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1 [The witness takes the stand]

2 JUDGE HALL: Good morning, Mr. Sajinovic. Before Mr. Olmsted

3 continues, I remind you of the solemn declaration you made yesterday.

4 Yes, Mr. Olmsted.

5 MR. OLMSTED: Thank you, Your Honour. And if you see me wincing

6 in pain as I try to stand up, at least now you know why.

7 WITNESS: GORAN SAJINOVIC [Resumed]

8 [Witness answered through interpreter]

9 Cross-examination by Mr. Olmsted: [Continued]

10 Q. Mr. Sajinovic, can you tell us when you first began working with

11 Mr. Radulovic?

12 A. Well, that was sometime in early 1992.

13 Q. You will agree that Mr. Radulovic, with the technical assistance

14 of the other team members, produced a large quantity of intelligence

15 reports in 1992.

16 A. That's correct.

17 Q. And these intelligence reports were submitted under various

18 formats, depending, in part, on their intended recipients.

19 A. Well, yes. That's correct, to a certain extent -- to a great

20 extent.

21 Q. Yes. And let's explore that. We've already heard you talk about

22 the Milos reports. We'll just call them that. But they're the reports

23 that have Milos either signed at the bottom or typewritten at the bottom,

24 and those went to the Serbian MUP in Belgrade; correct?

25 A. Yes, correct.

Page 25213

1 Q. Yesterday you mentioned Marko Lazovic. Was he one of the

2 recipients of these reports?

3 A. Excuse me, yesterday when I spoke about those reports, I told you

4 who the recipient was, and the recipient was the state security centre in

5 Belgrade.

6 During our trips, I know that Mr. Radulovic would occasionally

7 contact Mr. Radovic. I can only assume that Marko Lazovic was the person

8 who received those reports, but I cannot tell you exactly to whom the

9 operator sent those reports in Belgrade.

10 Q. Can you tell us which position Mr. Lazovic held in 1992?

11 A. I'm not sure, but he was one of the executives in the State

12 Security Department in Belgrade. However, which specific office he held,

13 I don't know.

14 Q. But he was a high-ranking Serbian state security officer.

15 A. Mr. Prosecutor, you must admit that you cannot expect me to know

16 what was the hierarchical structure of the RDB. I know that he was in an

17 executive position. As far as which specific position he held, I cannot

18 tell you anything more than I did, lest I should maybe make an error.

19 Q. I accept that. Now, later, this Milos group also sent reports to

20 the Serbian MUP under the name or symbol sigma; is that correct?

21 A. Yes, that's correct as well.

22 Q. I want to turn to a different type of report. Those reports that

23 were Official Notes were directed up the RS MUP chain of command;

24 correct?

25 A. Yes, that's correct.

Page 25214

1 Q. And some of those Official Notes would include the names of

2 Mr. Radulovic, yourself, and the third member of the Milos group who was

3 responsible for communications.

4 A. Yes, that's right. We saw that yesterday.

5 Q. And other Official Notes by Mr. Radulovic's team would include

6 your assigned code numbers. So it wouldn't have your names but would

7 have a number that indicated which officials were submitting the report?

8 A. Are you referring to the Official Notes, internal Official Notes,

9 that circulated within the State Security Service?

10 Q. Precisely.

11 A. Yes, you are right. Because, according to the rules of service,

12 during a certain period -- although I don't know which specific period.

13 You can find it in the notes. For that specific period the operatives,

14 when making Official Notes, did not put their names but, rather, their

15 code-names. And their supervisor, of course, was familiar with those

16 code-names. It was basically a name but it kept changing.

17 Q. I'm going to test your memory. Do you recall what your code-name

18 or code number was back in 1992?

19 A. I'm sorry, but I honestly can't remember. It's been a long time

20 since. I cannot recall.

21 Q. Understandable. Perhaps I will show you some documents that will

22 refresh your memory in a bit.

23 Other Official Notes that were --

24 A. Certainly.

25 Q. Other Official Notes that were sent up the RS MUP chain of

Page 25215

1 command just indicated they were from the state security. They didn't

2 actually have the names or the code numbers of the officers who gathered

3 the intelligence. In other words, they wouldn't mention Mr. Radulovic's

4 or the other team members' names or codes?

5 A. I really don't remember that there were such Official Notes. If

6 you would care to remind me, I would be only glad to comment on it, if

7 they exist.

8 Q. And I'll do that just in a moment.

9 Who decided which format to use for those Official Notes that

10 were sent up the RS MUP chain of command? Was that Mr. Radulovic who

11 made that decision?

12 A. Are you talking about the chain of command within the Republic of

13 Serbia?

14 Q. No I'm sorry, no. The when I say "the RS MUP," I mean the --

15 when I say the term "RS MUP" I mean the MUP of the Republika Srpska. So

16 the one that was part of the Republika Srpska.

17 A. Mr. Prosecutor, with all due respect, I think that you said the

18 Republic of Serbia. And I see that this is also recorded in the

19 transcript and in the interpretation, so I apologise.

20 Q. Not your fault. I apologise if I misspoke. At this time I'm

21 just talking about the internal chain of command. If you could tell me:

22 Was it Mr. Radulovic who decided what format to use for the Official

23 Notes that he was sending up the internal chain of command?

24 A. I have to say that I am sorry again, but I need an explanation

25 from you. What do you mean by "format"? The use of a name or a

Page 25216

1 code-name? Or are you asking whether we wrote our Official Notes or

2 dispatches in a certain way? I don't know what you are referring

3 specifically to. If you tell me that, then I can give you a precise

4 answer.

5 Q. I meant the former. We've talked about now a couple or a few

6 types of formats with regard to the Official Notes, whether they would

7 include your names, whether they include a code number, or whether they

8 include any reference to the team members at all.

9 Would that be Mr. Radulovic's choice?

10 A. This issue was decided by the leadership of the service, as I

11 said earlier. For a period of time, the Official Note contained names

12 and surnames, and then there was another period where code-names were

13 used. So that was not within the purview of Mr. Radulovic but, rather,

14 by the top executives of the service, and they were the ones who

15 suggested which kind of format was going to be used, whether we would be

16 using code-names or full names. If I understood your question correctly.

17 Q. Thank you. Is it correct that you did not type all of the

18 intelligence reports that were produced by Mr. Radulovic in 1992?

19 A. If we are still talking about the reports within the State

20 Security Department, it is true that I typed only a few documents. There

21 were members of the staff who were in charge of that. As far as those

22 first reports are concerned, the one [as interpreted] that you called the

23 Milos reports, I myself and another colleague of mine were providing this

24 technical support to Mr. Radulovic.

25 Q. Well, let's focus on those reports, those Milos reports that went

Page 25217

1 to Serbia.

2 Sometimes Radulovic typed up his own Milos reports; isn't that

3 correct? Sometimes at least.

4 A. Let us be clear once again. You obviously mean that he typed

5 them in the format that we had an opportunity to see here. Is that what

6 you're referring to?

7 Q. Well, I mean that you had no involvement in preparing that report

8 and producing it to the Serbian MUP. That Radulovic didn't use your

9 services in that regard. He processed them himself.

10 A. Mr. Prosecutor, I don't know if I was clear yesterday, but let us

11 put this matter in a context that both you can understand me and I can

12 understand you.

13 We are talking about the Milos reports sent to Serbia. The

14 compiling of these reports and the gathering of intelligence for them was

15 mainly done by Mr. Radulovic. My colleague and I typed those reports. I

16 did it more often than he. And then my colleague would, through certain

17 devices, dispatch them to Serbia. In other words, on very rare

18 occasions, I don't remember actually not a single report that Radulovic

19 himself processed, typed, and sent a report himself. That is the role of

20 my colleague and mine as members of the team.

21 Q. During Mr. Cvijetic's cross-examination, you mentioned that there

22 was a period before the conflict broke out in the BiH that Mr. Radulovic

23 was not sending internal reports up the BiH MUP chain of command.

24 Can you tell us: During this period, was he still providing

25 intelligence information to his superiors at the CSB Banja Luka?

Page 25218

1 A. I'm afraid I didn't understand you completely. I don't remember

2 saying to Mr. Cvijetic that before the outbreak of war in

3 Bosnia-Herzegovina, Mr. Radulovic hadn't been sending regular reports

4 within the service. I really don't remember saying that.

5 Q. Well, please correct me if I'm wrong. So prior to April 1992,

6 Mr. Radulovic was still sending intelligence information up the MUP chain

7 of command within the BiH. He was still sending intelligence information

8 both to Serbia as well as to the BiH in Sarajevo, BiH MUP in Sarajevo.

9 A. That is correct. He was sending reports to Serbia, as well as to

10 his superiors at the Banja Luka CSB.

11 Q. But was he also sending -- were his reports also going up the MUP

12 chain of command to Sarajevo during this period?

13 A. I spoke about this yesterday when I gave my answers, and I said

14 that I really didn't know whether those reports were being sent, as you

15 say, to the MUP in Sarajevo. That was 01 of -- line of our work. Once a

16 report is finalized and typed, it was sent to the head of 01 line, and he

17 was the one who had discretionary right to whom he was going to

18 distribute it, whether he was going to send it to the head of the sector,

19 and then this head of the sector would, within his responsibilities,

20 decide who would be the recipient. In other words, I really don't know

21 where their final destination was and where they ended up.

22 Q. Thank you for that clarification. Now, you testified that --

23 yesterday that often the same intelligence information that was contained

24 in the Milos group reports was also conveyed in reports sent to your

25 superiors within the state security sector. Can you tell us, in 1992,

Page 25219

1 for what kind of intelligence was this not the case? That you were not

2 sending it up -- this same information up the RS MUP chain of command.

3 A. Yes, that's what I said, and I am saying it once again. Those

4 people who were gathering intelligence information, it is only natural

5 that they obtain certain information in the process.

6 Now, since we have two ways of reporting, it often happened that

7 the intelligence contained in one report would be incorporated in another

8 report. But I am afraid I'm really not in a position to tell you which

9 ones were not sent to the first group of people and which one was not

10 sent to another.

11 Now what I can explain -- try to explain to you is that within

12 the State Security Service, there were certain areas and lines of work

13 that we discussed already, and there was the area covered by the National

14 Security Service Centre. As for this group, we were not subject to any

15 restricted area of the centre, nor were we tightly focussed on a specific

16 area of investigation. Whatever information was available and we could

17 get our hands on, we would send it to Belgrade.

18 Q. So in gathering intelligence, you didn't limit yourself to what

19 was in the jurisdiction of line 01. You would also report intelligence

20 information that you had with regard to issues that maybe fell within

21 other lines within the state security; is that correct?

22 A. Which reports are you referring now?

23 Q. Well, I was particularly referring to the Milos group reports

24 going to Serbia. But, as you've already testified, you said that very

25 often the same information was provided up the RS MUP chain of command.

Page 25220

1 So, in that way, I suppose I'm addressing both. But I was focussing

2 primarily on the Milos reports?

3 A. You're right. As far as these reports are concerned, this is

4 exactly what I said. The Milos group reports were sent to Belgrade from

5 a wider area. They were not so narrow. As far as regular reports were

6 concerned, intended for the service, it was done which the framework of

7 the line of work. As authorised officials of the MUP, it was our right

8 and obligation that in the event of our finding some security-related

9 information, it was our duty to translate it into intelligence report

10 even though it was beyond our line of work. So it was up to them later

11 on to decide on the distribution and the availability of this

12 intelligence.

13 Q. And what I'm get something at is that the purpose of this Milos

14 group, as far as it's reporting to the Serbian MUP, was that it was there

15 to share intelligence information with the Serbian MUP. It was not the

16 intention of the Milos group to exclude the RS MUP leadership from that

17 information. In other words, we are talking about a parallel reporting

18 system. Information was going to the Serbian MUP and information was

19 also going up the RS MUP chain of command?

20 A. I spoke about it a while ago. In principle, this kind of

21 information was sent solely to the MUP of Serbia. So that was it. None

22 of the executives within the State Security Service received this kind of

23 information in this same format as the Milos reports.

24 Q. And let me be clear: I'm not talking about format here. I know

25 there was a difference in format between the Milos group reports and

Page 25221

1 Official Notes that were internally sent up the chain of command. All

2 I'm talking about is the intelligence itself, the information that an

3 event occurred or event is about to occur, that information was shared

4 with both the Serbian MUP and probably, to a greater extent, to the RS

5 MUP because that was the regular reporting chain. In other words, we

6 have here a parallel reporting structure. Mr. Radulovic was both

7 informing the Serbian MUP at the same time informing his superiors up the

8 chain of command in the RS MUP; isn't that correct?

9 A. I just said that, as far as I know, some of this information was

10 sent in the form of Official Notes and dispatches through the line of

11 work. However, whether all the information was subject to the same

12 process, I am not sure. I cannot confirm that with any degree of

13 certainty. I said that in my view, or, rather, I think I can say it's a

14 fact, that we were present in the areas that were not covered by the

15 Banja Luka Security Services Centre of which we were part.

16 Q. And I believe you touched on this during your direct examination.

17 But the reason why Mr. Radulovic was sending reports both to the Serbian

18 MUP as well as reports internally to the RS MUP was because, at the time,

19 it was perceived that Serbia and the Republika Srpska had a common

20 interest; is that correct?

