English Translation

25a to speak to me personally. I complied with this wish immediately according to duty. Only now did I meet Mrs. W. personally. She said during the oral debate that a member of her company had recently been arrested by the Foreign Office of the Iglau Secret State Police; she did not announce any other new aspects that could be added to her request of 3.6.1942, but only asked her to issue a gun certificate immediately. orally, an urgent need to carry a firearm was not proved, I explained, that I had to maintain my negative opinion as a material officer, since I could not acknowledge an "indisputable need" with regard to the statements of the Lord Reichsprotector; but I felt obliged and held, exclusively these orders of Mr. R.P. An immediate exhibition of a certificate of arms to Mrs. W. would not have been possible, according to her wish, even if the "indisputable need" was affirmed, since I am of the above mentioned Erl. of the Lord Reich Protector in Bohemia and Moravia - commander of the security police - of 2l.ll.l939 and the Erl . Mr. Reichsprotektor, Department for the Land of Moravia in Brno of l4.5.l940 - II 4020 - held that "in each individual case the applicant should carry out a review of his political reliability by the secret state police". of me Moravia, department for the Land of Moravia in Brno from 14.5.1940 "it is not possible to obtain the opinion of the secret state police, if a request is already ready for rejection even without this opinion", i.e. if there is no undisputable need. In addition, I consider these instructions of the Reichsprotektor to be an internal order which is not intended for a communication to applicants. Furthermore, the Office has the practice of having the applications for the issue of weapons certificates and weapons passports by the German Gendarmeriekommando checked whether the legal provisions of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union have been complied with.