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subject on which he "exhibited such an attitude. He said that
 
with Tito's permission, he would give me a description of their
 
set-up, but I felt for a number of reasons that the time was not
 
advantageous to press for more information, and decided to wait
 
until some future date. I believe that we can obtain at least
 
some information on this subject from the Partisans any time we 
 
want to insist on it. The General did say that they had a com-
 
plete military intelligence organization; that they were well
 
satisfied with it, and its workings; and that if I wished to
 
locate American intelligence officers at the different army
 
corps headquarters, it  would be possible for those officers to
 
work with the Partisan chief intelligence officer.
 
       Major Alston, the British G-2 on Brigadier MacLean's mis-
 
sion, told me that there had been rumors that, the entire Parti-
 
san intelligence organization had been disbanded at about the
 
time of the establishing of the Anglo-American mission to Tito's
 
headquarters; and that so far as he could discover, it had prob-
 
ably taken place owing to the Partisans' finding that the organ-
 
ization had been extensively penetrated.  Since that time they
 
have re-established their new set-up. If the penetration story
 
is true, it would certainly help to explain Iovanovic's reluc-
 
tance in giving any details of how they now operate. Also, he
 
himself has been among the more suspicious Partisan officers in
 
his dealings with the British  and the Americans. The BBC some
 
months ago fell somewhat short of winning Iovanovic's friendship,