"If we don't find the documents in question in the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina within the next several days we will ask the Croatian Justice Ministry, the Croatian State Archive and the President's Office for assistance because there are many indicators that the said documents could be in Zagreb," Mihaljevic told Hina.
He also said the Bosnian Federation authorities were interviewing several former Herceg Bosna officials in connection with the documents which ICTY Chief Prosecutor Carla del Ponte said must be submitted by September 30 at the latest.
In a letter in late July, the tribunal's chief prosecutor, Carla del Ponte, asked for minutes of sessions of the Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia-Herzegovina party, the Croatian Community of Herceg Bosna and the government of the Croatian Republic of Herceg Bosna from April 1991 through December 1993.
According to the media, del Ponte has threatened that unless the documents are submitted by September 30, prominent Croat officials in Bosnian bodies of authority will be dismissed, as was recently the case with 59 Bosnian Serb officials who were fired for not cooperating with the tribunal and for helping harbour war crimes indictees Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic.