easy, ia describing this situation, to become lost ia a maze of subtleties and to end up with the conclusion that no conclusion is possible. Still, certain simple elements do seem to stand out as facts. In the welter of confusion there does seem to be a group, the Par- tisans, who are numerically greater today than any other single group in Jugoslavia. They do seem to.control more square miles of territory at the moment than any other Jugoslav group. They do seem to be more actively resisting the enemy, and with more effect than any other Yugoslav groap. They do seem to have been more articulate in announcing and implementing a program of true representative government than any other Jugoslav group, and fi- nally, they do seem to be more firmly knit together and controlled by a single, freely chosen andfreely replaceable, leader than any other Yugoslav group. Tito told me that he believes the fatare events of his coun- try are foregone conclusions. He believes that his country will emerge victorious from the war, with the enemy expelled and the country one total independent and self-governing political entity. He believes, secondly, that the political constitution of the country after the war will be a people's government with the rights of the individual protected by law. The freely expressed will of the people is to be the sole determinant in all important national issues, the Partisan party presamably continuing in . control as the means of expressing the people's will in national |