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O8 Copy of the High Command of the Wehrmacht Az. 2 f 24.90 a Iriegsgef. Berlin-Schöneberg, d.14.1o.41 __IbG/IV,2)IIr6577/41 Betr,: Treatment of members of foreign peoples from the Soviet prisoners of war. Reference: OKW/Kriegskef. IV, 2 No. 2664/4l v. 7.8, 11 1 11 No. 1463/41 v.20.8. 41 11 No.161/41 v.25.8. " 11 11 11 ir. 1433/41 b. 9.9. -1 Annex - Depending on the progress of operations in the East, specific provisions were given on the treatment of minorities whose summary appears appropriate. Therefore, the following is ordered, with the cancellation of the reference orders:' I. General. Each prisoner-of-war transport must be immediately checked for the following ethnic groups and the relevant peoples must immediately be separated from the prisoners of war: People's Germans, Ukrainians, Belarusians, Poland, Lithuanians, Latvians, Estonians, Romanians, Finns, Georgians, For the so-called "Asiats" it remains the case that these are to be excluded from the transport to the Reich, unless in individual cases individual Asians are separated for defence or other political reasons and transferred to special camps on orders from OKW, the term "Asiatians" will obviously experience a far-reaching subdivision in the course of the further operations. Details -2