https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/9521519050799563246e49090f23ea79.pdf b7b1f2d68fcd7978d0f0c58779008a83 PDF Text Text Quote N’o- 1/M.E./1/2 (X.I) CANADIAN MILITARY HEADQUARTERS SECRET • •••• 2 COCKSPUR STREET (TRAFALGAR SQUARE* C*«u *DO*U» "C LOAOON LONDON S W 1 C»H»O» 30 Nov 43 The Secretary, I e- art-ent of Tat Ottawa, Ontar’c, Canada. nsl De2 er.ee , Report 1 Cin '?. S. Sec. Attached is a copy of s recent reoort receive• from the O.C. 1 Cdn F.S. Sec. In connection with Part 2 of this report 2. (Basis for Training), it should be pointed out t?-at ?.S. training, as at present carried cut et the Int Coy, 1 Z. apprCXtortee more closely tc Capt. . Cooper’s requirements than tris officer appears to realize. 3. A copy of ti Is report has been sent direct tc Lieut'.-Col. C.A. Eruc at R.“.C. ’<* (p.J.I'cntayue) I’a.’or-C eneral Senior Officer Cans elan ’.Hilary Headquarters Encl s i000031 �TACTICAL mam or 1 CM FIBJ MgPBgl ascnos Th* following outline 1* be**d on th* axperlanc* of 1 Cdn F. 8. Metiaa in th* Siolllaa aad Italian Canpaign* aad oa conversation* with other F.8.0'* la th* C.M.F. Firatly v* will explain generally th* acthod of eeploynent under 081(b), Eighth Any and thoa our suggestion* for inprovonent of the ayetM. *• will take th* invasion of Italy a* our exanpl*, bocauee there, th* F.s. for*** involved under Eighth Any wars oanoentrated In Slally and not eplit between England and M.r. a* wa* th* one* In th* iavaaiea of Slally. 031(b), Eighth Any and* th* plan for area* to b* covered by F.S. Soetioaa in the Eighth Any, which aatmlly eeaaietod in th* *arly •tag** of thoa* under 13 Carp* who war* to do th* prinary assault aaroae th* atralta ef M*aaian and proe**d up through the Haa*. Of th* plan for 5 Corp* Seetlaa* w* aaaaet apeak a* they wer* t* *nt*r by TARAMTO. But taking 13 Corp* aa an exanpl* the 5 Corp a plaa would be a parallel. Th* Any plan, for Soourity Security Ceverage Coverage of the th* areaa area* to be takaa taken by 13 Corp* and it* tv* division* and on* lad*pond art Srigad* oovared th* araa area that would have be to be oopod oopad with la 1* the flrat fl ret woeka week* after the vhiah tine further plana oould ba laned aa th* taatlaal situation developed. (Her* th* F.S.O. F.S.Q. la aaaunin aaaunlag. Judging by the order* roealvad from C*rpe, a* he hlneelf vaa a*' ot Any Planning). How*v*r thl a 1* ‘logle al aa it la th* ayrtan fallowed by the F.s.o. 1 Odn Div for th* aeaault an Slally when he had ta oak* th* plana la Lendea. The OTO XXI 1(b) then aalled a aoafanaaa ef all Carpa F.S. O'a free 5 Div., 1 Cda Div., Corp* Saatioa and th* F.8.0. *f aa Any eoetioa nader 13 Carp* far th* operation. Thar* vaa ala* a Captain Interpreter who with faur W.C.O'e vaa ta fan an F.S. *ab aaatiaa with 231 Independent Ma. The eoafaranee aborted with th* 03 infenin the Divieioaal F.8.0*a that their Seatl*aa by Carp* Order ver* under Caanand 13 Carp* for th* operation aad weld atay than throughout th* campaign. 1However --------- ‘------------far adnla. ~~ purpo*** the -tv* Div -Saatloaa would b* onpleyed a*• fhr *• peeaibl* la their ** divialoanl area*, Sanoadly the lapertant vaa Instead*p*wrtionf ef try to get all eeetieaa aatoer* point aa dayaade (as that la Stalllaa with aa treaaport or half seal*, tw dlvlalaaal Metloaa weld land on •»' day aad th* two Corp* Boation* would lead on Pg with th* 231 Independent Me. *ub Seotlaa landing with the Bde. wherever it went. Than the allottnant of arene wee aade bated oa the town* in th* area* exp-oted to be eeewpled by the reepeatlv* <1x1*1 oat. At thia point It eight be well to point out that la both the Sicilian and Italian Canpaigna, Motion* war* not allotted to ecv«r land area* or fomatloae area* but to oovor the town* la th* Carp* or Aray ar**, th* reaeoa for thl* 1* that la both th*** eoantrl** th* population live ealaly la town* or go into town* for busin*** or earbet* aad the town* r*pr***at eoatrol sent re*, both for oontral'. 