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Simple Sabotage Field Manual
Manual de Campo de Sabotaje Simple
Office of Strategic Services
Oficina de Servicios Estratégicos
OSS REPRODUCTION BRANCH
RAMA DE REPRODUCCIÓN DE LA OSS
SIMPLE SABOTAGE FIELD MANUAL
MANUAL DE CAMPO DE SABOTAJE SIMPLE
Strategic Services (Provisional)
Servicios Estratégicos (Provisional)
STRATEGIC SERVICES FIELD MANUAL No. 3
MANUAL DE CAMPO DE SERVICIOS ESTRATÉGICOS Nº 3
Office of Strategic Services
Oficina de Servicios Estratégicos
Washington, D. C.
Washington, D. C.
17 January 1944
17 de enero de 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.
Este Manual de Campo de Sabotaje Simple de Servicios Estratégicos (Provisional) se publica para información y orientación de todos los interesados y se utilizará como doctrina básica para la capacitación en Servicios Estratégicos sobre este tema.
The contents of this Manual should be carefully controlled and should not be allowed to come into unauthorized hands.
El contenido de este Manual debe ser cuidadosamente controlado y no debe permitirse que llegue a manos no autorizadas.
The instructions may be placed in separate pamphlets or leaflets according to categories of operations but should be distributed with care and not broadly.
Las instrucciones pueden incluirse en folletos o panfletos separados según las categorías de operaciones, pero deben distribuirse con cuidado y no de manera amplia.
They should be used as a basis of radio broadcasts only for local and special cases and as directed by the theater commander.
Deben utilizarse como base para transmisiones de radio solo en casos locales y especiales y según las instrucciones del comandante del teatro de operaciones.
AR 380-5, pertaining to handling of secret documents, will be complied with in the handling of this Manual.
La AR 380-5, relativa al manejo de documentos secretos, se cumplirá en el manejo de este Manual.
William J. Donovan
William J. Donovan
CONTENTS
CONTENIDO
1. INTRODUCTION
1. INTRODUCCIÓN
2. POSSIBLE EFFECTS
2. POSIBLES EFECTOS
3. MOTIVATING THE SABOTEUR
3. MOTIVAR AL SABOTEADOR
4. TOOLS, TARGETS, AND TIMING
4. HERRAMIENTAS, OBJETIVOS Y MOMENTO
5. SPECIFIC SUGGESTIONS FOR SIMPLE SABOTAGE
5. SUGERENCIAS ESPECÍFICAS PARA EL SABOTAJE SIMPLE
1. INTRODUCTION
1. INTRODUCCIÓN
The purpose of this paper is to characterize simple sabotage, to outline its possible effects, and to present suggestions for inciting and executing it.
El propósito de este documento es caracterizar el sabotaje simple, esbozar sus posibles efectos y presentar sugerencias para incitarlo y ejecutarlo.
Sabotage varies from highly technical coup de main acts that require detailed planning and the use of specially-trained operatives, to innumerable simple acts which the ordinary individual citizen-saboteur can perform.
El sabotaje va desde actos de coup de main altamente técnicos que requieren una planificación detallada y el uso de agentes especialmente entrenados, hasta innumerables actos simples que el ciudadano-saboteador individual ordinario puede llevar a cabo.
This paper is primarily concerned with the latter type.
Este documento se ocupa principalmente del último tipo.
Vocabulary
- Manual
- A handbook or guide providing instructions
- de
- Preposition meaning 'of' or 'from'
- Campo
- Field or countryside; area of activity
- Sabotaje
- Deliberate destruction or disruption of operations
- Simple
- Easy, uncomplicated, or basic in nature
- Oficina
- An office or administrative workplace
- Servicios
- Services or organized operational departments
- Estratégicos
- Strategic; relating to long-term planning and goals
- RAMA
- Branch or division of an organization
- REPRODUCCIÓN
- Reproduction or copying of a document
- MANUAL
- A handbook or instructional guide
- CAMPO
- Field; area of operations or activity
- SABOTAJE
- Intentional disruption or destruction of operations
- SIMPLE
- Basic or uncomplicated in nature
- Provisional
- Temporary; not yet finalized or permanent
- SERVICIOS
- Services or operational departments of an organization
- ESTRATÉGICOS
- Strategic; pertaining to carefully planned objectives
- Nº
- Abbreviation for 'número,' meaning number
- enero
- January, the first month of the year
- Este
- Demonstrative pronoun or adjective meaning 'this'
- se
- Reflexive pronoun used in passive constructions
- publica
- Is published; third person singular of publicar
- para
- Preposition meaning 'for' or 'in order to'
- información
- Information; data or knowledge shared with others
- y
- Conjunction meaning 'and'
- orientación
- Guidance or orientation toward a goal
- todos
- All or everyone; referring to all people
- los
- Definite article 'the' for masculine plural nouns
- interesados
- Interested parties or those concerned with something
- utilizará
- Will be used; future tense of utilizar
- como
- As or like; used for comparison or function
- doctrina
- Doctrine; a set of guiding principles
- básica
- Basic or fundamental; essential and primary
- capacitación
- Training or instruction to develop skills
- en
- Preposition meaning 'in,' 'on,' or 'at'
- sobre
- On, about, or concerning a topic
- este
- Demonstrative adjective meaning 'this'
- tema
- Topic or subject matter being discussed
- contenido
- Content or material contained within a document
- debe
- Must or should; third person of deber
- ser
- To be; infinitive of the verb ser
- cuidadosamente
- Carefully; in a cautious and attentive manner
