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4-Führungehauptamt Berlin W 80, 28 May 1941 Command Office of the Waffen-i Kaiserallee 188 CDWPR 2 Abt.III,Tgb.Nr. /o-/yi Brü/I. Subject: Increasing crime. g Reference: Your letters of 9.12.40 and 11.5.41, No. rAer INUL S.T. 173/41/624/40, my letter of 17.12.40. Fa9n9odses8 PRNUEL boycott aar a restefingte 3/6.49. Higher 4- and police leaders at the Reichsprotektor in Bohemia and Moravia Office of the State Fektetäes M-Groupenführer F r a n k ben Feidep.otektoe in Böhmen and Moravia. Prague Eing.: 3.JUNI 1941 Dear comrade Frank! .. Referring to my letter of 17.12.40 I would like to inform you that, at the meeting of the commander-in-chief mentioned above, I have also talked about the increasing crime in the Protectorate and have left no doubt that I will take the most serious action against maladministration. According to the monthly criminal and disciplinary statistics submitted here, crime in the Přotektorat has fallen sharply and by no means exceeded the minimum rate, which cannot be prevented. In this way, the danger of a development which is likely to seriously endanger the reputation of the arms-i and that of the protectorate seems to me to be resolved, especially since you, as the courtmaster of the M- and police court in Prague, have the opportunity to act through harsh judgments in criminal acts in the sense of deterrence. In future, I too will continue to take a sharper step through disciplinary offenses. I am responsible for the impeccable conduct of the members of the armed forces-i in public by the M-Standort commandant. C. mid 4 ducace Heil Hitler! Ihr tuent 4h Oberfidorr ihercer E gur ldiis iberandd. A H-Group Leader b4odibag R. keunbeirs pccvnuc 4/6.47 \f - 9.6. Alueruer 10,6,