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his colleague that Simatović was an SDB officer who was setting up an electronic
surveillance system. 3179
1613. The Trial Chamber now turns to the evidence regarding the training camp at Mount
Tara. In an interview with Witness JF-094, a Serbian MUP official, 3180 Source C (identified
in Confidential Appendix C) stated that Obrad Stevanović first had contact with DB members
in January 1993 while engaged in the Bajina Bašta sector as part of the PJM Užice
Detachment that was protecting the border with Bosnia-Herzegovina. 3181 Around that time,
Stevanović came into contact with Franko Simatović, Vaso Mijović, and others who had a
camp on Mount Tara, and convinced them to have members of their units train one or two PJP
members from each SUP, having heard that Simatović was in charge of a group of people
who passed themselves off as having combat experience. 3182 The Trial Chamber has reviewed
the remainder of the evidence of Witness JF-094, which is set out in chapter 6.3.2 indicating
that Simatović had an office in Bajina Bašta and that Stevanović was a jurist with experience
in legal aspects of setting up of units who provided legal drafting assistance to Simatović in
return for the training of PJP members at Mount Tara.
1614. On 13 February 1993, Radovan Stojičić, Assistant Minister of Interior of Serbia and
Chief of Public Security Department, wrote to SUP, PJM Staff, and Bajina Bašta MUP Staff
stating that training for PJM members on the Tara, Bajina Bašta municipality, would start on
20 February 1993. Stojičić ordered that officers who met certain qualifications and who,
preferably, were from the PJM, be assigned as instructors, and that the training would last up
to 30 days. He also ordered that on 20 February 1993 one officer from each SUP be sent to
Tara for training and gave instructions on the transportation of the officers. The officers were
to be in PJM uniforms, and had to take certain weapons, ammunition, and personal equipment
with them. 3183
1615. The Trial Chamber now turns to the evidence of Witness JF-053 regarding training of
PJM members at the Tara training centre. Witness JF-053, a former member and Platoon
Commander of the PJM, 3184 testified that in February 1993, he, along with eight section
3179 Dejan Plahuta, T. 19339-19340.
3180 Witness JF-094, T. 7058.
3181 Witness JF-094, T. 7062, 7156; P973 (Notes from interviews by BIA commission, 28 January to 20 February
2009), p. 1 of 19 February 2009 notes from interview with Source C.
3182 Witness JF-094, T. 7064-7065, 7067-7069, 7158-7159, 7161, 7171-7172; P973 (Notes from interviews by
BIA commission, 28 January to 20 February 2009), p. 2 of 19 February 2009 notes from interview with Source
C
3183 D415 (Letter of Radovan Stojičić on training of PJM members, 13 February 1993).
3184 Witness JF-053, T. 10814.
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