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be in readiness to assume control immediately when the
boundary is advanced.
20. TASK FORCE. A task force commander operating in
a theater of operations exercises civil affairs control within
his zone of operations in the same manner as a theater
commander.
21. THEATER OF OPERATIONS.
a. During Campaign. (1) While the theater is subdivided
into a combat zone and a communications or naval
advanced base zone, the theater commander exercises civil
affairs control over the combat zone through the-commanding
officers of field armies or the naval fleet or task force
commanders and over the communications or naval advanced
base zone through its commanding officer.
(2) If, however, the theater is subdivided into zones of
operations assigned to separate task forces, each of which
has its own communications or naval advanced base zone,
the theater commander exercises control through task force
commanders.
(3) Control over the central civil administration of the
occupied area is ordinarily exercised directly by the theater
commander through the civil affairs section of his staff.
If the theater headquarters is not at the capital, it may be
necessary to divide the theater civil affairs staff section into
two echelons, and to station a portion of it at the headquarters
and a portion at the capital. If under such circumstances
the capital is in the combat zone, the echelon
of the civil affairs section' of the theater staff stationed
thereat may be attached to the field army or naval task
force whose zone of operations includes the capital, and the
commanding officer thereof may be charged with temporary
responsibility for supervision of the civil service at the
capital.
b. After Cessation of Hostilities. After fighting has
ceased, in consequence of an armistice or protocol which
renders the resumption of serious hostilities improbable, or
if for any reason an occupied country is no longer within a
combat or communications base zone, the theater com30
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United States. War Department. Army-Navy manual of military government and civil affairs., book, December 22, 1943; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc9811/m1/42/: accessed April 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.