English Translation

Security Service RFSS SD section Prague E 3-VA 1543 Prag-Bubentsch , 27.10.1941. Sachsenweg Fernprecher 77444 To the personal speakers of the State Secretary at the Reichsprotektor i.B.u.M. //-Obersturmbannführer Dr. G i e s Prag. Betr.: Closing of the Czech historical institute in Bohemia and Moravia. Vorg.: Vors. Anzeige vom 15.12.1941 Ang.: 1 The issue of the closure of the Czech Historical Institute in Rome has not yet been resolved, as this question had to be resolved as a result of a statement by Dr.von Both (Group I/10), according to which he had been informed confidentially in August of the fact that the Institute was already being monitored by the German state police. The RSHA has now announced that the Institute has not yet been monitored by the secret state police and that the police attack has not been notified of any surveillance. The RSHA has now been asked to clarify immediately the following points: 1. AA's agreement that a member of the SD-RF% is present at the liquidation and takeover of the Czech Historical Institute, 2. that the SD-LA Prague will then determine an SD member who has perfect Czech knowledge and has already participated in similar actions, who will monitor the liquidation. After receipt of the RSHA's answer, it will be reported immediately. Joh. but soon it will go as long as it can be done now. St. S. 52-66 a/148 Thieved on 5.12.41