English Translation

Copy of transcript. NATIONAL SOCIALISTIAN GERMAN WORKING PARTY The deputy of the Führer München 33, December 14, 38 Braunes Haus. A n o r d n u n g No. 201/3 (Not for publication) Subject: The position of the security service of the Reichsführer-4 (SD) in the party. 1. The security service is the Reichführers-j by my order of 9.6. l934 is the only political intelligence and defense service of the NSDAP., its divisions and affiliated associations. SD-RFø is therefore an institution of the party. The organisa- toric and human carrier of this institution is the j as an organization of the Party. 2. Insofar as the party - whether external or in its own domain - has to obtain or evaluate intelligence documents, the procurement and processing of this material is the responsibility of the SD. 3. The managers are entitled, within their competence, to issue orders to the SD departments, which are responsible for the Gau area after the installation has been made. 4. The SD leaders responsible for the Gaue are, in addition to the continuation of their previous activities, the sole agents for the acquisition and processing of news by the Gauleiter in the sense of my order of 9 June 1934.