Purposeful stupidity is contrary to human nature.
Anyone can break up a showing of an enemy propaganda film by putting two or three dozen large moths in a paper bag. Take the bag to the movies with you, put it on the floor in an empty section of the theater as you go in and leave it open. The moths will fly out and climb into the projector beam, so that the film will be obscured by fluttering shadows.
The instructions may be placed in separate pamphlets or leaflets according to categories of operations but should be distributed with care and not broadly.
Or pretend that you are particularly anxious to do your work, and pester the foreman with unnecessary questions.
A reasonable amount of humor in the presentation of suggestions for simple sabotage will relax tensions of fear.
To incite the citizen to the active practice of simple sabotage and to keep him practicing that sabotage over sustained periods is a special problem.
In making work assignments, always sign out the unimportant jobs first.
The contents of this Manual should be carefully controlled and should not be allowed to come into unauthorized hands.
It should be pointed out to the saboteur where the circumstances are suitable, that he is acting in self-defense against the enemy, or retaliating against the enemy for other acts of destruction.
To incite the citizen to the active practice of simple sabotage and to keep him practicing that sabotage over sustained periods is a special problem.
