STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 586, sig. 109-43333

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96 18 December 1939. St.S. 346/39. To the 19.2XII. 1939 Herfn High Power Plenipotentiary Prague. Betr: Keisuncen Nr. 20. Vorg: There. Circular of 5.12.1939 - Sign No. 48o3à gch. In the instructions in question is on page 6 under No. 13 "Usage of the German language" stated a message of the contents, that in Pilsen often military personnel from abroad (allegedly from the Sudeten area) when entering shops, restaurants, etc. speak only Czech. I would be grateful to you for a statement on which documents are based the assumption that the members of the armed forces in question come from the Sudeten area. Heil Hitler I SS group leader. 2. Wv. on 17.1.194o to the signatory.