STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2107, sig. 109-7/114

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(a) Divisions II - IV and the central administration (b) all groups (c) the Oerland Councils (d) the commander of the security police (e) the officer of the police in charge of the order: use of the government force in emergency situations There are still ambiguities about the tasks of the governmental force and in particular about the possibility of their deployment in emergencies, as individual cases result. After the decree of the leader of l6.3.l939, the task of the government force is to maintain the peace and order in the protectorate, if it cannot be ensured by gendarmerie and police alone.During the war, the reg eration force also becomes tasks in the service of the German Wehrmacht e.g. In addition, the training force can be deployed in the event of ice and flood risks and major disasters, but it does not correspond to the nature and task of the government force, even in the case of smaller emergencies such as: Schnoe - raumarbeiten, Kohlenschchippen Kommandos der Regierungstruppe,Die Regierungsetruppe is not at the moment suitable for such an operation, because only very small reserves are available and it also has no spanned field kitchens, 4.4 It is therefore in agreement with the armed forces authorized the following regulation : l. Commands of the government force for any operation may be requested only by the competent groups of the authority of the Reich Protector and the Oberlandraten, 2. All requirements must be addressed to the Wehrmacht authorised representative at the Reichsprotektor in Bohemia and Moravia in Prague - the,Immediate negotiations with the government force are not permitted IR I ask you to observe . goz.Dr.v.Burgsdorff - certified. ntatmistih i Dog8mg a 9,3.v2 An b.74.n Attachments √=20142