1« •cv-eent aad alec for **atr*llli« el vic ah*lai*tratioa. (Thl* w* feel will be tree anywhere la Europe aad *o th* aetaode •wMated later Will* baaed only on Slally and Italy will be equally apclleabl* to Franc* and Oemany’. The* free the oogf*r*ue* thl« **«tloa *•• allotted ABXJIO DI Ca LABSIA, a co*«tal port, the provlMlal eapltal ef the provine* ef CALa BMA and certain *urrBundlag Coenune*. It m plaaaed that tUa ’*«tion wauld be la MUX IO two day* aad mU thee fellow up the 1 Oda Mt eeverlag tawu* aa the Div altered than. (The detail* aa to how th* tow* wae ta be aavered will be found wader - Seat lea Orgaaiaatiaa.) la the earn way F.S.O. 5 Civ wa* allotted hl* task* aad the Carp* Saatioa* ellatted their fellow up rale*. Dae Carp* eeetloa aeniag la behind anah dlvlaiaaal eeetlaa ta take a daflalte head ever. 1000037 �The F.t.O. then had to go off and sake Mi own plane, equipped with naps, tom plans and a general black and white list plae a i s m s i j of population and general fasts about the areas provided free Amy courses. The F.8.0. had to arrange with his division to land the oeetion, for while the oeetion was wader oonnead Corps, the section had to ocee under ooaaand Div for landing. 1 There is not tine to go into nil tha detail involved, tat roughly, the F. S.O. blds to 0 Branch for priority in landing static the nunber of pereonasl and vehicleo and ths approx tine he wants then ashore. The landing tins can only be jredicted fron experience ia Ceablnod Ope. The ideal being to land in tine to work and yet not so early that the oeetion will be held book until the sopping up io done and so that valuable personnel and eqn-’ pewnt will not be risked ia a fruitless atteapt to get ashore too early. The ide* of putting detaehaaite with Me M.Q'e Ms proven to bo a wash out In ths C.M.F. and so the section in non ally split into a reoee party and a nala body. The latter nay bo broken Into two parte, la order to oproad then over ships la the event of oao Hip being •unk. *he other details of a eon bl nod op. er seaborn attack cannot be gone into bare because tine does not pernit. The F.8.0. 1 Cdn Div had the following personnel and equipment to get across and it ana disposed as shown. 1 1 5 owt kxt — • • — C.S.w., t.C.O., and k.C.O. Interpreter. Hout. Interpreter, Driver. F.S.n. on Div HQ With ®D0 I (on foot) ? i.C.o'e oa n/e's with Div BQ dgt. Fowler with 13 O.Ro with B.Q.F. and ran*inter of n/ea to arrive lata ’D* day. The Section consisted of 2 officer, 1J F.8. I.C.C'o, 2 betnea drs. 3 W.C.O’s (Interpreters), and 1 Italian (Fatiguee). The F.S.C. originally intended to ride in one Jeep tat at the request of diO I he had to aaeewpaay bin, to be available at TAC Div BQ daring the first day. swnod nncTioup Ono can not lay down hard and fast rules, one can only lay down general principles in practice. Fur the purpose of illustrating the aethed seed by this seetisa we will lake a provincial capital and district ao an exanple; as MIMIC was not ncmal, because while the sane athod was need the tata was of Mortar duration ia REMIO. The Beet ion O.C. keep* ia to* oh with Ope and knows tasa a town is to be accepted and sakes hl a plane in advance, allowing for a roar oarty to hand ever and a reoee party and naia body. Thus in west oases the toetie* far a novo is broken into three sab groups. Reoee snrty Mala Body ’•ir Party - O.C., Interpreter and W.C.O. (say ba nor« never laat). C.’.v. and B.’T.P. with steres and all of section loot rear party. Corporal ata toe 1/Cpla. (ueually) The reoee 'arty go ahead and eater the town and Os the following tasks, with ne definite priority, depending oa the eituatioa. Contact local police (Carabiniere). Get office space {usually Casa del Facets). Get ^wartvre for Seetioa (away fron office). (000038 �Content AMOOT and report location of office to then and to the C.W.F. and have M.C.O, put up algae narking offlee and route to it fro* sals road. Set up office and inspect Carabiniere. Interview Capo di Carabiniere, PODISTA and civlo officials and obtain aaaes for black and white list. »ind out local situation. Send W.C.O. to search objectives quickly and see that they ar* guarded by police as no troops can be obtained for this purpose. OBJICTITES Caea del Faeolo and the Posclst MQs. wuniclpie (Tovn Hall) Questura (detective H.Q. in lerge eltlee) Civil Prison ’oat and Telegraph Office ■Jaragee. Canera Stores. Pneny Military H.Qe. Public utilities. R.A.C.I. offleee (Map*) The aaln body oa arriving will assist with th* security *bje*tlv*s. Then having gathered infomatlea fro a all theta eoar at a, one la prepared to atari Interrogations te obtain nor* inf*raati*n aboct the populae*. Fro* the Caea