A N N E X "A" We have been instructed to revise J.P.(42) 1027 (0) 2nd Revised Draft in the light of the views expressed in J.I.C./279/43. We shall be grateful if you will assess for us:(a) The disposition of Italian, German and satellite land and air forces in the Balkans at the time of an Italian collapse. (b) The method and speed at which the Germans might "progressively relinquish the Balkans as far north as the Danube Basin." (Signed) C.A. WHITE. Lt-Colonel, G.S. A N N E X "B" J.I.C./279/43 MOST SECRET LT-COLONEL HOWKINS Your mintue 43/281 of 3rd March.