English Translation

143a - 2 - Betr.i Verkehr nit der Presse. According to the order of the Führer of 16.2.1939, the publication of any kind of news from the realm ministries and all other departments is to be carried out exclusively through the press department of the Reich government, which is solely responsible for the timing, the forums and the uniform orientation of all publications. In order to prevent any misunderstanding on the basis of service names etc., press offices, press office offices etc. have been abolished in the Reich and unchanged in places with other description. The name "press chief" may not be led by the leaders of such places, since it is only to the press chief of the Reich government and the Reich press chief the NSDAP. In accordance with this rule in the Reich, I order the following for the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia: 1.) The German authorities and departments must direct written and oral communications, instructions, information, etc. to the press or to the branch of the German news office exclusively through my abbey cultural policy. 2.) All publications of interviews, articles, etc.: . Images of members of the aforementioned authorities and services shall be authorized only with the approval of the Cultural Policy Department and shall be directed to the press only through this section. 4.) In order to take account of the special needs of the Oberlandrats (with the exception of Prague and Brno), I agree that the Oberlandsrats in the German and Czech home press of their district amt 23971 -3- MY-V