English Translation

- 3 - close cooperation in the fields of political police and international criminal police sectors. Equally important is the unofficial assistance in SD foreign work. Moreover, it is self-evident that the police attachés deal with all the other technical questions of the main offices under my supervision (e.g. 2.) All the main offices under my authority can therefore use the police attachés with their own orders. However, this must not lead to the attaché being overburdened unilaterally and being distracted from its important tasks of political police and SD work. In order to adapt a balanced work, above all to the Federal Foreign Office as well as to the individual missions of the host country as a whole, and to coordinate with the other main offices in case of doubt. Therefore, commission and contract fulfilment always run through the Reichssicherheit- hcitshauptamt. V. 1.) In accordance with the Foreign Minister Ant, the Reichssicherheitshauptamt (Reichsssichtshaultamt) proposes to me, at the appropriate time, qualified applicants for appointment as police attaché or assistants for certain subject areas.