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the TO. 3547 Throughout this period, the TO was subordinate to the JNA. 3548 Therefore,
Arkan’s unit operated in the area of responsibility of and was subordinate to the JNA Novi
Sad Corps, north of the Vuka river. 3549 Arkan was subordinate to the TO commander, a
position held first by Kojić, then by Stojičić from September 1991 and Trajković from
November 1991. 3550 While Stojičić was in the region, Arkan cooperated with him and
followed all of his orders. 3551
1779. Dušan Knežević, the Serb police commander in Ilok between November 1991 and
June 1992, 3552 testified that Badža was formally the superior of Arkan, as Arkan was heading
his group of volunteers under the TO. 3553 Badža coordinated his activities related to his
commander function with Biorčević and used to call himself the TO supreme commander. 3554
He testified that Arkan was engaged in military activities with the army and had no direct
connections with the police. 3555
1780. Gvozden Gagić, an employee of the MUP of Serbia in the early 1990s, 3556 testified
that Badža was the overall commander for the TO staff whereas Arkan was the commander of
one of the units under that staff, but the two had a close relationship. According to the
witness, Arkan’s relations with the Novi Sad Corps Command and lower-ranking officers of
that corps were professional, and he conducted himself as a subordinate. He testified that the
SDG was also subordinated to Badža, but that they carried out tasks directly pursuant to
orders of the Novi Sad Corps Command. 3557
Kojić, 19 December 1991); P1685 (RSK MoD Decision assigning Witness JF-029 a position, signed by Minister
Colonel Stojan Španović, 1 February 1993); P1689 (RSK Government Decision assigning Witness JF-029 a
position, signed by Prime Minister Borislav Mikelić, 6 July 1994,); P1692 (VJ Decision assigning Witness JF-
029 a position in the RSK MoD, signed by officer Stevo Medaković, 30 October 1995); D212 (Transcript of
testimony of Witness JF-029 before a local court on 24 October 2006), pp. 4, 15-16, 43.
3547 Witness JF-029, T. 10034, 10178-10179.
3548 Witness JF-029, T. 10093-10094, 10179; D212 (Transcript of testimony of Witness JF-029 before a local
court on 24 October 2006), pp. 9-10, 18.
3549 Witness JF-029, T. 10179.
3550 Witness JF-029, T. 10034, 10093, 10178-10179; P1666 (Tables of people Witness JF-029 refers to and
significant meetings attended, 7 December 2010), pp. 3-5.
3551 Witness JF-029, T. 10108-10109.
3552 D371 (Dušan Knežević, witness statement, 17 August 2011), p.1, paras 1, 28, 32; Dušan Knežević, T. 13378,
13504; D377 (Report by Dušan Knežević about the situation in Pakrac valley and the request for ammunition for
the local population addressed to the assistant chief of the SJB Bucalo, 23 April 1991), p. 1.
3553 Dušan Knežević, T. 13490-13491.
3554 D371 (Dušan Knežević, witness statement, 17 August 2011), para. 19.
3555 D371 (Dušan Knežević, witness statement, 17 August 2011), para. 22; D373 (Map of the Srem region with
locations relevant to Dušan Knežević’s testimony).
3556 Gvozden Gagić, T. 17101-17102.
3557 Gvozden Gagić, T. 17134, 17141, 17276.
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