English Translation

Department VIII Prague, 25 August 1943. VIII/lb - 10 V 70 -700/03 Büco of the state secretary bein Reichsptotektoc in Böhmon and Moravia. To the Eing.: 2 6. AUG. 1943 Office of the Minister of State in the H a u s e Ihr Brief - St S VE 30 b/42 g of lo.8.1943 Betr.: Execution of controls by bodies of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry In addition to the control measures already taken in 1994l, a decree of the Department of Transport and Technology (Railway Administration) was issued in June in accordance with the request of the Security Police Commander and the SD, according to which "security bodies" with special qualifications were also granted permission to search for hand baggage on moving trains. Division VI was again contacted and led to the speedy provision of the necessary identity cards to the larger group of staff to be set up for the purposes of carrying out the checks. 82080 laeus 006-24