The art of simple sabotage central intelligence agency. Cia manual on how to sabotage productivity business insider. Cia espionage and intelligencegathering activities are justified by ernest w. The freedom fighters manual is the title of a fifteenpage propaganda booklet that was manufactured by the united states central intelligence agency and airdropped over nicaragua in 1983, with the stated goal of providing a practical guide to liberating nicaragua from oppression and misery by paralyzing the militaryindustrial complex of the traitorous marxist state. Sabotage manual from 1944 advises acting like an average. I once had a project management workshop, where this pdf was. This is a redesigned booklet, rejigged to apply to any government. Its an old 1944 cia manual on how to sabotage an organizations productivity.
It still has relevance for workers today who wish to sabotage their employers. Jul 10, 2018 simple sabotage field manual office of strategic services william j. This 32page manual instructs oss officers on numerous ways citizensaboteurs can be trained to gum up the works. Donovan, director the office of strategic services oss was the predecessor of the central intelligence agency cia, operating during world war ii. There is a discussion on hacker news, but feel free to comment here as well. Scribd is the worlds largest social reading and publishing site. The ridiculous inner workings of most organizations certainly make a lot more sense when viewed in the light of one set of instructions for purposeful stupidity, namely the once topsecret simple sabotage field manual, written in 1944 by the cias precursor, the office of strategic services oss. Buy cia explosives for sabotage manual by paladin press online at alibris. Dod contractors safety manual for ammunition and explosives. The rascally spies of oss knew a thing or two about mischief making, especially when it came to undermining americas enemies in world war ii.
Jul 12, 2012 since world war ii, us intelligence agencies have devised innovative ways to defeat their adversaries. Jun 11, 2008 david everything is miscellaneous weinberger sez, heres a pdf of a 1944 simple sabotage field manual from the us strategic services, explaining how to train people to sabotage their workplace. This simple sabotage field manual strategic services provisionalis published for the information and guidance of all concerned and will be used as the basic doctrine for strateic services training for this subject. The simple sabotage field manual, declassified in 2008 and available on the cia s website, provided instructions for how everyday people could help the allies weaken their axisrun country by. Cia sabotage manual in the early 1980s, the rightwing reagan u. In 1944, cias precursor, the office of strategic services oss, created the simple sabotage field manual. Recently, the cia declassified a document titled simple sabotage field manual.
One section focused on eight incredibly subtleand devastatingly destructivetactics for sabotaging the decisionmaking processes of organizations. Cia oss manual for workplace sabotage an anti organizational effectiveness manual. It was distributed by the allies in wwii to guide sympathetic citizens. If used properly, explosives serve as a combat multiplier to deny maneuverability to the enemy. Timeless tips for simple sabotage central intelligence. This previously classified booklet describes ways to train normal people to. A modern field manual for detecting and rooting out everyday behaviors that undermine your workplace. This comprehensive manual covers such topics as improvised firing systems and detonators, steel cutting techniques and derailment technology. In 1944, cia s precursor, the office of strategic services oss, created the simple sabotage field manual. This simple sabotage field manual strategic ser vices provisional is published for the information and guidance of all concerned and will be used as the basic doc trine for strategic services training for this subject. The contents of this manual should be carefully con trolled and should not be allowed to come into unauthorized. The contents of this manual should be carefully controlled and should not be allowed to come into unauthorized hands. Simple sabotage field manual, 1944 the black vault.
Most of section 11 is what happens at companies where politics becomes more important than execution, you can only get away with this shit in such an environment and you dont need to actually do it there, it just happens naturally. And, yes, i seem to have blogged this before in 2010. Cia explosives for sabotage manual by paladin press alibris. Per guidance from the chiefdrrb cia declassification center, you may consider the document declassified. A modern field manual for detecting and rooting out everyday behaviors that undermine your workplace galford, robert m. This secret pamphlet was called the simple sabotage field manual. Github makes it easy to scale back on context switching.
As part of this campaign, the central intelligence agency produced a small illustrated booklet in both spanish and english designed to destabilise the nicaraguan government and economic system. In 1944, the office of strategic services ossthe predecessor of todays ciaissued the simple sabotage field manual, detailing sabotage techniques designed to demoralize the enemy. The simple sabotage field manual, declassified in 2008 and available on the cia s website, provided instructions for how everyday people could help the allies weaken their country by reducing. Plastic explosives vary in composition and go by different names. Focusing mainly on these countermobility operations, this manual provides a. Aug 04, 2017 the simple sabotage field manual thus cannot only be used as a handbook on guerrilla resistance, should you find yourself living under a tyrannical occupying government, but also a guide on how to reverse engineer success in peacetime pursuits how to recognize and address wouldbe saboteurs in the cubicle next door or in the mirror. I originally called this a cia manual, but the cia had not been formed yet. As mentioned above, the techniques found in this manual cor respond to the stage of individual sabotage, or at the. Inspired by the simple sabotage field manual released by the office of strategic services in 1944 to train european resistors, this is the essential handbook to help stamp out unintentional sabotage in any working group, from major corporations to volunteer pta committees in 1944, the office of strategic services ossthe predecessor of todays cia issued the simple sabotage field.
