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PROSECUTOR UERTZ-RETZLAFF: “Us” is the UK embassy. It’s actually a report of
the UK embassy, referring to a discussion of Mr. Galbraith with the witness and their
further discussions on the matter and the considerations of Mr. Galbraith.
JUDGE KWON: Yes. I was mistaken. Th ank you.
PROSECUTOR UERTZ-RETZLAFF: Did you see Mr. Milošević aft er the attack, the
so-called Operation Storm, on the 8th of August, 1995?
BABIĆ: Yes, around the 8th of August, 1995, in Botićeva Street, a villa in Botićeva
Street.
PROSECUTOR UERTZ-RETZLAFF: Th e villa in Botićeva Street, what is it? What kind
of a building is it? Is it an offi cial building?
BABIĆ: It is the residence of the government of Serbia.
PROSECUTOR UERTZ-RETZLAFF: Did you ask for this meeting with Mr.
Milošević?
BABIĆ: Th e initiative fi rst came from Buba Morina, the commissioner for refugees of
the Republic of Serbia in Banja Luka, saying that I should go to Belgrade to see where
the refugees from Krajina would be accommodated. So I went to Belgrade. I reported to
the Prime Minister, Mirko Marjanović, who asked me for a statement. Aft er I had given
that statement, he linked me with President Milošević and he made the appointment for
meeting Mr. Milošević.
PROSECUTOR UERTZ-RETZLAFF: What kind of a statement asked he of you to
make?
BABIĆ: Mirko Marjanović asked me to make a statement to the eff ect that Yugoslavia
was not to blame for the exodus of the Serbian people from Krajina. He even had a
prepared text of a few sentences, and he also indicated what I should write down.
PROSECUTOR UERTZ-RETZLAFF: With the help of the usher, I would like to put the
tab 105 of Exhibit 352 to the witness. Is this the statement that you made on request of
Mr. Marjanović?
BABIĆ: Yes.
PROSECUTOR UERTZ-RETZLAFF: We do not need to comment on this further. And
when you then saw Mr. Milošević, what did he ... what did you ask of him, or what did
you discuss with him?
BABIĆ: I came to see him. Th is was on the eve of his departure for Moscow for a meeting
with Yeltsin. First of all, the security would not let me in and then he came out and let me
in, and we spoke in the room next to the entrance because in the conference hall there
were other offi cials from Yugoslavia and the army. I could see this from the registration
plates of the cars. Th is was a brief meeting that I had with him. I asked where the people
would be accommodated, the people from Krajina who had fl ed.
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