Germany'S MINISTRY FOR CHEATURES AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 746, sig. 110-5/35 (damaged)

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4 Prag-Bubentsch, 13.12.1944. SD-Leitsabteilung Prag Sachsenweg telex 60141, 77841, Czernin 3911 80 L - GRS-PA 6 SSIA la bzs 14. Dez 1944 l.) To 4-Obergruppenführer Minister of State K.H.F r a n k Prag 2.) Messaged: To the 192 commanders of the security police and the SD 4-Standartenführers Dr. W e i n m a n n Prag Betr.: General Rudolf G a j d a . Before: Hies.Schr.v. 11.1.44 = GRS-PA 6 - Ry,/Htr. A local guarantor reports about an interview with General G a j d a the following: Since the last discussion, which took place about half a year ago, nothing has changed in the outer surroundings of Gajda. He regularly travels to Prague a few days a week, receives visits, makes interventions and maintains ties with his friends. Gajda complains that he is now likely to be taken away from his collection. He is particularly interested in the conditions in the prisons and, in turn, in those cases where they are arrests of former fascists and current activists. Drachovský is very well acquainted with him. It was alleged to have been an insignificant matter, but because of Drachovský's cowardice, it had taken on the present scale. D. had to ease his position, giving all his acquaintances a, with whom he had ever had political talks. He then used the statements made by his acquaintances in these talks as evidence of his information. In this way he had no less than 300 people in the amount of $\8-9y /4$ IS 1578/43/160