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308 11 1995, 11 May Knin Report of the Security Department of the SVK General Staff to the Security Directorate of the VJ General Staff on enhanced HV propaganda activities, losses sustained in the assault on the Bihać safe area and civilian exodus from Benkovac _________________ General SVK Staff Security Department Str. conf. 37-403 11 May 1995 To Security Directorate Daily report 1. Hostile activities: Intensive HV propaganda continues to spread, among other things, many contradictory information on the time and lines of attack on the RSK, which makes it very diffi cult to separate genuine data from false ones. Th e campaign waged by the propaganda battalion of the HV General Staff over the past dozen days has been given the highest ratings, and they were extensively assisted by experts from the US, Germany and Austria. 2. Situation in the units and in the territory Th e situation in the units with respect to morale and motivation has not changed substantially as compared with previous reports. Rumours are still being propagated intensively; for instance, an HDZ branch has allegedly been set up in Petrinja, with about 1,000 members, Croats and Serbs, with a Serb at its head. In some places along the line of disengagement of the 39th corps the HV has been broadcasting PA messages calling our troops to surrender and promising them amnesty. In order to prevent the leaking of secret military information the intelligence department of the 39th corps has initiated, in cooperation with the State Security Service (SDB) and MUP, the seizure of illegal radio stations and cellular telephones. So far 4 cellular phones have been seized from - D.B., entrepreneur from Glina, - N.N., private entrepreneur from Glina, - M.B., manager of NIK, Petrinja, - C.D., owner of Drvoplast, Petrinja. 71 71 Th e document lists the full names.

All these persons are already known to the authorities for their illicit trade and links with persons in the Republic of Croatia. During the action taken to recoup specifi c hills from the ARBiH 5 th corps, SVK and VZB [Abdić’s] units have sustained the following casualties: three killed and fi ve wounded, and 3 killed and six wounded, respectively. Additionally, it is almost certain that the Muslims have captured 9 men, black marketeers (now reported as missing), and 20 women. Encouraged by their relatives and other Serbs in France, the population in Benkovac and its surroundings is intensively preparing to leave the area for the SRJ. As reported by our sources, over the past two weeks or so three busloads of women and children have left for Belgrade because they are afraid of being cut off from the rest of the RSK like Western Slavonia. Th e Minđušari group, occasionally engaged in combat within special militia units, has announced that it could break into the Ministry of Defence and arrest everybody there, with Tanjga 72 at their head, because they consider them guilty of the fall of Western Slavonia. Rade Čubrilo, president of the 1991 veterans’ association, known for his paramilitary ambitions and pro-chetnik orientation, during the day intercepted SVK offi cers in Knin, including major general Lončar 73 , and provoked them by relaying greetings from Okučani and Western Slavonia, asking them why they were not there, what gave them the right to receive pay in the amount of 3,000 dinars, etc. Having heard of the incident President Martić 74 ordered his arrest, but nothing has been done until tonight and the man still walks around freely. Members of the RSK Assembly from Western Slavonia intend to step down from the Assembly at its fi rst meeting because Western Slavonia does not exist any more in the RSK. Th ey intend to do it out of protest for the fall of Western Slavonia. Assistant commander for security aff airs Colonel Rade Rašeta (stamp) 75 ___________________ Original, typewritten Latin script HR-HMDCDR, 6, Security Department, 37-403/1995 72 Rade 73 Dušan 74 Milan 75 Receipt stamp: telegram no. 177, 11 May 1995 309

308<br />

11<br />

1995, 11 May<br />

Knin<br />

Report of the Security Department of the SVK General Staff to the Security Directorate<br />

of the VJ General Staff on enhanced HV propaganda activities, losses sustained in the<br />

assault on the Bihać safe area and civilian exodus from Benkovac<br />

_________________<br />

General SVK Staff<br />

Security Department<br />

Str. conf. 37-403<br />

11 May 1995<br />

To<br />

Security Directorate<br />

Daily report<br />

1. Hostile activities:<br />

Intensive HV propaganda continues to spread, among other things, many contradictory<br />

information on the time and lines of attack on the RSK, which makes it very diffi cult to<br />

separate genuine data from false ones. Th e campaign waged by the propaganda battalion<br />

of the HV General Staff over the past dozen days has been given the highest ratings, and<br />

they were extensively assisted by experts from the US, Germany and Austria.<br />

2. Situation in the units and in the territory<br />

Th e situation in the units with respect to morale and motivation has not changed<br />

substantially as compared with previous reports. Rumours are still being propagated<br />

intensively; for instance, an HDZ branch has allegedly been set up in Petrinja, with about<br />

1,000 members, Croats and Serbs, with a Serb at its head.<br />

In some places along the line of disengagement of the 39th corps the HV has been<br />

broadcasting PA messages calling our troops to surrender and promising them<br />

amnesty.<br />

In order to prevent the leaking of secret military information the intelligence department<br />

of the 39th corps has initiated, in cooperation with the State Security Service (SDB) and<br />

MUP, the seizure of illegal radio stations and cellular telephones. So far 4 cellular phones<br />

have been seized from<br />

- D.B., entrepreneur from Glina,<br />

- N.N., private entrepreneur from Glina,<br />

- M.B., manager of NIK, Petrinja,<br />

- C.D., owner of Drvoplast, Petrinja. 71<br />

71 Th e document lists the full names.

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