English Translation

The Imperial Protector Prague, April 10, 1940. in Bohemia and Moravia Tgb.Nr. B.d.S. I - 4.100/4O - Confidential ! Not suitable for publication. Office of the State Secretary a) the gentlemen heads of the state police control offices PraginBhten and mähr. at,Beichsprotektoe Eing.: 12.APR.1940 b) all Lords Oberlandraten TgB. No.: The Office of the Lord Reich Protector, the Office of Mr. Secretary of State, the Bureau of the Under-Secretary of State $.d.d Divisions I and II. 114.40 According to the existing decrees on the issuing of visas for the purpose of travel abroad, spa-recovery-visits and pleasure trips are in principle not to be regarded as necessary trips. The Reichsführer 4- und Chef der Deutschen Polizei im Reichsministerium des Inneren ordered the following under number S 1 A b 6 l07o/40 on 4.4.1940: For special reasons, until further notice concerning the issue of visas and re-entry visas for trips to Italy, I shall determine the following: Applications for visas submitted by German nationals, which must be rejected in accordance with the above provisions, will be in the future, as far as travel to Italy is concerned ./ D3