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a rad ein oe: nT CT ee ote can be done by popularizing the following slogan: “Let he who dows not wish to do anything for the revolunonanes, do nothing against them.” The War of Nerves The war of merves or psychofogical war 1s an aggressive technique. means of communication based on the direct or indirect vse of mass means of coms cat and news transmitted orally in order to demorahze the government. In psychological warfare, the governnient is always at a disad- vantage since it imposes censorship on che mass media and winds up in a defensive position by not allowing anything against it to filter through ata Vara ise At this point it becomes desperate, is involved in_greater Contra- dictions and foss of prestige. and loses time and energy in an ex- hausting effort at conisol which 1s subject to being broken at any moment. The object of the war of nerves is to mismnform. spreading hes among the authorities. in which everyone can participate, thus creating an air of nervousness, discredit. insecurily, uncestainty, and concern on the part of the government. The best methods used by the urban guerrilla in the war of nerves are the following: ; a) using the telephone and the mail to announce false clues to the police and the government, includ:ng information on the planting of bombs and any other act of terromsm an public offices and other places, kidnapping and assassination plans, ctc., to oblige the authorities to wear themselves out, following up the information fed them: b) letting false plan: fall irto the hands of the pohce to divert their attention; . c} planting rumors to make the government uneasy; d)} exploiting by every’ mcans possible the corruption, the errors, and the failures of the government and us representatives. forcing them into demoralizing explanauions and justificatons in the very mass communication media they maintain under censership: e) presenting denunciations to foresgn embassies, the United Na- tions, the papal nunciature, and the imternavonal judicia) commisstons defending human rights or freedom of the press, exposing each concrete violation and use of violence by the military dictatorship and making it known that the revolutionary war will continue its course with serious danger for the cnemes of the people. How to Carry Out the Action The urban guerrilla who correctly carsies through his apprenticeship and training must give the greatest importance to his method of carrying out action, for in this he cannot commit the slightest error. Any carelessness in the assimilation of the method and its use invites certain disaster, as experience teaches every day. The outlaws commit errors frequently because of their methods, and this is one of the reasons why the urban guerrilla must be so insist- 34 eA on a emp RS ER YE EN oe Re ae boner TT Te PS er FO EY a - ee