this is the united states embassy in a country we shall call plan in actuality post land does not exist but this fictional nation has many counterparts small countries in which outside alien hands have planted the seeds of subversion in this story most land will typify such a country a nation seeking its own independent path to progress but stalled in its forward march by a subversive force that grows more malignant with each passing day gentlem just what is your government doing about it as you know we have had some success in counteracting their efforts never quite enough at best we have achieved to contain stale is the only answer for the props that is why we have once again come to the united states for helps as to our specific needs you'll find them outlined in the official request which we have submitted your attention of course we've been aware of your problem and the step up of the prince of activity we have planned for the type of emergency prepared in advance and continually updated so i've been informed by your military be a critical factor i feel confident that my government will give you every assistance along those lines in fact we should be able to have additional advisers because of this we are also requesting that your team of advisors include a senior officer directly experienced in psychological operations very well sir i think we can provide you with an expert on the subject this man is the expert on the subject is name is legal hamilton and he is a lieutenant colonel in the united states army earlier today he was designated the psychological operations staff officer advisor soon with the other officers on the advisory team he will be flying to post lan now he is building on that knowledge supplementing it with specifics concerning post plans its geography its economy its governmental structure above all he is concerned with  people their way of life their religion their culture their sense of national identity or lack of it he must know the people of coastline for their minds will be his primary objective as promised by the ambassador a team of american military advisers arrives in post land just a few days after that country's official request for assistance their initial destination is the united states embassy and they are met by a representative  military attache like the others on the team colonel hamilton has come to his assignment well prepared but he still faces many hours of additional study and research before he can begin to initiate at the embassy he meets with the local united states information service representatives for a briefing on all programs that may be already underway  he reviews the psychological objective as the united states hopes to achieve in host land object it was based on official us foreign policy he confers with the chief of the united states agency for international development this knowledge is of vital significance for his efforts must simonize all other american activities with with his counterparts he reviews all available sources of information that will help him determine the attitudes of the population how do they feel about their country their government and how do these feelings vary from locale to local a comprehensive accumulation of data is review but it is not seen as on all the little facts it is rather a guideline for further research and all such further research is done first hand they literally tour the country sounding out the people and their leaders speaking face to face meetings that will pinpoint national and local problems what they are and where they are the cities they attend labor meeting they meet with labor leaders and industrialists their main goal is to find out the feeling of labor and industry toward the military and government  in many cases the feeling of the people toward the military establishment is similar to that shown to or the existing government psychologically the military in every country in the world represents government or any military psychological operations cannot function independently they must always reflect the national policy  the target audiences for any military psychological operations all functional groups must be checked and their reaction to the military establishment determine writers and publisher and religious leaders each will have a perspective that is peculiar to his own particular group problems real or imagined will come to the fore this face to face i do i confrontation most land does have problems economic social and emotional and subversive insurgents are always aware of them always ready to promise instant solutions for the price of revolution in the more urban areas where there is less dissention and more of a sense of national integrity subversives achieve only minor disturbances at best but real grievances must not be ignor here he is free to promote his objectives here he can recruit and frequently obtain the direct support of the civilian population the potential recruit is carefully selected perhaps some injustice from below or imagined drives him where he reluctant lee go to the side of the  and then the big group in the middle the uncommitted civilians any psyop effort will have to encompass all three groups having mentally worked out altered rejected and then finally accepted plans for the military psychological operations program they now prepare to put them on paper as a formal proposal they list the major psychological objective then the various functional groups target audiences the objectives for each of these functional groups the severity and stage of subversive insurgency in which the various target groups find themselves the proposed psychological military activities that should be instituted and the proposed program to help these activit after securing recommendations and the necessary approvals from his own people and making sure that the military psychological operations plan fits in with the u s i s country plan already in effect the plan is checked with the government approved by them it now becomes the psychological operations doctrine for the host land military force to implement the plan it becomes necessary for colonel hamilton to request the support of military training team elements of the u s psychological operations but talian assigned to his theater of operation