Control Resonant Secret Organization Locations

Control Resonant has 16 Secret Organization collectibles, files left by a hidden group that watches the FBC from safehouses under ordinary shops. Every one is inside a Secret Hideout, so you solve that shop’s puzzle before you can read them, and Downtown and the West Incursion Zone have four each. For players who tracked the sequel back when it was still Control 2, the Downtown map of the Atlantis Cafe basement has the first four you can reach.

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Vlad Susanu, mapper and owner of Map Master, read all 16 in their basements, and the Control Resonant lore and hideout maps cover each zone around them. Two questions come up with this set: which basement to open first, and who these people are.

How to Unlock Secret Organization Documents: Open the Hideouts First

None of these files are out on the streets. Each basement stays shut until you solve the puzzle in the shop above it, and the Secret Hideout puzzle answers by zone explain all six. Two shops need more than the clue: Central’s laundromat is blocked until you destroy three growths outside, and the Unknown’s gym can only be reached with Shift.

Start with Downtown and the West Incursion Zone, since those two basements give half the set. Central, the Evacuation Zone, and The Park add seven between them, and the Unknown’s single file, Procedure For Work Orders, usually comes last because it needs Shift. Every basement stays open once solved, so you can return for a file you missed.

Secret Organization Files in Downtown and the West Incursion Zone

Downtown’s four show the group watching the FBC’s front door. Report on 34 Thomas Street is about the address of the Oldest House, Report on Unidentified Female Subject follows a woman they can’t identify, and Surveillance Boredom is a recording you play, not a page you pick up. Clarification of Mandate, as its title suggests, deals with what the group is there to do.

The West Incursion Zone’s four come from a cell watching the United Nations. Steaming Open Envelopes complains that surveillance there gets harder every year, Avoid The French Delegation gives an agent new duties, and Audit Outcome praises the Turtle Bay cell. Hunka Love, the fourth, is about an Altered Item, the topic the Bureau’s own Altered Item Reports cover from the FBC’s side, and the West Incursion Zone map of the Urban Fresh Mart hideout places the basement.

Secret Organization Files in the Evacuation Zone, Central, The Park, and the Unknown

The Evacuation Zone’s three are about operations. Proposed Enforcement tracks planned actions, After-Action Summary reports on seizing an artifact, and Workshop Journal Entries completes the three. The Evacuation Zone map of the gallery basement places that hideout, and the Central map of the Wear’em & Wash’em shelter has the two rulebook files, Visitation And Stay Protocol and Do Not Leave The Shelter.

The Park’s basement is a closed safehouse. Notice Of Decommissioning says the facility has been shut down, and the second file is a rude note to someone named Larry. The Park map of the cafe hideout points to that basement. The Unknown’s Procedure For Work Orders explains the dead drops and anonymous deliveries the group runs on, and the Unknown map of the Pulse Fitness basement shows where Shift takes you.

What the Secret Organization Is: Cells, Safehouses, and the Core

The files describe a network, not a single base. Members work in cells, at least one named for the Turtle Bay neighborhood, are audited by something the files call the Core, and move information through dead drops instead of meeting. The shelters under the shops are where they rest, hide, and regroup when a cell is compromised.

Their targets line up with the Bureau’s own world. The Downtown files watch the Oldest House, the West Incursion Zone’s the United Nations, and the Evacuation Zone files mention seizing an artifact, so the group is chasing the same kind of objects the FBC contains. Hunka Love shows they also keep their own records on Altered Items, separate from the Bureau’s.

Secret Organization Locations: 16 Documents in Six Hideouts

There are 16 Secret Organization documents: four each in Downtown and the West Incursion Zone, three in the Evacuation Zone, two each in Central and The Park, and one in the Unknown. All 16 are in Secret Hideout basements, and each basement also has a Health Upgrade Point in one of the Large Resource Crates under the shops.

No file can be lost, because the hideouts stay open after the credits. Solving the sixth puzzle also unlocks the Backroom Espionage trophy requirements, so the full set, six Health points, and the trophy all come from the same six trips.