- controlado
- Controlled or managed; kept under oversight
- no
- No or not; negation word
- permitirse
- To be allowed or permitted; reflexive of permitir
- que
- That or which; conjunction or relative pronoun
- llegue
- Reaches or arrives; subjunctive of llegar
- a
- Preposition meaning 'to' or 'at'
- manos
- Hands; plural of mano
- autorizadas
- Authorized or approved; having official permission
- instrucciones
- Instructions or directions for completing tasks
- pueden
- Can or may; third plural of poder
- incluirse
- To be included; reflexive infinitive of incluir
- folletos
- Pamphlets or brochures with brief information
- o
- Or; conjunction indicating an alternative
- panfletos
- Pamphlets or leaflets distributing information
- separados
- Separate or apart; not combined together
- según
- According to or depending on circumstances
- categorías
- Categories or classifications grouping similar items
- operaciones
- Operations; planned activities or missions
- pero
- But; conjunction indicating contrast or exception
- deben
- Must or should; third plural of deber
- distribuirse
- To be distributed; reflexive infinitive of distribuir
- con
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment or means
- cuidado
- Care or caution; careful attention to detail
- manera
- Manner or way of doing something
- amplia
- Wide or broad; extensive in scope or reach
- Deben
- Must or should; third plural of deber
- utilizarse
- To be used; reflexive infinitive of utilizar
- base
- Basis or foundation; underlying support structure
- transmisiones
- Transmissions or broadcasts sent over radio
- radio
- Radio; device or medium for broadcasting signals
- solo
- Only or alone; exclusively one thing
- casos
- Cases or instances of a particular situation
- locales
- Local; relating to a specific area or place
- especiales
- Special or exceptional; out of the ordinary
- del
- Contraction of 'de el,' meaning 'of the'
- comandante
- Commander; military officer in charge of operations
- teatro
- Theater; area of military operations or stage
- relativa
- Relative or relating to a specific subject
- al
- Contraction of 'a el,' meaning 'to the'
- manejo
- Handling or management of something carefully
- documentos
- Documents or official papers containing information
- secretos
- Secrets or classified; kept hidden from others
- cumplirá
- Will comply; future tense of cumplir
- CONTENIDO
- Contents; list of topics in a document
- INTRODUCCIÓN
- Introduction; opening section of a document
- POSIBLES
- Possible; capable of happening or being done
- EFECTOS
- Effects or results produced by an action
- MOTIVAR
- To motivate or encourage action in someone
- SABOTEADOR
- Saboteur; a person who commits sabotage
- HERRAMIENTAS
- Tools or instruments used to perform work
- OBJETIVOS
- Objectives or targets to be achieved
- MOMENTO
- Moment or timing; the right point in time
- SUGERENCIAS
- Suggestions or recommendations offered for consideration
- ESPECÍFICAS
- Specific or particular; clearly defined details
- propósito
- Purpose or intention behind an action
- documento
- Document; an official or informational written record
- es
- Is; third person singular of ser
- caracterizar
- To characterize or describe defining features
- sabotaje
- Sabotage; deliberate disruption of operations
- simple
- Simple or uncomplicated; easy to perform
- esbozar
- To outline or sketch; present in brief form
- sus
- Possessive pronoun meaning 'his,' 'her,' or 'its'
- posibles
- Possible; able to occur under certain conditions
- efectos
- Effects or outcomes resulting from an action
- presentar
- To present or introduce something to others
- sugerencias
- Suggestions or ideas offered for consideration
- incitarlo
- To incite it; to encourage or provoke action
- ejecutarlo
- To execute it; to carry out an action
- va
- Goes; third person singular of ir
- desde
- From; indicating a starting point in range
- actos
- Acts or actions; things done deliberately
- altamente
- Highly; to a great or intense degree
- técnicos
- Technical; requiring specialized knowledge or skills
- requieren
- Require; third plural of requerir
- una
- Indefinite article 'a' for feminine singular nouns
- planificación
- Planning; the process of organizing future actions
- detallada
- Detailed or thorough; containing many specifics
- uso
- Use or usage; the application of something
- agentes
- Agents; people acting on behalf of an organization
- especialmente
- Especially or particularly; more than usual
- entrenados
- Trained; having received instruction and practice
- hasta
- Until or up to; indicating a limit or end
- innumerables
- Innumerable or countless; too many to count
- simples
- Simple or basic; uncomplicated and easy
- ciudadano
- Citizen; a member of a country or community
- saboteador
- Saboteur; a person who performs acts of sabotage
- individual
- Individual; relating to a single person alone
- ordinario
- Ordinary or common; not special or unusual
- puede
- Can or is able to; third singular of poder
- llevar
- To carry or take; to bring something somewhere
- cabo
- Cape or end; used in 'llevar a cabo' meaning accomplish
- ocupa
- Occupies or deals with; third singular of ocupar
- principalmente
- Mainly or principally; above all else
- último
- Last or final; the most recent or final one
- tipo
- Type or kind; a category of something
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