English Translation

Seheim Guidelines for the case of threat to the enemy Although an enemy threat in the Protectorate is not current at the moment, every civil servant in charge must already now know which duties and personal duties are incumbent on him and his subordinates in this case. I give the following precautions: 1) Even if the Protectorate should become an operational area in whole or in part, the civil administration will remain in full control. The normal jurisdiction and insinuation of both the Reich authorities and the autonomous departments does not change anything.Only in the battle zones, whose limitation the military superior 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. 2) In the area of operation, but above all in the combat zone, all civilian services have to maintain close contact with the military service. The supreme principle of all services is to increase the impact of the fighting force, differences of opinion are to be compensated comradely and locally. In two cases, my decision must be made in the shortest possible way. ( x the commanding powers of the Wehrmacht authorised officer and commander in the Bohemian and Moravian Wehrkreis shall be transferred to the High Command of the Army Group only in the combat zone; in the other area of operation, the competence of the Hehrmaef authorized officer and the subordinate departments shall remain unaffected. 4) To inform the troops transferred to the Protectorate, use the attached troop note, whose principles also apply in the area of operation.