English Translation

69 copy. The Imperial Protector P r a g , April 23, 1940. in Bohemia and Moravia. No. XII 1 c / 1320 - 0. To the Lord Wehrmacht authorised by the Imperial Protector in Böhmen and Moravia Prague. Postal order and mail traffic of the troops in the Protectorate. In accordance with order No. 66 of the Field Post Office Gazette No. 27/1939 Fieldmail instructions and payment instructions to departments and members of the permanent units of the field army in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia,in whose address the destination is indicated, are authorised up to the amount of 100 RM. The instructions are invoiced by post offices of the Deutsche Dienstpost Böhmen-Mähren by means of cash-reading to the Trup-penzungsstellen, which in turn pay the cash amounts to the members of the units and to the Wehrmachtdienststellen. Contrary to this clear regulation, the following units can send their postal and payment orders to the post office Lobesitz, where they collect the money every week = up to three times. These are the 4.i-death headstandarte Drag, diaj.-dead headstandarte Prague, the police battalion 205 Kladno and the policebataillon 203 Prague. The journeys to Lobositz are carried out partly by rail, partly by road.It has been established that these journeys are also used to deliver home parcels to the Post Office LoboSitz by circumventing customs regulations. This procedure is not only contrary to the rules of availability and fieldmail mentioned earlier, but also to the provisions on foreign exchange and customs. In order to avoid inconsequentialities, I requested that the units mentioned be assigned to deal with their postal order and post-check traffic as well as the other troop units in accordance with the field-pest-worfschriften via their competent post-office of the Deutsche Dienstpest Böhmen-Mähren and, if necessary, to join one or more of the accounting documents for this purpose. I would ask you to inform me of your orders in the matter. On behalf of: Signature. For dB.d.A. i-Hauptsturmführer and Adjutant.