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eral Mihailovic and Marshal Tito to their legitimate
 
tasks, namely, military commanders of the resistance
 
forces within the respective areas controlled by each
 
one of them separately. The only effective way  to bring
 
about such a situation would be for the Allies to give all military assistance and supplies through 
 
the government only. The government should be the sole judge,
 
after consultation with the military command of the Allies,
 
as to how much aid should be transmitted to Marshal Tito
 
and to General Mihailovic. The amount of aid would de-
 
pend upon the degree of resistance exercised by Mihail-
 
ovic and Tito against the common enemy. The Shepherd
 
believes that the British went too far in dealing with
 
Marshal Tito directly, thereby encouraging him greatly
 
to attempt at this time to establish and perpetuate a
 
political setup for the future.
 
     "The question of the future form of govern-
 
ment of Yugoslavia must be postponed until affter Yugo-
 
slavia is completely liberated from the enemy. Nobody