21 A. Well, I did touch upon the subject during examination-in-chief,

22 that's true. We were aware that the federal state was still in place,

23 and in our former state, it was quite normal that all reports from the

24 republics go to Belgrade. Then there came a time when those

25 communications, telephone communications, territorial communications,

Page 25222

1 were interrupted, both with Belgrade and with Sarajevo, the base of the

2 MUP, and that's, as Radulovic described to me, one of the main purposes

3 of the group: To keep in touch with the federal service, with Belgrade,

4 because we were still hoping that Yugoslavia, as Yugoslavia, will endure

5 and that the war would be avoided.

6 Now, whether Serbia and Republika Srpska had a common interest, I

7 really would not like to voice any opinions because from my position I

8 was not able to know the state interests of either entity. It would be

9 pure conjecture, and I would not like to make any conjectures about the

10 evidence I have given so far.

11 Q. And we would like you not to do so as well.

12 But you mentioned that you were hoping -- still hoping that

13 Yugoslavia, as Yugoslavia, will endure and that the war would be avoid.

14 Well, Milos group primarily reported on events after April 1992,

15 so when the conflict began. So at that stage the common interest was, of

16 course, maintaining a Serbian -- a unified Serbian state between the

17 Republika Srpska, Serbia, and the Serb portions of Croatia?

18 A. In my view, our interest was still in preserving the Federal

19 Republic of Yugoslavia, although in April 1992 the conflict in

20 Bosnia-Herzegovina already started, and that opinion - as I told you -

21 was shared by my colleague, Mr. Radulovic; namely, that the state of

22 Yugoslavia was still able to endure. And I really don't want to go into

23 any speculation about who else shared that interest.

24 We spoke yesterday about the month of March of the same year.

25 The Army of Republika Srpska had not been established yet and we didn't

Page 25223

1 know whether it would be. And we, at least the people I knew, viewed the

2 JNA as the saviour of our territories. An army that would save the

3 people in those areas and help them stay there. And the JNA, indeed,

4 acted that way. It kept its neutral position. And we knew that the JNA

5 command was part of the federal state in Belgrade.

6 Q. If I may have the help of the usher. I want to show you a couple

7 of documents.

8 And these are tab 46, which is P1381; and tab 47, which are 65

9 ter 1277. And let me just be corrected: On the tab 46, it should be

10 1381.1 because this one has protective measures.

11 Sir, if you can look at the one that I wrote in pencil, the top

12 "tab 46" first, and just take a quick -- a very quick read of it.

13 A. [In English] Okay.

14 Q. And you'll see at the end of it, it's signed "Milos."

15 A. [Interpretation] Yes, I see it.

16 Q. And this reports, among other things, that the SJB Prijedor chief

17 was involved in the murder of a large number of Muslim citizens in

18 Koricanske Stijene. And if we can now look at 65 ter 1277, which has the

19 same date as the -- the previous one. That's tab 47. Same date of

20 26 February 1993. This one is a SNB --

21 MR. CVIJETIC: [Interpretation] Just a moment. I believe that the

22 accused don't see the document in Serbian in -- on the screen. Oh, it's

23 here now.

24 MR. OLMSTED:

25 Q. If you can look at tab 47, and this one -- in the heading it says

Page 25224

1 it's an "SNB Banja Luka Official Note." Same date of 26 February, 1993.

2 And, sir, you will agree that this is an identical report to the

3 Milos report we just looked at, other than the fact that there's a

4 newspaper article attached to it?

5 A. You're right. An identical report.

6 Q. You will agree, then, that this is an example of the parallel

7 reporting. The Milos report went to the Serbian MUP, while the SNB

8 Official Note would have gone up the RS MUP chain of command; correct?

9 A. No, that's not correct. I'm sorry I have to contradict you. But

10 I've noticed some illogical things here, and some very odd things, if I

11 may put it that way.

12 May I explain?

13 Q. Please do.

14 A. The first document you have shown me, tab 46, there's a date at

15 the top. I can't see from the stamp which date, but I can only see that

16 it's 1993 and it's called Official Note, and that's fine. However, at

17 the end, as you said, there is a handwritten addition, Milos. And

18 anybody who sees the document would think that it's one of the Milos

19 group reports, as you said.

20 However, I don't recognise this document as a Milos group report,

21 and I belonged to the group, certainly, at the time, because I see a

22 handwriting that is unfamiliar; Milos written in longhand, not

23 typewritten as we normally did. We did sometimes write it in longhand,

24 but it was the hand of the man we discussed yesterday. This handwriting,

25 however, is unfamiliar. And I don't know that we -- that -- that we ever

Page 25233

1 MR. ALEKSIC: [Interpretation] Your Honours, I'm only a co-counsel

2 here. I'm going to abide by what my learned friend Krgovic said.

3 However, in view of the fact that I am leading the witness and the fact

4 that I cannot be either in Serbia or Bosnia before the next Sunday, I

5 really don't know how I can prepare the next witness in the course of two

6 or three days. I appreciate what the Trial Chamber has said. I agree

7 that Mr. Krgovic said that we will do our best. However, I objectively

8 don't see how that would be feasible for me to prepare the next witness.

9 JUDGE HALL: Yes, Mr. Olmsted, you may resume your

10 cross-examination.

11 [The witness takes the stand]

12 MR. OLMSTED: Thank you, Your Honour. May we have 65 ter 287 on

13 the screen. It's tab 50.

14 Q. This is a 20 October 1993 memorandum from SDB Banja Luka Chief

15 Kesic to the RS MUP deputy secretary of -- I guess at this time it was

16 the SNB. And this is a proposal for promotion and decoration of

17 Mr. Radulovic.

18 And if we could just look at the second paragraph of this

19 memorandum it reads:

20 "In July 1991, he," referring to Mr. Radulovic, "was appointed

21 before the Banja Luka SNB sector as a liaison officer for the contact

22 with the MUP Serbia. In that function, apart from collecting ...

23 intelligence and counter-intelligence information about the enemy's armed

24 formations and intelligence service, he assisted in arming the Serb

25 people in the broader region of the then BH and Slavonia. The

Page 25234

1 cooperation with the MUP Serbia was professional and of mutual interest

2 at the time."

3 Sir, can you tell us, who appointed Mr. Radulovic to this liaison

4 position?

5 A. I can't tell you.

6 Q. You will agree that the sharing of intelligence information

7 between the state security in Banja Luka and the Serbian MUP would

8 require a high level authorisation.

9 A. Frankly speaking, I cannot fully agree with you.

10 As far as I knew, and I knew from Mr. Radulovic that he had the

11 authorisation of the chief of the sector of the National Security Service

12 in Banja Luka, and if you think that this is the answer to your question,

13 then the answer is yes.

14 Q. In fact, we can see that from this -- this memorandum, can't we?

15 We can seen that Mr. Kesic not only knew about Mr. Radulovic's reports to

16 the Serbian MUP, but believed that such cooperation was important at the

17 time?

18 A. Yes. What you just said can be seen from the letter which is

19 currently on our screens. In other words, I didn't see, actually, who

20 signed this letter. I can only surmise that it was Mr. Kesic because you

21 said so. I can only see page 1. It is true that in the heading we have

22 the National Security Service, but if I don't have a look at page 2, I

23 cannot tell you who the author is.

24 Q. Let's just turn to page 2.

25 A. Since I have seen this document for the first time now, it is

Page 25235

1 difficult for me to comment. But if you would allow me to read it,

2 maybe ...

3 Q. Well, I just read the relevant paragraph that I want to ask you

4 questions about, but I'm showing the second page just so that you can see

5 that, in fact, at the bottom it was from Nedeljko Kesic?

6 A. Yes, that's correct. I can see that and I recognise his

7 signature, and I can see that his name and his function has been typed in

8 block letters.

9 Q. In 1992, Mr. Radulovic and, in fact, you as -- as his driver

10 would on several occasions go to Belgrade to visit the Serbian MUP;

11 correct?

12 A. Yes, correct.

13 Q. And for Mr. Radulovic to do so, he had to get the authorisation

14 of Mr. Kesic. Mr. Kesic had to authorise that trip.

15 A. Yes. That would be my answer, yes.

16 If we were away for a day or two from our workplaces, so to

17 speak, we would typically travel in an official car. We had to have a

18 proper written order, and it had to be authorised by the head of the

19 National Security Service.

20 Q. And given the nature of the intelligence information contained in

21 Mr. Radulovic's reports to the Serbian MUP, Mr. Kesic had to be kept

22 informed about what information was going via that route; isn't it

23 correct?

24 A. That's what you say. I don't know myself that that is the case.

25 I repeatedly said that I know nothing about it. I do know how the

Page 25236

1 information was being forwarded and relayed to Belgrade, and that's all I

2 can tell. And I'm talking about the information that pertains to this

3 particular group.

4 Q. Isn't it the case that copies of the Milos reports were sent to

5 Mr. Kesic, just so that he would be informed about the contents of those

6 reports?

7 A. This is what I'm hearing from you. My answer would be that, as

8 far as I know, it's not correct. Yesterday, when I was examined by

9 Mr. Aleksic, I explained in very clear terms how those reports were

10 drafted, how their format was established, how they were typed, and then

11 re-typed to the encryption device in order for them to be sent to the MUP

12 of Serbia. After that, these reports ended up in the file and in the

13 safe that was in Mr. Radulovic's office on the fourth floor.

14 As far as I know, that was the end destination concerning the

15 Milos reports. Now whether Radulovic gave them to Kesic as you

16 indicated, I don't know. You would have to ask Mr. Radulovic about that.

17 It's not my place to suggest to you, though, what to do.

18 Q. Fair enough. And the third member of the team, the Milos team,

19 the one responsible for communications since he was one who was filing

20 the reports, he may also know whether, in fact, those reports were sent

21 up to Kesic as well. Would you agree with that?

22 A. I cannot agree with that either. You would have to ask him about

23 this.

24 If you are seeking my opinion, I think he knew even less than I

25 did. But that's my opinion. Because his domain was to type the report

Page 25237

1 into the device, to send it, and then to store it into the safe. So I

2 wouldn't like, really, to speak on his behalf. You would have to take up

3 this matter with him.

4 Q. Now the safe in Mr. Radulovic's office, if Mr. Kesic wanted to

5 have access to that safe, would you agree that Mr. Kesic, being your

6 ultimate superior within the state security in Banja Luka, could access

7 that safe?

8 A. I cannot agree. As far as I know, he didn't have access to that

9 safe.

10 Q. You mean so say that if Mr. Kesic came into Mr. Radulovic's

11 office and said, "Please, may I see what's in that safe," Mr. Radulovic

12 could refuse to show him what's in that safe? Based upon chain of

13 command structure at the time.

14 MR. CVIJETIC: [Interpretation] I think that this line of

15 questioning is directed towards speculation. The witness is asked to

16 answer what would happen if something happened.

17 MR. OLMSTED: Your Honour, first of all, this is not a joint

18 witness. The person who should be objecting is Mr. Aleksic and not

19 Mr. Cvijetic.

20 Secondly, this is going to whether this individual, this witness,

21 knows who could access something and the proposition is that someone who

22 is above Mr. Radulovic, his superior, whether he could, if he wanted to,

23 access that information in the safe, and I think Mr. Sajinovic has worked

24 for state security long enough to provide an answer based upon what he

25 knows about procedures, chain of command within the state security.

Page 25238

1 JUDGE HALL: It is, as Mr. Cvijetic has said, and I'm ignoring

2 the point that you made about Mr. Cvijetic not being the person who can

3 properly make an objection, but I would myself have thought the answer is

4 self-evident, but if you wish to pursue it, please go ahead.

5 MR. OLMSTED:

6 Q. Sir, can you answer the question.

7 A. Yes, I can.

8 When you asked me whether Mr. Kesic had access, I told you that I

9 couldn't agree with that assertion. And what I had in mind was that

10 Mr. Kesic didn't have the key to the safe that was in Mr. Radulovic's

11 office.

12 Now, whether Radulovic was willing to show to Mr. Kesic the

13 content of that safe had he been asked to do so, I really cannot tell. I

14 know what would have happened in Mr. Kesic asked me to show him the

15 contents of the safe.

16 Q. What would you have done?

17 A. It did not happen. I can only tell you hypothetically what I

18 would have done, had that happened.

19 Q. Well, if you keep a short answer, can you just tell us whether

20 you would grant him access. If you had access to the safe, would you

21 give him access?

22 A. Within the hierarchical structure and the relations that were in

23 place in the service at the time, regardless of the fact that Mr. Kesic

24 was the head of the sector, I would deny him access to the safe without

25 the consent and the presence of Mr. Radulovic. That would be my answer.

Page 25239

1 The department in which I worked before 01 was 04, and Mr. Kesic

2 was the head of that department as well, but he didn't have the key to

3 the offices where we worked, and he could only gain access to those

4 offices if the head of the sector gave him permission.

5 Q. Do you know how frequently Mr. Radulovic met with Kesic in 1992?

6 A. Well, to be honest, I cannot tell you precisely. You're asking

7 me how often they met. I even cannot confirm that they met at all. And,

8 of course, I can't even tell you if they did how often that happened.

