HR7-14 O SEO 13526 3.3(b)(1)>25Yrs TOP SECRET - Ioted b6y DIRECTOR'S LOG 8:30 AM,1 Sept. - 8:30 AM, 2 Sept. TE OF DATE SUBJECT ACTION CUMENT RECEIVED FROM TO JCS has forwarded a copy of an interim report by the To AD/NE. Continental U.S. Defense Planning Group on the project the to provide a more adequate basis for planning for security of the U.S. JIC has concurred in the intel- ligence aspects of this report. OSO The Vice Chief, British Secret Service, told OSO London that, although the world situation has become considerable more threatening in recent weeks, he still believes it unlikely that the Soviet Union will intentionally start a general war. He is more disturbed by the danger of Communist expansion by exploitation of weakness west of the Iron Curtain, feeling that large numbers of non- Communists who are unfriendly to Great Britian and the US will not resist Communism. Dangerously weak spots, he believes, are France, Italy, Egypt, Iran and India. Gen. Partridge delivered to ADSO a copy of the JCS cable on CIA-FEC relationships in Tokyo; and said that he will press for inclksion of secret intelligence activities in the set- up. He also reported that he had found ONI cool to the proposal of using Naval Attache cover for CE officers on the grounds that the State Dept. will not allocate sufficient attache slots. TOP SECRET COPY # j OF 5. S TOP SECRET [NT" i c , DIRECTOR'S LOG E OF DATE 8:30 AM, h Sept.- 8:30 AM,5 Sept. )CUMENT RECEIVED FROM TO SUBJECT ACTION OSO The Chief of Spanish counterespionage has expressed a desire for more regular meetings with the Chief of Station, Madrid, and the Legal Attache, showing marked interest in exchange of information on Tangier. Chief of Station, Madrid, feels that further discussion should await the arrival of the official CIA liaison officer in November. The Senior Representative, Paris, urges that CIA invite the Chief of the French Surete Nationale to visit Washington this fall. Mr. Charles F. Baldwin, Economic Counsellor of the US Embassy in London, arrives in Washington on 15 September for reassignment to Singapore, where he believes he will be appointed Minister. He would like to receive briefing on CIA activities in the Far East. OSO, London, reports that Mr. Baldwin has been a good friend to CIA in London and in view of his possible future usefulness, recommends that he be given considerable attention in Washington. 00 Over the holiday weekend, FBID began filing Significant Foreign Radio Comments on Japanese Peace Treaty to the American delegation at the San Francisco Conference. Army Communications Service agreed to handle this traffic from Washington to the Presidio and then on to the American delegation by messenger. The material is filed to the attention of Mr. W. Bradley Connors. Beginning 5 Sept. a round-up will be prepared and sent in time to be in the hands of the American delegation at the beginning of each day's conference. (CONTINUED) COPY # OF 5. TOP SECRET SEP ! 1951 TOP SECRET DIRECTOR'S LOG TE OF DATE 8:30 AM,4 sept. - 8:30 AM, Set. )CUMENT RECEIVED FROM TO SUBJECT ACTION OPC CIA agent Robert Staton, reported in a generally depressed condition after suffering minor injuries in a jeep accident on Formosa on 26 August, arrived in Pittsburgh, the head- quarters of his ostensible employer, on 2 Sept. He reached Washington on 4 Sept. for examination by CIA medical officials. Doctors found Staton's condition and mental outlook improved before his departure from Taipei and he was permitted, therefore, to travel alone. CIA Frankfort reports that Joseph W. Reidy, a staff officer engaged in German based phases of operations against Albania, has suffered a physical collapse from overwork. He must take a long rest and will be out of action indefinitely. His duties have been re-assigned. CIA controlled fishing vessels based at Hoe-do Island, off the Korean coast, recently sank a Chinese fishing boat and captured 2 Chinese and 1 North Korean vessel of the same type. 6 prisoners were captured and brought back to Hoe-do. Sate Dept. has authorized CIA to attempt the sabotage of a Chinese Communist owmed merchant vessel, either in Manila or Bangkok, using facsimile packages inserted in the cargol This operation is to be undertaken to determine the feasibility of the technique prior to granting policy clearance for sabotage operations against Chinese Communist vessels outside of Chinese Communist waters generally. State Dept. has authorized.lights over the Chinese mainland by CAT aircraft when they are supplying guerrilla unite. State Dept. has authorized temporary continuance of clandestine support to the forces of Li Hi. Support must be in the form of