How did Kiong manipulate supply deliveries to maintain contact with guerilla units?

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Kiong maintained contact by deliberately altering and delaying key supply deliveries to the guerilla units.
Kiong, who served as an undercover courier during the communist insurgency period, kept frequent communications with guerilla units by deliberately reducing certain items and delaying supply deliveries. He described that he would purposely adjust provisions as part of the routine of contact rather than sending supplies at the same pace and in the same quantities every time.
He reduced specific provisions to create deliberate physical effects
Kiong said he would purposely give the guerilla fighters less salt, aiming to induce muscle cramps. This was part of how he managed the provisions he delivered while continuing communications with the units he was supporting.
He used request signals to infer the fighters’ situation
When the guerilla units asked for condoms and old newspapers, Kiong said it indicated that the group had sexually active males and females and that some females were undergoing menstruation. He framed these requests as practical indicators that could be read through what the units were asking to receive.
He altered quantities of condoms to influence outcomes that led to desertion
Kiong also said he would give them fewer condoms to “trigger accidental pregnancies,” which he said would subsequently lead to desertion. In his account, manipulating the number of condoms provided was tied to the outcome of fighters leaving the armed group.
He delayed deliveries as part of sustaining frequent communications
Beyond changing item quantities, Kiong said he would also delay deliveries. By reducing certain provisions and holding back deliveries, he maintained a pattern of repeated contact with the guerilla units over time.

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