STATE SECRETARY FOR THE REAL PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1106, sig. 109-4/860

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Bods could perhaps have its seat in Hollescheu, within the police battalion there. This attack command could be systematically deployed in such a way that certain areas or villages are suddenly blocked and thoroughly overhauled according to selected points of view. This is because there is no uniform management, the teams are not aligned to each other, the technical equipment is lacking. Existing gendarmerie posts are called upon by KLv and similar service providers in such a way that in the event of alarming, overtired and not fully operational containers must be reckoned with. An APB only by protectorate departments does not seem to be promising. It is clear from the observation of the activities of the Czech policing forces in Potzmannsdorf that although there is a great deal of interest in combating criminal elements, there is hesitant work in the presence of political suspicions. Thus it is also explained that the bandits attacked in Potzmannsdorf by Czech firefighters exclaimed: "We are partisans, let us rest, we only want.Food!" Energian searches, which are an urgent offer of the hour in view of the easy vulnerability of the Ostrava industrial area, can probably be carried out 'only by such raid associations', which will be compiled from German and protectorate offices. In this context, it should be noted that such motorized, large-scale, well-trained and equipped assault units were already in existence in the Czech Republic at the time of the Czech Gendarmerie. In the case of the specific circumstances of the area in the pre-Kidden region, such an establishment seems to be in fact appropriate. I would ask for further instructions. (mh)