THE GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 1166, sig. 110-11/104

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4504 S T -A Prague, September 8, 1944. MU KR-Blitz-FS: (After entering to treat as a secret Reichssgabe!) Urgent! Present immediately! To the Reichsführer-h, Berlin SW 1l, Prince Albrecht Straße 8. Reichsfahrer ! The situation in Slovakia is worsening further. In the central part of Slovakia, the Slovak army and the Slovak executive - reinforced by recruited and forcibly recruited civilians and the agents constantly deposed by the Soviets and the English - gather gangs in strength of about 40,000 men. According to safe news, there is also an increase in gang activity in the areas of Slovakia already occupied by German troops. Thus, in the area of Myava along the border to the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, a larger gang group of about 2.00o men is present, which has already established links with illegal groups in the protectorate. According to the reports before me, the German fighting organizations are not making any progress and are also in danger of being cut off from their backward links. News about the increasing terror and abuse of Germans is of particular consequence.