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

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Appendix 1 Information sheet on the fight against enemy parachute jumpers. The fight against hostile parachuted jumpers within the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia may require close cooperation between the military services and the internal administration. To this end, the German Minister of State for Böhnen and Moravia announces the orders given so far by the Wehrmacht authorized and commander in Wehrkreis Böhmen and Moravia in accordance with the Dcutschen Staats~ ninister for Bohemia and Moravia to fight parachutists: 1) The Wehrmascht commanders and Wehrmcht location elders fight on orders or by their own decision every descent of the forces of Peindwehr, which comes to their knowledge, first by sending combat-cry as much as possible motorized scouts, if necessary by further Wehrmarcht forces of the site. Annihilation of the Faindes is Kanpfauftrag. Order police, SD CJ. and Waffen-4t have the same mission from the Minister of State. In order to ensure a uniform rapid fight against the enemy in the event of parachute jumps and air landings of stronger forces which require the closed use of all the guards of a standing area, the commanding forces and the Wehrmacht location elders of their own decision have the right to alert and subordinate all forces of the Wkhrmacht, the li, the police, the RAD, the Reg, the troupe and the protectorates of their area of location. 3) The insinuation mentioned under 2) may also take place in the event that air landings outside the protectorate borders are permeated or gangs are strengthened and militarily organized by air landing, and these enemy troops unexpectedly break into the guile of the protectorates.