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2118. Mile Bosnić testified that he was present at the meeting of the SDS Main Board when
Martić was appointed the Secretary for Internal Affairs of the SAO Krajina. Babić
recommended Martić stating, inter alia, that Martić was from Knin and was a well-known
Serb patriot. 4456 To the best of the witness’s knowledge Jovica Stanišić was not involved in
the decision-making process, nor did Babić mention him with respect to it or in relation to the
establishment of the SUP. 4457 The witness testified that in view of Article 7 of the Decision on
establishing the SAO Krajina SUP, Babić was in charge of the internal organization of the
Secretariat, and while Martić participated in the preparatory work of the SUP, he did not make
decisions regarding its organization or operation. 4458 The witness testified that up until August
1991, the SDS and the police in Kordun and Banija did not recognize Martić’s authority and
as a result, he had no influence in that area and the police in Kordun and Banija were paid by
the Croatian authorities. 4459
2119. Witness DST-043 testified that shortly after the appointment of Milan Martić as the
Secretary for Internal Affairs, an intelligence service of SAO Krajina was set up in Knin for
the first time, and it was staffed with people previously working in the intelligence service. 4460
Dušan Orlović was appointed chief of the Krajina DB in January 1991; he was subsequently
succeeded by Slobodan Pezikozić. 4461 Mile Bosnić testified that he learnt informally from
Babić at a SDS Main Board meeting, that there was an SDB of the Krajina which was headed
by Orlović. 4462 The Trial Chamber recalls its findings in chapter 6.3.2 in relation to the
Golubić camp that Dušan Orlović was a member of the Serbian DB unit a.k.a. the Red Berets,
which was formed in mid-1991 and was later proposed for awards at the 1996 Kula
ceremony, as well as the evidence of Witness JF-031 that Orlović was the connection between
Martić and the Serbian DB, and the evidence of Witness JF-039 indicating that Orlović
reported to the Serbian DB, which it has reviewed in the same chapter. In this respect Milan
Babić stated that aiming at suppressing the Serbian DB control over Krajina, on 1 August
1991, the Krajina government passed a decision disbanding the Krajina DB. 4463
4456 Mile Bosnić, T. 12669.
4457 Mile Bosnić, T. 12670, 12672.
4458 Mile Bosnić, T. 12671-12673; D315 (Comments by Mile Bosnić on exhibits and potential exhibits), p. 2.
4459 D313 (Mile Bosnić, witness statement, 5 July 2011), paras 18, 30; D314 (Mile Bosnić, proofing note, 8 July
2011), p. 2.
4460 D322 (Witness DST-043, witness statement, 29 June 2011), para. 64; Witness DST-043, T. 13066.
4461 D322 (Witness DST-043, witness statement, 29 June 2011), paras 64-65; Witness DST-043, T. 13076.
4462 Mile Bosnić, T. 12785-12787.
4463 P1877 (Milan Babić, Martić transcript, 15-17, 20-21 February, and 2-3, and 6 March 2006), pp. 1417-1418;
P1903 (Decision of the SAO Krajina government disbanding the DB in the SAO Krajina, 1 August 1991).
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