confined to senior officers, while anti-German sentiments are general. D. Political Influences I. Anti-German Movements. (a) Communists. The Communist party was the only one of the old political organisations to survive the collapse of France. Its structure and discipline are firmer than those of any other group. Its organisation of centres of resistance is generally reported to be thorough and its membership relatively large. It is said to be prepared to co-operate with any genuine elements of resistance, but no concrete evidence of this is available, perhaps because the Communist leaders fear to be betrayed if they confide in British or Gaullist agents.