The Police and Resources Control in Counter-Insurgency
Abstract
A vital and essential factor which allows the Communist guerrillas to continue their activities against ordered and legal government is their logistical support capability, that is, an ability to maintain lines of communication and supply. Necessary support ranges from the tangible -food, medicine, clothing, guns, ammunition, dynamite, people -to the intangible -dissemination of propaganda and threats and the establishment of intelligence nets and courier services. A major step forward in the isolation of the population from the enemy is the establishment of the strategic hamlets with all the attendant connotations stemming from the new economic and political stances. But building a fence around a group of families is just a beginning and by no means constitutes internal security, either within or without the villages and hamlets. Therefore, in addition to the political, sociological and military operations in and around the strategic hamlets, it is necessary to establish resources control and rural internal security. Rural internal security consists of the measures taken by a government through duly constituted civil law enforcement agencies to protect its society from subversion, lawlessness and insurgency with particular reference to rural areas. Resources control, with its more specialized meaning and well established fundamental concepts, needs further explanation.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1964
- Accession Number
- AD1116893
Entities
People
- E. Jr H. Adkins