possible speed with a day or two; that he con-
 
sulted, of course, with the President of the
 
United States about the information of this new gov-
 
ernment under the premiership of the Ban and was
 
assured of his complete approval.
 
     "Turning to the Ban, Churchill then said:
 
'You will form this government and I assure you
 
that Great Britain and the United States wdll re-
 
gard yours as the only government of the Yugoslav~
 
people, and within four or five weeks you will get
 
all the support and assistance we can possibly ren-
 
der to your country to increase its resistance to
 
the enemy. He further stated that he regarded the
 
Ban as a person who is thoroughly familiar with the
 
people and the problems of Yugoslavia and asked him
 
to assume control and to pursue energetically the
 
policies outlined by the Ban of a united, democratic,
 
federated Yugoslavia.
 
     "Churchill further added: 'We shall continue
 
to have friendly relations with Tito because he is