9 Mr. Kesic was the chief of sector. We had senior staff meetings held at

10 this level attended by sector heads. And if we're talking about 1992,

11 Mr. Radulovic was not a section chief at the time, and he did not attend

12 those senior staff meetings. He may have had some contacts of the sort

13 on his trips, but I can't tell you how frequently.

14 Q. Mr. Sajinovic, I know you're trying to be very helpful by

15 providing evidence today, but if you could please answer the questions as

16 briefly as you can. If the answer is "I don't know," that's fine. I

17 have to ask these questions because I wasn't able to meet with you and

18 therefore I wasn't able to ask these questions to you before.

19 So please don't read anything into it otherwise -- other than I'm

20 just exploring some issues with you.

21 While we still have this document in front of us, what do you

22 know -- what do you know about Mr. Radulovic's role in arming the Serbian

23 population in the BH as mentioned in the second paragraph of this report,

24 or in memorandum?

25 A. I know nothing about that. It was my best intention when you

Page 25240

1 asked me to provide answers to you, but it's okay. As far as I'm

2 concerned, I'm going to comply with what you said. I would accept your

3 suggestion and had you told me earlier, I would have acted in the way

4 accordingly.

5 Q. Thank you. And I was not -- it wasn't a criticism. It was just

6 to move things along a little faster.

7 Now, Mr. Kesic also utilized the Milos group to communicate with

8 the Serbian MUP; isn't that correct?

9 A. Well, I wouldn't say that that's correct, no. I know nothing

10 about that.

11 Q. Let's bring up on the screen 65 ter 20293. That's tab 28.

12 JUDGE DELVOIE: Mr. Olmsted, the document under tab number 50, I

13 take it you are not tendering it because you're going to another

14 document. I suppose you finished with this one?

15 MR. OLMSTED: Yes, I apologise. I move to have this tendered

16 into evidence, Your Honours.

17 MR. ALEKSIC: [Interpretation] Your Honours, we object to this

18 document being admitted into evidence.

19 First of all, they had Mr. Radulovic here as a witness, and this

20 document should have been shown to him first.

21 Secondly, the document is dated the 30th of October, 1993, and it

22 says that in July of 1991, Mr. Radulovic had this contact. The witness

23 said that he is not familiar with some of the aspects of this letter and

24 the activities of Mr. Radulovic, and I don't think that there is

25 sufficient nexus between this witness and this document in addition to

Page 25241

1 what I already said. I would just like to reiterate that this document

2 should have been shown to Mr. Radulovic.

3 MR. OLMSTED: May I just say that, Your Honours, again, as I've

4 said I think two or three times already, these issues came up later in

5 our case, after that witness that was referred, which probably shouldn't

6 be referred to by name, testified in this Court, and we took actions to

7 try to bring a witness - in fact, this particular witness - to deal with

8 these issues at that time. And so now we're dealing with it at this

9 time, and this is the witness to bring it in. He could authenticate it

10 to a certain degree.

11 [Trial Chamber and Legal Officer confer]

12 JUDGE HALL: The document is admitted and marked.

13 THE REGISTRAR: Exhibit P2395, Your Honours.

14 MR. OLMSTED: Thank you, Your Honours.

15 Q. We have in front of us 65 ter 20293. And as can you see, sir, a

16 Milos report dated 5 August 1992 with the number 286/92. If we look at

17 the first sentences, first couple of sentences, it says:

18 "We have been asked by the chief of the Banja Luka SNB to urge

19 through you that the agreed help in technical equipment be provided. In

20 this regard, a request by the Banja Luka CSB was sent to you, approved

21 also by the minister of the MUP of the SR, Serbian Republic of BiH."

22 Sir, do you recall this Milos report?

23 A. I recognise it as one of the Milos group reports, in terms of

24 format. But as far as the contents are concerned, I'm not sure I've seen

25 it before.

Page 25242

1 And if the text could be shown a little larger, I would

2 appreciate it.

3 Thank you. I can see now.

4 Yes, that's what it says, just as you read it.

5 Q. So this is an example of Mr. Kesic asking, presumably

6 Mr. Radulovic, to send a request through the MUP -- Milos group to the

7 Serbian MUP. Because obviously this was intended to be received by the

8 Serbian MUP. Would you agree with that?

9 A. I agree that the MUP of Serbia should have received this. You

10 are right about that. And in that sense, it's no different from other

11 Milos group reports. But I couldn't say from the text that Mr. Kesic

12 asked it from the MUP of Serbia. The way I read it, the chief of SNB

13 Banja Luka, that is to say, Mr. Kesic, asked Mr. Radulovic to try to

14 speed it up through the MUP of Serbia.

15 Q. I think we're in agreement that that's what the intention was.

16 MR. OLMSTED: I'm not going to tender this one into evidence. I

17 would like to bring up on the screen, however, 65 ter 20290.

18 Sir --

19 JUDGE DELVOIE: Tab number, please.

20 MR. OLMSTED: I'm sorry. Tab 21.

21 Q. Mr. Sajinovic, Mr. Radulovic also had the support of

22 Mr. Zupljanin in sending information to the Serbian MUP; isn't that

23 correct?

24 A. That's news to me.

25 Q. Let's take a look at this document that's in front of you. It's

Page 25243

1 a 4 July 1992 --

2 A. I'm looking at it.

3 Q. It's a 4 July 1992 document. We see at the bottom there's

4 handwriting. In Serbian it says, "broz 252/92." Do you recognise that

5 handwriting?

6 A. Just a moment.

7 Q. You don't have to read the document yet. All I'm asking you is

8 you see handwriting at the bottom. Is that your -- the third member of

9 the Milos group who was in charge of communication. Is that his

10 handwriting?

11 A. Yes.

12 Q. Now if you could take a look at it.

13 A. I've read it.

14 Q. We see at the bottom it's typed: "Zupljanin." Will you agree

15 that this information is being sent to the Serbian MUP at the behest of

16 Mr. Zupljanin?

17 A. Mr. Prosecutor, I'm seeing this report in this form with this

18 signature for the first time. It wasn't shown to me by Mr. Aleksic

19 during proofing, and even in that interview with the investigators in

20 2004, when I was shown a couple of documents, this one I did not see.

21 This is the first time I see it on the screen, and it would be really

22 hard for me to say anything about what it means. In fact, I'm surprised

23 by this text and especially the signature. I really know nothing about

24 it.

25 Q. But you'll agree that other than the signature, it is in the

Page 25244

1 format of a Milos group report; and, in fact, it has the handwriting of

2 your colleague from the Milos group on it.

3 A. Of course, I will agree, because that is so. This is the format

4 of our group's report. I recognise the handwriting, but until this

5 moment, looking at the signature, I didn't know until now that something

6 like this ever went out from our group. I -- I really can't imagine

7 which one of us could have sent it.

8 MR. OLMSTED: Your Honours, I would like to tender this document

9 into evidence.

10 [Defence counsel confer]

11 MR. ALEKSIC: [Interpretation] Your Honours, this document was not

12 on the Prosecution 65 ter list. And as far as I was able to see, and as

13 far as I know, it was not in the EDS either. And an additional argument,

14 I'll repeat, Mr. Radulovic completed his testimony in May last year. The

15 Prosecution completed their case in January this year. If they were not

16 able to put this document on the list when Mr. Radulovic was here, they

17 could have included it in a bar table motion at the end of their

18 Prosecution case and -- to tender it.

19 One more thing. We asked -- before the beginning of the Defence

20 case, we asked the Prosecution to disclose to us every document referring

21 to the names of any of our witnesses and Mr. Zupljanin. This document

22 has not been disclosed to us and Mr. Zupljanin's name is on it. And on

23 top of everything, the witness says he doesn't recognise it, and he sees

24 this type of document for the first time and he doesn't recognise the

25 contents.

Page 25245

1 MR. OLMSTED: Your Honours, as I explained before this witness

2 began his evidence or at least before I started my cross-examination,

3 these documents have been disclosed. They are available on EDS or we

4 represented they were, and we provided a list with ERN numbers so they

5 could look them up. And, in fact, the Defence came back to us and said a

6 few of them weren't -- they weren't able to access and we provided those

7 with them. So we know that they have this list, we know that they access

8 them through EDS, and those that they couldn't they notified us about

9 this.

10 So this issue of disclosure with regard to these documents is not

11 an issue.

12 If Mr. Aleksic has a problem with this, during the break I will

13 show him the list and I will show him where on the list this particular

14 document is.

15 With regard to fresh evidence, I've already raised - I think now

16 this is the fourth time - the history of why we're presenting this

17 evidence at this time. We did try to elicit this evidence during our

18 case in-chief. We just weren't able to do so because we were unable to

19 get the witness we wanted to do it. And this witness in particular, we

20 sought to -- to call him in our case in-chief, in which case we would

21 have met him, shown him these documents, seen if he could -- to what

22 degree he can authenticate them, speak to them, and then we would have

23 sought to add them to our 65 ter list at that time to address these very

24 issues regarding access, access to these reports and to what the

25 Milos group was doing.

Page 25246

1 This witness was able to recognise the handwriting at the bottom.

2 The format is the same. It just simply has Zupljanin's name down at the

3 bottom, and the Trial Chamber will be able to look at this document and

4 determine for itself what it represents.

5 JUDGE HALL: I'm sorry, Mr. Olmsted, I don't understand your

6 response when you say that the reason why it wasn't on your 65 ter list,

7 and you give us one of the reasons, the fact that there wasn't a witness

8 available to authenticate it, but this witness's testimony doesn't so

9 authenticate it.

10 So how does that advance your position in terms of the status of

11 this document.

12 MR. OLMSTED: Your Honours, I believe he sufficiently

13 authenticates it. Yes, he said he didn't type it and he's never seen

14 this particular document before, but recognises the handwriting at the

15 bottom of it. He recognises the format to be that of the Milos group.

16 Just because he wasn't directly involved in typing up or -- this

17 particular document doesn't mean that it has enough authenticity be

18 admitted for this Trial Chamber's consideration.

19 MR. KRGOVIC: [Interpretation] Your Honours, if I may raise an

20 objection of principle. And a specific one as well.

21 We asked from the Prosecutor and we made a submission to this

22 Trial Chamber that all documents concerning Mr. Zupljanin and concerning

23 our witnesses be disclosed to us under Rule 66(B). This document fits

24 that description. It explicitly mentions Mr. Zupljanin. Whether that's

25 a mistake or not, that's another matter, but the Prosecution informed us

Page 25247

1 that they have complied with this and that they have given us all the

2 documents in that category. This document has not been disclosed so it

3 can't be tendered and it can't be admitted.

4 Second, the Prosecution had a witness, Mr. Radulovic, who

5 testified here, and they could have shown him that document.

6 You will remember at the end of Mr. Radulovic's testimony the

7 Prosecution made a list of Milos group documents that they did not show

8 him and that they still thought should be admitted through him. It was

9 some nine documents that were admitted in that way. Also, they had a bar

10 table motion through which they could have had it admitted.

11 On top of everything, the Prosecution had given up on this

12 witness and withdrew him from the list, especially because of the

13 wrong-doing by Mr. Koehler. This witness used to be on the Prosecution

14 witness list and during their interviews they showed him all sorts of

15 documents. They struck him off the list, and he told them, "You can

16 subpoena me. Just tell me, am I a witness or not?"

17 MR. OLMSTED: Your Honours, I have to intervene here because that

18 last statement by Mr. Krgovic he knows is incorrect as regards the

19 procedure we went through with regard to calling this witness in our case

20 in-chief. I'm not going to say more, but Your Honours are aware of the

21 briefing on this matter, and -- we're not going to go any further on

22 that. But I would ask that he does not make such statements that say why

23 we did or did not call a witness --

24 JUDGE DELVOIE: Mr. Olmsted, just for my clarification, when we

25 are talking about this witness now, you and Mr. Krgovic, are you -- are

Page 25248

1 we referring to this witness or are we referring to the author of this

2 document? Are we referring to this witness -- the witness actually on

3 the stand or are we referring to the author of the document.

4 MR. OLMSTED: We're referring to this witness.

5 The reason this document wasn't shown to the earlier witness was

6 simply because this issue of reporting didn't even come up until late in

7 his cross-examination. The Prosecution needed to review the evidence to

8 how to respond to that and decided on a witness to call to rebut it. And

9 that was what we filed I think in September or October of last year, a

10 motion to call a witness to deal with these issues.

11 [Trial Chamber confers]

12 JUDGE DELVOIE: Mr. Olmsted, I think the -- or one of the first

13 rules about fresh evidence in cross-examination, certainly after the end

14 of your case, would be that what you're trying to tender or -- or -- or

15 prove there, should come -- should have a link with the -- with the --

16 the examination-in-chief. Should come out of the examination-in-chief;

17 right?

18 So my question is: Where is the link? Is this something that

19 came up in the direct? Do I miss something there?

20 MR. OLMSTED: Yes. I believe it did in the sense of who had

21 access to these Milos reports, who was usually using this Milos group

22 system of communication with the Serbian MUP, is all connected to the

23 issue as -- Your Honours, may the witness take his headphones off.

24 JUDGE HALL: Yes.

25 Could -- Mr. Sajinovic, could you please remove your headphones.

Page 25249

1 THE WITNESS: [Interpretation] Of course, Your Honours.

2 MR. OLMSTED: I should have made that request sooner because I

3 think a lot of what we're talking about is probably not properly argued

4 in the witness's presence.

