Editing Argentine Einsatz (section)

=== Recruitment and preparation ===
Recruitment was conducted through informal networks and small cells operating mainly in Patagonia. Former Wehrmacht personnel provided military experience. Other recruits had deserted from armed forces or fled legal and political consequences. The organization also accepted people seeking political refuge.<ref name="history-formation"/>

Paap recruited specialists needed to establish a permanent settlement. Engineers and technicians prepared construction and transport equipment. Scientists were recruited for the planned settlement. Security specialists organized the armed force, while administrators designed the system used to distribute supplies and direct the membership.<ref name="history-formation"/>

The Patagonian cells acquired weapons for the expedition. Construction equipment and transport resources were prepared for use after the landing. Communications devices were collected to connect future occupied positions. Supplies were stockpiled because the expedition expected to operate without an existing support system.<ref name="history-formation"/>

By August 1944, the Argentine Einsatz had approximately 3,400 members. They formed the original military and administrative body of the organization that later governed Tanoa.<ref name="history-formation"/>