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further engagement. Simatović noted that Snedden was a professional mercenary with links to
the Israeli, German, English, and American intelligence services and since his arrival in
Serbia had made contacts in the Serbian Assembly and Ministries which could be an object of
interest of the DB. Simatović proposed to secretly bring him in and question him about his
activities and connections in order to assess the goal and usefulness of further operative
actions towards him. 2342
1309. The Trial Chamber now turns to two further documents indicating that the Serbian DB
was in contact with Captain Dragan prior to his departure to the SAO Krajina in April 1991.
1310. According to the undated minutes of a meeting between Dragan Vasiljković and
Serbian Minister of Defence Tomislav Simović, the DB had invited Captain Dragan to Serbia
and he collaborated with Radmilo Bogdanović and Stanišić. 2343 Captain Dragan had been
assigned to train volunteers and to cooperate with Martić and Babić. 2344
1311. According to a memorandum from Colonel Milorad Boškević to General Kadijević,
dated 28 August 1991, Captain Dragan was closely connected with several members of the
MUP, including Franko “Stamatović” (a.k.a Frenki), Dragoljub Filipović, (a.k.a. Fićo), and
inspectors of the SJB of the MUP. According to Boškević, the Serbian MUP DB monitored
Captain Dragan from his arrival in Serbia and established operative contact with him, after
which it sent him through the Association of Serbs from Croatia to the SAO Krajina as a
military instructor. 2345
1312. The Trial Chamber now turns to the establishment of the Golubić training camp, the
instructors who provided the training, and the alleged involvement therein of, amongst others,
Captain Dragan, Milan Martić, Franko Simatović, and Jovica Stanišić, in the period of April
through July 1991.
1313. The evidence of Mile Bosnić indicates that the SNC discussed the establishment of the
Golubić camp in April 1991. Mile Bosnić, an SDS regional board member and president of
the SDS board in Kordun, 2346 testified that the decision to establish Golubić was made in
April 1991 by the SNC of which Babić was the president. 2347 The witness heard that the SDS
2342 P3251 (Official Note on contact with Daniel Snedden, Franko Simatović, Belgrade, 13 April 1991).
2343 P1069 (Minutes of Conversation between Captain Dragan and Tomislav Simović), pp. 1-2. The Trial
Chamber notes that the exhibit refers to “Radmila Bogdanović”.
2344 P1069 (Minutes of Conversation between Captain Dragan and Tomislav Simović), p. 2.
2345 P1062 (Some information on Daniel Snedden, Australian Citizen, alias “Kapetan Dragan”, signed by
Milorad Bošković, 28 August 1991), pp. 1-3.
2346 D313 (Mile Bosnić, witness statement, 5 July 2011), para. 2.
2347 D313 (Mile Bosnić, witness statement, 5 July 2011), para. 40; Mile Bosnić, T. 12717.
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