English Translation

1a -2- of its criminality, which extends throughout to crimes and crimes, at least as long as a competence of the departments of the Reichsarbeitsdienst is not limited, as a waiver of the supreme authority for the conduct of an ordinary procedure does not exist. I therefore consider it inadmissible that local services of the Reichsarbeitsdienst should deny the competence of the local security police services by noting that they themselves are responsible for prosecuting certain acts of members of the Imperial Labour Service, since such a general competence does not exist and that jurisdiction over the jurisdiction of the ordinary law enforcement authorities is only secondary in individual cases by decision of the Supreme Court and therefore does not prejudice the primary competence of ordinary law-enforcement authorities. Apart from this, it is also factually necessary that such investigations be carried out by the police, since the authorities of the Reichsarbeitsdienst should not have the necessary criminalist knowledge. In its investigative activities, the security police must observe the orders laid down in the Circular of 9 January 1939 (RMBliv.S.2ll4), which ensures sufficient participation by the services of the Reichsarbeitsdienst. In this situation, it seems obvious that the security police have the right, in a court proceedings against a person who does not belong to the Reichsarbeitsdienst, to reject members of the Reich's employment service as witnesses, without the obligation to inform the superior department of the member of the labour service of the facts of the investigation procedure (cf. point II E of the RdErl. 9.10.39). Representing: Dr. Siegert Zeglaubt: Lundazr anzleichnehmer. 74809 rerium