effective.
 
                10. Attitude toward Captivity. The average soldier is confident that if he is 
 
captured he will be well handled. American captivity has an especially good reputation, with the 
 
English a close second. Some of the prisoners from Cassino report that there were rumors that 
 
the Goums took no prisoners. In general, however, a good treatment is taken for granted. So 
 
much so that a few instances in which officers tried to harden their troops for combat by stories 
 
of bad treatment in captivity were reported by P's/W to havebeen flat failures. Propaganda 
 
making use of captivity promises should therefore avoid gilding the lily or even direct appeals 
 
based on its attractions, but should rather regard it as well established  credit.
 
               11. The Secret Weapon. The belief in a secret weapon of some sort is still fairly 
 
strong and the number of versions of what it is attest to the fact that it is a frequent subject of 
 
conversation. Prisoners have described it as a radio-guided plane which is one large bomb, a 
 
death ray, a new gas, a super long range rocket bomb, "elec-