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          Factual reports of bombing of aircraft plants 
          in Germany without further comment might be more 
          effective in this line than any propaganda editorializing.
 
     6. The Officers. The average P/W has very little to say about officers of the Wehrmacht in 
 
general. He forms his opinion on the basis of his own immediate officers and on things he hears 
 
from his comrades in the battalion. The following reports from P's/W on officers do, however, 
 
exhibit characteristics general enough to form the basis of an MO attack:
 
                         a. The veteran soldiers do not think highly of the newer corps of officers. This is 
 
more significant than the typical "Second Looey" or "brasshat" gripe. It is based on comparison in 
 
combat conditions with previous campaigns.
 
          b. It is commonly understood that officers must have political views favored by the
 
party in order to get any place. Among the soldiers who are fed up with the party this had 
 
important implications in their relations with officers. Officers trained in NAPOLI have an