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requests for equipment by TO and police units and organs, which would be communicated
through MUP. 4615 If being unable to do so themselves, the Corps Commands would turn to the
2nd Military District, which could, if necessary, forward their requests to the competent
organs of the SSNO. 4616 On 23 April 1992, Deputy Commander of the 608th TSB of the
SSNO, Colonel Petar Pajčin, urgently ordered the 2nd Military District Command to deliver,
free of charge, 10 armoured personnel carriers M60 to the Knin police brigade, and, in total
500 firearms to the Knin police brigade, the MUP Knin station, the Benkovac station, the
Korenica station, the Vojnić station, the Petrinja station, the Okučani station, the Beli
Manastir station, and the Vukovar station. While the receiving units were required to organize
the transport, it was for the MUP RSK to coordinate the time and place of the delivery of
arms, and for the Command of the 1st Military District to ensure the security and overall
completion of the task. 4617 On 25 April 1992, on the basis of a resolution of the SSNO of 20
April 1992 aimed at replenishing with ammunition MUP RSK, Colonel Gradimir Petrović of
the 2nd Military District instructed the 405th and the 530th Logistic Bases to issue free of
charge, for needs of the MUP stations in Knin, Benkovac, Okučani, and Petrinja from their
warehouses in Golubići and Bosanski Novi, respectively, diverse ammunition, and report
back to the 2nd Military District Command once the task was completed. 4618
2177. On 7 April 1992, Marinko Mudrić stated to Croatian MUP Ogulin police officials that
in August 1991, in Plaški, alongside regular soldiers, Martić’s men, and Plaški TO members,
he participated in taking 13-lorries worth of weapons and equipment from the Skradnik depot
(Kutpolje), which had been abandoned following the withdrawal of the regular army from
4614 D1429 (Stenographic notes of the talks between members of the FRY Presidency and RSK representatives, 3
January 1992), p. 11.
4615 D680 (A letter from the 2nd Military District Command to the 9th Corps Command regarding the
replenishment of the TO and police units with equipment, Colonel General Milutin Kukanjac, 7 April 1992), p.
1-2.
4616 D680 (A letter from the 2nd Military District Command to the 9th Corps Command regarding the
replenishment of the TO and police units with equipment, Colonel General Milutin Kukanjac, 7 April 1992), p.
2.
4617 D681 (An order issued by the Command of the 608th TSB of the Federal Secretariat of National Defence to
the 2nd Military District Command, dated 23 April 1992).
4618 D682 (An instruction for issuing ammunition to the Okučani MUP station, issued by the Command of the
2nd Military District Command to the 530th Logistic Base, dated 25 April 1992); D684 (An instruction for
issuing ammunition to the Knin MUP station, issued by the Command of the 2nd Military District Command to
the 405th Logistic Base, dated 25 April 1992); D685 (An instruction for issuing ammunition to the Petrinja MUP
station, issued by the Command of the 2nd Military District Command to the 530th Logistic Base, dated 25 April
1992); D686 (An instruction for issuing ammunition to the Benkovac MUP station, issued by the Command of
the 2nd Military District Command to the 405th Logistic Base, dated 25 April 1992). According to the English
translation of D681, the resolution at issue aimed at “fulfilling the stations with ammunition”. From the context
of the document, the Trial Chamber understands this to refer to replenishing the RSK MUP with ammunition.
Case No. IT-03-69-T 778
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