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     In spite of the popular favor which the Russians enjoy, only a minority of Partisans seem
to be Communists or to believe that the applicatton of Russian Communism is appropriate to
Jugoslav problems. Favorable sentiment toward the Russians seems to stem rather from a
combination of respect for their stamina as a people and an admiration of Russia's military
accomplishments.  These feelings in turn are buttressed by a still wide-spread undertone of
Pan-Slavism. This undertone seems at the moment to be exclusively emotional, and does not carry
with it any necessary suggestion of political affiliation.
 
                The Partisans still display unbounded enthusiasm for their cause, and unbounded
optimism as to the future.