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34 The Wehrmacht Plenipotentiary Br a............4. in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia Walk.Rommandofad The head of the staff Ic pol.60/40 g.Kdos. 2. Affairs. l.Conclusion.Reference: Meeting with the Secretary of State at l2.9.l940. Betr.: Occurrence of the Czech Legion in the western fighting area. 1 Attachment. To the Reichsprotektor in Bohemia and Mähren z.Hd. of the State Secretary K.H. (i) a report on the Czech society in France, compiled from official, press and V.M. news, is confidential and not suitable for general business; 2.) Since, contrary to previous tele- oral communications from the High Command of the Wehrmacht, the Foreign Division has shown that a whole number of Czechs are present in German prison camps, - with number Ic pol.60/40 g.Kdos. also passed there on 1 September 1940 - the aforementioned division of the High command of the wehrmaek was asked for further investigation. As assumed, after telephonic communication from the said department, it seems that, on the basis of considerations of international law, the treatment of these diseases has recently brought to the fore a different view.