(g) Details of numbers in classes called up for service, of discharges, and of the number of women in the services would give a useful guide to the manpower situation on which higher strategy must largely be based. It should be noted that the Axis publish no statistics of this nature but the slight indications which reach us from time to time through Intelligence channels are of great value in helping to assess their war potential. 3. Recommendations. This question of the publication of casualties ought not to be treated as a separate security issue.