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Iv/2 - Za./She. Prague, December 24, 1942. La 8 l.) V e r m e r k. Subject: Catalogus Cleri l942. Reference: Report request Office Secretary of State of 17 December 1942. On April 22, the Consistory requested the publication of the Catalogus Kleri of the Diocese of Prague to the Ministry of People's Enlightenment, Section Written. In this request daråuf was expelled that the imperial authorities had a pronounced interest in the accelerated publication of thesepublications. The Consistory was then called by the Section of Written Studies for notification of which imperial authorities have this interest. The Consistory replied as follows: "We are instructed to inform you that in the above case you want to commit yourself directly to the (6-home state police department II B 1 - call 3004l - etc.) As soon as possible, the catalogue was released on 16 May in an edition of 700 copies. At the time of the examination of the matter, I have now also personally contacted II Bl (worker Oberhauser). Oberhauser explained to me that this publication was absolutely necessary for state police reasons and that the Stapo itself had instructed the Consistory to update and publish the Catalogus Cleri, which had not been published since 194o. The Stapo has no organisation or institution that would be able to determine on its own initiative which posts, for example, are occupied by German or religious clerics, apart from the fact that such schematism in a church-legally incontestable way the 20910