currency to be passed to Li Mi's representatives within TOP SECRET (CONTINUD) COY i O 5. A TOP SECRET DIRECTOR'S LOG 4TE OF DATE 8:30 AM, 4 Sept. 8:30 AM, 5 Sept. )CUMENT RECEIVED FROM TO SUBJECT ACTION OPC Cont'd. Thailand who will have complete responsibility for the purchase and delivery of food to those Li Mi units re- maining in Burma. State Dept. will advance no further argument designed to prevent the Burmese Government from referring the Li Hi situation to the UN. Within the UN, the US will endeavor to delay decision on the matter until the Japanese Peace Treaty is signed. Any suggestions re- garding the possibility of interning Li Mi's troups in Thailand or elsewhere, or the possibility of their re- patriation to Formosa, will be raised by UN members other than the US. A covert CIA agent has been appointed Special 4ssistant' to Republic of Korea President Rhee. This agent has been instrumental in the change of attitude of the ROK Government toward the US Government. It is anticipated that with careful control this agent will develop into an outstanding deep- cover agent in the Far East. CIA has received for evaluation the detailed specifications on a new sub-machine gun presently under development by the Belgian Army. The reported characteristics of this weapon indicate it may have advantage over existing types used in clandestine warfare. A CIA agent in Paris reports he has seen evidence that the office of Cardinal Spellman has directed John McCloskey, Director of Catholic Welfare in Europe, to obtain information proving Irving Brown's "close connection with Harxist Socialist" movements in Europe. Brown, European representative of the AFofL, is the cut-out through which CIA advances funds for the support of various Western European labor unions. The CIA TOP SECRET (CONTINUED) COPY # L OF 5. i TOP SECRET DIRECTOR'S LOG ATE OF DATE 8:30 AM, 4 Sept. - 8:30 AM, 5 Sept. )CUMENT RECEIVED FROM TO SUBJECT ACTION OPC Cont'd. agent reports that the instructions to McCloskey also ask for information linking Brown with financial control of radical labor organs and propaganda media. The CIA agent states that, in his opinion, the information collected may be used as a basis for launching a campaign against Brown in the US Congress. COPY # OF 5. TOP SECRET TOP SECRET - DIRECTOR'S LOG 8:30 AM,5 Septembea:30 AM, 6 September ATE OF DATE- ACTION OCUMENT RECEIVED FROM TO SUBJECT 00 Julius Katz-Suchy, former Polish U.N. delegate now representing Poland at the ECOSOC conference in Geneva, is believed to be out of favor and about to be handled according to the pattern established for former Czechoslovakian Foreign Minister Clementis. OSO and OPC are attempting to exploit this situation by inducing him to defect. The Security Branch of the Indonesian Police organization has been given responsibility for the protection of President Sukarno. An 050 staff agent, who acts as advisor to the Indonesian Police, las been asked to draft a plan of training and operation. OSO briefed Captain Donald T. Wilber, who is being assigned as Naval Attache in Athens, on the OSO role in Greece. OPC Six CIA agents have been named in a public broadcast by the Bulgarian government as having been convicted of espionage. Most of these agents were infiltrated during May. A detailed report follows. Associated Press correspondent. Williams and photographer Lipp arrived at Saipan on 27 August to report on Interior Depart- ment activities there. They are known to have inquired from natives about the Interior Department camp. To date, however, they have neither visited nor requested permission to visit CIA's Saipan paramilitary training camp. A group of CIA supported Nationalist guerrillas landed on Wu Chiu Island, off the Chinese Mainland, on 3P August. The group will be resupplied by air. Two more leaflet drops TOP SECRET (CONTINUED) COPY # _L OF 5. SEP TOP SECRET DIRECTOR'S LOG AM, 6 Sept. &TE OF' DATE 8:30 AM,5 Sept. - 8:30 )CUMENT RECEIVED FROM TO SUBJECT ACTION OPC (Con't) have been made in southern Fukien province. One additional drop has been made, location as yet unreported. Negotations have begun with the government of Panama for the leasing of San. Jose Island to serve as a defector disposal center for CIA. U.S. Ambassador John C. Wiley approached the Panamanian Foreign Office on 3September, requesting the lease on behalf of the U.S. Army, ostensibly for use as an Army Civilian Rehabilitation Center. The Acting Foreign Minister assured Ambassador Wiley that the matter would receive prompt attention. He stated that he saw no reason hwyprompt approval should not be forthcoming. OF 5. 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