English Translation

67 Copy. Secret Raichafade The Minister of the Interior Berlin, 25 August 1939. Pol.-0.-Kdo.g1 Nr1023/39(g). To a) the Lords Reichsstatthalter with side imprints for the inspectors b) the Gentlemen Supreme Presiders of the Order c) the Ministers of State and Security of the Internal Police. in Munich and Dresden, d) the Höh. - and Pol. leaders. g 1 Nr. 537/37 (p.r.) of 13.11.1937 I hereby order: 1) The higher / and police leaders take the responsibility for carrying out the police duties incumbent upon them in the case of the Mob. to the imperial governors or chief presidents at the seat of the Wehrkreiskommandos, in Bavaria and Saxony to the state ministers of the interior. 2) The task of the higher and police leaders is the uniform leadership of all forces under the Reichsführer W and head of the German police (order police, security police, i-associations) within the scope of the order of duty. 3) The specialized departments of the Higher and 'Police leaders for all' questions of the order police and the security police are the inspector of the administrative police against the inspector for security police, which are permanent for the military circle. 4) In the Wehrkreisen XVIII and XVIII it remains with the previous regulation. In representation For the correctness of the copy: Mt,r z. Himmler. ./where.