(1) For your information, I publish in the enclosures my edicts, concerning the appointment of a chief of regular police and that of a chief of security police (enclosure (1) ), and concerning the administrative divisions within the realm of the German police (enclosure (2) ), effective today.

(2) Official communications in regards to police matters with Reich and Prussian Ministry of the Interior are to be handled as follows:

(a) Letters and communications for me personally, as well as letters and communications of fundamental importance, are to be addressed:

To the

Reichsleiter SS and Chief of German Police in the Reich Ministry of the Interior

Berlin SW 11
Prinz-Albrecht Str. 8

(b) Letters and communications, which refer to matters to be handled by the headquarters of the regular police according to my edict about the administrative divisions within the realm of the Chief of German Police, are to be addressed:

To the

Reichsleiter SS and the Chief of German Police in the Reich Ministry of the Interior (Chief of regular Police)

Berlin NW 7
Unter den Linden 74

(c) Letters and communications, which refer to matters to be handled by the headquarters of the Security Police according to my edict about the administrative divisions within the realm of the Chief of German police, are to be addressed:

To the

Reichsleiter SS and the Chief of German Police in the Reich Ministry of the Interior (Chief of Security Police)

Berlin SW 11
Prinz-Albrecht Str. 8

Phone # Chief of German Police: A2 (Flora) 0040

Phone # Chief of Regular Police: A2 (Flora) 0034

Phone # Chief of Security Police: A2 (Flora) 0040

To the lower agencies, the communities and community organizations as well as bodies of public law.

To the highest Reich officials, the Prussian Prime Minister, the Prussian Minister of Finance, the general Manager of the German railroad, the directorate of the Reichsbank by copy.

Berlin, 26 June 1936

Inclosure #1
The Reichsleiter SS and Chief of the German Police in the Reich Ministry of the Interior

Appointment of a Chief of Regular Police and a Chief of Security Police

(1) On the basis of the execution edict of the Reich Minister of the Interior to the edict of the fuehrer and Reich Chancellor, in reference to the appointment of a Chief of German Police, I herewith appoint General of Police Kurt Daluege as chief of the regular police and SS Gruppenfuehrer Reinhard Heydrich as Chief of the Security Police.

(2) From the entire police force [Vollzugspolizei] the following come under:

The Chief of Regular Police:
Safety Police [Schutzpolizei]
Rural Police [Gendarmerie]
Local Police [Gemeindepolizei]
The Chief of Security Police:
The Political Police
The Criminal Police

(3) The authority over fields of action of the Chief of German Police, not mentioned here, is explained in the plan of administrative division (inclosure #2)

To the (a) General of Police Daluege, (b) SS Gruppenfuehrer Heydrich.

Inclosure #2 Berlin 26 June 1936

The Reichleiter SS and Chief of the German Police in the Reich Ministry of the interior O/S No 2/36

Administrative division within the realm of the Chief of German Police

On the basis of #1 of the edict of the Reich and Prussian Minister of the Interior of 25 June 1936 (not published), for the execution of the edict of the Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor regarding the appointment of a Chief of German Police, I therefore order (with permission of the Reich and Prussian Minister of the Interior):

1. The functioning of the branches, under the jurisdiction of the Chief of German Police, will be handled by two (2) head-quarters:

a. The regular police, which will include the following branches:
Household, pay, welfare, economy and police law.
General administrative affairs of the state police, as far as they concern the regular police.
Safety police.
Traffic Police.
Rural police [Gendarmerie], local police [Gemeindepolizei], civil service legal affairs.
Medical and veterinary affairs.
National defense and army matters, as far as they have been put under the jurisdiction of the regular police.
Personnel affairs of officials of the regular police.

(The security police is to participate in all actions, which affect the security police).

The headquarters "regular Police" is entrusted with the functioning of the following branches in conjunction with the headquarters "security police" if the latter are concerned:

Administrative police; and
Personnel affairs of police presidents and police directors.

b. The security police, which will include the following branches:
Political police,
Lodge affairs, freemasonry, fraternity affairs, criminal police,
Disciplinary affairs within the criminal police,
General administrative affairs of the state police, as far as the security police is concerned,
Press law,
Weapons law and traffic with arms,
Passports affairs:
General cases.
Special cases.
Agreements with foreign states about the free passage of the border [Kleinen Grenzverkehr].
Foreign legionnaires (passport matters).
Immigration of Jews from the East.
National defense and army matters, as far as they have been put under the Jurisdiction of the security police.
Alien affairs:
General cases.
Police regulations for foreigners.
Special cases.
Fugitives [refractaere], deserters.
Deportations.
Reimbursement.
Foreign workers.
Border disputes.
Extradition of foreigners.
Registration of foreigners.
Statistics of foreigners.
Border disputes; Foreign Legion.
Personnel affairs of all officials of the security police.
Personnel affairs of all officials of the political and criminal police.

(The regular police is to participate in all actions, which affect the regular police).

2. I confer the leadership of the headquarters Regular Police upon General of Police Daluege. I confer the leadership of the headquarters Security Police upon SS gruppenfuehrer Heydrich.

3. The chiefs of the headquarters regular Police and Security Police will sign:

For the Chief of the German Police
"acting for"

For the Reich and prussian Minister of the Interior
"by order"

The chiefs of the headquarters regular police and Security Police in their offices, in which cases their department heads and assistants are to sign:

"by order"

To a. General of Police Daluege

b. SS Gruppenfuehrer Heydrich

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