STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1975, sig. 109-6/67

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20 7 6. Sentence of flag fugitives:. The Reichsführer-7/ expressly orders that if they are taken up in Holland, the 1⁄27 and police court X, The Hague, will judge and in no way be returned to the field unit. Flag fugiles must also be judged otherwise by the 4- and police tribunal in whose area they are seized. Note No. 9 No. 15o of the V.Bl.d.We4 1942 about the abduction of offenders in foreign places. III. General. 7. Suit of the relatives of the 4 and police before the 4- and police courts. Before the 47- and police-courts the appearance of 4 and the police-members in civil is prohibited in principle. Police officers and officers in the rank of officers in small duty suit (shoes, strapped with cap and small religious buckle), b) Underleaders and crews in duty suit with umbrella or field cap. Exceptions are allowed in the opcration area for special reasons. 8. Search a) General. In the event of suspicions of unauthorized removal or flag flight, the necessary search for the accused is in itself a matter. The unit or department to which the accused belongs is not a matter for the court. The court must report to the facts with the notification that the search is initiated. However, the V- and police courts are ready to carry out the search for the units and services if they therefore - 8 -