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

ho SS B not E 3rei(.
in military affii.-e as welle
(2) S|ecial functions am specific targets.,
(a) ^onbatting Intcr-i: .1 opponents
The ultiiiate objective, according; to Hey&rlch,
was "to guard the internal security of the Rale] iray
of prevent! :&.* n Actually, bhe definition, quot< dal ovo,
plied the execution of a program which went £i r beyonj
the preliminary stage of espionage and Investigation and
• eventually included supervision of, if not par ation
in, the physical annihilation of the political cr
Litary opposition. Information received on J ;
execution of partisans an< bors of the Allle
military forces by the SD fully bear out this conclusion«
Heydrlch himself described the tasks carried ou alive-
1} by the Silo and r \& 3D as follows:
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