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Serbian MUP. 2631 One of these reports added that the RDB and Serbian MUP would, on 4
May 1996 during the laying of a wreath at the monument to Radoslav Kostić at Kula, present
various awards and decorations, including to Jovica Stanišić, Franko Simatović (Frenki),
Milan Radonjić (Meda), Dragan Filipović (Major), Dragan Vasiljković (Kep), Živojin
Ivanović (Crnogorac), Zoran Raić (Gavran), Radoica Božović (Kobac), Dragan Olujić, Davor
Subotić, Miloš Opačić, Goran Opačić, Nikola Pupovac, and Dušan Orlović. 2632
1419. On 18 April 1998, Colonel Radojica Božović of the Serbian MUP DB JSO at Mount
Tara proposed that five persons receive awards on the occasion of the unit’s 4 May
anniversary, as they had been members of the MUP reserve since the unit was first established
in 1991. 2633 A candidate questionnaire in relation to Vasilije Mijović further indicated that the
JATD had existed from 1991. 2634
1420. The Trial Chamber will first address whether Franko Simatović created a unit of the
Serbian DB in the SAO Krajina in 1991. In this respect, the Stanišić Defence submits that
Simatović’s speech at the 1997 Kula ceremony was mere award ceremony rhetoric. 2635 The
Trial Chamber considers that Simatović’s remarks at the Kula ceremony regarding the
formation of a Serbian DB special unit on 4 May 1991 are consistent with the other evidence
it has received on this topic. 2636 Further, despite the discrepancy in the date mentioned by
Simatović (October 1991) and the dates on which the operations took place (June and August
1991), the Trial Chamber understands that during his speech at Kula, Simatović referred to
the operations in Glina and Plitviće which it has reviewed above in relation to the early
operations.
2631 Reynaud Theunens, T. 8201-8217; P1575 (Reynaud Theunens expert report, 30 June 2007), pp. 109, 130;
P1061 (Report on Paramilitary Units, unsigned, undated), p. 2. Reynaud Theunens, T. 8081-8083, 8233-8237;
P1575 (Reynaud Theunens expert report, 30 June 2007), p. 124; P1075 (Report on the formation of the JSO of
the RDB of Serbia, unsigned, undated), p. 2.
2632 P1075 (Report on the formation of the JSO of the RDB of Serbia, unsigned, undated), pp. 5, 8-11.
2633 P1655 (Series of documents relating to Radojica Božović), p. 62 (Proposal to decorate five members,
Serbian MUP SDB JSO, Radojica Božović, 18 April 1998).
2634 P1585 (Series of documents relating to Vasilije Mijović) (Document entitled Candidate’s Details, signed by
Vasilije Mijović, 11 December 1995), pp. 22-26.
2635 Stanišić Defence Final Trial Brief, 17 December 2012 (Confidential), para. 94.
2636 Including the evidence of Witness JF-031, the hearsay evidence of Witness JF-005, the documentary
evidence regarding persons joining a special unit of the Serbian MUP between May and July 1991, and the
intelligence reports P1061 and P1075 and Radojica Božović’s proposal (in evidence as part of P1655).
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