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E.O. 12958: DECL: CLOSURE OF ICTY 
TAGS: ICTY PREL PROG PHUM SR
SUBJECT: ICTY ACTION PLAN UPDATE #5; SEPTEMBER 27, 2006 
 
REF: (A) BELGRADE 1547 (B) BELGRADE 1371 AND PREVIOUS 
 
Classified By: Ambassador Michael C. Polt, reasons 1.4 (b,c,d) 
 
¶1. (U) This is the most recent in our weekly reports on GOS 
efforts on the Mladic Action Plan.  Last week's report was 
included in reftel (a), the reporting cable of Ambassador 
Williamson's (S/WCI) visit to Belgrade 12-14 September and 
our subsequent discussion with Ljajic on the 15th.  Prior 
reports in reftel (b). This report covers the period from 
18-22 September. 
 
¶2. (S) Summary: ICTY Action Plan co-coordinator Rasim Ljajic 
had very little to report in this week's (18-22 September) 
review of Action Plan developments.  He confirmed that 
co-coordinator Vukcevic had sent the latest progress report 
to ICTY earlier this week and engaged in a "disappointing" 
DVC with Carla Del Ponte on September 21; he pledged that the 
pending law providing access to intel reports and 
jurisdiction regarding the activities of the Mladic support 
network would be passed next week; and he referred to the 
latest leads in the surveillance operation of suspected 
Mladic supporters. End Summary. 
 
¶3. (S) Ljajic expressed frustration with Del Ponte's critical 
comments during the September 21 DVC.  Del Ponte, he said, 
seems to have now adopted a uniformly negative view of 
Belgrade's efforts.  She told Vukcevic that he was not 
sufficiently involved in the effort and that she was 
dissatisfied with results.  Ljajic echoed his comments to us 
last week, complaining about Del Ponte's "mixed messages" and 
observing that in was unrealistic to expect either 
Coordinator to be as involved operationally as she now seemed 
to suggest. Ljajic said that Del Ponte seems to have fixed on 
references in the interrogation reports which had Pavkovic 
remarking that "if you want information about Mladic you 
should ask VBA head Kovac; he knows everything."  According 
to Ljajic, Del Ponte told them in the DVC that she was sure 
Kovac had all the answers. 
 
¶4. (S) Ljajic said that Vukcevic's latest report had been 
transmitted to The Hague earlier in the week, but played down 
its significance.  It recounted details of interviews and 
surveillance reports which only reflected Belgrade's long 
shot approach: pursue small fish in the network in the hope 
of inadvertently netting a big catch.  Ljajic said that 
Tolimir's wife had showed up at the VMA, apparently trying to 
link up with a cousin who had checked out earlier in the 
morning.  She had been able to evade her handlers for several 
minutes and may have been able to exchange information with 
several Doctors.  There were strong indications that Tolimir 
was quite ill and was in need of critical medical attention. 
Ljajic also noted that Jogo had sent a threatening letter to 
Kovac's deputy warning him to back off. 
 
¶5. (S) Ljajic said that he expected the draft law that would 
provide access to files on the activity of the support 
network, the same law that would give Vukcevic jurisdiction 
over accomplicies aiding and abetting fugatives, to be 
adopted by parliament the week of September 25.  He noted 
that the law will likely allow the government to prosecute 
Lugonja, who had been under surveillance for some time. 
(Note: Lugonja's arrest was reported in the press on 9/22; 
Ljajic says he was immediately taken custody at the airport 
before departing Serbia.)  Ljajic noted that Zarko 
Stojanovic, a military policeman shown saluting a picture of 
Mladic earlier in the week in the Belgrade daily Glas, had 
been suspended without pay.  He played down press reports 
that there were leads about PFWC Hadjic's whereabouts. 
POLT