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1793. Witness JF-025, a Serb from Croatia, 3591 testified that while Arkan’s Tigers were in
Bijeljina, members of the TO were supposed to hold the boundaries of the town. 3592 The
witness testified that the SDG was in Bijeljina to provide support to the local Serb police and
that it assisted in establishing law and order in the town. 3593 Further, the witness testified that
the attack on Bijeljina involved neither the JNA nor the police of the Republic of Serbia. 3594
1794. Witness JF-057 testified that Arkan stated that he and Major Mauzer directed the
Bijelina operation. 3595
1795. Jovan Dimitrijević, a former member of the SDG, 3596 testified that when he was in
Bijeljina, Arkan told him that the troops would proceed to Tuzla but then Biljana Plavšić,
Vladika Kačavenda, and General Prascević convinced him that Tuzla was safe and, therefore,
there was no need for the troops to go there. 3597
1796. Witness JF-026, a Bosnian Serb from Zvornik, 3598 testified that during the period of
impeded communication with the republican level Crisis Staff, which lasted from the outbreak
of the conflict in Zvornik up to 20 April 1992, Biljana Plavšić, then a member of the Bosnia-
Herzegovina Presidency, visited the Crisis Staff offices in the Alhos factory on two occasions
in April 1992: a day or two prior to the outbreak of the conflict, either 7 or 8 April 1992, and
two or three days after the take-over of Zvornik. 3599 She was particularly interested in the
situation in Zvornik, the implementation of the instructions for the Serb-minority
municipalities, and the level of organization of Serbs. 3600 On both occasions, Plavšić held a
meeting with certain members of the Crisis Staff and Marko Pejić, Arkan’s deputy in
Zvornik. 3601
3591 P612 (Witness JF-025, prior testimony 2003), p. 18019, 18054; P611 (Second pseudonym sheet for Witness
JF-025); P613 (First pseudonym sheet for Witness JF-025).
3592 Witness JF-025, T. 6267-6268.
3593 P612 (Witness JF-025, prior testimony 2003), p. 18095; P607 (Report of CSB Bijeljina to the Bosnian-Serb
Republic Presidency, 29 July 1992).
3594 P612 (Witness JF-025, prior testimony 2003), p. 18072.
3595 P1616 (Witness JF-057, witness statement, 10 November 2002), p. 9, P1618 (Witness JF-057, prior
testimony), p. 19425.
3596 Jovan Dimitrijević, T. 16055.
3597 Jovan Dimitrijević, T. 16108.
3598 P1700 (Witness JF-026, witness statement, 16 December 2008), para. 1; P1654 (Pseudonym sheet for
Witness JF-026); P2507 (Background information on Witness JF-026).
3599 P1700 (Witness JF-026, witness statement, 16 December 2008), paras 60-61; P1701 (Witness JF-026,
Milošević transcript, 23 and 26 May 2003, 5 June 2003), pp. 21192, 21209, 21875-21876, 21908; D215 (Witness
JF-026, Šešelj transcript, 12-13 January 2010), pp. 15023-15024; Witness JF-026, T. 9681, 9746.
3600 P1700 (Witness JF-026, witness statement, 16 December 2008), paras 60-61; P1701 (Witness JF-026,
Milošević transcript, 23 and 26 May 2003, 5 June 2003), pp. 21192-21193, 21876, 21908; Witness JF-026, T.
9688-9689.
3601 P1700 (Witness JF-026, witness statement, 16 December 2008), paras 60-61; P1701 (Witness JF-026,
Milošević transcript, 23 and 26 May 2003, 5 June 2003), pp. 21192, 21211; Witness JF-026, T. 9744-9745.
Case No. IT-03-69-T 632
30 May 2013