 During the rest of 1942 , Italian operations in conjunction with their Chetnik auxiliaries forced the remaining Partisans out of Montenegro , after which the Italians used the Chetnik auxiliaries to police the countryside . For most of this time , Đurišić operated fairly independently in northern Montenegro ; he was described as " a law unto himself " . In December 1942 , Chetniks from Montenegro and the Sandžak met at a conference in the village of Šahovići near Bijelo Polje . The conference was dominated by Đurišić ; its resolutions expressed extremism and intolerance , and its agenda focused on restoring the pre @-@ war status quo in Yugoslavia implemented in its initial stages by a Chetnik dictatorship . It also laid claim to parts of the territory of Yugoslavia 's neighbours . At this conference , Mihailović was represented by Major Zaharije Ostojić , his chief of staff , who had previously been encouraged by Mihailović to wage a campaign of terror against the Muslim population living along the borders of Montenegro and the Sandžak . One outcome of the conference was the decision to destroy the Muslim villages in the Čajniče district of Bosnia . 
