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APPENDIX A
FORMAT AND SAMPLE INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY
| Format of an INTSUM. | IMMEDIATE |
| NOTE: Omit items not applicable | TO CG 2d CORPS |
| unless otherwise indicated. | INTSUM NUMBER 144 ENDING 040600 |
| 1. Issuing unit (always included). | PARA 3 ALFA ---- CONTINUED DEFENSE |
| 2. Time and date of issue (always included) | IN ZONE EXCEPT FOR LOCAL ATTACK AT |
| 3. Summary of enemy activity or period | 0415 VICINITY RS376759 WITH ESTIMATED |
| a. Ground activity. | 90 MEN CMM 3 MEDIUM TANKS CMM AND |
| b. Trace of forward elements. | LIGHT ARTILLERY SUPPORT PD ATTACK |
| c. Potential targets for nuclear weapons. | REPULSED PD PARA 3 DELTA ATTACK |
| d. Nuclear activity. | PRECEDED AT 0410 BY VERY HIGH AIR |
| e. CB activity. | BURST NUCLEAR WEAPONS CMM |
| f. Air activity. | GROUND ZERO RS374761 CMM DELIVERY |
| g. Naval Activity. | MEANS UNDETERMINED CMM YIELD |
| h. Other. (new tactics, counter-intelligence). | ESTIMATE AT 0 PD 5 KT PD PARA 3 |
| 4. Enemy personnel and equipment losses. | FOXTROT ATTACK SUPPORTED BY 2 JET/ |
| a. Personnel (KIA). | ATTACK AIRPLANES BOMBING AND |
| b. Enemy prisoner of war. | STRAFING VICINITY RS396756 FOR |
| c. Equipment destroyed or captured. | 5 MINUTES STARTING AT 0425 PD |
| 5. New obstacles and barriers. | PARA 4 ALFA CONFIRMED 20 KIA CMM |
| 6. Administrative activities. | ESTIMATED 5 KIA PD PARA 4 BRAVO |
| 7. New identification*. | 10 INCLUDING 2 WIA PD PARA 4 CHARLIE |
| a. Units. | 2 MEDIUM TANKS DESTROYED CMM 1 |
| b. Personalities. | DAMAGED CMM 1 JET ATTACK AIRCRAFT |
| 8. Enemy movements. | SHOT DOWN PD PARA 6 PRISONER |
| 9. Estimated number and types. | STATES AMMUNITION SUPPLY IN |
| 10. Weather and terrain conditions. | FORWARD UNITS RUNNING LOW PAREN |
| 11. Brief discussion of capabilities. | CHARLIE DASH 3 PAREN PD PARA 7 ALFA |
| 12. Conclusions always included. | PATROL REPORTS BATTERY 152 MM |
| GUN-HOWITZERS AT RS303292 PD | |
| PRISONERS CONFIRM LOCATION 2D | |
| BATTALION CMM 17F MECH REGIMENT | |
| RS375758 PAREN BRAVO DASH 1 PAREN | |
| PARA 8 AIRBORNE RADAR | |
| RECONNAISSANCE DETECTED 10 TRUCKS MOVING SOUTH ON ROAD ATRS330280 AT 0345 PD PARA 9 PROBABLY ROUTINE SUPPLY VEHICLES PD PARA 10 SNOW STARTED AT 040545 AND CONTINUING PD GROUND FROZEN HARD AND SUPPORTS ALL TYPES OF VEHICLES PD PARA 11 LOCAL | |
| Examples of a Division INTSUM (full distribution not indicated) FM CG 52D INF DIV (MECH). | ATTACK REPORTED PROBABLY WAS TO SEIZE HILL 405 PD ENEMY IS CAPABLE OF CONTINUING DEFENSE IN PRESENT POSITION CMM MAKING LOCAL ATTACKS TO IMPROVE HIS DEFENSIVE POSITION CMM DELAYING TO STRONGER POSITION ALONG LAURIEX RIVER PD PARA 12 CONTINUED DEFENSE IN PRESENT POSITION MOST PROBABLE. |
