Herr Konrad Henlein, former lead-ex of the Sudeten German Party, was today appointed new Reich's Commissioner and Gauteiter. (district Leeder) in the occupied Czech regions. Herr Henlein has held the post of Reich's Commissioner in German Bohemia since the annexation of Sudetenland in October last year. He was installed in his new functions aday by special order of the Reich's Generel Staff.
A special communique signed by General Biascowitz, Head of the General Staff in the newly-occupied dis tricts, asserted, "As Head of the executive power in Bohemia, I have decided that Konrad Henlein be cppointed Reich's Commissioner and Gauleiter. The whole administration. including the Prague central admi: station, will henceforth be under his jurisdiction. The whole public administration, chiefly the police, posts. railways and other public services, will continue to function as in the Economic life must be continued without disturbance. All must remain at their posts and continue German Army Thanked Herr Hitler has sent a message to General von Brauschitsch, Commander-in-Chief of the Reichswehr, and io the entire German Army, expressing his appreciation to the officers and men "for what they accomplished in occupying speedily the main towns in Bohemia and Moravia and plac-
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