English Translation

123 The Wehrmacht authorized Prague, d.18.Dezembe.1.39 at the Reichsprotektor in Bohemia and Moravia. Abt.Ia/F.Gr. No. 4347/39 go. 4.Ang. 4668/83 85 Secret! Reference: Letter from l4.d.M. dted - aay da St.S. 334/39- in Bohemia, Moravia. Subject: Replacement of SS-Formations used for the protection of works, etc. f13-tg6.bw.25739. 2 Attachments Entrance on: 2 2. XII. 1939 finlg.:2/ noi Führer Stabsf. flbt. Bearb. To the Lord Higher Ss- und Polizeifihwe-b in Bohemia and Moravia, Prague, Czernin-Palais. To this letter I regret that you do not consider it necessary to inform me of the events that led to your screams of St. S. 3l5/39 of 7 December, in which the Wehrmacht and others. " Lack of understanding" for matters of the SS formations was accused. Since the directly involved parties (Auxiliary Inspector and Military Replacement Inspector) do not know in detail what it is all about, I must reject the accusation without any further knowledge of the events. Once again, I have received a first and a related response from the High Command of the Army for reinforcement of guard units (Landesschützenformationen). The 9 battalions used here are completely used in railway protection. I have repeatedly announced that from the 20 national battalions promised me in the Mob. Days ll Landschützen- bataillone have been pulled away from the Protectorate for urgent other tasks. Military forces to guard the armaments industry are therefore not available. (See also letter to the commander of the order police of the 2.nd M., which in 2. The conditions which led at that time to the maintenance and vital operations in the Protectorate at the beginning of the war by police formations still exist.