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18a 5. As protectorate members, Díe Tsc h e c h h e n are nationals of a special kind and have essentially the same rights and obligations as German nationals. The Czech population works diligently for the German war economy, but is politically strongest under the influence of the enemy. The latter fact must always be taken into account in dealing with every Czech, even if he bears a purely German surname, which is fluent in German and loyal to himself. Mistrust and the strongest restraint towards the Czech population, all women and girls, are therefore required. On the other hand, considerableness is out of place. 6. According to the command of the leader, the transfer of prisoners of war and of foreign peoples of the Wehrmacht to the Protectorate is prohibited. Where, in exceptional cases, there is an inescapable need to take the help and prisoners of the war, these must be collected immediately and concluded from any contact with the Czech population. 7. New troops arriving in the Protectorate have immediately, as intended, the strength of the troops, the duration of the stay, the aim of the march to the site elders and, if not available, to report to the Wehrmacht authorised officer and commander in the Bohemian and Moravian Wehrkreis (Prague, telephone 098/1300). 8. In principle, requirements for the civil service must be addressed to the local district-hauptmann- Reichsauftragsverwaltung. Self-mighty and arbitrary measures are strictly prohibited. In cases of urgent, quantitatively insignificant needs, measures under the Reichsleistungsgesetz are carried out by the troupe s el b s t (e.g. 9. Infringements of the political and war economic order in the Protectorate and violations of the orders of the Wehrmacht authorized and commander in the Bohemian and Moravian Wehrkreis as territorial commanders are severely punished. The above information sheet is to be used for the instruction of the troops and remains closed to the unit leader. Prague, on 9 August 1944. The German Minister of State The Wehrmacht authorized and commander for Bohemia and Moravia in the Wehrkreis Böhmen and Moravia. Frank gez. Toussaint 4-Obergruppenführer General der Infanterie 40352