TESTIMONY AT MILOSEVIC TRIAL CONTINUES IN THE HAGUE

THE HAGUE/ZAGREB, Nov 18 (Hina) - A witness with protected identity, registered as C-061, on Monday testified in the trial against former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic before the international war crimes tribunal in The Hague that after the beginning of the "log-revolution" in Croatia, Belgrade had financially integrated the occupied Croatian region, the so-called SAO Krajina, into its monetary system, while it had financed Croatian Serb police forces with cash. #L# The witness described the process of political organisation of Croatian Serbs, their rebellion and arming, negotiations with Croatian authorities and relations with Belgrade. During the testimony of this witness, the prosecution introduced a number of documents from the then Serb para-state in Croatia, proving the connection between Belgrade and Knin, the stronghold of the Serb para-state. The testimony of witness C-061 was interrupted several times with closed sessions to protect his identity. Besides, it was very difficult to folow his testimony because of the electronic distortion of his voice. The trial against Milosevic for crimes committed in Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo, continued on Monday after two potpnemen because of his being exhausted and high blood pressure. In open sections of the trial, the witness described how Serbs in Croatia had politically organised themselves in the Serb Democratic Party (SDS) and how they had cooperated with the Bosnian Serb leadership. The goal of the SDS programme was territorial autonomy for Serbs in Croatia, and this was not succession, the witness said. He confirmed that the interior ministry of the SAO Krajina had acted "under orders" of the Serbian Interior Ministry, and that he had seen the then director of the Serbian secret police, Jovica Stanisic, with one of the Serb leaders, Milan Martic, in Knin in 1990. (hina) lml sb