5 This issue goes to the issue of access, access to Milos group

6 reports. Mr. Radulovic's access to Mr. Zupljanin. And this -- as we

7 know, we have a number of these reports in evidence relating to events

8 that are charged in the indictment, and so this is an issue with regard

9 to this witness, what this witness came to testify about it. It's

10 included in his 65 ter summary in the sense that he's going to talk about

11 the Milos group and its relationship within the state security, and it

12 came out in the questions asked by both Defences with regard to what

13 was -- were Milos group reports sent, where were they -- who had access

14 to them, who was within that chain of command.

15 JUDGE HALL: But within the -- your general approach to

16 dealing -- in terms of your approach of that general issue which would

17 have come up in -- been a part of the examination-in-chief, the question

18 which the Bench has just put to you is in terms of this specific

19 document. How does this document -- how do you link this document to the

20 cross-examination? It isn't, to my mind, to talk about your general

21 attack.

22 MR. OLMSTED: This document we purport shows that Mr. Zupljanin

23 had access and contact with the Milos group and, in fact, utilized that

24 group to convey information to the Serbian MUP. And this is an example

25 of that. With regard to a matter that -- I tell you, to be honest, I'm

Page 25250

1 not so concerned about the substance of it, just the fact that it was

2 sent on behalf of the Mr. Zupljanin. Because certainly you can draw the

3 conclusion that his name wouldn't appear at the bottom unless he somehow

4 authorised it.

5 [Trial Chamber confers]

6 JUDGE HALL: Mr. Aleksic, you had something to add.

7 MR. ALEKSIC: [Interpretation] Your Honours, to all of this I

8 would add, what does the contents of this document have to do with the

9 evidence of this witness about the purpose and the sphere of interest of

10 the Milos group? This says that some TV equipment should be taken out of

11 some apartment. Even by that criterion alone, it could not fit -- it

12 doesn't meet the requirements of being recognised as a Milos group

13 report.

14 JUDGE HALL: We're -- well, on that last small point, Mr. Olmsted

15 did say that he wasn't seeking to tender it for the contents. It was

16 just in terms of showing method or system. But in any event, the Chamber

17 is of the view that this document ought not to be admitted.

18 MR. OLMSTED: And just to clarify a point of law, are Your

19 Honours saying to us that we can only use or seek to tender fresh

20 evidence that directly relates to the examination-in-chief or are we --

21 because I always assumed that we would be allowed to show evidence that's

22 relevant that this witness may be able to provide evidence to or that

23 might go to the witness's basis for knowledge or his credibility. So we

24 can test the value of his evidence.

25 JUDGE HALL: With respect Mr. Olmsted I'm not going to be drawn

Page 25251

1 into attempting to make an extemporaneous ruling on the question as you

2 phrased it. This Chamber has given a considered ruling on the matter of

3 fresh evidence, and I would suggest that that should be your starting

4 point.

5 MR. OLMSTED: Thank you, Your Honour.

6 Q. Sir, this reporting system that was established by the

7 Milos group, it was a two-way communication system, wasn't it? In other

8 words, the Serbian MUP used the Milos group to pass on information to

9 members of CSB Banja Luka, as well as RS MUP leadership; would you agree

10 with that?

11 A. I could not agree with that. That's not true, as far as I know.

12 And if you want me to explain, I will. Just say so.

13 Q. Well, just hold off on that.

14 MR. OLMSTED: Let's look at 65 ter 20286; tab 4.

15 Q. This is a report dated 3 April 1992. It has a document number

16 060/92. And it states:

17 "Urgently pass on to Mico Stanisic to tell Karadzic not to accept

18 at any cost Kovacevic for the position he is recommended. Convey this

19 message to the Stanisic in the most discreet way."

20 And the signature is typewritten: "Centre."

21 Can you tell us who was Centre?

22 A. Yes, I can tell you that. The Centre was the state security

23 sector centre in Belgrade. I know that.

24 Q. And were these kind of communications communicated through the

25 same encryption device? In other words, it was over the telephone using

Page 25252

1 the laptop device you described during your examination.

2 A. When you asked me a moment ago about two-way communication, I

3 don't know that there was communication from Belgrade towards the MUP, as

4 you've said. What I know was going on, what happened, although very

5 rarely, is that we, the Milos group, received a message from Belgrade.

6 That message could have been a reply to something we had written or a

7 suggestion. I have seen some of those, let's call them, reports from the

8 centre, and that's correct. And when I say "centre," I mean the Belgrade

9 centre, not the Banja Luka centre the State Security Centre or the

10 Security Services Centre. But the document I'm looking at now is one I

11 see for the first time. I did not see it at the time when the

12 Milos group existed, and I did not see it during proofing here in

13 The Hague. So I am seeing it for the first time. I'm not aware of the

14 contents, and anything I could say would be my assumptions, if you want

15 me to go into that.

16 But, for now, that would be all.

17 Q. But you agree that the format is that of a report received from

18 the Serbian MUP by the Milos group?

19 A. Yes, I agree with that. Because, as I said, it happened that the

20 MUP of Serbia would send us a report very rarely, I repeat, and in that

21 case, the signature would be Centre, that's true. But the one I see on

22 the screen now, as I said, is one I'm seeing for the first time, both as

23 a document, and I've never heard anything about what is said there. I

24 never heard from Mr. Radulovic anything about this.

25 Q. And -- and, again, you're relapsing into what I was asking you

Page 25253

1 not to do, which is just keep the answers short and you answered it with:

2 "Yes, I agree with that?"

3 We see at the bottom it's handwritten --

4 A. Well, I can't say I agree if I don't agree. Sorry.

5 Q. Then that's fine. We see at the bottom it says -- it's

6 handwritten 152/ -- I believe 73-4-128, and it says "copied." Do you

7 recognise that handwriting?

8 A. I see it says 52/79. I don't think it's 73, although it could

9 be. But I really don't know the handwriting. It's not the handwriting

10 of the colleague indicated at the top. It's not my handwriting. It's

11 not Radulovic's. I have no idea whose it could be.

12 Q. And can you tell us what those numbers signify? Yes or no is

13 fine.

14 A. Which numbers? 152?

15 Q. The numbers -- yes, that you just read out, yes. Do you know

16 what they signify?

17 A. My answer is no.

18 MR. OLMSTED: May we have on the screen 65 ter 20288. This is

19 tab 18.

20 Q. This is another report that's signed or type written "Centre."

21 And we see it's dated 3 July 1992.

22 I'm not interested in the content of this report, but if you look

23 under Roman numeral II the last sentence reads:

24 "If necessary, engage Zupljanin."

25 Will you agree that this is a communication between the Serbian

Page 25254

1 MUP to the Milos group asking them to contact Mr. Zupljanin on the

2 particular issue raised by this report?

3 A. I can't see this under Roman numeral I, the thing that you are

4 talking about.

5 Q. Roman numeral II, last sentence.

6 A. Okay.

7 All right. I've read it. Can you re-please repeat the question.

8 Q. Yes. My question is: Will you agree that this is a

9 communication between the Serbian MUP and the Milos group in which the

10 Serbian MUP is asking the Milos group to, if necessary, work with

11 Mr. Zupljanin, their chief, on a particular issue, as mentioned in this

12 report?

13 A. Well, if I were to confirm that, that would be mere speculation.

14 All I can confirm is that I recognise the handwriting, I can see

15 the signature; whereas, I am not familiar with this document. What is

16 being requested herein is also something that I have no knowledge about.

17 I don't know that such things were being done, and what it says here "if

18 necessary, engage Zupljanin," I really cannot believe that this refers to

19 Mr. Stojan Zupljanin. That would be all in the realm of surmise. There

20 were a number of people named Zupljanin in the Banja Luka area. I'm not

21 familiar with the gentleman mentioned in line 1. And also, as far as

22 Zupljanin is concerned, had there been added the first name Stojan, I

23 would have been sure.

24 So I'm sorry to say, I'm not familiar with this document. And I

25 think that it would be best if you asked Mr. Radulovic to clarify this.

Page 25255

1 MR. OLMSTED: Your Honour, I know we're few minutes early, but

2 perhaps this would be a good time to take the break.

3 JUDGE HALL: Yes. And we resume in 20 minutes.

4 [The witness stands down]

5 --- Recess taken at 12.02 p.m.

6 --- On resuming at 12.33 p.m.

7 [The witness takes the stand]

8 MR. OLMSTED: Thank you, Your Honour.

9 May we have P1371 on the -- hold on a second. Yes, P1371, tab 6,

10 on the screen.

11 Q. Mr. Sajinovic, Mr. Radulovic also used his links with Belgrade to

12 urge Mr. Kesic or Mr. Zupljanin to take certain actions. On occasions,

13 when he was trying to accomplish a task, he would sometimes contact

14 Belgrade and ask them to advocate his position; is that correct?

15 A. I'm really sorry, Mr. Prosecutor. Would be so kind as to repeat

16 the question because I'm not sure if I understood you correctly. So I am

17 afraid in that case I might give you a wrong answer. So if it's not a

18 problem for you, please do so.

19 Q. Perhaps it will be easier if I show you this document that's in

20 front of you. It is a 15 April 1992 Milos report numbered 082/92. Can

21 you take a quick look at this and tell us if this one you recall either

22 typing or reviewing?

23 A. You said the 14th of April; whereas, it says here the 15th of

24 April. I don't know if we're talking about the same document.

25 Q. Well, the transcript says 15th of April. I'll go with -- with

Page 25256

1 that. Yes, the 15th of April. That's the one that's in front of you

2 right now. Can confirm to us that you recall this particular report sent

3 to the Serbian MUP?

4 A. Mr. Prosecutor, I had seen this document before. I recognise it

5 as one being produced by the Milos group. But, as far as I can remember,

6 and also judging by some grammatical, let's say errors, or, rather,

7 judging by the style, it wasn't me who typed it. But I do recognise it

8 as being a document made by the Milos group.

9 Q. It says in the second paragraph: "We ask you for an urgent

10 contact with the Centre in purpose of clarifying and explaining the

11 certain circumstances, which are neither in your, nor in our favour, if

12 we want to succeed in executing the forthcoming tasks."

13 Could you tell us the Centre that Mr. Radulovic is referring to

14 here, would that be the CSB Banja Luka?

15 A. Of course, it couldn't be so. We discussed this many times, but

16 let me be as brief as possible. He is not referring to the Banja Luka

17 CSB.

18 Q. So you're saying that the centre he is referring to is the

19 Serbian MUP?

20 A. Precisely so.

21 Q. So he is asking the Serbian MUP for an urgent contact with the

22 Serbian MUP to clarify and explain a certain circumstance. Is that what

23 you're saying that this is referring to?

24 A. Yes, yes.

25 Q. Do you recall what Nenad Stevandic connection with the CSB

Page 25257

1 Banja Luka security service. Do you recall?

2 A. No, Mr. Prosecutor, I don't.

3 Q. You testified that you had information that Colonel Stevilovic

4 and Bogojevic were involved in the organisation of the SOS in Banja Luka.

5 Were you also aware that Stevandic was also closely linked to the SOS?

6 A. So far as Mr. Stevandic is concerned, I know from that period,

7 that Mr. Stevandic studied medicine at the faculty in Banja Luka. I know

8 that he was the president of the athletic club in Banja Luka, but I don't

9 know that he had any links with the SOS and the events unfolding in

10 Banja Luka at the time.

11 To tell you the truth, I did hear stories circulating around the

12 town that he had links with them, but I myself had no direct knowledge

13 about that. If he had any ties with them, I wasn't aware of the nature

14 of those ties.

15 Q. Let's take a look at 65 ter --

16 JUDGE DELVOIE: Mr. Olmsted, before you do that, could you

17 clarify what you meant with your question, page 56, 14:

18 "So he is asking the Serbian MUP for an urgent contact with the

19 Serbian MUP to clarify," et cetera.

20 MR. OLMSTED: Well, yes, Your Honour, that's the way I

21 interpreted the witness's answer, and he agreed that this was sent to the

22 Serbian MUP asking for the Serbian MUP to clarify something with itself,

23 I suppose, because he said Centre referred to the Serbian MUP. I guess

24 it's open to whoever's interpretation they want to give it to.

25 JUDGE DELVOIE: I think we should ask the witness whether that is

Page 25258

1 what he understands because your question could been understood quite

2 differently.

3 I won't suggest anything, but please clarify with the witness.

4 MR. OLMSTED: Certainly, Your Honour. Certainly.

5 Q. Sir I want to return to the question I asked you before. You

6 said with regard to this document that when they ask for -- when

7 Mr. Radulovic is asking for urgent contact with the centre, he is

8 referring to the Serbian MUP as the centre. The Serbian MUP in Belgrade.

9 And if that's the case, then the sentence as you interpret it should

10 read: "We are asking you --" which would be, of course, the Serbian MUP,

11 because this has been sent to the Serbian MUP, "We're asking you for an

12 urgent contact with the Centre," meaning Serbian MUP. So basically

13 they're -- he is urging them to contact themselves on this issue?

14 A. I -- I didn't understand eventually what you said. When the --

15 they are to contact themselves.

16 If I understand, it is Radulovic is seeking to establish contact

17 with the Centre in Belgrade. That's how I read it.

