STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1825, sig. 109-5/53

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The commander of the security police 2 and the SD Prague, the XIX, Kaßanienallee 19 Tgb. Mt. s. D. - V - 10175/42 - Please indicate the trade mark and date provided for in the reply. Engs U 1942 To the office of the Secretary of State, e.g. H-Obersturmbannführer Dr. G i e s , Prague IV. Czernin-Palais. Subject: Confiscation of radio equipment in Moravia-Budwitz. Reference: There. of 20.1.1942 - St.S. V E - 135/42. The State Police Department of Brno informed by telex dated 2nd February 1942: "On the basis of the notification in the SD report of 17.1.l942 of the SD department of Jglau, the facts were checked from here by the branch office of Jglau. In Moravian-Budwitz, it was not possible to transfer protectorates of listening to foreign radio stations. The fact that there was a very low level of passenger traffic during the days in question in Moravian Bud-witz was due to the exceptionally severe cold that prevailed in this area at that time. At the moment, passenger traffic on the roads of Moravian Budwitz is perfectly normal. In view of this finding, I ask for consent to refrain from carrying out the order made by 4-group leader F r a n k." Jch, please give me the decision of the iy group leader Fr a n K. Jm Orders: NOMM Fb-9a/42