English Translation

24 Copy of transcript. National Socialist German Workers' Party Party-Kanzlei Der Leiter der Pertei-Kenzlei Führerhauptquartier den 18. August 1943 III C 2 - To. Herr Gauleiter Dr, J u r y Wi e n 99/XI Wasagasse Nr. lo Subject: Status of the Party; Decree of the Führers of 12 December 1942, Your letter of 9 July 194 Dear Party comrade Dr. J u r y X In your letter of 9 July l943, I inform you that the Aupgassung, the decree of the Führer of 12 December l942 does not apply to the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, is incorrect. According to § 1 Ordinance of 3.4.1939 /RGBl.S.704/, the legal provisions of the Rciches are valid for the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, not only if they determine it externally, but also if this results from their content. Although the Führer's decree of 12 December 1942 does not contain the explicit provision that its validity extends to the Protectorate, such a provision was not necessary because, according to its content, there could be no doubt that the decree should comprehensively regulate the legal status of the NSDaP without territorial restriction. The view that the decree does not apply to a part of the Great Deve en Empire, namely the Protectorate, would contradict this purpose of ce decree, which is expressed in the very general version. .w.