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31 Commissioner for the Sudeten Territories Konrad Henlein and the Reich Commissioner for Unification of Austria with the Empire and County Head of Vienna Josef Bürckel. (7) Institutional provision of the military occupation administration On 15 March 1939, on the day of the occupation, on radio, the chief commander of the German army issued a call to the population in Bohemia and Moravia, in which he was among others. stresses that all public administration continues to work unless otherwise ordered. This also applies to police, mail, rail and public races. All economic life goes on. Let everyone stay in their place and continue their work. Giving up work is considered sabotage. The German military authorities' orders must be obeyed unconditionally and everyone should follow orders issued for the benefit of the whole and of individuals.• In accordance with this order, the lower-level commanders in their instructions continued to distribute the activities of the military occupation administration. It was decided according to development and it was established that in case of concerns about the attacks of the Czech population on German soldiers or their occipital connections, the commander of the regiment or independent battalion, or the head of the civil administration, could have had the German police arrested by the hostages. In doing so, the hostages and the Czech population should be made aware that they will be shot in the event of hostile acts by the civilian population. For the treatment of arrested persons caught in the act, i.e. in the commission of a crime against or against the occupation power, in particular in the sabotage or arms negotiations, the principle of being immediately disposed of was applied. (9) In order for the occupation to take place peacefully, without the sound of the feelings of the population, Blaskowitz ordered his soldiers to take care of the Czechoslovakos. officers acted with respect and paid a military tribute to the grave of an unknown private in Prague. During the German military parade held on 19 March 1939 in the center of Prague, government officials received honorary seats and the state flag flew next to the flag with the hook cross.© Blaskowitz was assured of sympathy for their national feeling. (10) According to the guidelines for the military occupation administration, the commanding generals were to receive for representation purposes associated with the occupation after 2000 Reich Marks.