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areas, also it was in those srracegic arcas for the advance of the enemy, chat an
evemual offensive action could be waged againsc mem. The VaUey of V arda was
suitable for offensive hosdlities - i.e. me disuicc berwen me Rìver Ttherma and
Lake Doyran - and rhe inteUigenc.e activiries were concemrared in Guevguelli.
According ro Coloncl Prorogerov: "rhe c.hief of me poi ne for gamering informacion
is a person who is dever and educ.ared, we.ll koown in me disuict and has an in·
fluence over his neighbours, as well as a solid social scanding; he is a person wim
proved honesry and che praccical abilicy of a leader from me recenc pasl- a rnan
who in derail is familiar wirh subversive acciviries and widl che broad inreUi-
gencc" OOl. Dudng December 1915 and January 1916 his aaivicies were under che
direcr conrrol and leadersbip of rhe D ecachmcms scaff The poinr in GuevgueUi
had ourposrs in che viUages Radnja, Houma and Bogdanrsi, and worked rogerher
wim che Germany milit'llry inceUigence, whic.h supplied ali the scours froru me poim
wirh special free passes. The informarion was also sent ro che Division commanders
ahead whom che inrelligence branc.hes of che Emenre forces were working, for ex-
ampie: rhe point in Guevguelli - co rhe Sch Division, and rhe one in Bogdanrsi
- co the 2nd Division <•1).
Togemer with chem, ac abour che beginniog of 1916 che inrelligence section
of me Panisan Dc:rachmenr also conrroll.ed ocher poin.rs for gachering informarion:
in che villages K onarene an d Perrovo and in che towns of Perrich and Nevrokop.
The informarion was senc immediately co che Derachmenr sraff, where themissions
were siruared. There che informacion was treared and compared, insrrucrion.s and
cornmands were prepa.red and senr to rhe scours: whar kind of informadon had
to be gathered and how ir had co be collecred. Local c.omruanders had che righe
to make requests and ro propose missions to rhe scours based at the nearest poi ne.
The imeUigcnce secrion mainrained conracr wich ics branches chrough couriers or
by relegrapb (lll,
The organisarion of every poinr was as foUows: che leader of che poinc and
bis couriers. Elemems of a point were the inrelligence groups of che poinr. They
could be one or more. The group had irs leader and 4-6 scouts. When choosing
che scours, i t was necessary co recruit people who had dealings wim che populacion,
living in che d istrice ahc:ad <m. This was necessary not only for che security of the
group and rhe indivjdual scouts, bur also che possibilities of che local peopk in
che imelligence. In suc.b a way che cominuicy of che inrelligence service was
guaranreed ll4l.
l nreUigence was co!Jecccd i n rwo wa ys:
l) through rrusted men, li\•ing in che disrrict of Eagean Macedonia, where rbe group
was acung;
2) chrough observers (reconnoicrers) in a region or 3t a given point, wirh 3 fìxed
mission; rhe obsC"rver was eirher a ma n from me group, or a local man cm.
l n order to uoify rhe ..:r.•orking mechods aod co integrare accivicies on rhc basis
of whar was needed, che leaders of each point for garhc:ring information were cal!ed