THE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1302, sig. 109-4/1056

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C transcript. BEEAEEEEEE The Commander of the Prague Security Police, 1 May 1940 and the SD. täabn e n B. IV - 471/40-. - Secret 1.) Note: gea OPMOUCUIGECLCSEEUOEES T8A nebrow Redoorddorub epmape gst JOJ On the question of who has the Reich's supervision over the autonomous administration 50 in the Land of Moravia and to what extent, it must be pointed out first of all that this is not a matter of state law, since the Moravian group is a part of the office of the Reichsprotektor, i.e. not a subordinate authority dods eiv and the supervisory right of this authority over the independent administration is regulated by law. It is rather a question of practicality for the administration, for which 9TEE should be the same aspects which led to the formation of the Moravian Group. Accordingly, it is appropriate that the basic decisions and questions relating to the Land of Moravia be taken in agreement or in agreement with the draft. With the consent of the Moravian group ow .doi are met by the president of the state vitreous. It should be kept in mind that the president is official of the auto- ree nomen administration and it is based on his German nationality or. He is a member of the Reich in the conversion of his rights and duties towards the authorities of the Imperial Protector only to the extent that he is personally obliged, as a German in particular, to enforce the authority of the German authorities vis-à-vis the protectorate administration in all matters of essential importance in every way imaginable - even under the imposition of his personal reputation. Finally, the problem lies in the problem of whether it is at all right for Sese to use Germans in the autonomous administration of 998 rosi DLSETCGICETUNG. hveas US odofoa snte Before dealing with this question, the following reference should be made to OO. The State Secretary and Senior Chief of Police Ne nebrörea S tdemaun tnebtalrcest c9b na rede tnoin doilnöeteg edswdoS.r ne Ina etr2 - .niee detdolreg "netnebiaßrges 02000