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39220to be in constant contact, by radio or other means, with the subordinate commandersalthough, due to the size and configuration of the terrain this was not always possible. 628181. According to Repinć, the Collective Special Police Forces Staff had developed astandard procedure for search operations. 629 The procedure began with a request by theHV Main Staff or the MUP to conduct a search. 630 At the end of the search, thecommanders of the units which carried out the operation reported to the operationalcommander of the action on all relevant observations made during the search. 631Subsequently, the operational commander wrote a report to the commander of theSpecial Police, based on his subordinates’ reports and on his personal observations. 632Lastly, Markač issued his report to the Chief of the HV Main Staff, which generally hadthe same content as the report of the operational commander. 633 Regardless of Markač’swhereabouts, such reports would always be sent out with his name printed at thebottom. 634 In this regard, Sačić testified that Markač would normally authorize and signall reports sent out on his behalf. If he was absent when a report was to be sent, thereport could still be sent without a signature but Markač needed to be informed of thisby Sačić or Janić the following day. 635 Daily reports were sometimes only sent on thefollowing day’s morning. 636 The reports were first sent to the Inner Control Department,where the duty officer typed them up and then sent them through the rebus encryptionsystem. 637 According to Repinć, a comparison of the reports compiled by theoperational commanders with the ones sent by Markač to the Chief of the HV MainStaff at the end of each day shows that they were identical in almost all of the cases. 638Search operations were managed from the Special Police command post in Gračac,which was moved to the Plitvice Lakes from 6 to 13 September when the focus of the628 D1932 (Dragutin Repinć, Expert Report, December 2009), para. 263.629 D1932 (Dragutin Repinć, Expert Report, December 2009), para. 207; Dragutin Repinć, T. 26768.630 D1932 (Dragutin Repinć, Expert Report, December 2009), para. 207.631 D1932 (Dragutin Repinć, Expert Report, December 2009), para. 207; Dragutin Repinć, T. 26769.632 D1932 (Dragutin Repinć, Expert Report, December 2009), paras 207, 264; Dragutin Repinć, T. 26874.See also Davorin Pavlović, T. 25278-25280.633 D1932 (Dragutin Repinć, Expert Report, December 2009), paras 207, 264, 266; Dragutin Repinć, T.26768-26770.634 D1932 (Dragutin Repinć, Expert Report, December 2009), para. 208; Dragutin Repinć, T. 26771,26866-26868, 26871. See also P553 (Zdravko Janić, Prosecution interview, 15 March 2005), part II, pp.99-100; Zdravko Janić, T. 6122, 6147-6149, 6373; P574 (Special Police report, 25 August 1995); P579(Report from the Special Police to the HV Main Staff signed by Markač, 26 August 1995); D562 (SpecialPolice report, 21 August 1995); D565 (Special Police report signed by Markač, 9 September 1995).635 Željko Sačić, T. 27901, 27916.636 Željko Sačić, T. 27908-27909.637 Željko Sačić, T. 27916.95Case No.: IT-06-90-T 15 April 2011 `