English Translation

The Imperial Protector Prague, 2 March 1940 in Bohemia and Moravia I W - 257 To Divisions I and II b all groups including group Moravia c the Upper Land Councils in Bohemia, Moravia d the Commander of the Order Police e the Commander in the Security Police f) the Wehrmacht authorised to report: 60, the office of the Reich Protector 113 11 11 11 State Secretary %d.d. (T "1 "1" "1 Undersecretaries of State /0=/3.40. Betr.: Recognition of the service of associations which do not belong to the Wehrmacht as military service The Reichsminister and head of the Reich Chancellery has stated the following about the recognition of the function of associations that do not form part of the Wermacht: "The Führer has been kept by the head of chief of the High Command of the German Wermascht Votrag on the question whether the use of non-wermath associations or organizations (e.g. police, Reichsarbeitsdienst) outside the Reich borders or in the operating area as military services within the meaning of § 7 bezw. § 8 Saad seats The Führer has decided in this regard: "All questions of recognition or credit of the special use made during the war of associations and divisions which are not components of the Wehrmacht as military service within the meaning of § 7 and 8 of the German Wehrgesetz must be deferred. These questions are to be examined and decided only after the end of the war."" Jch please take note of this. Jm Orders: ed.: Hufnagel Certified: bcteril Law Firm employee. ID 3