THE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2130, sig. 109-8/13

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S 137 12 Place of birth: This circular is addressed to all departments of the "Seich.Pol. u. also of the SD, since it is an execution party no., local group: provision to the rank approximation decree. Last -, SA., NSKK- or HJ.Dienstleistung und Additional Implementing provisions to the An- Dienstleitung-No., letzte ., SA respectively HJ-Dienststelle gleichungsverkehren von -behängigen follow shortly. Retired from etc. on.. rank badges of uniform members of the Seich.Pol, who did not transfer (indicating whether directly to the police belong to., otherwise, which duties. The war operation of the Sich.pol. has increased in the meantime?) a uniformation also non-entry day into the NSDAP, μ. By individual order of the member of the page it had been determined that members of the Polish National Assembly should carry the field-grey 4-uniform - ins- in the security police employed in particular in the external operation. Authorization to create the 4-grad badge was given by issuing provisional the chief of the security police - expulsions. The provisional designations On the way of service lose their validity on the 1st of June 1942 and are collected by the services at that time (3 The application for full-time SD- to the issuing services are returned. With effect from June 1, 1942, for uniform transitional provisions, the head of the bearers of the Sich.Pol, who do not belong to the Sicht.Pol. and the SD. Uniform passes are introduced, which are only connected to the service card of the Seich.pol. or VII. This circular is valid for all members of the SD . To be made known.Poland. and SD. The uniform cards must be applied for immediately by the Security Police and SD. Departments with reasoned individual applications as follows: Annex 3 (a) For guidance degrees exclusively to the The Chief of Security Police RSHA — Unit I A 5 — and the SD b for subordinates and men of RSHA at 1 A 1 a No 114/42 Unit IA 5 Berlin, 1 April 1942. (c) for sub-commands and men of the services to all of the Reichsgebiet at the competent offices of the Polish and SD inspectors, - distributor D — d) for under-commendants and men in the field of operations- Subject: Applicability of the rank of officer to the competent commanding officers and decrees of 1 July 1941 — 1 A 1 a to the chiefs of the Einsatzgruppen Nr. 79/41 - on the clothing of the chiefs of the Einsatzgruppen, as well as the members of the "Sich.Pol.", whose admission has not yet taken place in Belgrade, The Hague, Krakow, Metz. Oslo, Prague and Strasbourg. 79/41 France and Belgium (offices in Paris and Brussels, the inspector in Salzburg, at the same time as the installation. RdErl. v. 4. 7. 1941 — 1 A 1 a No. 79/ 41 the relatives of the commanders in Marburg and Veldes and the other inspectors are entitled to the er- (rectification). which have been assigned to the external - I A 1 a No. 79/41 - since its publication, may only be clothed according to the preliminary basis of the senior clothing of the position of the uniform card. In the case of men whose admission has not yet taken place but whose uniformation from the issuing of the uniform card is necessary, in particular in the field of employment, the rank badges are to be determined in accordance with the order of duty. However, in principle, this inconvenient practice is only carried out up to a level which is lower than that provided for by the Decree on the approximation of the duties of officials taken and, above all, in the harmonization of the transports of persons belonging to j. To conclude non-4-members, it had been further determined that hearing secretary at most the rank badges do not carry any member of the Seich.Pol. after the 15. 7. 1941 of a - main squad leader. However, it is not clear whether the Commission will be able to accept any exceptions other than those in question, unless the interests of the subject matter are those which, in accordance with the approximation provisions, make it absolutely necessary in the higher grade. In spite of this clear indication, when appointments and promotions of employees were made, it has been observed that official or higher-ranking groups of employees are, of course, inadmissible to wear the higher rank badges at numerous service stations. I shall be ordered, after the competent authority has issued for the last time the uniform certificate, which is in strict execution. of the decree of July 1, 1941, and at the same time see me as the rank for a leader. The following implementing provisions shall be issued to officials or employees in each individual non-fy member's clothing, in so far as it is strictly required by the RSHA — Unit I A 5.