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¢) one part cancerns certain and deGne cheectives in the a oons initiated by the urban guerrilla: d) one part is related ts the types and charactcastie modes of action for the urban guerrilla: e) one part is concerned with the urban quernila’s method of car- rying out his specific actions. : Characteristics of the Urban Guerrilla's Techninue The technique of the urban guermlia has the following character- iStiCs: a) it is an aggressive technique. or in other words, it has an offensive character, As is well known. defensive achon means death for us. Since we are inferior to the enemy7in fire power : and have neither his resources nor his power force, we cannot defend qurselves age’nst an offensive or a concentrated attack by the gorillas. And that is the reason why our urban technique can never be permanent, can never defend a fixed hase nor remain in any one spot waiting tr rene! the carcle of reaction: we , b) it is a technique of attack and retreat by which we preserve our . forces: c) it is a technique that ‘aims at the developineat of urban guer- 4 , nila warfare, whose function will he to wear out, demoralize. and i distract the enemy forces. permitting the emergence and survival! of crural guerrilla warfare which is destined to plav the decisive role in the revolutionary war. The initial Advantages of the Urban Guerrilla ; . ‘The dynamics of urban guerrilla warfare he in the urban guerrilla’s ; ” violent clash with the military and police forces of the dictatorship. ‘ In this clash, the police have the supcnornty. The urban querrilla has inferior forces. The paralox is that the urban guerrilla, although weaker, is nevertheless the attacker. - The military and police forces. for their part. respond to the attack. by mobilizing and concentrating infinitely supenor forces in the persecution and destruction of the urban guerrilla. He can anly avoid defeat if he counts on the intial advantayes he has and knows how to exploit them to the end to compensate for his weaknesses and Jack of matéricl, The initial advantages are: 1} he must take the enemy by surprise: 2} he must know the terrain of the encounter better than the enemy: 3) he must have greater mobility and speed than the police and the other repressive forces: - 4) his information service must be better than the enemy's; 5) he must be in command of the sttuation and demonstrate a decisiveness SO qreat that everyone on our side is inspired and nev er thinks of hesitating, while on che other side the enemy is stunned and incapable of responding. 16 we er ee i gee | ee eee ee ene ere ne — ee ee eapmtnne sa a ee ee een OO ata TR EE SY eam fe en ———