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And you went to Knin?
Yes, we came to Knin and I presented the plan. Th ey took us to the fortress, and they
had lambs roasting on the spit there. Peter and I thought it was an encouraging sign. As
we had agreed, I spoke Serbian and avoided Croatian terms. And, when I said, at the
end of my presentation, “when you look at this plan...”, and pushed the plan towards
Martić, 94 everybody appeared to be shocked. As silence fell, Martić briefl y said: “We will
not look at this”. He pushed the document away from him. Unpleasant stillness followed.
I changed my tone and began to threaten them openly. I told them that everything would
end “very poorly for them, the leadership, and for Krajina”, if they did not take look at
the plan. I even told them that I did not care for them personally and added that they
should at least think of the people they had led. Th ey still refused. Th e meeting became
pointless, and we left . I approached Martić and said:” You have now signed the death
sentence for Krajina and Serbian presence in the area. You shall be held responsible for
that, and you can be sure that Russia will take care of that”. But he would not budge.
Th en a member of their leadership approached me - I am not going to mention his name
yet - and said: ”Milošević ordered us to do so.” I immediately realized that he had done
it because of Kosovo, that is, because of the implementation of a similar plan in Kosovo.
Today the Serbs are losing Kosovo, and they missed the change of getting autonomy in
Croatia.
Vlado Vurušić, “Russia was on Croatia’s side”, Jutarnji list, Zagreb. 17 February 2007,
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2003, 25 June
Testimony of Peter Galbraith on the Serbian rejection of “Plan Z-4” at the trial of
Slobodan Milošević
Prosecutor Nice: I turn now to the Z-4 process, something of which the Chamber
has heard from a couple of witnesses, substantially from the witness Babić. Th is was a
process, “Z” for “Zagreb,” and involving the United States, Russia, the European Union
and the United Nations. It lasted from when and until when?
Galbraith: From March 23rd, 1994, until Operation Storm, August 4th, 1995.
Prosecutor Nice: Th e overall intended structure of the process?
Galbraith: It was a three-stage process that began with the negotiation of a ceasefi re in
Croatia between the Serbs - a Serb-held part of the country and the government-held
94 Milan, president of the «RSK»