English Translation

Berlin, the 10th Jumi 1942 The head of the security police and the SD 9V IV A2 -B.No. 150/42A L9 V C. brang To the subordinate departments of the Security Police and SD 132/+0.00 (according to distributor Z, except RSHA, SD(leit) sections and state criminal departments). to the higher 4- and police chiefs: 15.JuNl1942 the Office V, the RKPA - Criminal Institute -, the units IV A 1, IV A 4 , IV D 4 and IV E 5, the police attachés in Pressburg and Sofia. Subject: Enemy sabotage by free-flying sturgeon balloons. Reference: Decrees of 31.3. and 20.4.42 - B.No. 150/42 g.- concerning enemy sabotages caused by high voltage disturbances. Appendices: 3 3 As an annex, I am sending a copy of a decree issued by the Reich Minister of Aviation and Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe on the effect of free-flying enemy balloons with four explanatory schematic drawings. 620 sturgeon balloons have been found in Reichsgebiet and in the occupied territories since the beginning of the arrivals (21.3.42). The disturbances caused by the entrances on electrical lines are small and are not in proportion to the used material. I refer in this connection to the observance of the decree of the Reichsführer-i) and chief of the German police in Reichsninisterium des Inneren from 1.6.40 - AZ. 0-Kdo. O.(1) 1Nr. 254/4O - by which the treatment of found balloons, distribution devices and equipment has been regulated;is certified: Kanglefangestelite. 22=4a477