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Reference: W.B. No.2ooc/4l - Tcil D Defence Service (Heer) Neudruck.v.l.lo-42. The order in the above reference order, according to which the officer for defence matters has to work in addition to the execution and review of suitable measures of the precautionary secret and sabotage protectionep also the beginning defense processes, is very often disregarded this statement; it is therefore brought in memory that a l e the defense area touching cases such as Spicnage, state betrayal, sabotages, decomposition, kerruption, unauthorized removal, loss of life. Assemblies and passports, and measures in the case of attacks by enemy prisoners of war, must be handed over to the O.f.A., who, as a result of his knowledge of all defence documents and his defensive training, is able to handle the processes properly and after the knowledge of the branch, for completion. The commanders and heads of departments are asked to make appropriate arrangements in the above sense. (Ast III H - AM 2a B.B.Nr.:744/43 h.v.5.2.43.) 9. A communication received from me that a Chechnya army officer was issued by a branch of the Wehrmacht a confirmation of good delivery, gives reason to point out the following: The good delivery of the German army is of course the responsibility of the supplier and cannot in itself constitute a reason for a special recommendation. Recommendations to Czech shops should therefore be limited to exceptional cases of good reason, since the possibility of:a need for such certificates is given. 5 (Ic No. 2l4/43 go.