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witness was involved in a traffic accident and when he told the police to call Stanišić, he was
taken to a hospital. He did not know what happened to the money. The witness testified that
several persons, including Nikola Raštević, went to pick up money in Belgrade two or three
more times, although, according to the witness, only a few were allowed to do that. 4645
2188. Vatroslav Stanićić testified that from May to early July 1991, the Krajina police did
not receive a proper salary, but was paid some sort of an allowance. All those who worked for
the MUP in Knin were farmers and their livelihoods did not depend on the salaries. 4646 Mile
Bosnić was not sure how Martić’s police were financed between May and October 1991, but
they did not receive money from Croatia, nor was there any special financing of Martić’s
police or any other institution in place at that time. 4647 The witness testified that funding was
not discussed at SDS meetings. 4648 He testified that in July 1991, the SDS Kordun entered into
a unified Krajina police system and, from around January 1992 the police of each
municipality received salaries from the SAO Krajina. 4649
2189. On 10 February 1992, RSK MUP Minister Milan Martić wrote to Serbian MUP
Minister Sokolović requesting him to influence Serbian Finance Minister Zebić to stop the
provision of resources through the SDK to the Krajina TO, since the resources were not
financing the MUP. 4650 Martić noted that per the UN Peace Agreement, the TO was to be
suspended and the Krajina police was solely responsible for peace and order in the RSK.
Martić added that 380,000,000 Dinars had been deposited in the SDK Glina for the TO, but
had not been spent as the TO was financed from the army budget, and requested that
Sokolović use his influence to ensure that these resources be transferred to the MUP
account. 4651 Radoslav Maksić testified that the SDK was the overarching financial institution
through which all bank transactions were made. The SAO Krajina TO Staff received money
from the Serbian MoD through the SDK and then distributed it to the TO zone staffs of Banja
Luka, Kordun, and Northern Dalmatia. The Krajina TO Staff’s financial officer spoke to his
4644 P978 (Witness JF-039, witness statement, 12 September 2003), para. 68; Witness JF-039, T. 7311, 7316-
7317, 7320.
4645 P978 (Witness JF-039, witness statement, 12 September 2003), paras 68-69; Witness JF-039, T. 7203, 7318-
7321.
4646 Vatroslav Stanićić, T. 12421.
4647 D313 (Mile Bosnić, witness statement, 5 July 2011), para. 31; D314 (Mile Bosnić, proofing note, 8 July
2011), p. 2.
4648 D313 (Mile Bosnić, witness statement, 5 July 2011), para. 31.
4649 D313 (Mile Bosnić, witness statement, 5 July 2011), para. 30; D314 (Mile Bosnić, proofing note, 8 July
2011), p. 2.
4650 Radoslav Maksić, T. 6859-6861; P970 (Letter to the MUP Minister Sokolović regarding provision of
resources, signed by Milan Martić, 10 February 1992).
Case No. IT-03-69-T 783
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