18 Q. Yes. But your prior testimony was the Centre was, in fact, who

19 was receiving the Milos reports. In other words, the Centre was the

20 Serbian MUP; isn't that correct?

21 A. Yes, that's correct.

22 Q. So wouldn't you agree that in this context, the Centre means

23 something other than the Serbian MUP?

24 A. I cannot agree because I already told you that the Centre

25 maintained communication with the Milos group, and the only centre that

Page 25259

1 was doing that was the State Security Department in Belgrade. It says

2 here: "We kindly ask for an urgent contact with the Centre," and so on,

3 and from this I understand that Radulovic is asking for him to go

4 personally to Belgrade and meet with someone there. And this is the only

5 conclusion that I can draw from what is written here. The mention of any

6 other centre would make no sense.

7 MR. OLMSTED: Your Honour, I don't know if that clarifies matters

8 for you.

9 JUDGE DELVOIE: I'm satisfied, yes.

10 MR. OLMSTED: Thank you, Your Honour. Let's have 65 ter 20294 on

11 the screen. This is tab 29.

12 Q. This is a 5 August 1992 Milos report number 283/92. And if you

13 can just look at the final sentence, it reads:

14 "Could you please urgently intervene in that regard with the

15 chief of the CSB, as well as with regard to resolving the problem of

16 housing for myself and Miso?"

17 Would you agree that this is an example where Mr. Radulovic is

18 contacting Belgrade asking them to, in turn, contact Mr. Zupljanin on a

19 particular matter?

20 A. Yes, this one of the Milos reports; that's true.

21 Now one can see from the contents that Radulovic is asking the

22 State Security Department in Belgrade to intervene with the CSB chief.

23 That's what it reads. However, I didn't have an opportunity to see this

24 note or this report before, and I'm slightly surprised at its contents.

25 As you read it, it seems that there was a request for solving the

Page 25260

1 housing problems for two colleagues of ours, and speaking of 1992, when

2 all this was happening, I myself also didn't have my housing problem

3 resolved. Therefore, I find it really hard to comment this, given that I

4 am seeing it for the first time.

5 Q. Let's take a look at 65 ter 10101, tab 14.

6 And perhaps we can take a quick look at the second page of the

7 B -- oh there is only one page. If we can scroll down so we can see the

8 bottom of this B/C/S version. Oh, page 2. Yes. Great.

9 Sir, this is a 19 May 1992 Milos report, numbered 140/92. And if

10 we can return to the first page. In the second paragraph, this report

11 proposes arming the able-bodied inhabitants of - I'm going to

12 mispronounce it - of Vrbanjci and surrounding villages. If further

13 states that:

14 "We also propose that you use a special unit to render inactive

15 and neutralise the Green Berets in Vrbanjci."

16 And if look at the very bottom, so the second page of the B/C/S,

17 it states at the bottom:

18 "The proposals concerning a special unit and weapons refer to the

19 Banja Luka security services centre."

20 Mr. Sajinovic, can you tell us -- Mr. Sajinovic, can you tell us,

21 is Mr. Radulovic referring to the CSB Banja Luka Special Police

22 Detachment?

23 A. I can only suppose that he does refer to it. Yes, I think so.

24 Q. Let's take a look now at P76, which is tab 17.

25 A. I'm sorry, can we stay a little bit longer with this document?

Page 25261

1 On page 1, you haven't read the whole document, and I notice

2 something which strikes me as interesting, and I would like to comment,

3 if that is all right with you.

4 Q. Well the Defence will have the opportunity to re-examine of you.

5 For the purposes of my questioning, I think we can proceed. Unless

6 there's an objection with my line of questioning.

7 JUDGE HALL: Well, the witness has -- whereas I'm always very

8 reluctant when a witness is volunteering evidence, since it is something

9 that he is -- apparently wants to speak to in terms of making us

10 understand this document, It would be useful to deal with his.

11 Let's hear what he has to say now. Could we have the -- okay,

12 it's back on the screen. Okay.

13 Yes, Mr. Sajinovic, please go ahead.

14 THE WITNESS: [Interpretation] Thank you, Your Honours.

15 When Mr. Prosecutor was reading the second paragraph, where it

16 says:

17 "Please help the inhabitants of Vrbanjci as much as you can,

18 especially by arming them ..."

19 But I see one sentence here added by Radulovic which says that:

20 "We propose that arming of the able-bodied inhabitants of

21 Vrbanjci and the surrounding villages be carried out within the framework

22 of regular mobilisation."

23 As far as I can understand this document I would like to

24 underline, especially having seen it before, that Radulovic is requesting

25 here for regular mobilization to be carried out of citizens and, at that

Page 25262

1 time, in charge of mobilization was the Secretariat for National Defence,

2 i.e., the army. I'm afraid if we leave out this second sentence, it

3 might appear that Radulovic was asking for some paramilitary formation to

4 be set up in that area.

5 I'm grateful to you for giving me this opportunity to clarify

6 this section of the document.

7 JUDGE HALL: Thank you, sir.

8 MR. OLMSTED: May we have P76 on the screen. Tab 17.

9 This is a 9 June 1992 Milos report. And the first sentence

10 reads:

11 "Following our proposals and the proposals of others, the SDS is

12 due to start an operation soon with the aim of taking over power in the

13 Kotor Varos area ..."

14 And if you read further down, it states:

15 "This operation should be carried out in a synchronised manner

16 with the help of the Banja Luka CSB."

17 Sir, would you agree that the Milos group's proposal to use CSB

18 Banja Luka Special Police Detachment made its way not only through the

19 Serbian MUP but back to the CSB Banja Luka because here he is reporting

20 that the proposal was being followed.

21 A. I'm sorry, Mr. Prosecutor, but not for a moment can I conclude

22 based on anything that is read here that an intervention of the CSB

23 Banja Luka Special Police Detachment was requested. I might be wrong,

24 and I would be grateful if you would point me out in the direction where

25 it says that a certain request was complied with.

Page 25263

1 As far as I can remember, this was in the month of June, yes.

2 That's it.

3 Q. Yes, well, I was referring to the previous document that you

4 looked at. We read the sentence that says:

5 "We'd also propose that you use a special unit to render inactive

6 and neutralise the Green Berets in Vrbanjci."

7 And further it states that this proposal, concerning the use of

8 the special police unit, refers to the Banja Luka CSB. I'm just asking

9 you now whether this document we have in front of us shows that that

10 proposal in fact was received?

11 A. That's not the way I would put it, and I cannot establish a link

12 between these two documents. If you're asking me to comment anything

13 with relation to the previous document, I'd like to see it again. As it

14 is, I cannot establish any chronological order with regard to the

15 previous document. I'm really sorry I have to say that. I can't do it.

16 Q. Well, let's quickly look then back at 65 ter 10101. And what I

17 was focussing on was the second paragraph where states further down we

18 also propose that you use a special unit to render inactive and

19 neutralise the Green Berets in Vrbanjci?

20 Do you see that?

21 A. Yes, I do. I see that part of the next.

22 Q. And when we turn to the second page of the B/C/S, and you see the

23 note at the very last sentence that says:

24 "The proposals concerning the special unit refer to the CSB

25 Banja Luka."

Page 25264

1 And this is dated the 19th of May. The second document we looked

2 at was dated the 9th of June, so subsequent to this one. And I'm trying

3 to see whether in the second document when you referred to our proposals,

4 which were being followed, whether that is what's referred to in this

5 document here.

6 A. The second document was written 20 days later after the other

7 one. If the security situation was, indeed, as it was described in this

8 document, 20 days seems long to me for a reaction. Things were unfolding

9 very fast. So it can hardly be the case.

10 And as for your other remark, it is a Milos document. The date,

11 the signature, everything fits. And it was sent to the MUP of Serbia,

12 and this remark about me, the special units and weaponry, you can see it

13 says CSB Banja Luka. It can assume [as interpreted] that it was a

14 special unit from the CSB Banja Luka, but it was an explanation to the

15 recipients of this note. I already explained that mobilization was

16 normally carried by the army, and I suppose this suggestion was an

17 alternative. If the mobilization fails for some reason, he was

18 suggesting that a special unit of the police be used and that would be

19 all right.

20 Q. Let's return to P76. If you look at the first sentence, I will

21 repeat. It says:

22 "Following our proposals and the proposals of others, the SDS due

23 to start an operation soon with the aim of taking over power in the

24 Kotor Varos area ..."

25 Can you tell us what were your proposals?

Page 25265

1 A. But the sentence goes on:

2 "... as well as defusing the interethnic tensions in SJB and

3 other agencies."

4 Now, after all this time and in few of the position that I

5 occupied, I could hardly comment.

6 Q. So you don't recall what your proposals were? Or at least

7 Mr. Radulovic's proposals.

8 A. Right. I don't remember what Mr. Radulovic suggested.

9 MR. OLMSTED: Your Honours, this witness could speak to the first

10 document, 65 ter 10101, so we would seek to tender that into evidence at

11 this time.

12 JUDGE HALL: Since we last canvassed this issue earlier today,

13 Mr. Olmsted, we've had the benefit of having to hand the views which the

14 Chamber distilled in Rule 15(A), of guide-line 15(A).

15 Could you tell us how your application falls within that?

16 [Trial Chamber confers]

17 [Trial Chamber and Legal Officer confer]

18 JUDGE HALL: This -- I'm reminded this was on your 65 ter list,

19 so you needn't trouble yourself there.

20 Could I hear what the response is from the other side, in terms

21 of your application.

22 MR. ALEKSIC: [Interpretation] Your Honour, I will agree, of

23 course, that the document is on their list, but I can only repeat my

24 previous objections: Why did they not use it with Mr. Radulovic?

25 MR. OLMSTED: I don't want to go into this full discussion again,

Page 25266

1 but we've expressed our reasons why we didn't do it at that time and how

2 we had to proceed from that point forward.

3 JUDGE HALL: The document is admitted and marked.

4 THE REGISTRAR: As Exhibit P2396, Your Honours.

5 MR. OLMSTED: Let's look at P1384. That's tab 26.

6 Q. This is a Milos report dated 13 July 1992, numbered 272/92. We

7 see at the very top of it it states:

8 "Please forward this information to the chief of Banja Luka

9 CSB ... Stojan Zupljanin."

10 You'll agree that this request is requested to the Serbian MUP?

11 A. Of course. That's clear.

12 Q. So Mr. Radulovic is asking the Serbian MUP to provide this piece

13 of correspondence to Mr. Zupljanin?

14 A. Correct.

15 Q. It then states: "In view of your absence from the Centre's area,

16 I'm obliged to address you in this way ..."

17 He's obviously there referring to Mr. Zupljanin. Mr. Zupljanin's

18 absence from the Centre's area?

19 A. Precisely.

20 Q. And you will agree with me, at least on this occasion, the Centre

21 they are referring to is the CSB Banja Luka.

22 A. Of course, I won't agree. I don't understand why you keep trying

23 to put in my mouth words that I have never said. Everything written by

24 Milos was addressed to the Centre in Belgrade. Not a single Milos report

25 was ever sent to the CSB centre in Banja Luka. I repeated that several

Page 25267

1 times. I'm aware that I'm under oath. I'm aware that I'm supposed to

2 speak the truth and I'm telling the truth. And I don't understand why

3 you keep insisting on something that is not true.

4 Q. Sir, I'm not trying to do that. I'm just trying to make sense of

5 what it says. It says:

6 "In view of your absence," and I assume he's referring to

7 Mr. Zupljanin, and you confirm that, "from our centre's area..."

8 And when referring "to our Centre's area," I assume that that

9 meant CSB Banja Luka. Are you telling me that's not the case?

10 A. No, that's what I'm trying to say. In that, you are right,

11 Mr. Prosecutor. But as you've read this communication is sent to the MUP

12 of Serbia, the state security sector, Radulovic. I know this text from

13 before. I know about the contents and the form.

14 Radulovic is asking the MUP of Serbia to pass this information on

15 to Mr. Zupljanin and then goes the text. Considering that you are away

16 from the territory of our Centre, and they mean the centre in Banja Luka.

17 Mr. Zupljanin is temporarily absent from that territory.

18 And I'm sorry if I misunderstood you a moment ago if that was

19 what you meant. But, otherwise, centre in all the conversations in the

20 Milos group denoted the Centre of state security in the MUP of Serbia.

21 Q. Now in this report Mr. Radulovic is asking Mr. Zupljanin to --

22 JUDGE HARHOFF: Mr. Olmsted, are we to assume that then

23 Mr. Zupljanin was in Belgrade?

24 THE WITNESS: [Interpretation] Is that a question to me?

25 JUDGE HARHOFF: Yes. I'm sorry, Mr. Witness.

Page 25268

1 THE WITNESS: [Interpretation] Your Honours, your understanding is

2 correct. At the time when this report was written, Mr. Stojan Zupljanin

3 was in Belgrade. It is dated 13 July, and, as far as I know, and I did

4 have occasion also during proofing with Mr. Aleksic to see some other

5 reports, during those days in Belgrade there was a meeting. I can't say

6 exactly at which level, but it was attended by the senior staff of the

7 MUP of Republika Srpska, including Mr. Zupljanin. So he was away at that

8 time from the territory of our centre. He was in Belgrade.

