English Translation

Ambassador to the Reichsprotektor Prag, 21.5.1943 and Commander in the Wehrkreis. Böhmen am Mähren Abt. T.0. Nr. 42/43 off.I AZ.: 4 Duu d Betr.: Disciplinaries of Italian soldiers t- :l during the passage through the Protectorate. in as: 520 tähren. Eing 22.MA11943 To the Reich Protector in Bohemia and Moravia z.Hd. F r a n k P I ag In the wake of the letter of 13.5.43 from the Wehrmacht, it is communicated that, on the basis of the measures taken by the W Bv against the indiscipline of Italian soldiers during the passage through the Protectorate of the Commanding General of an Italian Army Corps in the East, the transport leader of the transport, from which on 14.4.43 on the Oderberg-Lundenburg-Schüsse route from the moving train, was subject to severe punishment and gave warning to the troops of his area of command. If the Conmandant General of the Italian A.K. also considers that the force cannot be removed from the province by means of ammunition and hand grenades, since the transit zones there are harassed by bandits, this does not apply to the Protectorate. Therefore, the measures envisaged by the W.B.V. in this respect are not limited by this expression of opinion. It is also requested to inform the representative of the foreign office. icgake For the Wehrmacht authorised and commander The Chief of the General Staff joi leccrdrois. .9 No.160/43 g.Rs. ?/8y 14:0 TA-4l/43g