English Translation

159 copy. Presidium of the Ministry of the Interior. 0761/288 Prague on 8 February 1940. Wearing eye-catching, Russian uniform hats / Furashka/ similar caps. 136 Deeuye Very urgent. To all Mr. Board members of the district and government police authorities. By a warm up of the government is on 29. In October 1939, the wearing of the well-known, conspicuous caps similar to the Russian Furaschka's and generally also called "Masaryk caps" was banned. Hiezu issued an instruction to the Ministry of the Interior that the wearing the caps mentioned should not be tolerated under any circumstances. The Ministry of the Interior has now received a certain message that in various places of the Protectorate these caps are again carried, with the caps in front instead of with white-red ribbons with other badges, e.g. with a red heart and dgl. In view of the measures mentioned above, the wearing of caps of the mentioned species /and similar cuts / and ornamentation must be understood as a demonstrative act and disturbance of the public calm and order, which according to Art. 3 of the Act on the organization of the political administration of 14 July with the