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nb 30. May 1940. St.S. 357/40. To 3 1st V. 1940 Reichsführer # and head of the German police, Berlin. ------ Reichsfahrer! Under the 1o.5.194o I received from the -Hauptamt - sign Schm/0. Your order that I be called to the E. battalion of the it-Stan-darte "Germania" for a four-week İbung to the 2o.5.1940. At around 5 p.m. in Hamburg-Langenhorn, I received the following telegram from Reichsleiter Martin Bormann: "The Führer forbids your arms service, since your work as Secretary of State is more important and not to be spared. I ask you to confirm that you will take over the affairs of the Secretary of State again." I sent the telex to Reichsleiter Bormann on 27.5.194o:"Execution of the command of the leader. Arrest arms service. Go to the resumption of the business as Secretary of the State to Prague." I arrived in Prague on 28.5.193o. On 29.5. 194o I have informed both the Reichsprotektor absent from Prague, who was not informed by the way, and Reichsführer Bormann in writing about the reasons on which my wish to perform the service of arms was based. On the matter, I may say that my sudden return to Prague to the public is difficult $