superstition: certain types of bark used to prepare infusions drunk with alcohol, like the chuchuhuasi , the cocobolo , the clabohuasca and the huacapuruna , produce an immediate and interminable itching that can never be relieved except in the very act of manhood. Particularly effective, because of the almost astronomical speed with which it operates on the generative center, is the mixture of ipururo and cheap brandy, which, barely swallowed, caused an unforgivable feverishness in the undersigned, along with an embarrassment that can be imagined, since the experiment was unfortunately not carried out at his own home but in the nightclub The Shadows, in the resort of Nanay. (c) That the potion called viborachado , being cheap brandy in which a poisonous snake, preferably a fat one, has been marinated, is even worse and truly fiendish, having an even more cataclysmic effect than the preceding infusions, since in this instance it was offered casually to the author of this dispatch at another nightclub in Iquitos called The Jungle and imparted such an urgent and ferocious passion and hardening to him that in order to recover his self-control and peace of mind he had to resort to the solitary vice, which he had believed extinguished in him ever since the days of childhood, in the uncomfortable bathroom of the aforementioned club and with a remorse that has not yet diminished;
4. That for all the above reasons, the undersigned takes the liberty of recommending that his superiors instruct all garrisons, frontier and related installations to categorically forbid the use of red porpoise oil in the preparation of meals for noncommissioned officers as well as its use by individuals among the troops and that the consumption, straight or mixed with other things, in solid or liquid form, of chuchuhuasi, cocobolo, clabohuasca, huacapuruna, ipururo and viborachado be immediately prohibited under strict punishment, otherwise the Special Service runs the risk of being bombarded by a demand even greater than the already inflated one it must confront;
5. That he requests the strictest secrecy be maintained in regard to this dispatch (and if possible that it be destroyed once it is read) since it contains extremely intimate disclosures about the family life of the undersigned, who has resigned himself to working with the complex mission that the Army has entrusted to him in mind, but who is uneasy and naturally apprehensive about his fellow officers’ jokes, of which he would be the object if this dispatch were disclosed.
God bless you.
[Signed]
C APT . (Q UARTERMASTER ) P ANTALEÓN P ANTOJA , PA
cc: Gen. Roger Scavino, Commander in Chief of Region V (Amazon)
NOTE: (a) Put Capt. Pantoja’s suggestion into effect as a regulation, and, therefore, communicate to all leaders of barracks, encampments and posts in Region V (Amazon) that henceforth the use of the ingredients, potions and spices enumerated in the preceding section is categorically prohibited in the preparation of meals. (b) In accordance with Capt. Pantoja’s request, destroy Dispatch Number 3 of the SSGFRI by burning since it contains indelicate revelations concerning the personal and family life of same .
[ Signed ]
G EN . F ELIPE C OLLAZOS
Chief of Administration, Supply and Logistics
Lima, 18 September 1956
Confidential Decision: PAF Catalina Hydroplane
No. 37, the Requena
Col. Andrés Sarmiento Segovia, PAF, Commander of Air Battalion No. 42 of the Amazon District,
Considering:
1. That Capt. (Quartermaster) Pantaleón Pantoja, PA, with the authorization and backing of his Army superiors, has requested assistance from Air Battalion No. 42 for the continual transfer of personnel of the recently created Special Service from its logistics center on the shores of the Itaya to its utilization centers, many of which are so isolated, especially during the rainy season, that the only functional means of transport from said points to the logistics center is by air;
2. That
4. That for all the above reasons, the undersigned takes the liberty of recommending that his superiors instruct all garrisons, frontier and related installations to categorically forbid the use of red porpoise oil in the preparation of meals for noncommissioned officers as well as its use by individuals among the troops and that the consumption, straight or mixed with other things, in solid or liquid form, of chuchuhuasi, cocobolo, clabohuasca, huacapuruna, ipururo and viborachado be immediately prohibited under strict punishment, otherwise the Special Service runs the risk of being bombarded by a demand even greater than the already inflated one it must confront;
5. That he requests the strictest secrecy be maintained in regard to this dispatch (and if possible that it be destroyed once it is read) since it contains extremely intimate disclosures about the family life of the undersigned, who has resigned himself to working with the complex mission that the Army has entrusted to him in mind, but who is uneasy and naturally apprehensive about his fellow officers’ jokes, of which he would be the object if this dispatch were disclosed.
God bless you.
[Signed]
C APT . (Q UARTERMASTER ) P ANTALEÓN P ANTOJA , PA
cc: Gen. Roger Scavino, Commander in Chief of Region V (Amazon)
NOTE: (a) Put Capt. Pantoja’s suggestion into effect as a regulation, and, therefore, communicate to all leaders of barracks, encampments and posts in Region V (Amazon) that henceforth the use of the ingredients, potions and spices enumerated in the preceding section is categorically prohibited in the preparation of meals. (b) In accordance with Capt. Pantoja’s request, destroy Dispatch Number 3 of the SSGFRI by burning since it contains indelicate revelations concerning the personal and family life of same .
[ Signed ]
G EN . F ELIPE C OLLAZOS
Chief of Administration, Supply and Logistics
Lima, 18 September 1956
Confidential Decision: PAF Catalina Hydroplane
No. 37, the Requena
Col. Andrés Sarmiento Segovia, PAF, Commander of Air Battalion No. 42 of the Amazon District,
Considering:
1. That Capt. (Quartermaster) Pantaleón Pantoja, PA, with the authorization and backing of his Army superiors, has requested assistance from Air Battalion No. 42 for the continual transfer of personnel of the recently created Special Service from its logistics center on the shores of the Itaya to its utilization centers, many of which are so isolated, especially during the rainy season, that the only functional means of transport from said points to the logistics center is by air;
2. That
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