English Translation

840 Dr. von Burgsdorff Under-Secretary of State Prague, 15 July 1941. .I again hand you the confidential telex of the Secretary of State Gutterer to the Reichsprotek=tor because of the beginning anti-Jewish propaganda wave with the proposal to use this pern letter in the consultation with the Lord Reichsprotector for the introduction of the Jewish arm= binding. I draw attention to the fact that at the time the order= haber had declared by letter of March 5, 1940 the introduction of a special badge, which is publicly visible to Jews, to be quite undesirable. In my view, this report by the commander of the security police is now out of date, since all the communities of the Protectorate have reported that the Jews are now acting boldly and challenging again in connection with the war against the Soviet Union. They are also, as reported by the SD and Oberland=rats, the bearers of whisper propaganda. It should therefore be necessary to make it more difficult for the Czechs to deal with Jews in order to restrict the atrocity propaganda. So, if one were to come up with the introduction of the armbands of the Jews, I would certainly like to make a prior agreement with the Reichsregierung (Reichs=minister Dr. Lammers). Hiiravvorh St. .5E1704