STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2748, sig. 109-14/51 (damaged)

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Instructions for the non-uniformed guard. The purpose of the rally is a large demonstration of the Czech population against the assassination and its authors. It is therefore desirable that the participants express their consent to the speech of the speakers by applause and shouts / e.g. against Benesch/. The police organs in civilian groups, individually or in pairs, are so unobtrusive that they do not differ from each other; they will be evenly distributed over the whole area of the Old Town Ring as far as possible. Their task is to ensure that the rally is not disturbed by anyone or by nothing. If they find that someone tries to disturb the rally or acts in a way that is incompatible with the purpose, seriousness and dignity of the rally, they have to take care of the most rapid removal of such rest disturbers. However, this elimination must be carried out as inconspicuously and rapidly as possible, so that the remaining participants are not disturbed by this and may not notice the intervention; it is therefore clear from any on-the-spot seizure. The perpetrator is to be created in the next house floor and stopped there until the end of the rally in such a way that every further disturbance is impossible for him from there. It is therefore advisable to close the house floor in such cases and only there to determine the perp. By the way, these bodies are obliged to act as tactfully as possible in all official acts, without, however, leaving out of sight that they have to prevent any disturbance.