English Translation

26 The commander of the security police and the SD 10 May 41 Prague, the ...119. XIX.. Among the chestnuts 19. - I - 1156/41. Büco of the state fekcetäcs Tgb. Nr. B. d. S. at the Reichspuo.ekior m moo saq o ag in Bohemia and Moravia. Eing.: 16.MAI 1941 TgB. No.: An a) the office of the Lord Reichsprotector, b) " B 11 " State Secretary, c) " e " Under State Secretary. - .ccd Lh58 Subject: Sokol; cessation of activities. --- The State Police and the Oberlandrats were instructed to provide notice of the effects of the prohibition of action when issuing the order to cease the activities of the Sokol Associations. These reports show that the blocking has been carried out correctly everywhere by the association authorities of the Protectorate and that RåPgends has been subject to inconsistencies or an open opinion. The association and meeting rooms were closed, the inventory was recorded, cash and securities were taken into custody by the authorities and the conti was blocked. The ban on activities was partly expected after the announcements, but in some cases it came as a surprise and hit hard. It is generally assumed that the prohibition of activity is due to any findings in the Yugoslav Sokol and to the behaviour of individual associations during the Yugoslav crisis, which shows that the date of the ban was psychologically well chosen. The inclusion of the prohibition is also divided. While it is partly uninterested in workers' and peasants' circles, partly with a certain amount of damage- Ct.TB- 4/4