THE GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 122, sig. 110-3/62

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2ter.S.e1 ms.8819 gedostreff rted.etgltdoimffovsddoamxdeW DS AbgehAi fat nemdéa rut ratatnimate IVE1\8.1OT .. (go\BI) BI.JdA EIUO: SSLERN telex KR GZ1E 018412/13 18/2 1815 nedSM nw nemnd rüt retainimetBstE nedoatNe( 1.) To Befh. im Wehrkr. Böhmeniund.MhrenlstrejeiniM nrxsH .bH.s Cen.-Inf. Toussaint, Prague emnsnafhtnneX Ius tihinoedA Secret command case Tedenaidedn MetgitdosmflovedtnosmideW neb ü Reference: PSpwjBafBstnenaindaOhred Ia No.234/45 g.K. of 13.2.45. .A.I 1.) Evacuation of the Czech territory of the city of Brno keamt does not take place in Prague. In the event of imminent enemy attack, the decision to do so should be re-applied. of 14.2.45, new instructions of the O.K. for commanders of the fortress Nos. I, IV and V.) are referred to (after which the evacuation is to be provided only in the event of the enemy attack and in agreement with the services of the Party and the State aerd to be taken. 2.) The air shelters of Kevil population must be able to create other possibilities for this, as has been done so far in all the fortresses of the East without any difficulty. 3.) Moreover, apart from the restrictions ordered above, the demands for the expansion of Brno to the fortress remain. Guderian, Chief General and Chief of the General Staff of the Army, OKH/Gen.St.d.H./ op Abt./Lds.Bef. Nr. 1 970/45 g.K. v.18.2.45 R XX 2WF-HH2 V74