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This file is excerpted from a CIA manual titled:
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PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS IN GUERRILLA WARFARE
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From the folks at: Congressional Research Service of The Library Of Congress
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PREFACE
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Guerrilla warfare is essentially a political war. Therefore, its area of
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operations exceeds the territorial limits of conventional warfare. To
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penetrate the political entity itself: The "Political Animal" the Aristotle
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defined.
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In effect, the human being should be considered the priority objective in a
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political war. And concieved as the military target of guerrilla war, the
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human has his most critical point in his mind. Once his mind has been reached,
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the "politica l animal" has been defeated, without necessarily recieving
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bullets.
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Guerrilla warfare is born and grows in the political envirnment: in the
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constant combat to dominate that area of political mentality that is inherent
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to all human beings and which collectively constitutes the "environment" in
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which guerrilla warfare moves, and which is where precisely its victory or
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failure is defined.
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This conception of guerrilla warfare as political war turns psychological
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Operations into the decisive factor of the results. The target, then, is the
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minds of the population, all the population: our troops, the enemy troops, and
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the civilian population.
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This book is a manual for the training of guerrillas in psychological
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operations, and its application to the concrete case of the Christian and
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democratic crusade being waged in Nicaragua by the Freedom Commandos.
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CONTENTS:
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Preface
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I Introduction 1
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II Combatant-Propagandist Guerrilla 4
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III Armed Propaganda 10
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IV Armed Propaganda Teams 16
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V Development and Control of Front Organizations 26
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VI Control of Mass Concentrations and Meetings 31
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VII Massive In-depth Support Through Psychological
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Operations 36
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APPENDIX: Techniques of Oratory 37
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PERMANENT SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELEGENCE
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PRESS RELEASE
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DECEMBER 5, 1984
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This manual was written and printed up in several editions by the CIA. The
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manual talks of overthrowing the Sandanistas. This raises the question of
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whether the Boland Amendment was violated. The manual talks of "nuetralizing"
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Sandanista officials and creating martyrs. This raises question to whether
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Executive order 12333, which prohibits assassinations, was violated. The
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manual also talks about shooting civilians trying to leave a captured town,
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blackmailing others to work for the contras, and endangering innocent people by
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inciting violence in mass demonstrations. These matters raise the issue of
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whether they are consistant with United States policy.
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The committee believes that the manual caaused embarrassment to the United
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States and should never have been released in any of its various forms.
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Specific actions that it describes are repugnant to American values.
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The committee believes that this record also reflects insufficient concern
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about congressional and legal restrictions on CIA activities. A majority of
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the committee concludes that the manual represents a violation of the Boland
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Amendment. CIA officials up the chain of command either never read the manual
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or were never made aware of it. Neglegence, not intent to violate the law,
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marked the manuals history.
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