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been restricted to enlisted men and non-commissioned officers,
 
and that no commissioned officer had ever been an agent. He
 
pointed out with pride that since the Partisan army was en-
 
tirely a voluntary army, it was composed of a preponderance of
 
loyal  soldiers who would quickly discover and turn in any spies.
 
His story on this point struck me as  about the most unconvinc-
 
ing sample of Partisan frankness and the most amateurish and
 
transparent effort at impressing us that I ran into the whole
 
time I was in the country. I mentioned to him a case I knew
 
about of penetration of their Slovenian Headquarters, and then
 
I dropped the subject.
 
     The Partisans have built up some files consisting of reports
 
and original documents on subjects of special interest to them 
 
like Cetnik and Ustashi collaboration with the enemy or the
 
"treasonable" activities of individuals. I brought out of the
 
country photographs of about a dozen items of this type.
 
I. ESTIMATE OF QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF
INFORMATION REPORTED OUT OF THIS AREA
WITHIN THE PAST SIX MONTHS
 
     It can be said that the Allied situation with respect to
 
information out of Jugoslavia has improved within the past six
 
months and that we are getting more information than ever before.
 
It is being reported by our own officers, observing at first hand
 
within the country, and some of it is valuable. There are, how-
 
ever, real limitations on the information that we are now getting