applies mostly to detailed information. A defector, for example, may give you information pertaining to several years, 1960, 1961, and 1962, but the date you acquired this information may be August 1962. Tho ‘next two items are important to permit the evaluation of the information. 5. Déseription of Source - This should be a very Short description in a line or two, indicating mostly the grounds on which the interrogee based the information he gave, or the degree of famili- arity he might have had with the topic of the report. For instance, a report on a bridge mignt have a note like this: "While attached to Company X, the jaterrogee served as sentinel on this bridge for two weeks in August 1962." A report on Communist propaganda might state: “Interrogee in charge of propaganda matters in - to June 1962." estimate of reliability which 2 evaluation of tressed are his gence), helps the reports the information. intelligence (low, average, superior intel ais ability to observe detail and estimate numbers, distances, etc., and finally de during the interrogation (willing, assured, avasive, shy, etc.). nterrogee appeared gave informacion ." Remember OE We have already discussed ia general the mat of presenting your report. It must be clear, concise, and vell organized. We have told you thet information is assembled like the stones of 2 mosaic. Your perticular report is only one element in the total picture. In many cases the Fremework, the logical sequence of the regorc, may be prescribed. in mil ero example, an interrogee's information would normally be assembled for the report in this order: Mission ~ what were his mission and assignment immediately before he was captured? Inmediate area information - what does 2 know about his immediate unit (the squad, section or company) and the area in which it was active. Adjacent area information - What does he know about other units (battalion, regiment), which were also deployed in the area, on either side of his unit? Suoporting information ~ Anything else the prisoner may Know about the overall sicuation, location of ammunition dumps, special installations, communications, commanders, morale of the troops, etc. For other subjects, 2 similar logical sequence may de developed. Remember that this is the same type of sequence that you normal Foliowed in your interrogation. L_POINTS report, to be precise and accurate, must ertain stendard practices. The editor must ow these cules. Since he cannot invent his Aformation but must get it from the interrogator's A A port, you, the in gator, must also be fa- zh these practices. @ list of he most important points: Abbrevietions - Use only common abbreviations, Tike those round in the dictionary: etc. (and so forth); i.e., (that is); e.g. (for example). Other abbreviations must be explained the first time they are used in the report. tes of Organizations - These can be very con Fusing, eSoecially when translation is invoived. The only safe oractice in such cases is to use the complete title of the organization, foliovedby the abbreviation you intend to use, in parentheses. After the first time you can use the abbreviation safely. Place names - This, too, is a great source of contusion, particularly when transliteration from another alphabet is necessary as from Chinese or Russian. Another difficulty arises when the same place has @ new name. In the Soviet Union many names changed after the Revolution, and after the fall of each dictator. (Stalingrad, which was Tsaritsin, has become Volgagrad.) In all such cases it is best, at the First mention, to put the new names, adding the old ones in parentheses. Locations. You may have to pinpoint a bridge or other installation. xcept for strictly military Feports, do not use the military grid coordinates; use the geographic coordinates. These are fons. You description railway station usually available in special publica 2n also pinpoint the location (e.g, 3 kas NW of X, 8 plicated subject separate lecture. erent use of =~ family names so From pseudonyms, cover : general iz is good practice to use capit. rs for pert of the name under which individual will be filed. 2 ts in the body of the vould provide the material for 2 special In such cases the matter put-in an-appendix. In fact, there may de several appendices. The importent points to embe report nor a. That in the body of the report you must indicate where the appendix usueliy done by 2 notation 2s "(see Appendix A).