1 JULY 1949, Page 22

THE RECORD OF MIHAILOVICH

SIR.—Your reviewer of Mr. Stephen Clissold's book on Tito states that fairly soon in the Yugoslav struggle it became clear that Mihailovich " was not in fact seriously fighting the Germans." Does Miss Wiske- mann base this statement on the proclamation of the German general Bader, who on January 21st, 1943, attacked Mihailovich and declared: " I summon the entire Serb people to collaborate in the annihilation of this gang of brigands "? Or on the offer of 100,000 gold Reichsmarks by the Supreme Commander of the German troops in Serbia on July 21st, 1943, " to him who brings in dead or alive the bandit leader Draza Mihai- lovich "? Or on the Axis paper Militurische Korrespondenz aus Deutsch- land, which on January 14th, 1944, referred to him as " until last summer enemy No. I of the German Armed Forces "?—I am, Sir, yours faithfully, 1116 Cranmer Court, Sloane Avenue, S.W.3. IVAN AVAKUMOVICIL