English Translation

V L Copy. Telex No. 2253/65 of 28.2.1945. 1l2 To Wehrmacht commanders Bohemia and Moravia and German Minister of State for Bohemia and the Moravian Republic. Command on the expansion of the "Bohemian restricted zone". 1.) In agreement with the German Minister of State and the military commanders of Bohemia and Moravia, I order the "securing of the Bohemian-Moravian region" a) to expand a deep restricted zone in northern and eastern Bohemia. Purpose: with weak forces to stop the advance of hostile panzer and mot associations on roads and roads. (b) Securing the rear connections via the Elbe from Jermer to Melnik. 2.) Course of the restricted zone: (a) Front border: Route of the rear border over "Mährian restricted zone and the restricted area "Silesian Mountains" north-west Brno to protectorate border 10 km north of Jermer. Back border: Iglau - Deutsch-Brod - Pardubitz - Route of Elbe to Melnic. b) Right border: History of the army group border northwest of Brno to Iglau. Left border: Course of the protectorate border 10 km north of Jermer to north of Melnik. 3. With the military direction of the expansion of the restricted zone and the securing of the rear connections via the Elbe I commission the general of the pioneers at the H.Gr.Mitte. He issued a special order for the implementation of the expansion in detail. I transferred the execution of the extension work with the forces of the civilian population according to the instructions of the army group in consultation with the head of the party chancellery, Reichsleiter Bor- mann, the senior division head Lindau.