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can be done by popularizing the following slogan: “Let he who dos not wish to do anything for the revolunonaries, do nothing against them.” The War of Nerves The war of merves or psychological war 1s an aggressive technique. based on the direct or indirect use of mass means of communication and news transmitted orally in order to demoralize the government. In psychological warfare, the government 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. At this point it becomes desperate. is involved in_greater Contra- dictions and loss 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 mismform, spreading hes among the authorities, in which everyone can potticipate, 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 terrorism im public offices and other places, kidnapping and assassinaiion plans, ¢tc., to oblige the authorities to wear themselves out, following up the information fed them; b) letting false plan: fall ipto the hands of the pohce to divert their auention; : c) planting rumors to make the government uneasy; d) exploiting by every’ means possible the corruption, the errors. and the failures of the government and us representatives. forcing them into demoralizing explanations and justificahons in the very mass communicabon media they maintain under censership; €) presenting denunciations to foresgn embassics, the United Na- tions, the papel nunciature, and the interavonal judicial commisstons defending human rights or freedom of the press. exposing each concrete violation and use of violence by the mihtary dictatorship and making it known that the revolutionary war will continue its course with serious danger for the enemes of the people. How to Carry Out the Action The urban guerrilla who correctly carnies through his apprenticeship and training must give the greatest importance to his method of carrying out action, for in this he cannot commu 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 . S& Ne rrr ne mney SL. ere nee ee ee