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Th The Imperial Protector Prague, May 31, 1941. in Bohemia and Moravia No. Z:H.B./41. To the Head of Division I - IV, 11 all groups, 11 the Office for the Land of Moravia in Brno, 11 Mr Oberlandraten in Bohemia and Moravia, 11 Lord Commander of the Order Police, 1 Lord Commander in the Security Police, 11 The Lord Representative of the Foreign Office, #1 The Curator of the German Universities of Science in Prague, I1 The Curators of the Deutsche Technische Hochschule in Brno and 1 Mr Oberfinanzpräsident in Prague; 11 The President of the Higher Regional Court in Prague and 11 The Attorney General in Prague. Subject: Events of collections by heads of authorities and officials. The Minister of the Interior announces the following on 12 March 194l: "Several individual cases give me cause to recall my circular decrees of 12 September 1936 - V W 6ooo a / 1.8.36 -, from lo. December 1936 -V W 6oo a/ 21.1o.36, and from 3 September 1937 - VW 6lo5 / 23.8.37. I expect every official to pay the most embarrassing attention to my instructions and, in the event of violations, to hold the guilty officials responsible. I request that the subordinate departments inform you of this. It is not necessary to publish this decree." I ask you to pay attention to the absolute desirability of this decree. The above decrees I attach in writing. On behalf of: Dr. Fuchs Certified: dtarn employee. Message: To the office of Mr. Reichsprotektor, 11 the Office of the Secretary of State, "the office of the Under-Secretary of State and 11 the Wehrmacht authorized representative, 11 Mr. Arbeitgauführer.