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CHAPTER 6
GENERAL
CONTENTS
GENERAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
SOURCES OF INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
WHAT TO REPORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
COUNTERINTELLIGENCE
MEASURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
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WHAT TO REPORT
You must also act to keep the enemy from
gaining information about US operations. That Report all information about the enemy to
action, called counterintelligence, involves: your leader quickly, accurately, and completely.
Such reports should answer the questions
Denying the enemy information about WHO? WHAT? WHERE? after “WHEN?”
US plans, intentions, and. activities. It is best to use the “SALUTE” format (size,
activity, location, unit, time, and equipment)
Detecting the enemy’s efforts to get when reporting. To help you remember details,
information. make notes and draw sketches.
Deceiving the enemy as to US plans
and intentions.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
Commanders get information from many
agencies, but you are their best agency. You can
collect information from the following sources
Prisoners of war (PW) are an imme-
diate source of information. Turn
captured soldiers over to your leader
quickly. Also, tell him anything you
learn from them.
Captured documents may contain
valuable information about present or Size. Report the number of soldiers and vehi-
future enemy operations. Give such cles you saw. For example, report ‘‘ 10 enemy
documents to your leader quickly. infantrymen” (not “a rifle squad”) or ‘‘3 enemy
tanks” (not “an enemy tank platoon”).
Enemy activity (the things the enemy
is doing) often indicates what he is Activity. Report what you saw the enemy doing.
going to do. Report everything you For example, “emplacing mines in the road.”
see the enemy do. Some things that
may not seem important to you may Location. Report where you saw the enemy. If
be important to your commander. you have a map, try to give an eight-digit co-
ordinate, such as “GL 874461.” If you do not
Local civilians often have information have a map, relate the location to some key
about the enemy, terrain, and weather terrain, such as “on the Harm Road, 300 meters
in an area. Report any information south of the Ken River Bridge.”
gained from civilians. However, you
cannot be sure which side the civilians Unit. Report the enemy’s unit. If the unit is
are trying to help, so be careful when not known, report any distinctive features,
acting on information obtained from such as bumper markings on trucks, or type
them. Try to confirm that information of headgear. Some armies have distinctive
by some other means. uniforms and headgear, or colored tabs on their
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2. Segregate PWs into groups by sex 5. Safeguard PWs when taking them to
and into subgroups such as enlisted the rear. Do not let anyone abuse them.
personnel, civilians, and political figures. Watch out for escape attempts. Do not
This keeps the leaders from promoting let PWs bunch up, spread out too far,
escape efforts. Keep the groups segre- or start diversions. Such conditions
gated as you move them to the rear. may create a chance for escape.
3. Silence PWs and do not let them talk If a PW is wounded and cannot be
to each other. This keeps them from evacuated through normal channels,
planning escape and cautioning each turn him over to an aidman to be evacu-
other on security. Report anything a ated through medical channels.
PW says or does.
Before evacuating a PW, attach a tag
4. Speed PWs to the rear. Turn them to him. You can make these tags your-
over to your leader. He will assemble self. The format for the tags is given in
them and move them to the rear for the following illustration. The battalion
questioning by the S2. S2 should be able to supply these tags.
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