"الملف 35/134 IV (A 56) صور. جعلان - أمراء." [و‎أ‎‎١‎٤‎٤] (٥٣٦/٣١٥)

5. When a more serious situation arises involving offensive action not provided
for in paragraph 4 such action will be classified as " an operation " and will require
the orders of the Government of India as soon as they can be obtained.
6. Operations fall into two classes :—
(1) those which are deliberately undertaken against the tribes,
(2) those which are forced upon the local officers by tribal action.
7. In dealing with operations forced upon them by tribal action local officers
of all services, political, military and air will—
(а) consult together as fully as circumstances allow,
(б) make the best arrangements that the means at their disposal admit,
(c) report the facts and submit their recommendations to higher authority
as fully and promptly as they can.
8. In such cases or when the deliberate initiation of operations is advocated,
the Government of India, on receipt of a recommendation from the Chief Commis
sioner, North-West Frontier Province or Agent to the Governor General, Baluchistan
which is to be made in the manner prescribed in paragraph 9 below, will decide
whether operations are to be undertaken, or continued if they are already in progress,
and specify the general objective.
9. The following procedure will be observed :—
(i) Whenever the Chief Commissioner, North-West Frontier Province or
Agent to the Governor General, Baluchistan, either on receipt of a
report from an officer subordinate to him or of his own motion, is of
opinion that operations whether by land, or air or both should be under
taken against a tribal enemy in the area for which he is responsible,
he shall after consultation with the appropriate military and air
Commander, forward his recommendation by telegram to the Secre
tary to the Government of India in |;he Foreign and Political Depart
ment, repeating to the Secretary to the Government of India in the
Army Department.
(n) The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
Department on receipt of such recommendation will at once bring
it to the notice of the Government of India and the Secretary to the
Government of India in the Army Department will similarly bring it
to the notice of His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief and inform
the General and Air Staffs.
(m) When the Government of India have decided that operations are to be
undertaken, control of those operations vests automatically in
His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief who has power to delegate
control of operations to such officer as he may select.
(iv) " Control " of operations includes the selection of local objectives
with the concurrence of the political authorities, the initial framing
of the plan, the selection of the forces required to carry out that
plan, the dispositions of these forces both in the initial stage and sub
sequently in order to deal with developments as they arise, and the
allocation of tasks to the several components of the force.
{v) Such delegation of control does not transfer to the officer selected
either the executive command of units of another service or give him
power to interfere with the methods adopted by executive commanders
of such units to carry out the tasks assigned to them.
{vi) Should the operation entail the offensive action of land forces, whether
regular or irregular, with or without the co-operation of aircraft
His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief will normally delegate
the control of such operation to a Military Commander.
{vii) Should an objective be beyond the reach of land forces and necessitate
air action. His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief will normally
delegate the control of such operation to the Air Officer Commanding
with whom the military forces will co-operate as required.