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bers of the Cabinet must be outstanding, trustworthy
 
persons who are good Yugoslavs and not extremists who
 
have at heart the interests of Serbs, Croats or Slovenes
 
only; second, that the strength of such a government can
 
be only secured if it is wholeheartedly supported by the
 
United States, Russia and Great Britain.
 
     "The great mistake in the past has been that
 
the Allied governments, because of the weakness of the
 
Yugoslav governments-in-exile, dealt directly with Gen-
 
eral Mihailovic and Marshal Tito. It was a grave mis-
 
take to designate General Mihailovic as Minister of War.
 
He should never have been permitted to jeopardize his
 
position as a soldier and military leader by placing
 
him in a political setup. The very same mistake was
 
made with regard to Marshal Tito. The Allies dealt di-
 
rectly with Marshal Tito and thereby encouraged the pol-
 
itical aspirations of Tito to set up a government in
 
Yugoslav proper.
 
             "The Shepherd believes that if a strong government is set up the first task would be to
relegate Gen-