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4-group leader and lieutenant general of the police Winkelmann Berlin nw7, September 24,194 3 Under the Linden 74 Chief of the Rommando Office Fernfprecher: 120034 at the chief of the order police 226 nister Eing.: 27 SEP. 1943 To the Minister of State for Bohemia and Moravia 4-supergroup leader Pr a n k in Prague Dear Obergruppenführer ! Colonel-General Daluege, through his former adjudgment, Lieutenant Colonel Becker, had it reported that the Einsatzstab I (Hauptmann d.SchP.d.Res. Rinne b a c h ) should be dissolved immediately and the Einstab II (Major d. SchP. J u r k ) on 15.12.1943. I do not want to miss anything without having heard your opinion before. I would ask you, however, to take into account the current difficult personnel situation of the police, which forces us to bring every necessary and tangible officer and man into an important position of war. I would be grateful for an early answer. Heil Hitler ! Her devoted 19g Mka St.M.Vt-52/43