English Translation

Guidelines for the case of enemy threat SE Although an enemy threat in the Protectorate is not current at the moment, every civil administration official in charge must already know which factual tasks and personal duties are incumbent on him and his subordinates in this case, I give the following guidelines as a precaution: 1) Even if the protectorate should become an operational area in whole or in part, the civil administration remains in full condition. The normal jurisdiction and insinuation of both the Reich authorities and the autonomous departments does not change. Only in the battle zones, whose limitation the military commander determines in consultation with me, are the upper military command authorities authorized to give direct instructions for the execution of their combat assignment civilian services, As a combat zone is usually a battle strip of 20 to 30 km depth. The highest principle of all the services is to increase the impact of the fighting force. Differences of opinion are to be compensated comradely and locally. In cases of doubt, my decision must be made in the shortest possible way. 3) On the part of the Wehrmacht, according to an order of the head of the OKW C x) the command powers of the authorized Wehrmcht and the command over in the Weirkreis_Bohmen and Moravia are transferred only in the combat zone to the High Command of the Army Group; in the other operating area, the competence of the authorised Wehrmecht and of the subordinate departments remains unaffected. 4) To inform the troops transferred to the Protectorate, use the attached troop note, the principles of which also remain valid in the area of operation.