A. One can see that from the War Diary it happened from case to case. It happened in waves. Sometimes there was pea [ ... ]
band, activity." On 28 September, you find. "In the last 24 hours, activity by the bands was relatively small as it would appear that an operation [ ... ]
illegal. That, I think, is what I said. Q. Now, it didn't occur to you that this provision to the effect that you o [ ... ]
achieve, so that was left to us, in other words. There is no definite order that so and so many must he seized as hostages. It says "as a rule." [ ... ]
Q. That is what I am getting at. Now then, how much latitude? A. It says "as a rul [ ... ]
Q. And I asked you how much latitude and you said that it gave you enough so that if you didn't want to, you wouldn't [ ... ]
to overlook the matters or to carry these things out. The order makes it quite clear that the responsibility rests with the Divisional Commander. [ ... ]
Q. Well, you have repeatedly emphasized the importance of the part that the Croatians played in executing these hosta [ ... ]
A. No. Q. Now if the army actually ordered the execution of hostages, I mean if some [ ... ]
Q. Who rounded them up in the first place? A. What happened was usually this. Follo [ ... ]