R & A No. 3113.7 / Principal Nazi Organizations Involved in the ...

ii« Purpose arid functions of tho SDo
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coat; we have understanding for this and we do not
expect tliat we will be loved by too many ose who
have Geruany close to their, heaxt will aid .shall
respect us; those who have somehow or somewhere a bad
conscience toward the Führer or toward i.tion
ought to be afraid of us. For those people ve have
built up an organization called the Sich. rxii_ljr.sdien3_t,"
(1) General functions
( a ) Intelllf,gnce (done s, tic). ' he function
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of the SD fAs betm described by authentic source; as follows:
"Tho Sichorheltsdienst as the intelligence service
of the national Socialist Party has, abo e all, the
talk of exploring and keeping watch over all forces,
events, and facts which are of Important for the
continued rule of.the National Socialist Idea and
Ilovoment within the (Soman space (Ira deu EC ion Räume) 0
In support of the wor:: of the Sicherheit poU.zel to
render the German national Order (di^ de ts^ihe
Volksordnung) secure against disturbance and d.estruc-
1. Heinrich UIEUUT, -4° ::ohtttastagigl. p.29. ,.,„
2. ..est, cp.cvt., p. W ^ _ SECOT