9 JUDGE HARHOFF: Thank you.

10 MR. OLMSTED:

11 Q. Just to look briefly at the contents of this report.

12 Mr. Radulovic is asking Mr. Zupljanin to allow him to replenish

13 the reserve police in Teslic with 80 soldiers. And it states that:

14 "Their engagement would be good for preventative reasons since

15 individuals from this company or the entire company have gotten out of

16 control and become a paramilitary formation."

17 Can you tell us, if you recall, how this group had gotten out of

18 control?

19 A. Honestly I couldn't comment. I know which group Radulovic means.

20 I know who the commander of that unit was, and it was a military unit.

21 So it was in the purview of the military commander in the area of Teslic.

22 They were part of the military. And as you say here, their engagement --

23 it says for preventive reasons, so I can't conclude from this that they

24 had become renegades already and turned into a paramilitary formation.

25 It is said that there are some indications that that unit could go absent

Page 25269

1 without official leave from the regular military unit and turn into a

2 paramilitary one.

3 Q. But your answer is you don't -- don't recall?

4 A. Basically, yes. I'm saying I do remember.

5 Q. That's fine. We have your other answer so ...

6 We'll go from there. I want to show you 65 ter --

7 JUDGE DELVOIE: Just one moment, Mr. Olmsted, please.

8 Mr. Witness, when commenting this document, this document is

9 about the reserve police and speaks about one company of 80 well-trained

10 and well-equipped soldiers. Just one moment.

11 I'm sorry, I misread.

12 Back to you Mr. Olmsted.

13 MR. OLMSTED: Thank you, Your Honour.

14 May we have 65 ter 10187, tab 19 on the screen, please. And I'm

15 particularly interested in the second report. It looks like there's two

16 reports on the same page. It's dated 3 July 1992. It's from again

17 Centre. And it is report number 250/92. I'm sorry, I probably read the

18 wrong number. Just a second. Let me check my notes.

19 Sorry, it's report number 249 /92.

20 Q. Now, the seconds report states:

21 "We confirm that Bozovic and his group are being active in a

22 coordinated fashion, linked up with the MUP of the Serbian Republic of

23 Bosnia and Herzegovina and ourselves."

24 So this is the Serbian MUP providing the Milos group with this

25 information; is that correct?

Page 25270

1 A. Yes, that's correct.

2 Q. And can you confirm with us that the Bozovic that is referred to

3 here is Radojica Bozovic, the leader of the Red Berets that you testified

4 about during examination-in-chief?

5 A. To be quite honest, I see the last name here. I don't see the

6 first name. I can only suppose that's the man.

7 And perhaps it's important to tell you this. I see both of these

8 reports for the first time. During proofing, or earlier, I don't

9 remember -- I'm sorry, I first read the first report, and now I'm reading

10 the second. I really couldn't say that I saw either of them earlier.

11 I'm not aware of the contents. The first report speaks about a convoy of

12 120 vehicles in July and that sounds a bit odd to me.

13 And to your question, the answer could be that I'm not sure

14 whether it's Mr. Bozovic, but it's true we discussed yesterday that

15 Radojica Bozovic did go to Doboj with a group and that they carried out

16 training of soldiers who had no military experience and were supposed to

17 go to war.

18 Q. When you testified yesterday, you stated that from what you've

19 recalled they -- they, meaning the Red Berets and Bozovic, acted

20 independently at the time. Now having looked at this Centre report, does

21 that refresh your recollection that, in fact, Bozovic's group was linked

22 to the Serbian MUP and here the RS MUP as well?

23 A. Look, Mr. Prosecutor, to be quite honest, I testified yesterday,

24 and I've said what I know and what I remember. This report not only does

25 not refresh my memory. It confuses me completely. And to be quite,

Page 25271

1 quite honest, during our time in Doboj, I saw Mr. Radojica Bozovic a

2 couple of times and his group, but from nothing, not from the uniforms

3 they were wearing or their conduct, could I conclude that they had

4 anything to do with the MUP of Bosnia and Herzegovina. And it would be

5 to be expected that if they were associated with the MUP of Bosnia and

6 Herzegovina, they would seek contact with us or perhaps assistance from

7 us or vice versa, but I'm not aware of any such thing.

8 Radulovic maybe knows different, but he was here. I'm sorry, I

9 can't confirm.

10 Q. You said that you saw Mr. Bozovic a couple of times in Doboj.

11 Can you tell us where you saw him?

12 A. If my memory serves me well, I encountered him and his group once

13 in town, on the outskirts; another time I saw him close to the front

14 line, where fighting was going on to open up a corridor; and from the

15 local residents and some acquaintances and some contacts of ours, we

16 received information that they were training soldiers who, as I said, had

17 no military experience and were about to go to the front line.

18 Nobody ever told me -- look, to be -- I mean, quite sincere I'm

19 sorry I'm taking up your time. But especially at that time, it was

20 normal that anybody who had anything to do with the MUP and had an

21 official ID would use it and sometimes even abuse it, but I never ever

22 heard that any of them were identified as members of the MUP. And I'm

23 seeing this report for the first time, and the one -- the one before.

24 MR. OLMSTED: Your Honour, since this relates to his testimony in

25 examination-in-chief, I would seek to tender it into evidence.

Page 25272

1 MR. ALEKSIC: [Interpretation] Your Honours, we object to the

2 admission of this document. I agree that Mr. Bozovic was discussed

3 during the examination-in-chief. But as for this specific document that

4 is being tendered, the witness did not confirm anything from it, and I

5 believe that the required nexus between the witness and the document does

6 not exist.

7 MR. OLMSTED: Your Honour, if the witness may take off his

8 headphones, I'll respond.

9 Your Honours, that is precisely the point. The witness said

10 during examination-in-chief that this group was acting independently.

11 This document, which is not in dispute that it is from the Serbian MUP,

12 refutes that, so it goes to credibility on that issue.

13 JUDGE HALL: Admitted and marked.

14 THE REGISTRAR: As Exhibit P2397, Your Honours.

15 MR. OLMSTED:

16 Q. And I apologise for keep making you to do that, but we sometime

17 have to resolve issues that are best reserved for the Trial Chamber

18 alone.

19 I want to return briefly to the organisation of the state

20 security in Banja Luka in 1992. We've already talked about section 01

21 which was headed by Vojin Bera. His ethnicity was Serb; is that correct?

22 A. Yes, correct.

23 Q. And the jurisdiction of section 01 was aimed at the collection of

24 intelligence on the enemy?

25 A. Intelligence and counter-intelligence, correct.

Page 25273

1 Q. And there was also a section, 02 which was enemy emigration, and

2 that was headed by Slobodan Sakan, who was a Serb; is that correct? And

3 we're talking about after April 1992.

4 A. Yes, correct. Slobodan Sakan not Sakan, but that's correct.

5 Q. Thank you. There's also a section 03 and that was internal

6 enemies, which included activities of the various ethnic groups, their

7 nationalist or extremist activities. And that was headed by

8 Dusko Milinkovic, who was also a Serb; is that correct?

9 A. Not sure if Dusko Milinkovic was still there, or was it Emir

10 Zahirovic because Emir Zahirovic was head of that section 03 for many

11 years. He was a Muslim and he's still a Muslim. He lives in Banja Luka

12 still. And Dusko Milinkovic succeeded him, that's true, but I don't know

13 when, and I seem to remember that after that Mr. Emir Zahirovic was

14 assistant head of sector of the state security sector in Banja Luka or

15 chief of operations or something like that.

16 Q. You said that Mr. Milanovic replaced Mr. Zahirovic. Do you

17 recall, was that in 1992?

18 A. Mr. Dusko Milinkovic, not Milinkovic and not Milanovic, it's

19 Milinkovic. So Dusko Milinkovic did come to that post after

20 Mr. Zahirovic, but I really can't be sure anymore. Look, it was such a

21 long time ago. If I'd only continued to work in that section, perhaps I

22 could be more precise, but, no.

23 Q. And section 04, that was the technical department that you first

24 worked for and after April 1992 that was headed by Mladenko Milanovic who

25 was a Serb; correct?

Page 25274

1 A. The head of section where I worked was Milan Baric, a Croat, from

2 Banja Luka.

3 Q. I'm referring to the -- after April 1992. So I know that by that

4 time you had moved to 01 section. So after April 1992, was Milanovic in

5 that position?

6 A. Mr. Mladenko Milanovic was acting chief after Milan Baric left

7 for a while, but he was an operative technical employee, and he was more

8 of a technical staff member. But I really can't say whether it was

9 before April or after April. All I know is that once I left, Milan Baric

10 was head of section 04.

11 Q. Was there also in 1992 an analysis department at state security

12 Banja Luka?

13 A. Yes, in 1992, there was -- not a section. There was one

14 analytical job. One person was an analyst. Independently of these

15 sections, there was analysis.

16 Q. And who did they report to? Who did that person report to?

17 A. As far as I remember, that person was directly responsible to the

18 head of sector. The state security on national security sector, we use

19 both terms because they alternated at various times. He was directly

20 responsible to the head of the state security sector.

21 Q. Now, can you tell us which of these sections was responsible for

22 gathering intelligence on crimes committed against non-Serb population,

23 against the non-Serb population?

24 A. Not sure. I'm really not sure. I don't know if that line of

25 work within the section or department or whatever had already been

Page 25275

1 established. I am not sure, so I really wouldn't like to speculate.

2 Q. You testified that Mr. Radulovic and the rest of his team would

3 report internally any crimes they learned about in which non-Serbs were

4 victims. You didn't withhold that information. You had a duty and would

5 carry out that duty to provide that information to your superiors.

6 A. Well, generally speaking, if we gathered information not about

7 crimes but about any security-related matters, as we did with all the

8 other information, we would translate that into Official Notes or report

9 along 01 line of work. However, if Radulovic decided or concluded that

10 it was necessary, this information would be sent to Belgrade, as we

11 discussed before.

12 I would like to note here that I cannot claim with any degree of

13 certainty that Radulovic invariably sent every -- information through the

14 line of work, that he sent it to Belgrade. But I think that there was

15 some overlapping.

16 Q. In particular, Mr. Radulovic was troubled in 1992 about the

17 crimes being committed by the Banja Luka Special Police Detachment

18 against non-Serbs.

19 Wasn't he concerned about that?

20 MR. ALEKSIC: [Interpretation] Your Honours, this topic was not

21 broached during the examination-in-chief, and I don't know to which

22 particular part of the examination-in-chief it refers to.

23 MR. OLMSTED: Need I respond to that, Your Honours?

24 JUDGE HALL: Whereas, the -- as I understand the Rules of the

25 Tribunal, the ordinary rules about cross-examination being at large is

Page 25276

1 modified, in that it should closely reflect the examination-in-chief,

2 I -- I -- I don't understand that rule to require every specific question

3 in cross-examination to -- to have a -- a reference point in the

4 examination-in-chief.

5 Please proceed, Mr. Olmsted.

6 MR. OLMSTED: Thank you, Your Honour.

7 Q. I'll ask my question again.

8 Do you recall in this 1992 time-period that Mr. Radulovic was

9 particularly troubled by crimes being committed by the Banja Luka Special

10 Police Detachment against non-Serbs?

11 A. No, I don't remember that, and I really couldn't comment on that.

12 I know that Mr. Radulovic, as well as the other members of the group, as

13 well as the executive staff in general of the Banja Luka CSB, had certain

14 problems and concerns in the aftermath of the operation in Teslic which

15 involved the bringing in and criminal processing of Serb criminals who

16 committed crimes against non-Serbs in Teslic. That much I know.

17 Now, as for the crimes committed, as you've said, by the special

18 unit from Banja Luka, believe me, I don't know anything about it. Nobody

19 had any problems in that area, given that I am not aware of those crimes,

20 I am equally not aware of any consequences that resulted from them. And

21 I also believe that I said something similar to your colleagues in the

22 interviews that we referred to.

23 Q. Well, in fact, that's what I'm looking at right now. And isn't

24 it, in fact, the case that in 2004 you told Inspector Sabir that when you

25 went around collecting intelligence information that you often heard

Page 25277

1 about the crimes being committed by this special police detachment?

2 A. No, that's not correct.

3 As I told you, the words that I uttered were typed on a laptop by

4 your colleague. I was never given an opportunity to read what he wrote,

5 to learn what the contents were, and to verify. I remember him asking me

6 about the crimes, whether I had heard of them. I said that I didn't. He

7 kept insisting on asking me whether I knew anything about the police

8 activity, and I told him that at that time one could hear all sorts of

9 things about the activity of the police from people being involved as

10 criminals to those who were acting as true heros.

11 And when asked where I told that, I told him I heard those

12 stories in the street, in bars, in discussions with my father, or on TV.

13 Believe me, I said that at the time - and I can repeat it here - that, in

14 my view, the majority of members of the special unit were honourable

15 people who joined it with respectable intentions. I did say that some

16 local criminals infiltrated these kind of units. I allowed for that

17 possibility, but my general opinion is the one that I have just expressed

18 to you.

