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10 The Imperial Protector of Prague, 17 December 1940 in Böhnen and Moravia No. I l a - 1403 Confidential! To a) Divisions I - IV b " Central Administration C all groups of the Authority d the Office for the Land of Moravia in Brno e "I Oberlandraten O. flm 22 f the commander of the security police in Prague 80 11 Commander of the Order Police in Prague the Chief Finance President in Prague 1/ boe to i the office of Mr. Reichsprotektor j "1 11 " 11 Secretary of State desdacg.a.d. k T 1! I I1 Undersecretary of State the Wehrmacht authorized in Prague 1.0+240. 1) each with personal address and addition o.V.i.A. Subject: Guidelines on the use of languages in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia ReferenceWithout attachments : -- The Protectorate government has. I am not at present taking any further steps towards the Protectorate Government. However, as far as your territory is concerned, I ask you, in practice, to enforce the decrees of 4.4.l940 - I 1 a 276 -, 5.4.1940 - 1 a 545 -, 2.7.19 40 - I1 a 1056 - and 22.8.1930 - I-1 a l403 - by all means. The following guidelines on language use in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia are to be observed for all language-related measures: 1.) The use of the German language alone is permitted at any time. 2.) The usage of the Czech and German languages is permitted in addition to each other, unless the exclusive 1 / 1