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by German officers. The Cetniks in Serbia and the Nedic troops
 
are organized into battalions and regiments with their own offi-
 
cers. The Bulgarian troops located in Serbia and Macedonia are
 
organized into two army corps, each containing three divisions.
 
I asked Iovanovic whether, as in the case of German and satel-
 
lite groups which were under full manning table strength, there
 
was any uniformity about the characteristics of the under-strength
 
organizations, to which he replied that sometimes all components
 
of a particular division or regiment were represented but none of
 
them up to full strength, and ot her times certain entire compo-
 
nents such, for example, as a heavy weapons company, were missing.
 
He said that the former case occurred more frequently than the
 
latter.
 
     It is to be noted that the inconsistencies and gaps in the
 
Partisan Chief of Staff's account of enemy battle order are in-
 
cluded in this report, as given by him to me, because of my in-
 
ability upon cross-questioning him to get him to resolve these
 
inconsistencies. It was apparent in the conversations that I
 
had with Partisan officers about battle order that they had nei-
 
ther understanding of nor interest in battle order in the terms
 
in which American and British staffs are interested. The usual
 
Partisan attitude is "all we want to know is where the enemy is 
 
and about how many of him there are". They do not believe that
 
it is of the slightest advantage to them to be able when observ-
 
ing the enemy to distinguish between a battalion, a regiment,  a