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Surprise . To compensate for his general weakness and shortage of arms compared to the enemy. the urban querrilla uses surprise. The enemy has no way to fight surprise and becomes confused or is destroyed. When urban guerrilla warfare broke out in Brazil, experience proved that surprise was essential to the success of any urban guer- rilla operation. ‘ The technique of surprise is based on four essential requisites: a) we know the situation of the enemy we are going to attack, usually by means of precise information and meticulous-observa- tion, while the enemy does not know he is going to be attacked and knows nothing about the attacker: b) we know the force of the enemy that is going to be attacked and the enemy knows nothing about our force; oreo a et ant ee ae ¢) attacking by surprise, we save and conserve our forces, while we ' the enemy is unable to do the same and is left at the mercy of . events; , d) we determine the hour and the place of the attack, fix its dura- oy tion, and establish its objective. The enemy remains ignorant of all this. Knowledge of the Terrain The urban guerrille’s best ally is the terrain and because this is so he must know it like the palm of his fiand. To have the terrain as an ally means to know how to use with intelligence its unevenness. its high and its low points, its turns, its irreguiariues, its regular and its secret passages, abandoned areas, ! its thickets. etc., taking maximum advantage of all this for the success ! of armed actions, escapes. retreats, cover, and hiding places. i Its impasses and narrow spots, its gorges, its streets under repair, | police contro} points, military zones and closed off streets, the en- trances and exits of tunncls and those that the enemy can close off, { viaducts to be crossed, corners controlled by the police or watched. H its hghts and signals, al} this must be thoroughly known and studied 1 in order to avoid fatal errors. i Our problem is to get through and to know where and how to | hide, leaving the encmy bewildered in areas he doesn't know. : Familiar with the avenues. streets. alleys, ins and outs. and ; ‘ corners of the urban. centers. its paths and shortcuts, its empty : lots. its underground passages, its pipes and sewer system, the urban i , guerrilla safely crosses through the irregular and difficult terrain H unfamiliar to the police. where they can be surprised in a fatal 1 ambush or trapped at any moment. € { Because he knows the terrain the guerrilla can go through it on 4 foot. on bicycle. in automobile, jeep, or truck and uever be trapped. i | ' Acting n small groups with only a few people, the guerrillas can reunite at an hour and place determined beforehand. following up the attack with new guerrilla operations. or evading the police circle and disorienting the enemy with their unprecedented audacity. ° 17 : wwe cee 2 : [ane eee ere ee ae