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

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

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

Section C dealt with culture, and was subdivided as follows:

C 1Science.
C 2Educational religious life.
C 3Folk culture and art.
C 4Press, literature, radio, office for evaluation of material.

Section D dealt with economics, and was subdivided as follows:

D aReading office, economics, press, magazines, literature.
D bColonial economics.
D SSpecial questions and review of material.
D West Western occupied regions.
D Ost Eastern occupied regions.
D 1Food economy.
D 2Commerce, handcraft, and transport.
D 3Finance, currency, banks and exchanges, insurance.
D 4Industry and Power.
D 5Labor and Social Questions. (L-219)