Chapter XIX: Section D: dealt with regions under greater German influence, and was

subdivided as follows:

D (_aus. arb._) Foreign Workers. D 1 Matters of the Protectorate, Czechs in the Reich, Slovakia, Serbia, Croatia, and the remaining regions of the former Jugoslavia, Greece. D 2 Matters of the General Government, Poles in the Reich. D 3 Confidential office, foreigners hostile to the State, emigrants. D 4 Occupied territories, France, Belgium, Holland, Norway, Denmark. D 5 Occupied Eastern territories.

Section E dealt with security and was subdivided as follows:

E 1 General security matters, supply of legal opinions in matters of high and State treason, and other security matters. E 2 General economic matters, defense against economic espionage, protection of works and those engaged in guarding. E 3 Security West. E 4 Security North. E 5 Security East. E 6 Security South.

Section F dealt with passport matters and alien police and was subdivided as follows:

F 1 Frontier police.
F 2 Passport matters.
F 3 Identification and identity cards.
F 4 Alien police and basic questions concerning frontiers.
F 5 Central visa office. (_L-219_)

Subordinate offices of the GESTAPO were established throughout the Reich and designated as _Staats Polizeileitstellen_ or _Staats Polizeistellen_, depending upon the size of the office. These offices reported directly to the RSHA in Berlin but were subject to the supervision of _Inspekteurs_ of the Security Police in the various provinces. The inspectors were expected to foster cooperation between the Security Police and the central offices of the general and interior administration. (_2245-PS_)

In the occupied territories the regional offices of the GESTAPO were coordinated with the Criminal Police and the SD under _Kommandeurs_ of the Security Police and SD, who were subject to _Befehlshabers_ of the Security Police and SD who reported to the Chief of the Security Police and SD (RSHA) in Berlin. (_1285-PS_)

(2) _Organization of the SD (Amt III of the RSHA)._ The headquarters organization of the SD (including only _Amt_ III of the RSHA and not _Amt_ VI, the Foreign Intelligence Branch) was set up on a functional basis. In 1943 it contained four sections.

Section A dealt with questions of legal order and structure of the Reich and was subdivided as follows:

A 1 General questions of work on spheres of German life. A 2 Law. A 3 Constitution and administration. A 4 National life in general. A 5 General questions of police law, and technical questions of legislation.

Section B dealt with nationality, and was subdivided as follows:

B 1 Nationality questions. B 2 Minorities. B 3 Race and health of the people. B 4 Citizenship and naturalization. B 5 Occupied territories.