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which he brought items in a bag; the witness was told by Martić that at least on two occasions,
Simatović brought cash. 4493 The witness acknowledged that he did not actually see the money
but noted that the same bags were used and it was evident after such meetings that Martić was
pleased with what he received. 4494
2127. According to Witness DST-043, as of November 1990, the SAO Krajina police was
financed from donations, which were kept by the Secretary of SUP at the Knin SUP
treasury. 4495 He believed that as of April 1991, it also received funding from the Krajina
government. 4496 The witness never heard about the Serbian government funding the Krajina
police. 4497
2128. According to a 7 July 1991 Tanjug article, Milan Martić stated that most significant aid
to the Krajina police, in nearly all forms, came from the government of Serbia. He further
stated that the army and the police were assisting each other. 4498
2129. At a meeting with Slobodan Milošević on 20 March 1991, where Stanišić and Radmilo
Bogdanović were present, Milošević informed Babić that he had purchased 20,000 weapons
for Krajina in Hungary. 4499 Bogdanović said that they had already sent 500 weapons to
Banija. 4500 Later, Milenko Zelenbaba and Mihalj Kertes a.k.a. Braco showed Babić these
long-barrelled weapons, rifles, and mortars, and told him that they in fact came from the TO
warehouses in Serbia, and they were transported to Krajina under the auspices of Kertes and
the Krajina MUP. 4501 Witness JF-031, a Serb from Knin municipality, 4502 testified that when
he was mobilized into the police in April 1991, he was issued a weapon from the police depot
in Knin. 4503
4493 P977 (Witness JF-039, prior testimony), p. 1987; Witness JF-039, T. 7364-7365.
4494 P977 (Witness JF-039, prior testimony), p. 1988.
4495 D322 (Witness DST-043, witness statement, 29 June 2011), paras 55-56; Witness DST-043, T. 12978-12979
4496 D322 (Witness DST-043, witness statement, 29 June 2011), paras 55-56.
4497 D322 (Witness DST-043, witness statement, 29 June 2011), para. 56.
4498 P2593 (Article from Tanjug entitled “Krajina Interior Minister: Police ‘Well Armed’”, 7 July 1991).
4499 P1877 (Milan Babić, Martić transcript, 15-17, 20-21 February, and 2-3, and 6 March 2006), p. 1525-1526;
P1878 (Milan Babić, Slobodan Milošević transcript, 18-22, 25-26 November, and 2-4, 6, and 9 December 2002),
p. 13103; P1879 (Milan Babić, Krajišnik transcript, 2-4, and 7 June 2004), pp. 3350-3351.
4500 P1877 (Milan Babić, Martić transcript, 15-17, 20-21 February, and 2-3, and 6 March 2006), p. 1527; P1878
(Milan Babić, Slobodan Milošević transcript, 18-22, 25-26 November, and 2-4, 6, and 9 December 2002), p.
13104; P1879 (Milan Babić, Krajišnik transcript, 2-4, and 7 June 2004), p. 3351.
4501 P1877 (Milan Babić, Martić transcript, 15-17, 20-21 February, and 2-3, and 6 March 2006), pp. 1527-1528;
P1878 (Milan Babić, Slobodan Milošević transcript, 18-22, 25-26 November, and 2-4, 6, and 9 December 2002),
pp. 13104, 13106; P1879 (Milan Babić, Krajišnik transcript, 2-4, and 7 June 2004), p. 3351.
4502 P998 (Witness JF-031, witness statement, 1 June 2001), pp. 1-2.
4503 Witness JF-031, T. 7437-7438.
Case No. IT-03-69-T 761
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