English Translation

Ulog# 4140 138 The Wehrmacht authorized Prague, that.. 30.12.1939. ..19.. at the Reichsprotector in Bohemia and mähren. 4983 Seheim! Nr.-272/39 Abt.Ia/F.Gr. To the Lord Reichs Protector in Bohemia & Moravia Prague Betr.: guarding and plant protection of the enterprises. As reported here are in various K u. L operations were withdrawn from the SS guards previously placed by Mr. Higher SS and Police Chief at the Reichsprotector in Bohemia and Moravia, although a replacement was not yet in place. This is the case, for example, in the mineral oil refineries Pardubitz, Kolin, Kralup and Oderfurth. The senior SS and police leader withdrew the surveillance, although he had known that according to the common guidelines OKW. Amtsgruppe Wehrwirtschaftstab Nr. l4oo/39 and the General Plenipotentiary for Economic Affairs No. 2l20/39 v.3.May 39 in the K and L- enterprises under responsibility of the authority of the Lord Reich Protector is still completely inadequate and offers no guarantee for the safety of the enterprises. In order to support the authority of the Reich Protector, the Wehrmacht authorized officer tried to be largely helpful in the establishment of a proviso- rian works protection. I am led to point out in particular that the Office of Foreign Defence in Berlin has news, according to which sabotage files must be expected especially against refineries. The state of the refineries in the Protectorate must be challenged by insufficient plant protection and by the withdrawal of the SS guards to sabotage acts.