dal Fusele and the Carabiniere a llet *f the Chief Fatalata and Antl-Allled people can be obtained, plea their opposite*. Thue one hue the basis af a Black and white llet. Usually on* find* people who have been uniting far th* Allie* and these ar* quite randy ta furol ah inf* mat ion. So all thee* people have to be Interrogated, their stories weighed and cross cheeked. Then a clear pl* Istur* can be obtained of those who should be arrested. To arrive at tk&i He picture infinite patience ana laborious persistent Interrogation and a thorough knowledge of local politics sad *har^ necessary. After Aft*r~several oa the ths a*ter Is M*es*ary. several days of uninterrupted work on part of the whole section or detaahaent the status of questlomble can be aeeurately assessed. naaeased. 'To oope with all th* tasks th* people eaa Section la broken down Into th* follewi^'departaenta: White List Dept. ) Blank Llet Dept. ) 'eeurlty Objective* and searches) O.V.M.A. and political uovsuents) Adaiaietrativ* Duties The auaber of per*: nnel dependt on those available. In *oa» eases other tnall towns around the provincial capital nave to b* covered, In this ease the above departneats have te be cut down to provide pereonsel for detaehnent*. Detachnesit* usually eon•l*t of 1 F. 3. W.C.O. and one Interpreter. 3oeetle*s two or three W.c.O'a ar* aeoeesary for a big detaahaent. out usually three scull detachaent* ar* and* up of tve - an W.C.O, and an Interpreter. The other variation it a Sec HQ and a larg* detaahaent JO all** or aer* away with Sec. HQ severing cae Urge tovn act* several snail one* ani the d*tacm«t doing the san*. Thu* th* F.S.O. ha* to very carefully plan the dlepotltioa of ait ?*etlon over th* town* in the oecspied area. >eighiag the value of each town, and th* aunber of aen available and giving all tank* fair priority. 000039 �eneral teak* and plan we will naw ■nvlhg Faaghly described th* gen —11 and Ito r*lo la a proviMial •> exanino aaah department la d*tal ital. The eano dopartneataliutlon will tee fownd even la tha snail town* aaver*4 bp • detaahnant af two W.C.O'a, because th* wort fall* la thee* categories. wt t t owrcrmt Tha nad ament 1 seed list of objective* ar* neually searehed If they ar* intact. Casa dal Faselo Wnaielpio osaatara ’art office — Patella Otllltiea — Carablnler* Barracks Canarn Stores Military VU Civil prison Of flea *f JUCI For papers aad files, r«ulek check over. Search for Hat of pelltleal prisoners and OVM files. Wall to be seat to I(o) at Corps. Merely *•* if they ar* fnoetloalag. fcarob for daenaanta af polltiaal ar Faaairt party aatara. To so* if aay aad ereloped film have bee* left behind tey th* eoony. Military informatics. Melons* polltiaal priaoaara far latanssatiaa. Far good aeeoaiatlon nap a af th* •eentry. This dept, go to work la th* early stages aad bring la all their iafbnntiM tha effieo, wher* It *aa be aorted aad trzzL —— —... —— _------* * niM * alaoaifial. * . . t* - 2, -----. .— m■ Their ■iaferwatiea* often canaleta of ’ en«e*. There ie *• pooeiMlity dnrim ■ • * a brttl* of getting gwnrd* frnn th* fighting troop* far th**e sb?** 1 .••tlve*, aad ao an* hna to *•* Inaal poll**, however it “ ha* been ear experlea** that either all af the abjective* are <destroyed er partially stripped tey tha •aeny, or If they are Intact, they will'renal* so and therefore thare 1* net eaeh need for a ,nard. Agaia; we do not pet naah faith aa HM*e objaatlve* objaatlve*., a* *•**! nenelly th* key Facelet files have been stripped and th* ayrtsn ie *• bnlky that it wonld taka day* t* •art ant aay tot iafbrnation. Faaalan was belli en (fewnph* and eoa**gnently evaryvteere one gees on* has t* wed* throngh stacks *f it to get at th* fsata. Th* taeorlty Cbje*tives i.C.O’e also do th* hoaae aad body ssarohes of which there ar* gnlto a amber, became all arrestees ar* mbjeet•4 to body search aad their boose* to a search. On this point, it should be atreesod that a definite systee seat be mad, ori*fly this: to sac a civil pel loom*, and mffiaieat w.C.O's to do tbs search, wake all the people la th* hone* gather in on* roes, coder part, forbidden to talk to on* another. ’eereh house fro* top down, ankl^ either th* owner of th* boose or la large places th* oaccpaats of each ssaf.cn go with the party, to twri th^t if anything laorl■ last Ing ie fowad it