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specific jaisSiona \;Q -che lattero While thiajprao-Gi»o0 in E. number of
instanoet., rra; have established tho joinplicity of the Gauleiter for
actions oxacu ed by üii'o and SD, It did not seriously affect the chain
of command id -hin either fiiPo or Si)P v?hich extended from the Chiof of
SiPo and SD w -chin tho RSltt. to tho DiS (Ids) and from there to the
Leiter (Chief) of the Sr-Lsitabschnibt» S^-Aberhnitt0 • etc«
SP»Lsitabsoh:aitte wora established, in gar oral, in th>3 sane
locality as tie Sta.po«Ij6dtstelle to facilitate Cooperation between ähe
two offices - They wore rasponsiblo for all SD affairs sdthin their sphere
of juris lie-;i;m. The Lfdter_ reoei/cd hism-den fror, vjid reported to,
tho RSHfi., alt lough in mt.tters of supesvision and coordination he was
Bubordinite to the BdS (Ids) as his immediate -dmin: straidTo superioru
In general, tho 3dS„ vho wafiresponsib!© for both SiPo and 3D services,
•aas tsken fron the ranks of the SD*
SP«*Abschnitte were us ually established in the 3.ooality of
the corraepox iing Stapo-Stgllae Thoy ware, however, not subordinate to
tho siMLer.tat sohnitt within the samo area, but cone bitufcid an independent
agency responsible to the F.SHA or the BdS (ldf!)e respectively. Howevers
as the tore important agency within tie area, with larger filosmd a
larger staff the SP^Leitabaohnitt frequently funotionod es a guiding
aad coordinating agoncy ?dth power x> issue directives in order to
guarantee uniformity of prooedurec and actions and to pravent duplication
of offort»
SD^Hauptaus sens teilen and SD~Auasenateilen were local branoh
offices of the S^ established to on3ure full coverage of intelligence
matter» down to the smallest geographical unit. Tha difference between
SBCSES