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1982. From mid to late September 1994 until the beginning of February 1995, the witness
was assigned to providing security for Stanišić and Simatović at the communications centre at
Magarčevac, near Petrova Gora, together with Milos Ðukić and Nebojša Stanković. 4100 The
witness saw Stanišić for the first time at this communications centre, and Stanišić asked the
witness and other JATD members to secure his office, which he shared with Simatović and
which was located on the first floor of the building. 4101 When the witness arrived, Franko
Simatović, his secretary Slađana, Zvezdan Jovanović, and Dragan Leštarić were also present
at the communications centre. 4102 Stanišić made Jovanović and Leštarić, who were his closest
guards, commanders, and they reported to Stanišić. 4103 If the witness and others from his unit
were travelling in the area, Slađana would telephone ahead to notify whoever controlled the
checkpoints to let them through. 4104 The witness testified that during his time there, Stanišić
and Simatović spent most of their time in the office. 4105 When Stanišić or Simatović were
absent, Radonjić and Dragan Krsmanović were in charge. 4106 A topographic map of the region
of Western Bosnia where the operations were taking place hung in the office, on which
around 30 communications centres were marked. 4107 JATD members communicated with
these centres at night in code. 4108 Persons working in communications at Magarčevac
informed the witness that Stanišić had a direct satellite phone line to Milošević as well as a
direct link with the Serbian MUP headquarters in Belgrade. 4109 Miroslav Kurak drove Stanišić
and Simatović in a black Mercedes Puch all-terrain vehicle. 4110
1983. At the communications centre, the witness saw Stanišić and Simatović meet with
Milan Martić, Fikret Abdić, Milorad Ulemek a.k.a. Legija, Stojan Župljanin, and many army
officers. According to the witness, Legija’s first deputy in Velika Kladuša was Šarac. 4111 The
witness overheard many military exercises in Bosnia-Herzegovina being planned in the office
4100 P440 (Dejan Slišković, witness statement, 14 September 2003), para. 7; P441 (Dejan Slišković, witness
statement, 8 April 2010), paras 30-31, 37, 99; Dejan Slišković, T. 5107-5108, 5174, 5182.
4101 P441 (Dejan Slišković, witness statement, 8 April 2010), paras 30, 32-33, 37; Dejan Slišković, T. 5106-5107.
4102 Dejan Slišković, T. 5107.
4103 P441 (Dejan Slišković, witness statement, 8 April 2010), paras 30-31; Dejan Slišković, T. 5107.
4104 P440 (Dejan Slišković, witness statement, 14 September 2003), para. 7; P441 (Dejan Slišković, witness
statement, 8 April 2010), para. 52.
4105 Dejan Slišković, T. 5108.
4106 P440 (Dejan Slišković, witness statement, 14 September 2003), para. 11; P441 (Dejan Slišković, witness
statement, 8 April 2010), para. 42.
4107 P441 (Dejan Slišković, witness statement, 8 April 2010), paras 33-34; Dejan Slišković, T. 5109.
4108 P441 (Dejan Slišković, witness statement, 8 April 2010), para. 34.
4109 P440 (Dejan Slišković, witness statement, 14 September 2003), para. 9; P441 (Dejan Slišković, witness
statement, 8 April 2010), para. 35.
4110 P441 (Dejan Slišković, witness statement, 8 April 2010), para. 31.
4111 P440 (Dejan Slišković, witness statement, 14 September 2003), para. 8; P441 (Dejan Slišković, witness
statement, 8 April 2010), para. 46.
Case No. IT-03-69-T 702
30 May 2013