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As a pa.'?t of tha Allgemein* SS the 3D has no membership
different from that of the All^emoine S3 but merely forms an
administrative hierarchy of its ovm entrusted with the execution
of a vital part of SS policy. Reinhard Eeydrlch, ( clef of the SD,
defined the re3.ationsh.ip between ;5D and Sipo on the one side, and
of SD and SS, on the other, an follows:
"The Str.te Folic© (Gestapo) is assisted in the
discharge of its dutleu by the Security Service
(SD) of the Reichs:?uhror SS, which is not vented
with executive powers., This Security Service is
s broach (Zweig) of the 33 as a whole (Gesanr;-SS).
The Rcicheleitung (Reich Directorate) of the Pari
has assigned to th^ Security Service the intelli­
gence research and stu""eillance (nachr 1 cht eniaKsaige
Erf or schür g und Überwachung) of the ideologi«
cppon3i.t3 of National i'.ociallsm, The geographical
subdivision of the SD corresponds io that of the
Allgeiaelne SS« The men of the 3D are SS leaders
and SS men of the SS an a whole (G.egamt-3S) who hold
eowmaies, within both the SD and the Allgemafxe SS«
While the functions of the Police are of a tactical
and executive nature, the SD haa the intelligence and
research function of furnishing the strategic pre­
requisites (Grundlagen} for the 3D aders of she Movement
and/therewith of the State."
:schor Beobachter, 28 April 1938 (on file in
"Hie S"u"ate Department,
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