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imum of resistance. Since there are no fixed lines, there are
 
no protected liberated areas behind the lines. Tito' s own head-
 
quarters are always located on an admittedly temporary basis and
 
continuously perched precariously for flight in the event of
 
quick approach of the enemy. The location of Tito's headquar-
 
ters during March was in a place which had previously been held
 
at different times by the Germans, the Italians, and the Ustashi.
 
The village near which were the headquarters shows ample evidence
 
of enemy occupation  and destruction. It would probably not take
 
the enemy more than a few hours at most to come in with tanks and
 
ground troops and move Tito out any time they felt like it. While
 
I was there, low-flying Dorniers and Stukas came over at will
 
practically every day, dropping bombs and machine-gunning from
 
altitudes of 50 to l00 feet. Against such operation the Parti-
 
sans have no defense and they have been ordered not to fire on
 
these planes since all they have to fire with is rifles and sub-
 
machine guns, which gives them no chance of downing the planes,
 
but which does tend to incite enemy fliers to concentrate their
 
efforts on the spot from which this ineffectual anti-aircraft
 
fire emanates.
 
     The Partisans fight, as might be expected, with very irreg-
 
ular and loose military control from GHQ  and with a great deal 
 
of reliance unavoidably placed upon the ability and initiative
 
of the individual soldier and the company grade officers. There