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out of the country. The information now in our possession about
 
Jugoslavia is substantially defective in the only four ways in-
 
formation can be defective. We are substantially uninformed and
 
misinformed. The analysis we have received is incorrect and in-
 
complete. We are uninformed in that we do not know whether Par-
 
tisan reports about action against the enemy are accurate, exag-
 
gerated, or utterly untrue. This is because, for the most part,
 
we have taken the Partisans' word for what went on in enemy ac-
 
tions since we have seldom had our own observers with them to
 
make independent observations and reports. We are uninformed
 
about enemy military intelligence such as battle order because
 
although material in profusion is there to be collected, we have
 
not for the most part collected it. Very few German soldiers'
 
paybooks have come out of the country. Owing to what I believe
 
to be a mistaken political decision, practically no prisoner in-
 
terrogations have taken place within the country, although
 
prisoner interrogation in Jugoslavia offers certain unique op-
 
portunities for valuable information. We are uninformed on
 
economic affairs both as they affect military prospects and
 
post-war relief and rehabilitation because we have had no per-
 
sonnel within the country, who were qualified as experts to col-
 
lect or evaluate such information. We are for similar reasons
 
uninformed on valuable psychological data available wiithin the
 
country. We are best informed in. politica1 matters although 
 
even there we may still be said to be significantly uninformed.