 Gjems-Onstad became critical of the "retracted regional leadership" of the Home Front ("hjemmefronten") which he became aware of in late 1944.According to him, he and his fellow resistance members had not even heard of their existence.He sent a wire to London requesting that they should take over what remained of Milorg, rather than remaining passive during the occupation only to step forward as leaders of Milorg when the war was over.