English Translation

7 Preg, November 15, 1942. R-Prot.Na 1980 1571 20,20 Blitz-FS: An 4-Oberst-Gruppeführer und Generaloberst der Polizei D a l u e g e , B_{_1_11_i_2 Hauptamt der Ordnungspolizei. Oberst-Guppe Führer ! Regarding the decree on Reichsdefense Commissars and the unification of the economic administration, I propose to W-GroupführER State Secretary Dr. Stuckart to address the following telex: "In the special regulation provided for in the draft decree on Reich defence committees and the unification of the economic administration for the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, I assume that the tasks assigned to the Reich defence commissioners in the rest of the Reich area should also be entrusted to a Reich defense commissioner in the Protectorates. On the basis of the powers conferred on the Reich Protector by the Führer, the functions exercised by the latter include those of the Reich Defence Commissioner. I propose that the tasks of the Imperial Defence Commissioner in the Protectorate be performed by the ý Group Leader, Secretary of State K.H.Prank. Similar to the rule in the rest of the Reich, a Reich Defence Committee would have to be set up in the Protectorate in support of the Imperial Defence Commissioner. As members of the Committee, among other things, the heads of those German departments which have the tasks of the authorities mentioned in § 8(2) of the draft would be provided for in the protectorate. Since the sphere of activity of a number of these authorities is carried out by the Reichsprotector in the Protectorate, he represents the corresponding tasks in the Committee.