English Translation

32 The head of the Wehrmacht leadership staff Berlin, 19.10.40. in the high command of the German Wehrmight office of the State Secretary bet Reichspcotektor in Bohemia and Moravia. Eing.: 22.0KT. 1940 Mr. Tgb. Nr.: State Secretary F ra n k Prague Dear State Secretary! During your last visit to Berlin, you addressed the question of the treatment of the French prisoners of Czech nationality to the Führer. Jch is allowed to brief you on the state of affairs: The Führers have decided that it is important for the action whether these prisoners have acquired the nationality of the Protectorate or not (Stichtag 16.3.39). Those who left the Protectorate after 16.3.39 must therefore be treated as traitors. Those who emigrated from Czechoslovakia before 16.3.38 will not have acquired the nationality of the Protectorates in general, so they are stateless and therefore cannot be prosecuted for treason. The Czechs to be treated according to the above principles will be handed over to the secret state police. At present all names of the Czechs who are prisoners of war are determined. The names of St. S. Ãai _rater_