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00 The Cchemedhtbenolmöchigt br Reidhsutoasktor in Bohnten wne (nol on LNO Abra. 0e/pot 83340 gh. Prague, 7.8.40. To brahyy the State Secretary SS Group leader Karl Hermann Fr a n k 0t.81uligfige! Reference: There.Schrb. v.15.7.40. Orginal mipe li mi. Betr.: Participation of Czech legionaries in the battles in the West. b The High Command of the Army informs that Czechs have appeared before the German front in two cases: "1.) Isolated as members of foreign regiments (especially of the Foreigner I.R. ll). Their number was apparently extremely small in these regions, since these authorities were mainly censored by Italians, Jews, Russians and German emigrants. 2.) If the 1st Czech Division formed in the Agde camp in the Wehrkreis XVI on June 5th in the area west of Sens into the battle. Whether and how many prisoners she lost in this case is also not known here. Belonging to a foreign battalion to I.R. 122 has never been established here. "The Wehrmacht authorised representative continues to endeavour to determine, by means of the Central Office for POWs, whether Czechs are in POW camps for example For the Wehrmascht authorized representative The Chief of the Staff onqiny 11018 Colonel i.G.