STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1830, sig. 109-5/58 (damaged)

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- 23 - It should be noted that the Departments of Investigation and Combating Speculation work with the same apparatus of agents as it is in the GUGB; the militia members in the field must live in so-called boarding schools, except for the married and the officers who have the right to live in private homes. The service period in the militia's regiments is 2 years. 4.) Main Administration of the Internal Forces (see Appendix 4). The Internal Forces have the tasks of protecting the most important industrial enterprises, government buildings, railways, important bridges, etc., furthermore they have to suppress and suppress armed uprisings and riots. They are also used to guard the forced labour camps in special cases, and the transports of prisoners and exiles are also carried out by them. Internal Force Headquarters is also located in the NKVD building in Moscow. In contrast to the other administrations which are built up purely administratively, the central administration of the internal forces is organized according to military aspects. The central administration is directly subordinated to the corps of the inner forces. The corps districts do not coincide - / -