The Chief of the Supreme Command
of the Armed Forces
Keitel
Distribution III
and Special Distribution
(including Henlein Free Corps and
Reichsfuehrer SS through OKW/L II)
[ITEM 39] [Typescript]
[Stamp:]
Recd 3 Oct 1938
Req No 265/38 Most Secret
Adj. to the Fuehrer
Berlin, 30 Sept 1938
The Fuehrer and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces
OKW No. 2367/38 Most Secret
WFA/L I A
MOST SECRET
60 copies, 16th copy
DIRECTIVE #1
Subject: Occupation of territory separated from Czechoslovakia.
1. The sectors separated from Czechoslovakia will be occupied by the Armed Forces as follows:
The sector marked I to be occupied on the 1st and 2nd of Oct, the sector marked II on Oct 2 and 3rd, the sector marked III on Oct. 3, 4 and 5, the sector marked IV on Oct. 6 and 7th. The remaining area up to Oct 10.
The extent of the area I-IV is shown on the attached map. The extent of the remaining areas will be announced later.
2. The Armed Forces will have the following tasks:
The present degree of mobilized preparedness is to be maintained completely, for the present also in the West. Order for the rescinding of measures taken is held over.
The entry is to be planned in such a way that it can easily be converted into operation "Gruen".