required of treaties, a rule of law established by custom, or a provision of the law of a foreign state made relevant by a provision of United States law, the terms of an international agreement, or rule of international law. The scope of military authority or control in a civil affairs operation may extend from measures of liaison and coordination with appropriate local civilian agencies to the furnishing of assistance and support to local officials and populations or even to the assumption of responsibility for the exercise of some or all of the functions of government in the locality in question. The degree of authority or control necessary to assure the success of civil affairs operations will at all times be consistent with law and the factual posture of the civil affairs relation. c. Civil Defense.
DesignationFM 41-10
EditionMay 1962
StatusSuperseded
Pages310
FunctionOther
CollectionHistoric
Public domain (U.S. Government work)