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BASIC TACTICS
CHAPTER VIII
ESPIONAGE
1. POINTS FOR ATTENTION WHEN
CARRYING OUT ESPIONAGE.
1. All reports on the situation should be transmitted without loss of time
to one’s superiors or to friendly armies.
2. The reports which we collect absolutely must be in full detail.
All sloppy and negligent reporting must be severely prohibited.
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3. The scope of espionage is not limited merely to the situation
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of the enemy; spies should also pay attention to the terrain. We
should be informed of all aspects of the terrain that are disadvantageous
to us, especially those aspects favourable to the enemy, such
as narrow roads, river crossings, circuitous routes for avoiding these
river crossings and narrow roads, etc.
4. We should bend every effort to obtain complete and detailed
information regarding all matters having any relation to our guerrilla
unit; our efforts should never cease until we understand the
situation thoroughly.
5. We should pay attention to the sentiments of the people toward
ourselves and the enemy. Are the people actively aiding us?
How is their positive attitude manifested?
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2. METHODS OF ESPIONAGE
DISTRIBUTION
Apart from sending out courageous and intelligent individuals
(i.e., spies) to carry out espionage on every hand, a guerrilla unit must
unite closely with the popular masses of the place in question. Moreover,
in strategically important places, we use reliable local inhabitants
or those among the people who sympathize with the guerrilla
unit (for example, we can make use of feudal relationships and find a
relative, or someone belonging to the family of person who has been
executed by the enemy; we can also employ those among the people
who hate the enemy, etc.). We give these people a relatively good
salary, establish a secret espionage network, as well as a system of
sentries, so that we can transmit information with facility.
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