English Translation

1V - 17 - representative, called Procureur, and a representative of the Communist Party together. These "special courts" are a special institution of the GUGB and have the same criminal power as the Supreme Court of the Soviet Union in Moscow. They can impose all penalties, including the death penalty, a contest of the judgments is only at the Supreme Tribunal of the USSR. possible All petite offenses, such as anti-Soviet agitation, counterrevolutionary activity, betrayal of the homeland, espionage, disversion, etc., will be brought to justice at the "special courts". However, if political processes are relevant for the whole Union and abroad for propagandistic reasons, the negotiations will take place at the Supreme Court in Moscow, as was the case with the known Trotskyist trials of the previous years. The members of the investigative departments and bodies are not to be confused with the operative workers of the other departments. Their powers and means of power are considerably greater. In economic and disciplinary terms, they are under the jurisdiction of the Chief Prosecutor of the USSR. Arrests and arrests are only carried out by the GuGB with his consent. In practice, however, the operating departments carry out the arrests and confirmation is obtained subsequently, -/ -