Name	Map Location	Details
Proposed EnforcementEvacuation Zone Proposed Enforcement	Evacuation Zone	Proposed Enforcement is a document describing the status of proposed enforcement operations. It is also a collectible in the Secret Organization Set. You can find it on a shelf in the side room of the basement, which you can access after solving the Evacuation Zone Museum Secret.
After-Action SummaryEvacuation Zone After-Action Summary	Evacuation Zone	After-Action Summary is a document describing an operation to seize an artifact and a collectible in the Secret Organization Set. You can find it on a shelf in the side room of the basement, which you can access after solving the Evacuation Zone KÖNSTIG Museum Secret.
Workshop Journal EntriesEvacuation Zone Workshop Journal Entries	Evacuation Zone	Workshop Journal Entries is a collectible in the Secret Organization Set. You can find it on a box in the central room of the basement, which you can access after solving the Charlie Meecham Art Gallery Secret.
Steaming Open EnvelopesWest Incursion Zone Steaming Open Envelopes	West Incursion Zone	Steaming Open Envelopes is a document in the Secret Organization set. It is a note explaining that keeping the United Nations under surveillance is becoming harder by the year. The collectible is found in the side room of the secret basement that you can access after solving the West Incursion Zone Urban Fresh Mart Secret. Look for it on the table.
Hunka LoveWest Incursion Zone Hunka Love	West Incursion Zone	Hunka Love is a document in the Secret Organization set, apparently describing an Altered Item called “Hunka Love”. The collectible is found in the main room of the secret basement that you can access after solving the West Incursion Zone Urban Fresh Mart Secret. Look for it next to the computer in the corner.
Avoid The French DelegationWest Incursion Zone Avoid The French Delegation	West Incursion Zone	Avoid the French Delegation is a document in the Secret Organization set. It includes a message instructing an agent to adopt new duties and to avoid the French. The collectible is found in the main room of the secret basement that you can access after solving the West Incursion Zone Urban Fresh Mart Secret. Look for it on a cardboard box.
Audit OutcomeWest Incursion Zone Audit Outcome	West Incursion Zone	Audit Outcome is a document in the Secret Organization set. It includes a message from the “Core,” commending the Turtle Bay cell on their work. The collectible is found in the main room of the secret basement that you can access after solving the West Incursion Zone Urban Fresh Mart Secret. Look for it on the desk in the back of the room, next to a monitor.
Procedure For Work OrdersUnknown Procedure For Work Orders	Unknown	Procedure for Work Orders is the last collectible in the Secret Organization. It is found on a workbench in the secret basement that you can access after solving the Unknown Pulse Gym Puzzle. The document includes a description of a system of dead drops and anonymous deliveries.
Surveillance BoredomDowntown Surveillance Boredom	Downtown	Surveillance Boredom is a Secret Organization collectible and a recording you can listen to by interacting with the player in the basement of the Atlantis Cafe. To reach the basement, you must complete the Atlantis Cafe Secret in Downtown. The player is on a cabinet in the side room of the basement.
Report on Unidentified Female SubjectDowntown Report on Unidentified Female Subject	Downtown	The Report on Unidentified Female Subject is a Secret Organization collectible found in the basement of the Atlantis Cafe. To reach the basement, you must complete the Atlantis Cafe Secret in Downtown. The collectible is on a desk in the side room of the basement.
Clarification of MandateDowntown Clarification of Mandate	Downtown	Clarification of Mandate is a Secret Organization collectible found in the basement of the Atlantis Cafe. To reach the basement, you must complete the Atlantis Cafe Secret in Downtown. The collectible is on a desk in the computer room.
Report on 34 Thomas StreetDowntown Report on 34 Thomas Street	Downtown	Report on 34 Thomas Street is another collectible found in the basement of the Atlantis Cafe. To reach the basement, you must complete the Atlantis Cafe Secret in Downtown. The collectible is on a desk in the computer room.
Notice Of DecommissioningThe Park Notice Of Decommissioning	The Park	Notice of Decommissioning is another document in the Secret Organization set. It is a mysterious note explaining that the facility where it was found has been decommissioned. The collectible is sitting on the bed by the Large Resource Crate in the side room of the secret basement that you can access after solving the Park Atlantis Cafe Secret.
Fuck You, Larry NoteThe Park Fuck You, Larry Note	The Park	The Fuck You, Larry Note is the 15th document in the Secret Organization set. It is a hastily scrawled rude note found in a hidden back room. The collectible is sitting on the shelf in the main room of the secret basement that you can access after solving the Park Atlantis Cafe Puzzle.
Visitation And Stay ProtocolCentral Visitation And Stay Protocol	Central	The Visitation and Stay Protocol is a welcome message that provides instructions on how a visitor might get the most out of their stay. It is also a collectible in the Secret Organization Set. You can find it on a table in the side room of the basement you can access after solving the Central Laundry Puzzle.
Do Not Leave The ShelterCentral Do Not Leave The Shelter	Central	Do Not Leave The Shelter is a document explaining how to use a shelter in case of a compromised cell. It is also a collectible in the Secret Organization Set. You can find it on a table in the side room of the basement you can access after solving the Central Laundry Puzzle.

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