can readily be tracked to tn- owner. (?rocf of pee seas ioa net be eetabllahad). vyTTt LIS? DVJUxTXIW Thia dept. deals with all released polltieal prisoner*, anti-fascist and pro-tilled civilian* ud the revolts af their lot ;atlone ar* 5*«h 4 to the Blast Hot teetiea. Mor am ata seek aa *i dialIlan Independent, Italia Uteera aad Froat • Batianale ar* so^M sat aad their principles interr*gated as to tha general polltiaal system aad a* ta 1st 1-Al 11*4 Mrsssati. This reqeire* long hoars of ardwoes □0040 �Italian can veer give a maoayllablo answer. they met aiways go into long orations, ouch ef which io aero decoration of the facta. Thm toe the M.c.o. oust always bo on the vetch for personal mtlvco ef the iaferwer. All Italiaa* are vladlotive and often ioformrs lay unfounded chargee Barely to got even with an omay. All Italians are polltioiaae aad co one amt always see ths active for their giving laforaatioa. As demam 1st lone are node by ■KITE LIST people, the lafematioa goes to the Black List dept, but the denum lotions rot usually be node by two or acre before any action is taken. tUCT LIST Thia department take all tba iafomatlm froa th* Ceeurtty eat the white Liat dept* aad proceed to interview all Pacolet Party coshers aad aivle off lai al a aad take dire at iaterreeatloae. Crornemnimtioa being ooaducted by mam ef the laforaatim given by Inferos re. After consolidating aad long detailed interrogations aad weighing of arid emo. stories aad hereaay the 91»ok List dept prepare aa arrest list. •u.l Ths detection sf OVRA sr blfTAPC agents is ssseediagly difficult, ■any people are amused of belonging to the femur let*gory but it la very difficult to eomre legal proof of factual incidents is their nativities. Therefore meh intcrrogatloa aad emos semi not Im io Moeecnry. »ly bos baa bom — mt aa a new status by Ua MkOOLXO juefc recently dmt. and a* a <i—aatmaat the poaltlm will ba worse. The MkoncW nod tbm tfKXAU aad now they arc dost, have reaaaod thmtbMTToGre -------____ Boa a aaa who baa bean aa ardml supposed to be vast Ing for us.* 1-fascists year*ifaaa suddenly change aa mTkamo?* 5w*lt rTrts wtth the far f.t'o. ha Cmo oateh aa"OtSh to decide which side hie is m - like trying to predict the next wriggle of a smko. o t ia Thia breach work over all tbs laformre and conduct searchi ag 1*. aulrioe late all W1A activities la aa aaftaanwr to liak the activities with m^mted per co as. AWiMimuTivr H TM» d*parts*at la nalaly Un C.-.»‘e plgeoa, and cmeeme itself with rations, quarters, returns, irty rosters and control and aoerdlnation of all wort Id taad. The adainistretiv* probleus of a erntian are aaay, but froa experience mat of th* sectiom bar* erolrod a routine whish takes ears ef all the aorml problee, aad abooratl one* ar* copied with aa they ooaur. Firstly th* oeatloa 1* a fully aasooMi^ unit aai an*t ba so, for tvc Mia raaaeaa: a) They ar* never near Adv. ar hear div 91 *c that attammnt tc these fcrmtloas la act They live on their cm la towns, and nay or nay not be la the Div area. b) we have found froa experience that if the section la attached to any Bl or n«it, it oeaas that la return for the attsahmat the eectioa 1* expected to do Mice la aad erased the B.i., abide by Imai rostrletiem aad tnm say benefit gained is lost, vhat sitate work is shelved m to a I.Q. ar wait ky the attaehmnt 1* almye greatly mtreighod by the vwft that the 1.-1. expoeto the mottea to de la return. 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Before we set out our suggestions we f*el we must put forth what ■e believe are certain principles established from experience with sections In U.K. and C.M.F. These principles are: 1. Co-ordination of sections in an Army must be very thoroughly organised so that a uniformity of policy is established and also, so that the Army area is adequately covered. 2. Mobility of the sections mist be unhindered so that they can be concentrated or dispersed as is necessary to cope with security problems as they occur. Some areas of the country to be occupied, by reason of lack of population, will not need as many sections as others. 3. There trust be established a thorough report system and a control centre where all Information can be received and recorded and fron which Instructions can con*. 4. 