 Đujić actively co-operated with Italian forces, with whom he had concluded a non-aggression pact.In late September, Đujić's Chetniks killed up to 200 Croats in the village of Gata near Split, outraging the Italians.In October, Đujić told his men "we Chetniks have to be in good relations with the Croats for the time being in order to get a large number of arms and munitions, but when the time comes we will settle accounts with them".