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The Wehrmacht Plenipotentiary Prague, the.ezemer 4y20/1 19 39 at the Reichsprotektor in Bohemia and Moravia. 104 Reference: The Reich Protector in Bohemia & Moravia - The State Secretary. No.St.S.3l4/39 v.6.December 39. Betr: Zeitschrift "Unser Wehrmight mn im Protektorat". To the Herr Reichsprotector in Bohemia und Moravia, e.g. by Mr. Secretary of State Fr a n k , Prague .=.=. =.=,=. In reply to the above mentioned question. The following is reported in writing: l. According to the accompanying copy, the tendency of the magazine was officially communicated on 13 November 1939, two weeks before its publication, to the Office of the Lord Reich Protector (Group for Cultural Political Affairs). In addition, from the first episode of the magazine, 200 copies were sent to the office of the Herr Reichs- protektor (Group for Cultural Affairs) with the request for distribution to the interested parties immediately after their publication. 2. The objected image originates from the October invasion and is not related to the article of Major Dr. Ritter von Goss "Soldat und Politik". It was sent to Wehrmacht-Presse-Verlag Reif & Co., Berlin, by the company Heinrich Hoffmann with the remark that this picture has appeared in various newspapers in Germany and was used by the publishing house as a filler. In addition, the soldier in Czech uniform is to be a folk German who, through this scene, expresses his joy at the liberation by the rich German comrades. Unfortunately, a reference to this fact in the inscription of the picture has been missed. 3. It is therefore an editorial inadequacy that can be recognized as such by any reader who also sees through the rest of the pictures and articles of the magazine. n Maton it varont fingertain Motn The supposed intention to bring fraternization scenes with Czech soldierhood in this magazine has, of course, never existed. Tieici General of Infantry. 1 Attachment. $2x{}$ Please turn!