5. Security Sections are the naans of providing infonution which will be here In establishing controls over the population, Individual sections cannot In themselves establish these controls, Such controls as they are established can only be done by co-ordination of all sections in the area. The best places for sections to work are the towns and cities, or in other words the centre of control for civil population. Our first suggestion Is made as the basis for a more efficient organisation, and that la that all sections be controlled by GSI 1(b) Army, and that the sections become Army troops. The sections would then be sent out to cover the whole Army are* during a campaign. The sections would drsw rations from the nearest supply point whether Divisional, Corps or Army. Such stores as they would need as replacements could easily bo drawn from Ordnance Dumps on Indent. The section transport would be allotted from an F.S. Pool at Army baaed on normal replacement requirements, each section starting out with its proper establishment. I The O.Cl of the Sections would be responsible to the OSO II 1(b) at Army Hi*, through the 3SI (b) Staff. The OSO III 1(b) at Corps would take his directions from, the 3.32 II 1(b) at Army, and would act as a co-ordinator for all th* P.S. Sections working in the Corps area and keep the Corps Cocssander informed of the situation. The sections would not come under cotnnand of any formation other than Army except in very exceptional circumstances. >.T* I LED Sections would norma11 be dispersed throughout the urea area on a basis of one section for every division operating, with a aeries of sections following up the forward sections. Therefore supposing we have a two corps front with each Corps having two divisions fighting. This then rives us a four divisional front behind which the sections will have to operate. Therefore each divisional area will have one section with at least one section following each of these sections up, roughly in the Corps area and taking over from the forward sections in front, these In turn would have to be followed by other sections at Army level. The sections eould b* workedby two methods either the leapfrog nethod or the folio* up method, whichever seemed the best at the time. As the sections would not be attached or under con-mr.d of any formation except Army these methods would be possible. Thus If one area of the country needed more attention than another a section could be pulled from on. pmrt of th* *r** ** another pin**. . J 000043 �-8- Prior to a large scale attack all advance sections eould be allotted areas by 331 (b) Amy, so that the main towns and centres of papulation eould be adequately covered. Thia means to say that if a division was going into an arsa where them was little possibility of subversive activity, no section would be necessary, and the section thAs saved would be available for other work. Under the present system sections are tied down to formations and may thus got into areas where there is little work to do while another section is being overworked. This method would allow for a definite follow up, which is most essential. METHQD OF REPORTING a) Information from all Sections would bo collected at GSI(b) Amy through the co-ordinating 380 III 1(b) at Corps HQ. Each section would make a weekly report to GSO III 1(b) Corps, except the sections working in Amy area, who would report to 030 III at Amy HQ. Each section would aand in arrast forma direct to Amy HQ, Aagot, and P3W cages they now do, with a copy to GSO III 1(b) at Corps if applicable. The arrest fora attached would suffice, only it would carry arrestee’s history. 'J Nash section on urgent mtters would send isceedlata reports instead of holding for the weekly report. gash section would keep copies of such communications and the Arrest Progress Chart. At the end of a stated period, the sections would strip their files and send them to 331 (b) Amy. DUTIES OF 330 III 1(b) Corps b) The GSO III would keep the GSO II informed of the security picture throughout the Corps. Co-ordination of the work of all sections allotted to him by Amy and working in ths Corps area. By passing on the information, and liaising between section O.C’s keeping them in touch with the larger picture of the whole area. Arranging fortnightly (or as often as necessary) conferences of O.C’a. The gathering of