MINISTRY OF INFORMATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA

Instructions for the work of news agencies and media in the case of an immediate danger of war:

  1. Maintaining non-stop contact with the state organs and 24-hour service;

  2. A list of persons from all the media who are to be on call on specific dates should be passed on to the Ministry;

  3. Accurate telephone and fax numbers of those persons who are on call in editorial offices;

  4. Courier service between the editorial staffs of the media and the Ministry of Information is to be established if the telephone lines are cut;

  5. A strict ban on reporting the losses of the Yugoslav Army or the police - Ministry of Internal Affairs (a form of censorship);

  6. Every journalist in the field or in editorial offices must serve the current interests of the state and take part in reporting and notifying activities;

  7. Non-stop monitoring of the reports of the foreign media, especially of those radio stations whose signal could be received well on the territory of FR Yugoslavia;

  8. Actions undertaken by the police and the army are to be referred to as 'defensive activities' or 'struggle to preserve and defend the country';

  9. For the losses inflicted upon the enemy the following terms are to be used: neutralised, incapacitated, paralysed, liquidated, etc.

  10. Not a single piece of information which could further the spreading of defeatism and panic must not pass unnoticed by the editors-in-chief;

  11. It is necessary to constantly refer in commentaries and reports to the violation of the UN Charter, violations of human rights, arbitrary decision-making by a military alliance, the fact that it is not a decision supported by all the nations, etc.

  12. Protection of confidential material and archiving this material and reports which would be of use in future analyses or in the processes of collecting evidence for war crimes or crimes against humanity;

  13. So-called KLA is to be referred to as 'a gang, terrorists and criminals'.

  14. NATO forces are to be referred to as 'aggressor';

  15. Keep emphasising the fact that the servicemen of the Yugoslav army and the police are freedom fighters.