English Translation

The Wehrmacht Plenipotentiary l a d dam Prag XIX., the 7.8. goapge Dlah of the Wehrmight 5 Group Ic Az. ls No. 1403/41 of the Seedfehcetäcs Betr.1 Report on measures to combat U Reidisprotectoc of fires in railway wagons. 0s349m QuR Boea Beschreibi There. Letter St.S. IV C 8/41 g. of 29.7.41 11th AUG. 1941 Lauen An den Tob. Tea Mr. State Secretary at the Reichsprotektor in Bohemia and Moravia Persönbicher Speaker Jaind. In dic Eicale Pra dee brga-gr woe gchder. (arich jetes s an d doled g The report of the Czech Ministry of Transport is taken as follows: ) A sufficient number of coverage plans is not available at the moment with regard to vednd the Hateriale situation. Ca avde This fact, however, is not related to the planned measures for sabotage Iik. contravention, since the plans do not offer protection 74r-ected. It is essential that all suitable measures avoid sabotaging .1-86/47c as far as possible. For this reason, the guarding t2 was proposed. Military forces are obviously not available for this purpose. In any case, a corresponding guarding is significant not only for the L48/L prevention of fires at all, but also for the timely extinguishing of fire that has arisen. Even if it is known that the lignite produces higher sparks, it can be said. In addition, the possibility of car fires, if the train is a fun flight of its own locomotive and if there are no technical reasons for the train, can be reduced by an appropriate order of the freight wagons at the assembly of the train. Finally, a corresponding surveillance in the event of an emergency will also contribute to the easier stopping of the train. In no case can it be allowed that the responsibility of the railway personnel is relaxed on the grounds that there are too few plans available. For the Wehrmacht authorised representative The Chief of the General Staff houpi St.@.1rC-8-c-41/gk Colonel i.G.