the weekly reports and the consolidation into one report to pass to Amy. The visiting of all the sections in his area as often as possible. Acting as link between 331 (b) Amy and the forward sections. Thus we believe all the infomation would got rapidly to Amy and the whole Amy area could be adequately covered and thoroughly covered with a uniformity throughout all sections. •AAC/EJG, (egd) S.A.C. Cooper 000044 �Ill F.W. Training at Int Coy aust bo based on three factst 1. There is only a short tine available therefore oonoentrate on essentials. S. Wo subject should be taught which la either not of definite use, ar the skill in which la going to depreciate duo to the man not keeping up the subject by practice. 5. All personnel selected for P.3. trng. have had basic Am or Servieo training, therefore this basic should not be repeated unless it ia of definite u m . Upon the above facte we suggest that the following subjects bo cut .1 down to the atnt mm indicated. Tank and Aircraft Rm o r . Cut out. KO's do not got practise in this, and unless they are highly skilled it is useless. ■e seldon have any chance to u m this. - Confine to u m of piatol. Moat soldiers learned how to use a rifle or T.S.M.G. in their early trng. Further F.S. KO'S out hero Midas fire a shot and have very little use for snail anas with the exception of a pistol used for guarding prisoners and pareonsi protection. ■s£_B*^ac> Conventlegal Signs and all foreign naps and scales - but that la all, as long as an SCO san get from point to point ho is quite wall trained. They only forgot all the other work en gradients, boari^s and distance as they have no um for this in practise. Fran re infersoaents wo have rMOived, wo understand ion such subjects srs taught. They should be cut out. See para lower down sto. Useless, secondly requires practice jaa Trng. • QrsaniMtlon. etc. as the SCO's never have occasion to identify P.O.W. and mot P.O.V. we have seen have no trlanings. Again this high degree of skill to bo useful and as there is no la the field, the KO Io m s whatever skill ho my have had. Kight hours refresher on proper respirator and gas capo drills. Organisation and Adalnistration of Sritiah Amr. It ia essential that KO'a have training in staff organiaation, and organiaation of supply and maintenance services, They do not need long detailed lectures on organisation of eras of service as they forget th«M. They should know the duties or role of each am. Than they need to know who to approach on the staff of a Div., Corps, or Amy with regard to various problems. Thia antails teaching duties of Heads of Services and Staff. PEYSICAL Standards. The KO'a do not need to bo 'Cnuniio* trained but they wust bo Al, used to long hours of work and not easily sujoct to fatigue or nervous strain. 00032 �-sM.T. Training. All P.8. Personnel oust be capable of driving and maintaining (road repairs) all 15 cwt trucks and cars with which the airy is equipped. This should include the Austin Utility. They should be empetent drivers. They should also be able to ride Morton M/Ca. This training is one of the most important subjects# and must be baaed on a thorough basic knowledge of the I.C. engine and controls, thus they can readily learn to drive later any foreign cakes of vehicles. This thorough grounding will aid them in trouble finding and road repairs at which they must be expert. Often a vehicle has been bold up on the road because the driver did not know enough about his motor to find a loose wire or broken connection, or how to clear a blocked petrol pipe, It la most essential the vehicles be kept on the road and out of workshops. POLITICAL and CIVIL ADMINISTRATIVE Trng. F.8. Personnel must have a thorough training in the political structure of the countries in which it is expected they will operate. In addition they wust know the civil government organisation including federal, provincial and communal administrations. This “ " can bo taught ‘by comparing forsign systems to the Britii ■nd Canadian. This must include a detailed knowledge of »lloe, detective and other organisations both federal and ecmmunal. A general knowledge of European geography would help, just so that they know general locations of aalr. sitiss with relation to another. Further the organisation, purpose and powers of AMGOT should bo clearly