English Translation

20 - 5 - II 2. The police investigation in the country is also here exclusively the responsibility of the secret state police. The state police investigation results must also be reported according to ILI, 1. For the employment agency also the regulation under point III applies. The previous marking A, B, C falls away in the future. V. General. According to the previous findings of the repatriation agency, only about lo% of the so far verified returnees are to be regarded as unreliable. Therefore, a worthy and appropriate treatment of the returnees is made obligatory for all officials. It should be borne in mind that the vast majority of returnees return to Nazi Germany with great expectations and were in a difficult struggle for Germanism abroad. As far as politically significant facts are learned during the interrogations, these must be carefully evaluated (e.g. If, during the interrogation, it appears by appropriate and confidential questioning that the returner is ready and able to provide important military information about the foreign country, then the responsible military defence department must be informed, which must then be given the opportunity to question the returnee in a suitable manner. In the general questioning of returnees, notes may not be included in this direction. The questioning by the returnees must be carried out by certain officials in particular. When dealing with the returnees, the greatest importance must be attached to the greatest acceleration, since the returnee office will be in possession of the police investigation as soon as possible, since late investigations for the returner's office are often worthless and the fore-