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* When transport fails. the principal action fails with serious moral and material consequences for the usban quernila activity. The selection of personnel requires great care to avoid the in- ‘clusion of indecisive or vacillating personnel with the danger of con- taminating the other participants, a difficulty that must be avoided. The withdrawal is equally or more important than the operation itself, to the point that it must be rigorously planned, including the possibility of failure. Onc must avoid rescue or transfer of prisoners with children pres- ent. or anything to attract the attenticn of people in casual transit . through the area. The best thing 1s to make the rescue as natural as possible, always winding through, or using different routes of narrow Streets that scarcely permit passage on foot. to avoid an encounter of two cars. The elimination of tracks is obligatory and demands the greatest caution in hiding fingerprints and any other sign that could give the enemy information. Lack of care mm the elimination of tracks and clues is a factor that mcreases nervousness in our ranks and which . the enemy often exploits. . Rescue of the Wounded : . The problem of the wounded in urban guerrilla warfare merits . special attention. During querrilla operations in the urban area it may hapoen that some comrade is accidentally wounded or shot by the police. When a guerrilla in the firing group has a knowledge of first aid he can do something for the wounded comrade on the spot. In no circumstances can the wounded urban guerrilla be abandoned at the site of the battle or left to the enemy's hands. One of the precautions we must take is tu set up nursing courses for men and women, courses in which the urban guerrilla can matric: ulate and learn the elementary techpiques of first aid. The urban querrilla doctor, student of medicine, nurse, pharmavo- logist, or simply the person trained in first aid. is a necessity in mod- . ern revolutionary struggle. A small manual of first atd for the urban guerrilla, printed on mimeographed sheets, can also be undertaken by anyone who has enough knowledge. In planning and completing an armed action, the urban guerrilla cannot forget the organization of medical logistics. This will be accom- plished by means of a mobile or motorized clinic, You can also set up a mobile first aid station. Another solution 1s to utilize the skills of a nursing comrade who waits with his bag of equipment in a designated house to which the wounded are brought. The ideal would be to have our own well equipped clinic, but this is very costly unless we use expropriated matenals, : When all else fails. it is often necessary to resort to legal clinics. using armed force if necessary to demand that the doctors attend to our wounded. In the eventuality that we fall back on blood banks to buy blood or whole plasma, we must not usc legal addresses and certainly not , 1, 36 : 3 =! : : - ‘5 Sa rs