Timeless tips for simple sabotage since world war ii, us intelligence agencies have devised innovative ways to defeat their adversaries. The simple sabotage field manual, declassified in 2008 and available on the cias website, provided instructions for how everyday people. David everything is miscellaneous weinberger sez, heres a pdf of a 1944 simple sabotage field manual from the us strategic services, explaining how to train people to sabotage. This simple sabotage field manual strategic services provisional is published for the information and guidance of all concerned and will be used as the basic doctrine for strategic services training for this subject. In 1944, the office of strategic services ossthe predecessor of todays cia issued the simple sabotage field manual, detailing sabotage techniques designed to demoralize the enemy. Training for war and espionage office of strategic. One of their more imaginative ideas was to train everyday citizens in the art of simple sabotage.
Enter the osss timeless field manual for successful sabotage, which lists out various ways the oss, jedburghs, and allies defeated their enemies. Cia explosives for sabotage manual pdf free download. This manual does not discuss all applications but presents the most current information on demolition procedures used in most situations. Government was determined to undermine or overthrow the leftist government of nicaragua. Now declassified and freely available on the cias website, the manual the agency describes as surprisingly relevant was once distributed to. Cia explosives for sabotage manual cia this comprehensive manual covers such topics as improvised firing systems and detonators, steel cutting techniques and derailment technology. However, necessary caution should be taken, and only when the task re quires it, should another person or persons participate in or have knowledge of a given act. Lefever 20 when conducted for the greater good, cia activities such as backing coups that depose brutal tyrants are justified. It is the intent of this manual to consoli date and bring up to date a selected body of. Simple sabotage field manual central intelligence agency. Log in or sign up to leave a comment log in sign up.
In other words a cia sabotage field manual has superimpressive staying. Although these activities sometimes raise ethical questions, they. Simple sabotage is often an act which the citizen performs according to his own initiative and inclination. Management maintenance takes 10 minutes to sort through confusion and diagnose and figure out the problem is a tripped breaker. But the field manual asserts that purposeful stupidity is contrary to human nature and requires a particular set of skills. This is sections 11,12 of the osss simple sabotage field manual, a 1944 document that has been declassified. Someone noticed that parts of it read like standard modern office procedures.
Simple sabotage field manual by office of strategic services. Find file copy path fetching contributors cannot retrieve contributors at this time. The ridiculous inner workings of most organizations certainly make a lot more sense when viewed in the light of one set of instructions for purposeful stupidity, namely the once topsecret simple sabotage field manual, written in 1944 by the cia s precursor, the office of strategic services oss. Read rendered documentation, see the history of any file, and collaborate with contributors on projects across github.
Espionage and intelligence gathering university of warwick. Cia explosives for sabotage manual free download as pdf file. Timeless tips for simple sabotage central intelligence agency. This is from the 1944 cia manual on how to sabotage organisations what i loved about this is we all know people like this in organisations we belong to.
A scanned version of the document is available in the pdf form at. Theres another great manual they dropped over nicaragua to instruct people on how to take down the state. As the cia writes in their release of this field manual, many of the sabotage instructions guide ordinary citizens, who may. It gave the rebellious ones instructions on how to weaken their country by reducing productivity in the workplace. Apr 07, 2016 background since world war ii, us intelligence agencies have devised innovative ways to defeat their adversaries. I heard about these listening to the slate political gabfest. By far the most desirable ones for sabotage purposes are the military plastic explosives and tnt. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg.
A manual for sabotage at the workplace, originally published in 1944 by the cias predecessor, the office of strategic services for citizens of nazioccupied countries. This historical document was originally published by the united states office of strategic services oss. Background since world war ii, us intelligence agencies have devised innovative ways to defeat their adversaries. This manual was created by the office of strategic services oss, the world war iiera precursor to the cia. Aug 04, 2008 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. In 1944, the office of strategic services ossthe predecessor of todays ciaissued the simple sabotage field manual that detailed sabotage techniques designed to demoralize the enemy.
John whiteclay chambers ii largely neglected in histories of oss is the challenge oss leaders faced in developing a program to train the glorious amateurs of americas first central intelligence and covert operations agency. The contents of this manual should be carefully controlled and should not be al10wedto come into unauthorized hands. Training for war and espionage office of strategic services training during world war ii dr. The freedom fighters manual cia pamphlet dropped over. The cias guide to sabotage tells you what not to do at work. Simple sabotage field manual 1944 declassified document. Cia simple sabotage manual free download as pdf file. Sabotage manual from 1944 advises acting like an average 2008. It reads like a sabotage 101 lesson from a 1940s macgyver. This secret pamphlet was called the simple sabotage field.
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