English Translation

47 The Wehrmacht authorized Brag, . ktober19 40. in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia 8 The head of the Stabes Geh.Fommandoface. Ic pol.60/40 g.Kdos. 2. Affairs. 2.Conclusion. Reference: Meeting with the Secretary of State on 12.9.1940. Betr.: Occurrence of the Czech legia in the western fighting area. Office of the State Secretariat: 1 Annex. at the Reichsprotektoe in Bohemia and Mähcen. Eing.: 8. OKT. 1940 to the Tgb. Nr.: Reichsprotector in Bohemia and Moravia: Mr. Secretary of State K.H. Fr a n k, Prague. 1. With reference to the wish expressed by the State Secretary at the meeting of the l2.9., a report on the Czech Le- gion in France is transmitted. This report, compiled from official press and V.M.* news, is confidential and not suitable for general business. 2.) Since, in contrast to previous tele- oral communications of the High Command of the Wehrmacht, Division Foreign, it has turned out that a whole number of Czechs are found in German prison camps, - with number Ic pol.60/40 g.Kdos. also there on 11.9.40 - the aforementioned division of the Ober-kommando was asked for further investigations. As assumed, following a telephonic communication from the said department, it seems that, on the basis of considerations of international law, the treatment of these diseases has recently become a different view in the foreground of St S. vh 7