19 Q. Yesterday you described for us the formal reporting line for

20 Mr. Radulovic and his team, up the RS MUP chain of command.

21 But isn't it the case that in 1992, in practice, Mr. Radulovic

22 could and did convey intelligence information directly to Mr. Kesic and

23 Mr. Zupljanin?

24 A. As far as I can remember, we discussed this formal exchange of

25 information yesterday and the hierarchy that existed at the time. I

Page 25278

1 personally don't know if Mr. Kesic had any direct contacts or whether he

2 directly passed on information. We discussed about the information

3 provided by Mr. Kesic to Mr. Zupljanin and Mr. Bulic, and I allow for a

4 possibility that that took place in the course of some informal context,

5 but I am not aware of Mr. Radulovic - how shall I put it? - having some

6 lateral contacts with the chiefs of the state security or the CSB chief.

7 Q. So you deny that you made that statement, that Radulovic conveyed

8 intelligence information directly to Mr. Kesic and Mr. Zupljanin. You

9 deny you made that statement during your 2010 interview?

10 A. Who conducted the interview? Which interview are you

11 specifically having in mind?

12 Q. I'm sorry, the interview with the OTP, with the investigator from

13 the OTP. In August 2010.

14 A. Of course, I deny it because I didn't say that for sure. I

15 couldn't have said it. Yesterday, Mr. Prosecutor, I explained that in

16 the telephone conversation with Ms. Jasmina she read out to me the

17 Prosecutor's report which contained lots of untruths, the majority of

18 what is contained there was not consistent with what I said. It might

19 have been an issue with the translation or whatever.

20 Now what you are trying to impute to me is really inappropriate.

21 This also refers to the report made in 1994. It wasn't recorded. I

22 remember Mr. Koehler just taking some brief notes. I read this report

23 and signed it [as interpreted], and we can talk about it in a relevant

24 fashion, but as for the other things, I don't think it's really

25 appropriate to discuss something that I am quite sure didn't happen in

Page 25279

1 that way. After all, your colleague told me that he didn't want to take

2 a statement off me, that I was not supposed to give a statement, that it

3 wasn't being recorded on the tape, that that was an informal

4 conversation, and that he wanted me just to clarify certain points that

5 you, as the Prosecution, had with regard to the testimony of my colleague

6 Predrag Radulovic. I agreed to that conversation, which I now regret

7 because, obviously, it was misinterpreted and was lied to or deceived by

8 your colleague on many occasions. I don't want to mention his name. And

9 I am really reluctant to go on commenting on this issue.

10 Q. And, sir, as a Prosecutor, I need to ask --

11 JUDGE HALL: Mr. Aleksic is on his feet.

12 MR. ALEKSIC: [Interpretation] I apologise to my colleague

13 Olmsted.

14 On page 77, line 18 in the transcript, in the second sentence

15 there is something that the witness didn't say and it reads: "I read and

16 signed the report," and the witness didn't say that.

17 MR. OLMSTED: Yes, I'll just clarify that. I think there is no

18 dispute about that.

19 Q. You did not sign a report or a statement in your 2010 interview

20 with the OTP inspector -- investigator?

21 A. Mr. Prosecutor, and Your Honours, several times so far, I said

22 that in 2010, I didn't give any statements. Therefore, it was not

23 possible for me to sign anything, nor was anything that the investigator

24 wrote on paper was shown to me. They told me that it wasn't being

25 recorded at all, that this was not a proper statement but just an attempt

Page 25280

1 to clarify certain things with my assistance of what my colleague said in

2 his testimony.

3 You can ask me the same question as many times as you wish, and

4 my answer will always be the same.

5 JUDGE HALL: Mr. Sajinovic, the last question that counsel asked

6 was to correct what was patent error in the transcript. He wasn't

7 badgering you.

8 Please continue, Mr. Olmsted.

9 MR. OLMSTED: Thank you, Your Honour.

10 Q. And the proceeding questions are also not intended to badger you

11 either, if that can be translated somehow into B/C/S. I'm simply asking

12 you questions to confirm whether you did say something or not, because

13 this is how I find out because, as you know, I haven't spoken to you

14 about these issues.

15 Can you tell us whether you told the OTP investigator in 2010

16 that there was an unofficial direct line from Radulovic, to Kesic, or

17 Zupljanin?

18 A. Mr. Prosecutor, I can only repeat my answer. I don't remember

19 saying something of that nature to the investigators. And I'm sure that

20 that was the case.

21 It was quite recently. Had it been a conversation that took

22 place eight or ten years ago, it is possible for me to err. But this was

23 recent, and I clearly remember that conversation. So I can confirm that

24 I really didn't say that. If I had been asked that, I would have

25 answered that I didn't know anything about that and that I was not part

Page 25281

1 of those informal contacts. And I'm telling you today again, that I

2 don't know whether Radulovic had this sort of contacts and with whom at

3 the level of the centre where we worked.

4 Q. Let's take a look at 65 ter 20287, tab 9.

5 This is a 30 April 1992 Milos report, number 103/92.

6 Can you confirm that this is one of your team's reports?

7 A. Yes, it is. This is the format of our report, and I can confirm

8 that this is one of the reports produced by our team.

9 Q. This report is transmitting the text of a statement to the

10 Bosanska Krajina public that was written by -- it says written by our

11 group. I presume that's the Milos group. And it says:

12 "At the request of the CSB Banja Luka chief."

13 Do you recall Mr. Radulovic, or perhaps yourself, drafting the

14 text of that statement for Mr. Zupljanin?

15 A. Mr. Prosecutor, I really don't remember that this kind of

16 announcement or text was written. No, I can't recall. No. Definitely

17 not.

18 Now, judging by the date, and there's reference to the order of

19 the Ministry of the Interior, It means that this happened after the

20 declaration of war by the minister of the interior, National Defence of

21 the Republic of Serbia. I remember that towards the end of April, some

22 dispatches were received which we construed to be the declaration of war,

23 and this date indicates, to me, that this might have to do with that.

24 But I really don't know what kind of announcement or text would have been

25 written. If it was written at all, I, for sure, was not one of its

Page 25282

1 authors.

2 Q. Very well. Let's move to 65 ter 20296, tab 35.

3 This is a 30 September 1992 SNB Banja Luka Official Note,

4 numbered, I believe, if I read it correctly 428/92. And it was submitted

5 by operatives 28, 33, and 38.

6 And I believe the handwritten number on it, that is the

7 handwriting of the third member of the -- Mr. Radulovic's team.

8 A. Yes, you are right.

9 Q. And you may recall way back at the beginning of today, of -- we

10 talked about the various formats that Official Notes appeared in that

11 were sent up the internal chain of command in RS MUP. And we talked

12 about one format was where your names would be omitted but numbers would

13 be used instead. Having looked at these numbers, 28, 33, 38, does that

14 refresh your recollection that those were the numbers for the three

15 members of the Milos team back in 1992?

16 A. Well, Mr. Prosecutor, when we discussed this topic, I said, and I

17 can repeat once again, I really don't remember which numbers we used.

18 However, I can assume that these are, indeed, the numbers that we used.

19 As you said, this is the handwriting of the third member of our team.

20 And I have no reason to disbelieve that these are genuine numbers.

21 Q. If we could look at the second page.

22 We can see at the bottom who the -- to whom this report was sent

23 to. The first, it was sent to the CSB chief; second, it was sent to the

24 chief of state security; and, thirdly, it was sent to -- or a copy for

25 the operatives.

Page 25283

1 Who made the decision on your team as to who should receive their

2 reports? Because here we can see this one is being sent to the CSB

3 chief.

4 A. It's correct. One can see, as you said, who the addressees were,

5 and it was decided by Mr. Radulovic, as we already mentioned, because he

6 was the team leader.

7 Q. And in this case, Mr. Bera is not on this distribution list.

8 A. Mr. Prosecutor, as much as I would try to give you the shortest

9 possible answers, I really need to explain this for the benefit of the

10 Trial Chamber and yourself.

11 When we discuss this distribution system, it says here that one

12 copy was sent to the chief of the CSB, one copy to the chief of the SNB,

13 and one copy to the operatives. However, each and every single report of

14 this nature was given to the head of the department. In this particular

15 instance, as you said, to Mr. Bera.

16 The word "sent to" means that the authors of the document propose

17 for it to be distributed to the persons listed below. And that was based

18 on both our suggestions and Mr. Radulovic's suggestion as well for it to

19 be sent to the chief of the CSB and one to the chief of the SNB. The

20 first filter, so to speak, would be the chief of the department, in this

21 case, Mr. Bera. Then it would go on to Mr. Kesic, the chief of the SNB,

22 who would decide whether this kind of report should be forwarded to the

23 chief of the CSB and so on and so forth. Alongside Mr. Kesic, there was

24 this person in charge of analysis who would process such reports and

25 provide this aggregate information either to the CSB chief or to someone

Page 25284

1 else designated by the chief of the CSB.

2 You are right. This is what it says here. But I, as an

3 operative, cannot confirm to you at this point whether these reports

4 actually were received by the addressees listed there. Our position was

5 that it should have been done, but our hands were tied. We couldn't have

6 it done it without the chief's approval.

7 JUDGE HALL: Well that brings us to a convenient point, and we

8 take the break and return in an hour.

9 [The witness stands down]

10 --- Luncheon recess taken at 1.55 p.m.

11 --- On resuming at 3.03 p.m.

12 JUDGE HALL: While the witness is on his way in, continuing our

13 discussions this morning about where we go after today, when we rise this

14 afternoon, at the end of today's sitting, we would take the adjournment

15 to 2.30 tomorrow afternoon. And we will sit from 2.30 to 4.00, and then

16 4.30 to 6.00. And then at 6.00 we would take the adjournment to 1.45 on

17 Thursday. Sorry, thanks. 2.15, the usual starting time on Thursday.

18 Thanks.

19 [The witness takes the stand]

20 MR. OLMSTED: Thank you, Your Honour.

21 May we have 65 ter 20296 back on the screen. And if we can turn

22 to page 2.

23 Q. Before the break, we were looking at this document as an example

24 of an instance where Mr. Radulovic put on his distribution list both the

25 CSB chief, as well as the state security chief.

Page 25285

1 And I want to just confirm your testimony in that regard. If I

2 understood you correctly, the reason Mr. Radulovic did not include

3 Vojin Bera on this distribution list was because the report was going to

4 Mr. Bera regardless. It was going to go to him no matter what.

5 A. Precisely so. The report of the operatives within the RDB

6 department.

7 Q. And can you explain to us, it says at the bottom, it says:

8 "One copy to operatives."

9 Who's that? Who is that referring to?

10 A. They are referring to operatives mentioned in the heading of this

11 document as the authors of the document.

12 Q. Thank you.

13 MR. OLMSTED: Let's have 65 ter 765 on the screen. This is

14 tab 39.

15 Q. This is a 17 November -- I'm sorry, 17 October 1992 official

16 record with the handwritten log number, I believe it says 458/92. And we

17 can see at the top, along with Mr. Radulovic's name, is your name. Can

18 you confirm this is a report by your group?

19 A. Naturally.

20 Q. We can see in the -- we can see in the last paragraph that you're

21 reporting that a fairly large Croatian military unit has surrendered and

22 that you had information that Muslim armed forces in Kotor Varos, in

23 particular Vecici, want to surrender on the condition that they be

24 allowed to proceed without hindrance towards Travnik.

25 Do you recall participating in the preparation of this report?

Page 25286

1 A. Yes, I remember this.

2 Q. If we look at the bottom, it has another distribution list. And

3 the first one on it is 01. Who would that be?

4 A. That means the 01 line of work.

5 Q. Well, not the entire line. That would mean that this is to go to

6 Mr. Vojin Bera; is that correct?

7 A. Yes. To the chief of the 01 line.

8 Q. And we see below it, one copy was to be sent to the analysis

9 department. We talked about that earlier. That was the analyst who

10 reported to Mr. Kesic; is that correct?

11 A. Yes, that's right.

12 Q. And on this particular one, we don't see that Mr. Kesic is

13 included in the distribution list. Or Mr. Zupljanin.

14 A. That's correct. However, as I have said earlier, and this

15 applies in this case as well, at the end of each document, at the end of

16 each official record, it was customary to put the distribution list and

17 to put the -- among the proposed addressees, the author of the document.

18 Was it really necessary for this to be delivered to us who wrote the

19 document? It was natural for it to be sent to the chief of the

20 department, and then it was his decision whether he would send it to the

21 analysis department or not. And then one copy would be either sent to us

22 or not, if there was any need for us to be further engaged in that task.

23 We knew that automatically this official record would be sent back to us,

24 but it could have been also sent to somebody else, if our chief of the

25 department thought it was necessary to send it to somebody else as well.

Page 25287

1 I think I explained something similar a bit ago.

2 Q. Yes, I think I understand you. You're stating just because it

3 doesn't have CSB chief or state security chief written on here, doesn't

4 mean that they did not get. It is possible that they still got it,

5 depending on whether 01, Mr. Bera, decided to forward it further on; is

6 that correct?

7 A. Absolutely correct. Just like in the previous case. Even though

8 they were listed, that did not necessarily mean that they received it.

9 In this particular case, as you have correctly stated, if Mr. Bera

10 thought that it needed to happen, then that's how it was. You're quite

11 right.

12 MR. OLMSTED: Your Honours, I'd like to tender this one into

13 evidence.

14 MR. ALEKSIC: [Interpretation] No objections, Your Honour. If my

15 learned friend refers to --

16 JUDGE HALL: [Previous translation continues] ...

17 MR. OLMSTED: I was referring to 65 ter 765.

18 [Trial Chamber confers]

19 MR. OLMSTED: I see the record doesn't reflect Judge Hall's

20 response. And I think that's why there is a silence.

