English Translation

4 May 1939. 162 Adjutant. To the district head R e inwa rd t , L e t me ri t z , district head of the NSDAP On behalf of the Secretary of State I inform you that in the foreseeable future territorial changes within the Protectorate cannot be considered.In your letter of 27 April you mentioned that the German Gendar- meriekomnando should be withdrawn from Trebnitz. After a consultation with the commander of the order police Maj. General Querner, there was a formation in strength of l/lo. It can therefore only be a forma- tion of the Feldgendarmerie, which was subordinated to the Wehrmacht and was withdrawn by the Wermacht.Apart from this, it is not provided that the German protection police or gendarmium provides pure police service in the Protectorate, but this task is reserved for the Czech gendarme and protective police. However, it will be difficult to avoid that, as mentioned above, the police service will provide Czech gendarmes. However,it will be arranged in such a way that German friendly gendarme will be sent to Trehnitz.In addition, I ask you to contact the relevant Oberlandrat in further cases, since from there all details can already be arranged with the relevant battalion commander. Heil Hitler!