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Hev copy ! High Command of the Wehrmacht 19.XII.1939 16 h 10 Wi Rü Amt/Rü IIIa Nr. 8525/39g Beheim! Betr.: Werkschutz im Protectorat Böhmen-Mähren. To the Minister of the Interior State Police Department B e r l i n NW 40 __-_--- At Königsplatz 6 The Higher SS and Police Leader at the Reichsprotector in Bohemia and Moravia has informed the Wehrmacht authorised representative in Prague under the 7th XII.l939 that he is withdrawing the Ss formations set up in the Protectorate for the protection of the industries of importance for the military economy. With regard to the troubled situation in the Protectorate, it is considered unacceptable to remove formations trained in the protection of the works and familiar with the facilities of the factories of important importance for the military economy, as Wehrmacht formations and associations of national protection cannot be made available for work protection purposes. It may be asked to arrange for forces for plant protection purposes to be placed in the Protectorate from police reserve formations and for the SS-works protection now available to be withdrawn from its activities only when the substitutes are instructed in the respective factories to be protected. Thomas Nachrichtlich: 1.) L 2.) OKH (AHA) A. Ausl./Abw. III - with copies of the case- 4.) Wehrmacht authorised by the Reichsprotektor in Bohemia and Moravia, Mr. General Friderici, Prague. I.A. registered. For the correctness of the copy: Prague, 22 December 1939. lomgin Colonel i. G.