21 JUDGE HALL: Yes. I said admitted and marked. Sorry.

22 THE REGISTRAR: As Exhibit P2398, Your Honours. Thank you.

23 MR. OLMSTED: And I'd -- I think it's appropriate to admit as

24 well the last document I showed the witness which was 65 ter 20296.

25 MR. ALEKSIC: [Interpretation] May I, Your Honours?

Page 25288

1 JUDGE HALL: [Microphone not activated]

2 MR. ALEKSIC: [Interpretation] Your Honours, we are objecting to

3 this document being admitted, the main reason being that it's not on the

4 65 ter list. It's 29 -- 20296. The number is quite high.

5 And the second matter is that Mr. Olmsted is not interested in

6 the content of this document. This pertains to Western Slavonia, events

7 in Western Slavonia in late September of 1992. Therefore, the main

8 grounds for objection is that it's not on their list and the Prosecution

9 need to explain why, in this stage of proceedings, they want this

10 document. They had Radulovic here and why haven't they done this until

11 now? That's the main objection we have and the second objection

12 concerning the contents of this document is an additional one.

13 JUDGE HARHOFF: Mr. Aleksic, has the Prosecution asked for

14 admission of document 65 ter number 20296 in -- into evidence?

15 MR. ALEKSIC: [Interpretation] That's how I understood it. We had

16 nothing against the document which was listed as 765 on the 65 ter list.

17 That was the previous document. Yes, the previous document.

18 [Trial Chamber confers]

19 [Trial Chamber and Legal Officer confer]

20 [Trial Chamber and Registrar confer]

21 JUDGE HALL: Mr. Olmsted, obviously I was confused about which

22 document we were looking at, but what is the -- what is your response to

23 the objection?

24 MR. OLMSTED: Yes, Your Honour. If the witness may take off his

25 headphones, I'll explain.

Page 25289

1 The reason I'm tendering this document, as Mr. Aleksic points

2 out, is not for its content. I'm not concerned about its content. I'm

3 concerned about the distribution list. This witness's testimony is that

4 this was just a wish list of persons that he hoped would -- they would

5 hope would get the documents. And the reason they did not include

6 Mr. Bera on that is because he would get it anyway.

7 JUDGE HALL: Yes, but do we need the document for that? We have

8 the witness's testimony.

9 MR. OLMSTED: Well, I suppose you have a point there,

10 Your Honour, but because the testimony is derived from an actual

11 document, to have the two documents side by side might assist the Trial

12 Chamber. But if Your Honours feel that that has come out sufficiently

13 through the oral testimony, I will defer on that issue, of course.

14 JUDGE HALL: Indeed. This trial is replete with documents and if

15 that were the only criteria -- yes.

16 So the order for admission is vacated.

17 MR. OLMSTED: Let's take a look at 65 ter 10199. That's tab 41.

18 Q. This is a 3 November 1992 Official Note with the handwritten

19 number 474/92. Can you -- oh, I'm sorry.

20 Yes, could you please put your headphones back on.

21 I apologise for leaving you stranded there.

22 What we have in front you right now is a 3 November 1992 report

23 by Mr. Radulovic and the other members of his team. Can you confirm this

24 is one of your reports that went up the RS MUP chain of command?

25 A. Yes, I can confirm.

Page 25290

1 Q. This note raises a concern about civilians, mainly old people,

2 women, and children, from Vecici. Do you see that? It's in the second

3 paragraph.

4 A. Yes, I've read the second paragraph.

5 Q. Can you tell us with regard to those civilians, mainly old

6 people, women, and children, what were their ethnicity?

7 A. As for this report, or, rather, this Official Note, I really

8 couldn't comment on it because I was not familiar with this. I think

9 that I saw this Official Note during proofing, but that was the first

10 time I've ever seen it, and I wasn't aware of this event and what is

11 stated here. As far as I can remember, the source listed here in the

12 first paragraph of this Official Note was a person who had direct contact

13 with Radulovic. Therefore, I couldn't really tell you anything more.

14 Q. And if we can scroll down on the English a little bit.

15 We see in this distribution list it first goes to the chief of

16 the CSB, and, secondly, it goes to 01, Vojin Bera, and then it goes to

17 the analytical department; is that correct?

18 A. That's correct. There was this operative, yes.

19 Q. Yes. And at the bottom it goes to the operative group which

20 would be Mr. Radulovic. He kept a copy for himself.

21 A. If he received it, then, yes, he kept it. We commented the

22 previous two documents, and my answer would be the same. I can repeat

23 it. This is the proposal of the author to have this delivered to the

24 people listed in the distribution list.

25 Now as to who actually received it, I really couldn't say

Page 25291

1 anything about that. I cannot confirm that all of the people listed

2 there, indeed, received it.

3 Q. At the beginning of today, back in the transcript page 17,

4 line 9, you told us with regard to state security documents, documents

5 that go up the RS MUP chain of command, you typed only a few of them.

6 Do you recall saying that?

7 A. Yes, I think that I remember.

8 Q. If you didn't type them, who was typing these Official Notes that

9 would go up the state security chain of command; if you know?

10 A. I've said that during today's hearing, namely, that, as far as

11 the Milos group report, everything was done within our three-member

12 group.

13 As for these reports, for these Official Notes -- and they were

14 typed up in the same place where all other Official Notes were typed up.

15 That is to say, in the state security in Banja Luka, where the notes of

16 all authorised officials were typed up.

17 Q. And who would type up -- so there was a typists pool,

18 administrative pool, that would type up all the reports that were

19 submitted to them by the various SDB inspectors; is that correct?

20 A. I didn't quite understand your question. It was -- I don't

21 understand what a typists pool is.

22 Q. Yes, I'm sorry. That's an English word that's probably hard to

23 translate.

24 But essentially SDB inspectors would draft their reports, and

25 they would submit it to an administrative unit within the state security

Page 25292

1 who would actually type up the reports for the inspectors. Is that what

2 you're telling us?

3 A. Well, yes, in principle. Reports were written up. We did not

4 have any computers. We didn't have even have many typewriters. We did

5 have the typists bureau. They were occasionally typed up but mostly they

6 were handwritten, and on occasion people dictated to somebody their notes

7 and reports.

8 Q. And then, if I understand the process, the person who typed up

9 the report would then deliver it. Or would it go back to the inspector

10 for proofreading or something like that?

11 A. Yes, of course.

12 Q. I'm sorry, that was a bad question. After it was typed up, would

13 it return to the SDB inspector for him to make sure it was typed

14 properly; or would the person who typed it up simply distribute it?

15 A. Yes. It was supposed to come back to the author of the report so

16 that he would read it and check for any mistakes. And then I guess that

17 person would then forward it to the head of the department. Section

18 head.

19 Q. So in these cases that would be Mr. Radulovic, since he was

20 primarily the author of these notes.

21 A. Yes. In most cases, he was the author. And he was the one who

22 would read and then forward it to the head of section, as I have just

23 described.

24 Q. Let's have a look at P1353-12. This is tab 32. And I'd like to

25 turn to page 2.

Page 25293

1 This is a 24 September 1992 Official Note. And we see at the

2 bottom it has Mr. Radulovic's name and then your name and the other

3 member of your team.

4 Can you identify for us the handwriting at the bottom left side

5 of the page? And in English, it is written "we cannot do this." And

6 there's a signature and a date.

7 A. Yes, I can tell you this is the handwriting of

8 Mr. Milan Krnjajic.

9 Q. And if we could scroll to the top of the page, we see it's

10 written on the right side upper corner:

11 "Kesic, deliver a copy of Official Note to security organs."

12 And then there are some initials. Do you recognise the initial

13 underneath that note?

14 A. Kesic, the copy of the Official Note to be sent to the security

15 organ. As far as I remember, as far as I remember the handwriting, I

16 think that this is the handwriting of Mr. Zupljanin.

17 Q. All right. Let's move to 65 ter 20020, tab 34.

18 This is a 28 September 1992 Official Note. Can you confirm

19 whether this is one of your team's reports?

20 A. Not yet. Not until I see the entire document.

21 Q. Did you have a chance to look at it?

22 A. No.

23 Q. Is it not on your screen?

24 A. What I see on the screen is the first page of a document, but I

25 don't see the last part of the document.

Page 25294

1 Q. There's only one page, sir.

2 A. Do you wish to say that this the entire document, what I see on

3 my screen?

4 Q. This is the entire document as we have in our possession, yes.

5 If there's a second page, we don't have it.

6 A. I'm really sorry, but based on this, I cannot say with any

7 certainty that this is a document drawn up by us, by me and my

8 colleagues, because in the heading it only says that this is the sector

9 where I worked. And the date seems right, but there's no signature,

10 there's no name, there's no code. So it looks incomplete to me. It's

11 very hard to identify it, no matter how hard I try.

12 Q. You see in the first line it says:

13 "Through our collaborator, 'Div' ..."

14 Do you recall that Div was one of Mr. Radulovic's sources back in

15 1992?

16 A. I think so. I think that there was a person with this pseudonym.

17 Q. And it was a standard practice back in this time-period for SDB

18 inspectors not to share their sources. In other words, they would not

19 give one of their sources to another inspector to use, but they would

20 keep them secure for themselves; is that correct?

21 A. That's correct. That's how it was done during that time, before,

22 and after that time, as far as I know.

23 Q. Now this note reports that Predrag Kujundzic, a worker of CSB

24 Doboj and members of his group are involved in looting. In particular,

25 it mentions -- this was down during a cleansing operation in - and I'm

Page 25295

1 going to mispronounce it, I know - Civcije.

2 Can you tell us, was Civcije a Muslim village?

3 A. I can't really say because, as it happens, a relative of mine

4 comes from that village, and she's an ethnic Serb. Now whether there

5 were Muslims living there, I don't know. It's possible, but I don't

6 believe that was it a Muslim village because, as I have told you, as I've

7 explained a relative of mine is from that village. She currently lives

8 in Banja Luka and is a Serb.

9 Q. You will agree that Mr. Radulovic was concerned about crimes

10 committed by Kujundzic against non-Serbs in Doboj during this

11 time-period. You recall that that was an issue for him?

12 A. Mr. Prosecutor, I would readily agree with you, but, as I have

13 already said, I cannot claim with any certainty that this is a note

14 produced by Mr. Radulovic. I don't see any names or any other

15 distinctive marks based on which I could conclude that. I keep reading

16 and re-reading it, trying to identify the author, but I cannot confirm

17 that he was the author of this document, nor can I confirm that this

18 gentleman whom you have mentioned, that he was a member of police. The

19 gentleman mentioned in this note.

20 Yesterday we spoke in private session about some groups from

21 Doboj, and even yesterday, I never mentioned that I knew that he had been

22 a member of police.

23 JUDGE DELVOIE: Mr. Aleksic, your body language, while

24 Mr. Olmsted is asking questions and even when the witness is giving

25 answers, is extraordinary and remarkable, and remarkable means that it

Page 25296

1 can also be seen by the witness, and I don't think that's appropriate.

2 Thank you.

3 MR. ALEKSIC: [Interpretation] I apologise, Your Honours. I will

4 agree with you. However, I was concerned because these names were

5 discussed in private session. I didn't want to interrupt my learned

6 friend, but what I wanted to bring to your attention is that all of these

7 matters were mentioned in private session. I apologise again.

8 JUDGE DELVOIE: Well, I wouldn't -- I wouldn't react on the first

9 time I see it, Mr. Aleksic. It's in your personality, but just make sure

10 that it is within certain limits.

11 Thank you.

12 MR. OLMSTED:

13 Q. Mr. Sajinovic, we've already established, however, that this

14 source, Div, was one of Mr. Radulovic's sources.

15 A. I have already said so. Yes. I said that I knew that the source

16 under this pseudonym was, indeed, used by Mr. Radulovic. I cannot claim

17 with certainty that there did not exist another source with the same

18 pseudonym or that some other of my colleagues also used the same source.

19 I said a bit earlier, and as Mr. Aleksic emphasised now, if you

20 intend to keep asking me questions about these persons and these names,

21 then we should go into private session because I do not want to mention

22 the names that yesterday were already discussed in private session. I

23 wouldn't want to do that.

24 Q. You see in the upper right-hand corner there's some handwriting

25 up there. The English translation says:

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1 "To inform."

2 Then it says:

3 "CSB Doboj."

4 And then underneath that it says:

5 "MUP RS."

6 And underneath that there's initials.

7 Do you see that?

8 A. Yes I do. I see what it says there. I see 01. I see that it

9 says: "Inform the Doboj CSB." And then I see that it says MUP RS. And

10 then underneath is number 8, if I see it right.

11 Q. So you don't see that as a signature. Do you recognise the

12 handwriting?

13 A. The handwriting is familiar. It is familiar. But I'm not sure,

14 01 ...

15 Q. Was --

16 A. I'm not sure whether this is the handwriting of Mr. Zupljanin

17 or -- or Kesic. Or Bera. I'm not sure. Definitely a familiar

18 handwriting, but I cannot confirm with certainty whose it is. Because

19 the signature, if this is a signature, is not clear to me. You said it

20 was a signature.

21 Q. Let's go into private session.

22 JUDGE HALL: Yes.

23 [Private session]

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