explained. IXXM, Trng. Preparation of Reports. Rules of evidence. How to take statements, what constitutes a crim in the civil, military and security sense. Be able to • distinguish between hearsay an. what is considered evidence In English Courts. Report writing: - Facts, in proper order, brevity, date, tlMa, place details, details, details! Message writing, use pads. Numerous lectures not necessary »s we seldm 3^-AV DRILL As we work in the assumption that all candidates have basic trng., periods of squad -Till are a waste of tins. Students in marching to their classes should get enough practice, further we understand that considerable time in previous courses has been spent or. blancoing equipment, shining brass etc. This is a complete and foolish waste of time when there .re bo many other subjects to be taught. Students can be nade to obtain a good standard of snartness in appearance without wasting their tine an periods of squad drill and brass polishing. Some of our moat capable men in ths field are those least amenable to spit and polish. Sme of the spit and polish experts we have bad have no brain at all and while they turned out well were useless for their work. 133 �PATI0UB8 It la further understood that students »ae their tine on fatigues thia la a sheer waste of tine and is not found to exist on other courses whore th* object of the course la to train people in skilled work. LIMO I3TIC TrainIng. The language situation has always been one which has see-sawed back and forth through the history of ?.3., both British and Canadian. The writer has had fair experience with personnel in three Cdn Sections and over the course of two and a half years has worked with British Sections In England and C.M.P. Cpon thia experience are based the following opinions! Firstly F.3. SCO’s cannot bo selected solely for linguistic qualifications, nor can applicants be turned away who have no linguistic ability. Secondly consideration, and bearing on the first is the degree of linguistic ability of the WCO. There are two types of linguists needed in an F.3. Section and they are both to be found in use in the C.M.F. Those who speak the language as well as they do their aether tongue and those who iserely get along although Moderately well. The first category are necessary definitely tor detailed whore any but a thorough knowledge J interrogations where of the language would make it difficult to understand the fine shades of Maning laplled by tone of voice or accent, The second category can be used for general Inquiries, searches, rocconnalsanee work and handling of groups - of people. Therefore taking tha above points, we need two types of people with language qualifications. Tha possibilities of seouring personnel tfrow the Canadian Any, who have such linguistic qualifications have already been investigated as Most F.S.O's know, with tha result that we can get a reasonable nuaber of the second category but vary few of the first. Than out of these people in both categories, we have to aeleot personnel suitable for >.3. duties, this we narrow the field. Therefore we suat accept the fact that a certain proportion of ■an will have to be taken in who have no language qualifications. All non selected aust be well educated, travelled, have sons office or business experience, be reliable and of good appearance. They should bo Al, but their age Is not too important as long as they are not too Mentally old or young and as long as they can rough it without breaking down. We have one nan who is between 40 and 60 and yet he Is quite capable of carrying on because ho is phyaicallv fit and his experience and knowledge have boon extreMely useful. The tendency should b« rather to brain than brawn and to sen who have knocked about,-not university or high school students without any practical experience of life. Men who have a varied knowledge of business and a sound education are sxtr*!**ly useful, as they have to deal with sueh people on interrogations; and if the interro. ator naa a oed renwral knowled, e of several oualnesses it is helpful. enerelly nan selected, sight wall con* froes on* of the followin': occupations: Legal, Police, Journallsa. Thus havik- reached th* point where we hare a proportion of tha »n without lanpuagea, and some with slight knowledge, and hare established the type of san we hare to train we can surest tha type of linguistic tra- necessary. (I is training suggestion has beer, sada after consultations with Lt. Morgan, Interpreter, attached to tala section, who la hiaaelf a stu ent of languages.) 