This Handbook, prepared by area and topical specialists,
is concerned specifically with those elements of the Somali
environment which must be considered in planning counter-
insurgency, civic action, and allied activities. The emphasis
throughout is on information needed for such special operations;
it is not an all-inclusive basic intelligence document. The
NIS General Survey, Somali Republic, July 1966 and other NIS
chapters may be referred to for additional background informa-
tion .
The Handbook is not geared to support any specific operation
or any particular type of special operation. Rather, it
emphasizes operational essentials to which current details
must be added immediately prior to any operation.
is concerned specifically with those elements of the Somali
environment which must be considered in planning counter-
insurgency, civic action, and allied activities. The emphasis
throughout is on information needed for such special operations;
it is not an all-inclusive basic intelligence document. The
NIS General Survey, Somali Republic, July 1966 and other NIS
chapters may be referred to for additional background informa-
tion .
The Handbook is not geared to support any specific operation
or any particular type of special operation. Rather, it
emphasizes operational essentials to which current details
must be added immediately prior to any operation.
