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2193. The Trial Chamber has reviewed further evidence in relation to funding of the SAO
Krajina TO units by the (S)FRY government, through its Ministry of Finance, the MoD, the
JNA and the VJ. 4661
2194. The Trial Chamber will now review the evidence concerning other support and
assistance to the SAO Krajina Police and TO members. On 19 May 1992, Martić reported to
the National Defence Minister, that the JNA Command had failed to pay the MUP reserve
troops and that the planned fire arms and uniforms were not delivered to the RSK Special
Police, although 12 combat-armoured vehicles were received from the SSNO Security
Administration and 100 motor vehicles were received and repainted. 4662 The Trial Chamber
has also reviewed several requests from Milan Martić to the VJ, dated 9 March, 19 August, 29
September and 6 October 1993, for the supply of helicopters, as well as for other logistical
and technical assistance for the RSK MUP. 4663 On 6 April 1995, Milan Martić requested of
SFRY President Zoran Lilić and Serbian President Slobodan Milošević that 2,000 VJ and
Serbian MUP members be sent to the RSK to help stabilize the situation following recent
Croatian aggression. 4664
2195. The Trial Chamber has also reviewed an official note of the SFRY SUP SDB,
according to which, on 9 March 1992, SFRY SUP DB officers had met with Martić, RSK
Minister of the Interior, and proposed to establish a direct cooperation with the RSK MUP.
The officers asked Martić to provide the names and positions of the RSK MUP people with
whom the SFRY SDB officers could communicate directly. Martić reported that Serbian
MUP specialists were trying to resolve communication links in RSK. 4665 In a 190th Session
of the SFRY Presidency held on 11 March 1992, Blagoje Adžić, Federal Secretary for
4661 See, for example, P961 (Series of three TO-related documents) (Report to the Serbian Ministry of National
Defence on problems in Krajina TO, signed by Dušan Kasum, 25 December 1991), pp. 3-4; P968 (Report on
providing assistance to Serbian provinces in Croatia, signed by Tomislav Simović, 1 November 1991); P1668
(Table of documents reviewed by Witness JF-029 with comments, 7 December 2010), p. 4; P1677 (Information
on the funds provided for the aid to the Serbian areas in Croatia, People’s Defence Belgrade, 18 November
1991); P1877 (Milan Babić, Martić transcript, 15-17, 20-21 February, and 2-3, and 6 March 2006), p. 1460;
P1878 (Milan Babić, Slobodan Milošević transcript, 18-22, 25-26 November, and 2-4, 6, and 9 December 2002),
pp. 12956, 13276-13277; P1886 (Record of a meeting of the SAO Krajina representatives with Slobodan
Milošević, signed by the Minister of Defence, Stojan Spanović), p. 2; Radoslav Maksić, T. 6855-6856.
4662 P1233 (Report on the transformation of the SAO Krajina MUP units, Milan Martić, 19 May 1992), pp. 2-3.
4663 P2579 (Request from the SAO Krajina MUP to the VJ Operations Centre, signed by Milan Martić, 9 March
1993); P2580 (Authorization from the RSK MUP to the VJ Airforce command, signed by Milan Martić, 9 March
1993); P2579 (Request from the SAO Krajina MUP to the VJ Operations Centre, signed by Milan Martić, 9
March 1993); P2580 (Authorization from the RSK MUP to the VJ Airforce command, signed by Milan Martić, 9
March 1993).
4664 P2582 (Letter from Milan Martić to Zoran Lilić, signed by Milan Martić, 6 April 1995); P2640 (Letter from
Milan Martić to Slobodan Milošević, signed by Milan Martić, 6 April 1995).
4665 P2445 (Official note, SFRY Federal SUP SDB, signed by Dragan Đurović, 10 March 1992), pp. 1-2.
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