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2493 Th The Imperial Protector Preg IV, October 1942 In Bohemia and Mäkren No. GEHEIM! Subject: Relationship between German nationals and autonomous administration. ↑ O 1.) V e r m e r k : The matter of Lieutenant General S p e i c h (non-registration of livestock) was presented to me in addition to the autonomous service. As I learned, this matter has been immediately resolved by the group leader with General T o u s s a i n tð. This is not an individual case, but a fundamental political problem, which is also affected by the administrative reform and which is re-emerged. 2.) Big distributor ! Subject: As with l.) The penetration of the autonomous authorities with German civil servants in the course of the administrative reform now provides a guarantee that all orders and measures of autonomous administration are aligned with the interests of the Reich and serve the Reich. Their compliance must therefore be a matter of course for every German citizen in the future. The autonomous official, too, becomes active in a wider sense on behalf of the Reich, which left him in service and thus confirmed him in his sovereign function. This is particularly true for the police and civil servants, who are charged with the supervision and control of the market regulations and price regulations issued by the Reich. Here the immediate interest of the Reich is easily apparent. I personally have quite understanding for it, if a German - especially if he has stood in the popular struggle - rejects it =, 0l