# Simple Sabotage Field Manual

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SIMPLE SABOTAGE
FIELD MANUAL
Strategic Services
(Provisional)
STRATEGIC SERVICES FIELD MANUAL No. 3
Office of Strategic Services
Washington, D. C.
17 January 1944
This Simple Sabotage Field Manual—Strategic Services (Provisional)—is published for the information and guidance of all concerned and will be used as the basic doctrine for Strategic Services training for this subject.
The contents of this Manual should be carefully controlled and should not be allowed to come into unauthorized hands.
The instructions may be placed in separate pamphlets or leaflets according to categories of operations but should be distributed with care and not broadly. They should be used as a basis of radio broadcasts only for local and special cases and as directed by the theater commander.
AR 380-5, pertaining to handling of secret documents, will be complied with in the handling of this Manual.
William J. Donovan Director
CONTENTS
* Page
* 1.INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................1
* 2.POSSIBLE EFFECTS................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................2
* 3.MOTIVATING THE SABOTEUR................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................2
* 4.TOOLS, TARGETS, AND TIMING................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................6
* 5.SPECIFIC SUGGESTIONS FOR SIMPLE SABOTAGE................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................8
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).
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