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commanded groups of 30 or 40 men and trained others. 2827 They left without weapons but had
red berets and green camouflage uniforms, and called themselves “Red Berets” on their
return. 2828 In their villages they received weapons distributed covertly from the TO, police,
and army stores. 2829 However, the witness had no knowledge of who they were commanded
by, whom they reported to, or whether they remained connected with Simatović after they had
left. 2830
1480. The witness testified that the term “Red Berets” rightly referred only to those who
wore the Grey Wolf insignia and were directly subordinated to Simatović and Stanišić. 2831 Of
some 5,000 people in Bosnia-Herzegovina known by that term, the witness considered that
there were no more than 200 of these “real” or “original” Red Berets. 2832 According to the
witness, the broader group was only under the “indirect command” of Simatović and Stanišić,
and may also have received orders from the Crisis Staff or local municipal leaders. 2833 Based
on his observations of men wearing red berets in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Slavonija during
the “corridor period” in June or July 1992, the witness testified that some “Red Beret” units
under the command of local authorities did not have any connection at all with the “real” Red
Berets. 2834
1481. According to a 19 December 1991 “Unit Commander’s Report” signed by Živojin
Ivanović (a.k.a. Crnogorac) as the Commander of the Special Purposes Unit, the unit’s
permanent quarters were in the Fruška Gora Hotel in Ležimir village. 2835 The report further
stated that part of the unit and junior instructors were quartered at Ležimir, with the task of
2827 P998 (Witness JF-031, witness statement, 1 June 2001), pp. 7-9; P1000 (Witness JF-031, Slobodan Milošević
transcript, 14-15 April 2003), pp. 19200-19201, 19311-19312.
2828 P998 (Witness JF-031, witness statement, 1 June 2001), p. 9; P1000 (Witness JF-031, Slobodan Milošević
transcript, 14-15 April 2003), pp. 19200, 19311-19312.
2829 P998 (Witness JF-031, witness statement, 1 June 2001), p. 9; P1000 (Witness JF-031, Slobodan Milošević
transcript, 14-15 April 2003), p. 19312.
2830 P998 (Witness JF-031, witness statement, 1 June 2001), pp. 7-8.
2831 P1000 (Witness JF-031, Slobodan Milošević transcript, 14-15 April 2003), pp. 19201, 19212.
2832 P1000 (Witness JF-031, Slobodan Milošević transcript, 14-15 April 2003), p. 19201; Witness JF-031, T.
7495.
2833 P998 (Witness JF-031, witness statement, 1 June 2001), p. 8; .P1000 (Witness JF-031, Slobodan Milošević
transcript, 14-15 April 2003), pp. 19201-19202, 19211-19212, 19312.
2834 P1000 (Witness JF-031, Slobodan Milošević transcript, 14-15 April 2003), p. 19245; Witness JF-031, T.
7463, 7495-7496.
2835 P2984 (Series of documents relating to Borjan Vučković), pp. 14, 16, 19 (Unit Commander’s Report, Pajzoš,
19 December 1991); see also P2984 (Series of documents relating to Borjan Vučković), pp. 10-11 (Report by the
Special Unit Commander, Pajzoš, 21 December 1991) for further evidence suggesting that Živojin Ivanović was
in command of the camp at Ležimir.
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