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Copy National Socialist German Workers' Party Gau Sudetenland District Administration Prague To the State Secretary The District Leader 4-Group Leader K.H.Frank Prague. Ing.H/Hei. Prag III.,Kampa 19.January 1940. Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia Strengthening the scattered Germans. Fernruf 479-51 - 5 It still happens that German people, especially single women and older people, do not have the courage to publicly profess to be Germans or to be active in any form in the German sense. Of course, this is especially true for the individually resident Germans in Czech communities. I would like to consider whether the use of German po= lizeistripe in certain places in my district could not achieve a moral strengthening of such peoples, on the basis of precise addresses, which I like to provide, one or the other visit to a people German can be made on this occasion, whereby the German police organs would keep vivid mood reports he= and the Czech environment realizes that every single German is under the protection of the Reich. It would be to be considered if, of course, it was much more difficult to carry out = whether a German official or police officer could be assigned to the Czech gendarmerie stations for a period of time or not. This constant control also of the Czech gendarmerie would be justified by the fact that the language law in the Czech municipalities is often inadequately adhered to, that the darkening leaves much to be desired, and that the understanding of a German with the Czech Gendarmiere is as good as possible and is possible. Heil Hitler! (Ing. Constantin Höß) certified YN0 Fo1. Master