English Translation

Whunt 15 Dactejbindungsstelle beim Reinspcotehtor in Böhmen u. Mähcen Deutsche Arbeiterpartei Nationalsozialistische A Partei-Kanzlei o p $21 taken: ameamftragte der NSDAP München 33, den 13.5.1943 beiget: Dar Führerbau II M Az. 47 g 11 Sb./Am. Tgb.No. 290/43 g Secret To all defense officers. Subject: Industrial espionage of foreign workers. Hereinafter a letter of the OKH is handed over to the Wehrkreise V, VI, VII, X, XII and XVII concerning industrial espionage for evaluation. If locally necessary, the defense officers of the subordinate departments are to be taught in appropriate form. Heil Hitler! F.d.R.: gez. Friedrichs. "Many foreign workers employed in the rich provide valuable documents to the enemy intelligence service, e.g. for air raids for the destruction of important production sites. They are trained for industrial espionage before their deployment. Some foreign engineers, chemists, students and skilled technicians of all kinds accept jobs as simple workers in order to get an insight into our war work, produce in their free time good technical drawings of the machines accessible to them and with the help of compatriots easily establish program and performance of the respective enterprises. -2-