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Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. Staplebound pamphlet, light blue covers, with single dark skeleton-keyhold bottom right. No author, publisher given. Card covers a bit sunned and lightly sunned near edges, with a crease and spotting to rear panel. 69 pp. Narrative aimed to "agents" (.The purpose of this monograph is to assist agents in obtaining facts in the most direct of all ways: by surreptitious entry into the luggage or premises of the enemy to obrtain information which the enemy believes is secure from search. Of course this was written before the use of computers, smart phones, etc., utterly changed the speed and efficiency with which information could be gathered, shared, and mass-disseminated if desired. Rough guess this item published within "the company" (O.S.S. or C.I.A.) as a training module for field agents. 1950s or 1960s? The methods described are those developed by a group of trained specialists who have behind them a unique record of successful entries." "A surreptitious entry may best be defined as an entry to stealth, or one made in a clandestine manner. Entries of this type are employed to acquire information without proper authority." "The agent's problem in every instance is to gain access to the material, copy it, and return it to its proper place so that none of its secret quality is lost. For success this requires careful planning, the use of experts, and security from interruption during the search. It also requries that the premises be left in exactly the same condition as they were before the entry.".