed them in OSO hands for safekeeping during the recent official investigation of .its Charl.,;roi office. Robert N. Carew-Hunt, Countere5pionage and Corilmunism Section, Br1tish Secret Servj.ce, has·discussed with OSO officers the extent to which each Service has covered Soviet and Inter- national Communism. An exchange C?f studies in this field has been agreed to. . .. ! . .i A leaflet drop of 25,000 news blllletins was made on 12 October on the city of Tung-An,· in ;_the Fu.Id.en Provi.nce. At a Press Conference 14 October the Iranian .Chief of Police, General Mosayeni, described the. ,discov'ery; in Isfahan, TOP SECRET , ' I' ' •- (CONTINUED) ·~ .... >' _. C~PY # - ' ~· OF OCT 1 R 1951 5. '• ''