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bodyguards to ite 'mriaus charges, tu'; it did not conduct investigations of
its otsn except for preliminary checks Instead it reported it 3 Observations
and findings to tho Sohutgdienst. Personnel of tho SD *as recruited fron
the KriPo (Crinir&l Police), but sano Apparently -wsre drafted 'rar, ths Gestapo
and others from tho Ytefi/en SS. In geiifi.ral, RSD men ware civilian clothes and
oaly occasionally the uniform of tho FaCfonSS with UMB shoulder boards of the
Police,
Tho Sohutzdienst ^as responsible for tho mittelbar« Schrats (indirect
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protection) of the PChrur and leading Basi personalst Leo, i.e.., security
checkups on places of permanent or temporary al>cie„ meetings* riaits, etc«
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