[2] Dealt with Officer selection and promotions, day-to-day operation of the SHQ itself, including guarding it, as well as insuring all orders are received and transmitted.

   [5] In charge of Area Military Police (alueellinen sotapoliisi)and Mobile Military Police (liikkuva sotapoliisi)units. These units were formed from civilian police reinforced with volunteers and elderly men. They guarded critical places, military installations, carried out traffic control, and looked for enemy spy parachute drops. Also responsible for guarding POW movement from troops to POW camps. All units were assigned to the field forces.

   [9] This Office had two desks: The 1st Office was liaison between defence forces and foreign military attaches stationed in Finland. The 2nd Office ran Finnish military attaches stationed in the Soviet Union, Estonia, Poland, Sweden, Germany, France, the British Empire, Italy, Spain, and the USA.

[10] Had four Sub-Offices (alitoimisto)in Viipuri, Sortavala, Kajaani and Rovaniemi. It dealt with agent intelligence and interrogation of POW s as well as sending its own long range patrols into enemy territory.

[11] Dealt with signals intelligence and deciphering. It's main component was the SHQ Signals Intelligence Company (päämajan radiotiedustelukomppania).

[12] In charge of protecting vital installations and their personnel, surveillance of said personnel, investigating espionage and high treason, as well as surveillance of civilians.

[16] Main units were Map Storage Units: [karttavarasto 1 (at Otava), karttavarasto 2 (at Lappeenranta) and karttavarasto 3 (at Jyväskylä)]. There was also the Topographical Company (topografikomppania)which did mapping work necessary for new maps, which was initially at Otava, later moving to Jyväskylä.

[17] This section's main official unit was the Defence Forces Message Center (puolustusvoimain sanomakeskus) that distributed the official military news. It worked in close cooperation with the Propaganda Union ("Propagandaliitto Cy") a civilian association that had created a prewar "Finlandia Uuutistoimisto", which became the Defence Forces Information Service (puolustusvoimain tiedotuslaitos), charged with creating and distributing gray and black propaganda for domestic and foreign consumption, under names such as "Finlandia Uutistoimisto", "Finlandia Presstjänsten" and "Finlandia News Service". The Homeland Protection "Maan Turva" was civilian association that carried out distribution of games, news material, films and programming to troops in cooperation with the Defence Forces Propaganda Office. The Swedish language version was called "Hembygdsfronten". This organization was created by the ultra-nationalistic civilian association "Akateeminen Karjala-seura".