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Article 5
Endangering of the Armed Forces of Friendly States
(1) Whoever in Germany gathers or forwards information concerning military matters for a foreign military intelligence service to the prejudice of another state, or forms, maintains, or supports an information service concerning such matters will be punished with hard labor or in less serious cases with imprisonment.
(2) The act shall be prosecuted only upon order of the Reich Minister of Justice.
Article 6
In the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia the provisions of articles 1, 2, 4, and 5 of this decree apply also to persons who are not German nationals.
Berlin, 25 November 1939
The Chairman of the Ministerial Council for the Defense of the Reich
Field Marshal Goering