P480 is a note, headed by the words “Republic of Serbian Krajina” and “Distribute by leaflet”, and contained the following text: “Because of the attack by the Ustasha army that we are expecting, and in order to secure conditions for mounting a decisive defence I hereby order that the entire civilian population is to withdraw from the sector of combat operations by the route Benkovac – Žegar – Srb”. The note contained the name Colonel General Mile Mrkšić, although it was not signed. The stamp on the note was in Cyrillic with exception for some of the letters. During his testimony, Mrkšić was shown this purported evacuation order in his name and testified that he had not seen it before and had not issued such an order. On 7 August 1995, the commander of the HV 81st Guards Brigade, which was stationed in the area of Bosansko Grahovo in Bosnia-Herzegovina, reported that in the night of 6 August 1995 a helicopter had been spotted, dropping leaflets. To his report, he attached an example of the leaflets. The leaflet was headed “Republic of Serbian Krajina, Ministry of Defence, Deliver as leaflet” and it read: “Due to the expected attack by the Ustasha army, in order to provide conditions for a decisive defence, I hereby order complete evacuation of civilian population from the area of combat activities, along the following axis: Knin-Plavno-Lička Kaldrma”. The leaflet contained the name Colonel General Mile Mrkšić, although it was not signed. The stamp on the note was in Cyrillic with exception for some of the letters. Mrkšić testified that he had heard from civilians who had left the Krajina that aircraft had dropped printed flyers containing instructions ostensibly on his behalf as well as information that Mrkšić had died, and his mother later told him that leaflets had been disseminated stating that the RSK had been dissolved, all of which Mrkšić believed to be Croatian propaganda.
