English Translation

THE GERMAN STATE MINISTER for Bohemia and Moravia Prague, 25 February 1944 No.St.M. Z a - Hb.0206 / 44 To the Head of the Division of the Upper Land Councils - Inspectors the Wehrmacht authorized officer at the Reichsprotector 0ro. and Commander in the Weir Circle Bohemia and Moravia the Commander of the Arms4 Bohemia and Mähren the Labor Gau leader at the Imperial Protector in Bohemia and in Moravia. Message: the Office of the Reich Protector in Böhmen and Moravia, the Party Liaison Office in Böhmen and Moravia. Subject: Unilateral application of the term "SD" The head of the security police and the SD has indicated that it has been customary for the services in the Occupied Territories, in particular, to refer briefly to the services of the Security Police and SD as "SD". This habit prevails not only in the own ranks, but also above all within the armed forces and other organizations. The unilateral designation with "SD" led to factual disadvantages for the divisions of the secret state police and the criminal police. It had often happened that units of the Wehrmacht had not known, even after long cooperation, due to the exclusive designation "sd, that secret Stgatspolizei and criminal police were represented at the same time. Other examples, which had been reported from a wide range of fields, had proved that this unilateral designation had reached further scope. In order to avoid such irtcümers, I would like to make sure that the respective leading division of the security police is always highlighted accordingly, both in correspondence and during oral negotiations. Commissioned by Dr. Gies fü- Degzubigts Tlarke Hm Employee oun M St. M. V A- 8a/44