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1995, 30 May Knin 310 12 Order of SVK General Staff concerning measures for the elimination of weaknesses in the armed forces and other developments underlying the loss of territory ____________________ REPUBLIC OF SERBIAN KRAJINA GENERAL STAFF OF THE SERBIAN ARMY Problems in the military organization and the elimination of negative developments as one of the causes underlying defeat and loss of SVK territory MILITARY SECRET STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL 30 May 1995 O r d e r Our young state, the RSK, is being created at the wish of all its citizens as a guarantee of their life in freedom. Unfortunately, in spite of many eff orts, many functions of the state have not come alive. We are witnessing lack of unity in our leadership, poor functioning of the legal system, black-marketeering and war profi teering. All these developments have had a negative eff ect on the functioning of the command system. Weaknesses in the military organization have demoralized both our troops and our citizens. Owing to weaknesses in the state and in the SVK, so far the Miljevac plateau, Maslenica, Divoselo and Western Slavonia have been lost. In order to put an end to such unwanted developments and prevent continued threat to the state and to the people, a number of actions have been taken, focusing on the integrated functioning of the state and of its bodies, including the SVK, in the strengthening of our defence. Th e SVK General Staff is busy upgrading military organization. Th e fi rst professional units are being formed. We are on the way to establishing, within a short time, an army of which our people and the Serbs worldwide will be proud. We shall be capable of preventing and punishing every ustashi attack if we eliminate indiscipline, black market practices, arbitrariness and abandonment of positions before the enemy. In line with the foregoing, and in order to eliminate all major shortcomings and indiscipline in the SVK, I am hereby
ORDERING as follows: 1. All black market traffi c with hostile forces must be discontinued because we have lost people and territory owing to such practices. Places used by black-marketeers for the exchange of goods with the enemy must be engaged by fi re as decided by the corps commander. 2. Prevent escape during combat, uncontrolled abandonment of positions and spreading of panic among the troops and the population. Rules of engagement must be respected in combat. I am hereby permitting the use of fi rearms in preventing indiscipline. 3. Corps commanders are hereby authorized to prevent, in their zone of responsibility, the destructive action of individuals and groups intended to weaken defence and spread panic among the people. 4. Troops shall be duly issued ammunition, and any carousing shall be punished and duly reported; moreover, any lack of discipline shall be punished by transfer according to a special schedule. 5. Th e corps commands shall elaborate in their zones of responsibility the measures for civil defence, and entrust municipal bodies and local communities with organizing the withdrawal, quartering and feeding of the population (women, children and the elderly) from areas of possible action. 6. In their conduct in and off combat all offi cers and non-commissioned offi cers need to set an example to the troops, and see to the implementation of this order. Due steps need to be taken against individuals failing to abide by these positions as provided for by the order. 7. Th e Serbian army of the RSK shall be informed about this order aft er the previous analysis of the situation in the corps and brigades, and the highlighting of specifi c problems in units and zones of responsibility. Th is order does not penalize past but future mistakes, and shall enter into force on 2 June 1995 at 12.00 hours. RSK soldiers and offi cers, we are entering the fi nal stage of accomplishment of our national goals, and we can no longer allow any future loss of RSK people and territory. Th e RSK is more important than any individual interest or right, and I am therefore aware of my own responsibility and of the measures I am taking. With trust in the Serbian fi ghter and his bravery, I am placing myself at the service of my people. Th e Commander Lieutenant General Mile Mrkšić 76 RSK, General Staff of the Serbian Army (stamp) 76 311
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ORDERING<br />
as follows:<br />
1. All black market traffi c with hostile forces must be discontinued because we have<br />
lost people and territory owing to such practices. Places used by black-marketeers for<br />
the exchange of goods with the enemy must be engaged by fi re as decided by the corps<br />
commander.<br />
2. Prevent escape during combat, uncontrolled abandonment of positions and spreading<br />
of panic among the troops and the population. Rules of engagement must be respected<br />
in combat. I am hereby permitting the use of fi rearms in preventing indiscipline.<br />
3. Corps commanders are hereby authorized to prevent, in their zone of responsibility,<br />
the destructive action of individuals and groups intended to weaken defence and spread<br />
panic among the people.<br />
4. Troops shall be duly issued ammunition, and any carousing shall be punished and<br />
duly reported; moreover, any lack of discipline shall be punished by transfer according<br />
to a special schedule.<br />
5. Th e corps commands shall elaborate in their zones of responsibility the measures for<br />
civil defence, and entrust municipal bodies and local communities with organizing the<br />
withdrawal, quartering and feeding of the population (women, children and the elderly)<br />
from areas of possible action.<br />
6. In their conduct in and off combat all offi cers and non-commissioned offi cers need<br />
to set an example to the troops, and see to the implementation of this order. Due steps<br />
need to be taken against individuals failing to abide by these positions as provided for<br />
by the order.<br />
7. Th e Serbian army of the RSK shall be informed about this order aft er the previous<br />
analysis of the situation in the corps and brigades, and the highlighting of specifi c<br />
problems in units and zones of responsibility.<br />
Th is order does not penalize past but future mistakes, and shall enter into force on 2 June<br />
1995 at 12.00 hours.<br />
RSK soldiers and offi cers, we are entering the fi nal stage of accomplishment of our<br />
national goals, and we can no longer allow any future loss of RSK people and territory.<br />
Th e RSK is more important than any individual interest or right, and I am therefore<br />
aware of my own responsibility and of the measures I am taking.<br />
With trust in the Serbian fi ghter and his bravery, I am placing myself at the service of<br />
my people.<br />
Th e Commander<br />
Lieutenant General Mile Mrkšić<br />
76 RSK, General Staff of the Serbian Army<br />
(stamp) 76<br />
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