STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 673, sig. 109-4/421

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4 The German Minister of State for Bohemia and Moravia Prague, May 3, 1944 To the Oberlandraten - Inspectors 13 Augfassungen Message light .....Execution to the Wehrmacht authorized Reichsprotektor in Bohemia and Mähren the commander of the Watfen-. Bohemia and Moravia the commander of the Prague police order the commanders of the security police and the SD Prague the ministerial office the adjutants of the German State Minister for Bohemia and the Moravian. Betr.: fight against enemy parachutists. 3 attachments: ( 1 leaflet and 2 lists). In accordance with the Wehrmacht authorized representative of the Reichsprotektor and commander in the Bohemian and Moravian Wehrkreis, the accompanying leaflet for the fight against enemy paragliders (Appendix 1) has been drawn up, and I ask for the most precise consideration in the case of special cases. In particular, I refer to paragraph 5 of the fact sheet, according to which the competent Oberlandrats - inspectors, on a case-by-case basis and in accordance with the rules laid down in a list (Appendix 2), the defrauders, in special cases, remain in principle active as a carrier of civil law enforcement and, in addition, the Wehrmacht commander, on the other hand. Wehrmachtstationsälte- stimulative and advisory also in so far as these are authorized to certain measures concerning the civilian population. In the implementation of the civilian enforcement force, this ensures closest cooperation between Wehrmascht and civilian service stations. 9438 2102./40