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OSO Cont'd.
An agreement has been reached with Radio- Free Europe which
will resolve past security problems by eliminating un-
controlled or competitive activities and make operational,
assistance to OSO possible in appropriate cases.
OSO/Germany has taken custody from French Intelligence of
2 officials of the Polish Legation in Cairo who defected
in Paris after brief contact with OSO/Cairo. Since- the
defectors are of no intelligence value, no commitments
were made to them and OSO assistance willbe limited to
placing them in IRO channels for resettle ent..
Fearing disciplinary action for his inability to Although Swedish Intelligence
assist anotiher Polish vessel disabled in a recent reports that he is of slight
storm at sea, the master of a Polish merchant ship intelligence value, OSO/
has :requested asylum in Sweden. Stockholm will attempt to
exploit, him through inde-
pendent O0 sources.
OPC
Headquarters is authorizing an agent to resume negotia-
tions with Polish Gen. Anders in London next, week and
offer him a limited budget for his General:Staff for
specific activities specified by CIA. In'return' for
this, Gen. Anders will be asked to work toward unifica-
tion of the Polish emigre organizations. Up to thi's-
time, Gen. Anders has opposed unification.
The circulation of a CIA-subsidized Vienna paperi
DIE PRESSE, has increased over one-third in a single
month, at a time when the circulation of other Vienna
papers dropped as a result of price increases. This
circulation boost is attributable, in part, to the. fact
that an insert carrying George Orwell's "Animal Farm"
was included with 1 edition of the paper. 4 5,000
promotional lea fet E f been distributedlin the
(CONTINUN) y i Of DEC 6 1951