English Translation

43 Judiciary group Prague, the /7August 1942 I/9 B 220/42g feras Secret original MSM with 3 annexes, State Secretary CUXE al e obediently resubmitted with the following discussion: 1) According to § 1, paragraph 2' of the Government Decree of 27 June 1942 on the National Court (text of the Act annexed) the National Tribunal in Prague has by judgment if necessary. I am a "death sentence" in the criminal law sense cannot be pronounced by the National Court. The circumstances on the basis of which an other-wide settlement could not take place are stated in my note of 24 September. In July 1942 - I/9 E 220/42 g - which was handed over to Mr. Secretary of State on the same day, the National Court of Beneš cannot, therefore, condemn him to death. However, if the material is made available to him, Beneš will no doubt declare him a "deathable enemy of the Czech people". 2) The execution of the proceedings against Bishop G o r a z d e.g. before the National Court in Prague can be made legally possible, since in § 2 of the decree on the abolition of the civil exception of 3 July 1942 (VBlRProt. p. 181) that the courts of the state remain competent to condemn crimes committed directly in connection with the attack on Obergruppenführer Heydrich. foll hiru 17 TP-60/42