Annex 1. We are investigating the most effective operations, based on North Italy, which will delay or prevent German reinforcement against "OVERLORD". 2. Making the following assumptions (a) Italy out of the war. (b) Germans holding the general line of the Maritime Alps and positions covering Venetia and the Tyrol. (c) The Balkans resistance groups are being supplied with larger quantities of arms and are being more active. (d) The Russian commitment is no less for the Germans that to-day (or as J.I.C.