English Translation

84 and maintaining a tight discipline, stopping the flight of panicked soldiers, using the weapon. B. Combating communist activity. Latvia In Latvia, in particular, the big cities are a favourable breeding ground for communist work, while the flat country is relatively poorly infected by communism. The most politically restless part of Latvia lies in Lettgallen, due to the racially different composition of the population, which is mostly Soviet-Russian. While, after the occupation and elimination of the persons who appeared as functionaries, a general calming occurred at first, with the solidification of the German front before Leningrad, a more intensive communist activity was again observed. This movement was supported by communist officials who were driven from Soviet Russia through the German lines. They were organizationally united and under a central office in Moscow. They succeeded in capturing and rendering harmless several communist groups. In Gorki, a group was formed from former members of a Soviet-Russian corps, militiamen, members of communist youth organizations and workers who had fled with them when the Red Army retreated. Members were trained in a 10-day course for their future agitational work and then in. In Latvia, a number of groups were set up to perform certain tasks, with the obligation to recruit more communist-minded persons in their respective fields. Fritz A l b a, from Ösel, who joined these groups, appeared in Riga almost at the same time as these groups appeared.