English Translation

72 THE PRACTICAL PROTECTOR Prague, February 20, 1940. in Bohemia and Moravia 7 No. I 3 a - 25078/39 \.α.d. /614.40. To the Minister of the Interior Central Office of Bohemia and Mähren in B e_r l_i n_ NW 40 Königsplatz. Subject: Application of the former Act. Czechoslovak foreign legislation on German nationals Following my letter of 26 January 1940 XVI E II 199/40 concerning the meaning of the words "foreigner" and "foreman" in official language use. According to the Führer's will, the workers' representatives shall not be treated as foreigners either in or abroad in relation to the Reich. §3 of the Decree concerning the acquisition of German nationality by former Czech citizens of German ethnicity dated 20.4.1939, RGBl.I, p.815 states that German nationals residing in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia also have the rights of nationals of the Protectorates of Bohemiaand Moravia. This decision of the leader and the existing legal situation did not always take account of the provisions recently adopted, a circumstance which, in the implementation of these rules, has led to considerable difficulties, but which have been easy to avoid, which the Protectorate Government has taken advantage of German nationals. Apart from individual legislation such as TD3