Downloaded from https://www.everyspec.com FM 34-54 Many items of foreign materiel acquired by US forces and determined to be of TECHINT value require safeguarding in storage as well as during evacuation. Such items may be sensitive due to their criticality or because of the US classification assigned. At all stages during the exploitation process, CEM will be placed under guard to prevent looting, misuse, or destruction. Initially, the capturing unit is responsible for safeguarding materiel, based on instruction from the next higher headquarters. When foreign materiel is sensitive or of special value, military police elements normally provide physical security during its evacuation.
Technical publications and manuscripts of concern to TECHINT relate to the technical design or operation of the materiel. Such documents may be acquired from the materiel to which they refer. Therefore, it is essential that TECHINT personnel coordinate with interrogation elements to exchange information about related documents. CEM BY ITSELF: All enemy documents captured on the battlefield are sent immediately to the first intelligence staff officer in the chain. The S2/G2 routes all CEDs to the nearest interrogation element for tactical exploitation. Interrogators screen the documents for immediate information and forward them to higher command, as required.
In any case, all known or suspected technical documents are marked “TECHDOC” and treated with highest priority and forwarded through intelligence channels to the higher command until their value has been determined. CEM ASSOCIATED WITH EPWs: Documents obtained through liaison with interrogation elements should be accompanied by pertinent interrogation reports. These reports can be in— SALUTE reports. Tactical interrogation reports. C-14 SECURITY AND ESCORT RECOVERY AND EVACUATION OF TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS