ABSTRACT
The Soviet plans for sabotage apparently envisage three types of operation: the formation of factory workers in the West into partisan sabotage groups; the organization of sabotage cells in the West by trained infiltrators from the East; and the preparation of partisan warfare in the West. In a country like Western Germany, where there are only a few Communists, strikes and sabotage in general can only be put into effect by the Soviets on a restricted basis, and that means that they have to concentrate on a few targets. Partisan District Headquarters assigned Ignatov his first task: to stop the German advance in the direction of Baku and Tuapse by blocking the mountain passes at the appropriate time. Guerilla movements, whatever their mission or Party colours, are a menace to the occupying power.
