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In September 1939, the Sicherheitspolizei became a part of the RSHA under Heydrich.

The operational sections of the SD became ( department ) Amt III and for foreign intelligence, Amt VI ; the Gestapo became Amt IV and the Kripo became Amt V. Otto Ohlendorf was named the Chief of Amt III, the SD-Inland ( within Germany ); Heinrich Müller was named the Chief of Amt IV, the Gestapo ; Artur Nebe was named the Chief of Amt V ; and Walter Schellenberg became Chief of Amt VI, the SD-Ausland ( outside Germany ).

In 1944, most of the sections of the Abwehr ( military intelligence ) were incorporated into Amt VI.