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3926788. According to an HV report dated 11 August 1995 to Ante Gotovina, as of 10August 1995, the Split MD consisted of 36,888 persons, which included members ofHV Brigades, artillery units and headquarters staff. 23889. On 11 August 1995, Gotovina ordered a regrouping of troops as of noon on 12August 1995, by abolishing the following OGs: North Command, Sinj Command,Šibenik Command, and Zadar Command. Gotovina set up the OGs Sajkovići Commandand Otrić Command. 239 The order also set up a Split MD forward command post inKnin. 24090. On 14 August 1995, Zvonimir Červenko, Chief of the HV Main Staff, issued anorder requiring the commands of the Bjelovar, Zagreb, Karlovac, Gospić and Split MDsto prepare and carry out certain tasks in their areas of responsibility, includingprotection of the state border and breaking up of remaining enemy groups and clearingup of the terrain. 241 In the Split MD, forces made up of the combat groups of the SrbCommand Post of the 112th Brigade, the Otrić Command Post of the 134th and 126thHome Guard Regiments and the 141st Brigade were to be set up for the defense of thestate border. According to the order, the HV 7th Guards Brigade which, until that pointin time, had been subordinate to the Split MD should be returned under the directcommand of the Chief of the HV Main Staff. 24291. Mate Laušić, chief of the VP administration from 5 March 1992 until 30December 2002, 243 testified that the demobilization process of the HV reserve forces,which had been mobilized prior to Operation Storm, was very slow until 12 August1995. By 12 August 1995 only 5,000 troops were demobilized, while several tens ofthousands of troops were supposed to be demobilized in the Split area. The witnesstestified that demobilized members of the Home Guard Regiments did not have acivilian life to go back to, often being without jobs and homes. Laušić testified that part238 P1210 (Report on the numerical strength of the Split MD units, to Ante Gotovina, 11 August 1995).239 D772 (Order by Gotovina, 11 August 1995), p. 1.240 D772 (Order by Gotovina, 11 August 1995), p. 2.241 D559 (General Zvonimir Červenko, 14 August 1995 Order on the deployment of HV troops in theKrajina), pp. 1-2, 8.242 D559 (General Zvonimir Červenko, 14 August 1995 Order on the deployment of HV troops in theKrajina), p. 7. As for the border between the zones of the Gospić and Split MDs, see D559 (GeneralZvonimir Červenko, 14 August 1995 Order on the deployment of HV troops in the Krajina), pp. 1, 6-8.See also D1932 (Dragutin Repinć, Expert Report, December 2009), para. 96; Dragutin Repinć, T. 26794;D1933 (Maps showing changes in the areas of responsibility of the Gospić and Split MDs).243 P2159 (Mate Laušić, witness statement, 11 August 2004), p. 1, paras 1, 37-38, 48, 60.48Case No.: IT-06-90-T 15 April 2011 `