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Copy. The Chief of the Order Police. Berlin NW 7, 23 August19343 Unter den Linden 74 Fernfprecher: 12 00 34 Der Chef des Rommandoamtes. -Kdo.fI P II (2d) Rie.II 14.- Herrn Lutnant General der Polizei R i e g e Prag XIX General-Roettig-Str.l4. Dear Mr Riege ! As I recently informed you, the Reichsführer-# and head of the German Police Department has asked you to apply for your approval. On behalf of the RFll, I therefore ask you to submit your request for divorce in accordance with §§ 73/74 DBG alapald. A transfer to retirement under § 15 PBG. cannot be decreed because this provision has been repealed until further notice. Ale day of the beginning of the rest I ask to choose the l. January l944. Since the RFß wishes that the position of the command of the order police in Prague be re-occupied, I ask you, therefore, after handing over the duties to your successor, to stimulate rest leave until the start of your retirement. Heil Hitler ! gez. Winkelmann.