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    "ocrText": "32. Army Groups will seize and guaad those targets in their\nareas of advance, and will Artange for co-ordinating their exploitation by\nall interested agencies. Army Groups will remain responsible for all arrange-\nments for guarding and exploitation of Intelligence objectives in GERMANY\nuntil the responsibility can be delegated to the Corps District Commander or\nother competent authority in whose area the targets are situated. When the\nconcentration of targets in any one area so warrants, it will be the respon-\nsibility of Army Groups to create special forces, known as \"T\" Forces, to seize,\nguard and exploit targets. Some of the agencies listed in paragraph 31\nabove have organized Intelligence assault units and teams. Army Groups on\nthe instructions of Supreme Headquarters will co-ordinate the operations of\nthese units within Army Group zones of responsibility.\n*\n*\nSECTION IX\nTHE HANDLING OF CAPTURED ENEMY DOCUMENTS\nTHE PROBLEM OF DOCUMENTS\n*\n107. During the operational phase, the main emphasis must The on\nquick sorting of documents so that those of operational importance are\nimmediately exploited, and the information contained made available to\nthose who require it. The problem in any area of GERMANY in which or-\nganized resistance has ceased is of an entirely different character.\nThe continued evacuation of documents will prove impossible because of\ntheir great bulk and volume; it will be inadvisable because their re-\nmoval would hamper the establishment of Civil control, the process of\ndisarmament and disbandment, and the tasks of research. It will, there-\nfore, be necessary for documents personnel to select for evacuation\nthrough normal channels to Supreme Headquarters Document Centre only\nsuch documents as are of immediate general importance. The remainder\nwill so far as possible be left \"in situ\" after arrangements have been\nmade for their safeguarding. Documents which cannot be so left must be\ncarefully collected in central repositories to await final disposition.\n108. The general principle for the handling of documents is \"that\nevery case must be dealt with on its merits; no standard procedure can\nbe laid down in advance to meet every contingency. Documents personnel\nmust use their own discretion in each case according to the circumstances.\nThe essential thing is that whatever action is taken should be recorded,\nso that if documents are moved, whether locally or outside GERMANY, whether\nsingly or in bulk, there may always be immediate information available\nas\nto their present location at the Document Centre of the Military\nDistrict from which they have been removed.\n*\n*\nSECTION XIV\nof\nDOCUMENTS AND EQUIPMENT\n167. In general Naval Documents and equipment weized by the Army or Air\nForce will be handed over to the nearest Naval Authority either direct or\nthrough Corps Hq, whichever is the quicker. Documents or equipment seized\nby Naval Units and which are of interest to the other Services will be handed\nto the Intelligence Officer at the nearest Corps or Air Force Hq. During\nthe Primary Phase the Naval Authority mentioned above may well be No. 30\nAssault Unit or U.S. Forward Intelligence Unit.\n*\nDECLASSIFIED\nE.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D)\nSECTION XV\nJCS MEMO 1-4-74\nBy NLT-AC NARS Date 7.2.75\nTOP SECRET"
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