FILE 015 // DECLASSIFIED
Simple Sabotage Field Manual
A classified OSS manual that described small, low-risk ways civilians in occupied territories could obstruct organizations, transportation and industry.
DOCUMENTATION CONFIDENCE
HighMultiple official or primary archival sources consistently establish the core dates, organizations, events, and outcomes summarized in this file.
CASE OVERVIEW
Simple Sabotage Field Manual: What the public record documents
One secret wartime manual taught ordinary people how to slow an enemy down by being inefficient, confused and deliberately unhelpful.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The public record identifies Simple Sabotage Field Manual as a psychological operations matter associated with Office of Strategic Services during 1944. A classified OSS manual that described small, low-risk ways civilians in occupied territories could obstruct organizations, transportation and industry.
One secret wartime manual taught ordinary people how to slow an enemy down by being inefficient, confused and deliberately unhelpful.
A classified OSS manual that described small, low-risk ways civilians in occupied territories could obstruct organizations, transportation and industry.
The linked source set contains 2 official or primary archival records. Together, these materials establish the responsible organizations, the relevant time period, the reported location, and the official findings or historical conclusions summarized in this file.
Where the underlying records contain allegations, witness statements, preliminary leads, or unresolved observations, this archive identifies them as claims or unresolved material rather than established fact. The appearance of a statement in a government file does not by itself prove that the statement is accurate.
KEY FINDINGS
Documented time period: 1944.
Primary organizations or record holders: Office of Strategic Services.
Principal location: Washington, D.C..
Archive topic: Psychological Operations.
DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
CIA — The Art of Simple Sabotage
Official archival or primary-source recordProvides released CIA records or official historical material describing the operation, program, or agency assessment.
OPEN DOCUMENT ↗CIA Reading Room — Simple Sabotage Field Manual
Official archival or primary-source recordProvides released CIA records or official historical material describing the operation, program, or agency assessment.
OPEN DOCUMENT ↗SOURCE DOCUMENTS
CIA — The Art of Simple SabotageOfficial or primary archival source used to document this file.OPEN SOURCE ↗CIA Reading Room — Simple Sabotage Field ManualOfficial or primary archival source used to document this file.OPEN SOURCE ↗