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Le12 Sicherheie nf RT4 Prag=Bubentich,5.3.1941 SD-Ceitablesmite Prag Sachfenweg Telex 77444 B 5 - VA:545 Buco Des S aa s ehcetärs at the Reiot p ouenec in Bohemia and Mahren. Eing.: 8.MRZ.19 41 To the 26 Tgb. N.: Mr. State Secretary to the Reichsprotector in Bohemia Jt-Group Leader K.H. F ± a n k Pra I Eing: 17 I1. 1941 gh 2 HPO Increase RofA Betr.: 1.)Cathedral Association of Former Soldiers, 2.)Support Association of Officers of the former Czechoslovak Army. Fort: There.Note of the 1-Obersturmbannführer Gies v.2.11.40. 5 pol. TaT1156/41 sny 9/2.34 QO The following interim report can be refunded from the present old materials and on the basis of the recent investigations: I. The two organizations are concerned with the unification of Czech soldiers of the World War, but rather with associations of members of the former Czechoslovak army. Both organizations date back to the time of the Czechoslovak Republic as a precursor. Thus, the "Cathedral Association of Former Soldiers" emerged from a renaming and amendment of the statutes of the former "Association of Czechoslovak Reservists and Former Soldier", while the "Support Association of Officers of the Former Czechoslovakian Army" is the continuation of the ex "Union of Chell Czechoslovakian Officers". The section of his front officers, which is mentioned in the note there, is only a newly created subdivision: the "Support Association of the Ofri- ziere of the former Czechoslovak Army". Il. "The Kaneradschaftsverband frähnaliger Soldaten" contains in his ranks only non-commissioned officers and crews of the formerly Czechoslovakian Arnee. The purpose of the association is to record the reservists and the care of memory as well as social support. The organization includes Ct.G. $iB-84 ny/0a