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halted in December 1994 and restarted on 12 or 13 February 1995. 3978 Operation Pauk was a
temporary force whose task was to break up the ABiH 5th Corps and restore Fikret Abdić in
the Bihać region. 3979 According to Mladen Karan, a retired counter-intelligence officer of the
SSNO, 3980 Operation Pauk ended by the beginning of August 1995, when the RSK fell. 3981
Milovanović and several other witnesses testified that General Mile Novaković was the
Commander of Operation Pauk. 3982
1955. The Trial Chamber has also received evidence from Milovanović that he was asked to
take over the Pauk Command. On 22 February 1995, Milovanović arrived at Petrova Gora
upon the orders of Mladić, to assume command of Operation Pauk. 3983 He went to the front
line with General Mile Novaković, where they encountered Simatović, who was wearing a
camouflage military uniform and stated he was there with Stanišić. 3984 On the following day,
at the end of the meeting regarding the handover of command, at which Stanišić, Simatović,
and officers and commanders of the SVK were present, Stanišić stated that Milovanović was
to take over the command of Operation Pauk based on the decision of the Supreme Defence
Council of the FRY and the Supreme Command of the VRS. 3985 There was a piece of paper in
front of Stanišić and Stanišić pointed to the name of Slobodan Milošević, which was on the
paper. Milovanović refused to take over command, telling Stanišić that he would not carry out
orders from him because he, Stanišić, was a policeman, not a soldier. 3986 In this respect Aco
Drača testified that during Operation Pauk he never attended any meeting where the
replacement of General Novaković with Manojlo Milovanović was discussed, and he believed
that he would have known about such meeting, had it indeed taken place. 3987
1956. The Trial Chamber will now review the evidence it has received in relation to the
preparations for Operation Pauk. In this respect, on 30 June 1994, Major Djuro Ćelić sent an
intelligence report to the SVK Main Staff, on operations in the APZB between 14 and 29 June
3978 Manojlo Milovanović, T. 15465, 15468, 15478.
3979 Manojlo Milovanović, T. 4390, 4575.
3980 Mladen Karan, T. 17669-17671, 17679-17681; P3092 (Mladen Karan personnel file, signed by Dragoljub
Djukić, Official Military Gazette, 8 April 1996), p. 3; P3093 (Note on Mladen Karan’s work performance,
signed by Veljko Bosanac, undated), p. 1; P3094 (Report on Mladen Karan, author Rade Rašeta, SVK Security
Department, 3 February 1995), p. 1; P3096 (Statement on inhibition of work of 11th Corps security organs by
members of RDB MUP Serbia, signed by Mladen Karan, undated), pp. 3, 6-8.
3981 Mladen Karan, T. 17851, 17889.
3982 Manojlo Milovanović, T. 4626; P224 (Slobodan Lazarević, Slobodan Milošević transcript, 29-31 October
2002), p. 12422; Slobodan Lazarević, T. 3314, 3408; Aco Drača, T. 16811; Witness JF-027, T. 8935-8936,
8945; Dejan Plahuta, T. 19357.
3983 Manojlo Milovanović, T. 4388-4390, 4540-4541; P377 (Clip from video “The Unit”), p. 8.
3984 Manojlo Milovanović, T. 4389, 4391-4392; P377 (Clip from video “The Unit”), p. 9.
3985 Manojlo Milovanović, T. 4392-4394; P377 (Clip from video “The Unit”), p. 10.
3986 Manojlo Milovanović, T. 4388-4390, 4393, 4395; P377 (Clip from video “The Unit”), p. 10.
Case No. IT-03-69-T 689
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