100034 �Firstly, all ma on the course to study for at least six weeks two hours per day either French or Sorwan or both. Reading, writing and speaking. This a* a winlnua would enable any of the students co then pick up the language when they get to the country. Secondly, <11 HCO's to be equipped with rrench-Sngllah and jerw*n»*ngllan dictionaries as well as huge Books on both languages, all in pocket also. This linguistic training could be carried on throughout th* course, but it would entail a skilled teacher of languages. Thus all SCO's would have a basic knowledge of two languages and bo much wore useful. In addition sections can employ interpreters from an Irgf Fool, as is done in ths Eighth Army. Those Army Fool Interpreters do not need F.8. training as they work under direction of F.S. WCO's, and are available to interpret or. detailed interrogation, where a very thorough knowledge of the language is necessary. gTgT-p VWSTKTur. General lectures covering field cooking, and construction of stoves. How to eepo with issue rations so as to got the best out of then. This can be covered quite well by an officer free Araqr Catering Corps. It sakes a lot of difference in the field if one knows how to disguise bully beef several ways, as one soos a lot of it. The rest of Field Training eonslsts of a lot of tips as to hew to take oar* of oneself in the field. These lecture* can only bo given by a soldier who has been trough a campaign and had to asks the best of it. Subject* to be covered. Water discipline, salvage, scrounging, first aid, track discipline, sanitation. Throe lectures at 5/4 of an hour. FIRST AID Deal band with cuts, burn*, bruises and sotve knowledge of HOUat 3XAMCHKS Practical periods in both Mouse and Body searches taught by experienced police ar customs officer. Th* above notea and suggestions have aeen eoapiled in a hurry and are by no naans exhaustive, and where possible the amount of tins necessary per subject has been indicated. However to allot tine periods to all of them la not possible without drawing up a cowpieto syllabus to cover the allotted period. These notes arc bused on the practical experience of this Section and other Sections in the C.M.F., and have been discussed with SCO's and Officers in this section and British sections. Thus they represent the opinions of people who have worked in Sicily and Italy and the conditions upon which they are baaed would be fo-cid In sost parts of Burope. That is to say that the i«e equipment and personnel would be needed for Prance and d,—ny, *,,4 that apart from different political considerations the same methods of work could be followed anywhere in Zurop*. »*»%«• (agd) R.C.C. Ceepew, Av*. &.C 1 0* Lt. •« 000035 �SOOQBSTIOWS IZ'-LJU In view of the above report wo suggest the following changes and additions be wade to the W.K. of a Field Security Section. TRAM3rORT Two 15 cwt 4x4 Trucks 4 4x4 5 cwt ears Fitters Kit. B^UIPMKXT ARMS: - 14 PISTOLS .380 Watches, 0.3. - 14 Leaps, Kleetrio • 14 Lanterns, oil • 6 First Aid Kit - 1 Cooking gquipaont - - -■ Steel Strong -Box Buckets Fire Axes, Hand Water Cans Tarpaulins (T.3.M.O. has bean found iMpraotical)• (Torches belt no use). (Coleaar. or Hurricane). Siallar to that carried in ARV’s. - .i. ia- x 18” x 30” (Inside weasurewents approx.) • 4. • 2. - a. (2 gal.) - 2. (lf»x 12’). STATIOXART Present ostabliah.-»ent with the following changest Typewriters, Portable Boxes, Stationary Foolsoap Ruled Pads • 8 - This type of paper is the aost used, plus foolscap typewriter paper. w PEBSQMMKL Present Establishment plus 1 Cook 1 Drr. Mechanic. 000036 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CDFS00010 Title A name given to the resource Cover letter and report from OC 1 Cdn F. S. Sec. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 30-Nov-43 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived RG24-C-1, File number: 6265-65-2, "Internal Security Intelligence - Field Security Reports - Overseas." Microfilm reel number: C-8315, Library and Archives Canada. 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