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DIRECTOR'S LOG
8:30 AM, 13 Sept, 8:30 AM, 4 Sept.
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iCUMENT RECEIVED FROM TO SUBJECT ACTION
OPC
General Phao, Thai Chief of Police and key CIA-backed
official in the Thai government, had meetings in Washington 12
September with CIA officials and with Generals Bolling and Taylor.
He lunched with representatives of the International Police Force
and toured the FBI. On 13 September, he toured the .CIC detachment
at Fort Holabird. Meetings between Phao 'and CIA officials have been
satisfactory on all points. He has made two statements of significance.
He categorically assured General Taylor that there will be no
more internal disturbances in Thailand. He is undertaking to bring
the Thai Navy into the "Inter-Strategy Board" and make it a full
member of the governing team.
Nationalist guerrilla forces C-1 and C-6, elements of TENTACLE
No. 1 of CIA-directed operation OCTOPUS, landed on the Chinese
Mainland on 6 September. C-1 engaged Conunist forces soon after
landing and suffered 30 casualities. C-6, which landed at a nearby
point with 150 men, was engaged by Communist forces the following day
at Lu Lung Shan and reported 19 Communists killed.
TENTACLE No. 2 of Operation OCTOPUS left Chin Men Island for
the mainland on 7 September. On 8 September, Nationalist sources
reported that the Communists possessed detailed information on TENTACLE
No. 2 including landing point and size-of force. The Communists
-were reported rushing troops to the landing area. . TENTACLE No. 2
was informed while enzoute and instructed ,to return to base without
landing.
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