English Translation

±8 THE ORIGINAL PROTECTOR in Bohemia and Moravia Prague, September 15, 1941. No. I l d - 6140 To Divisions I - IV the central administration of all groups the department for the Land of Moravia the commander of the security police the commandant of the order police the representative of the Foreign Office all upper-country councils.Messily: To the office of the Mr. Reichsprotektor the office the secretary of state the bureau of the Undersecretary of State the Wehrmacht authorized subject: questioning of members of the enemy states Below I send copy of a decree of the. Reich Minister of the Interior of 19.8.194l - I Ra lo454/4l- 800-. On behalf of: Dr. Fuchs Certified: Qdamn Employee. THE REICSMINISTER OF INNERN Berlin, 19 August 194l. I Ra lo454'41-800- Subject: Hearing of members of the enemy states. The Führer has ordered the following guidelines for the understanding of member of the hostile states in proceedings against Germans: Any possibility of getting along without such witnesses is to be seized. Your statements are to be assessed with the greatest restraint; this is particularly true if other means of proof are missing. They are not to be sworn in if - which is usually to be expected - partiality is to be obtained because of hostile attitude towards the German people and the German Wehrmacht. I ask you to proceed accordingly.