Multiply paper work in plausible ways.

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.

His arsenal is the kitchen shelf, the trash pile, his own usual kit of tools and supplies.

Contrive as many interruptions to your work as you can: when changing the material on which you are working, as you would on a lathe or punch, take needless time to do it.

Always be profuse in your apologies. Frequently you can 'get away' with such acts under the cover of pretending stupidity, ignorance, over-caution, fear of being suspected of sabotage, or weakness and dullness due to undernourishment.

Widespread practice of simple sabotage will harass and demoralize enemy administrators and police.

Cry and sob hysterically at every occasion, especially when confronted by government clerks.

Boycott all movies, entertainments, concerts, newspapers which are in any way connected with the quisling authorities.

Further, success may embolden the citizen-saboteur eventually to find colleagues who can assist him in sabotage of greater dimensions.

Cry and sob hysterically at every occasion, especially when confronted by government clerks.

Simple sabotage may also have secondary results of more or less value.

In making work assignments, always sign out the unimportant jobs first.

Be as irritable and quarrelsome as possible without getting yourself into trouble.

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.

To lower morale and with it, production, be pleasant to inefficient workers; give them undeserved promotions.

Reminder that all posts (except this one) are unedited excerpts from the OCR'd Simple Sabotage Field Manual, written in the 1940s, and so some language may be archaic.