JCIC-DIP-08-006: ANNUAL START SLCM DECLARATION

C O N F I D E N T I A L STATE 125684


GENEVA FOR JCIC

E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/05/2028
TAGS: BO KACT KZ PARM RS UP US START JCIC

SUBJECT: JCIC-DIP-08-006: ANNUAL START SLCM DECLARATION

REF: A. 94 STATE 322920 (JCIC-DIP-94-058

B. 95 STATE 280072 (JCIC-DIP-95-097)

C. 96 STATE 247261 (JCIC-DIP-96-066)

D. 97 STATE 224436 (JCIC-DIP-97-065)

E. 98 STATE 217106 (JCIC-DIP-98-058)

F. 99 STATE 224343 (JCIC-DIP-99-030)

G. 00 STATE 222024 (JCIC-DIP-00-020)

H. 01 STATE 201452 (JCIC-DIP-01-023)

I. 02 STATE 237303 (JCIC-DIP-02-042)

J. 03 STATE 329313 (JCIC-DIP-03-038)

K. 04 STATE 250414 (JCIC-DIP-04-023)

L. 05 STATE 217917 (JCIC-DIP-05-019)

M. 06 STATE 194491 (JCIC-DIP-06-014)

N. 07 STATE 162850 (JCIC-DIP-07-009)

O. 93 GENEVA 10443 (JCIC-VI-143)

P. 94 GENEVA 04317 (JCIC-VII-159)

Classified By: Jerry A. Taylor, Director, VCI/SI.
Reason 1.4(b) and (d).


1. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 5.


2. (U) BACKGROUND: When the START Treaty was signed, the
United States and the Soviet Union agreed to provide
annual declarations concerning their planned deployments
of nuclear sea-launched cruise missiles (SLCMs) for the
duration of the Treaty. The Parties are required to
declare annually: 1) the maximum number of deployed
nuclear SLCMs for each of the following five years that
the Treaty is in force; and 2) confidential information on
the number of nuclear SLCMs with a range of between 300
and 600 kilometers, deployed on surface ships and
submarines. The first SLCM declaration was provided by
the United States on December 5, 1994 (Ref A). Subsequent
U.S. declarations were provided in Refs B through N.


3. (U) In December 2005, December 2006, and December
2007, given the scheduled expiration of the START Treaty
in December 2009, the United States provided four-year,
three-year, and two-year declarations, respectively, (Refs
L-N) covering the number of years remaining before the
expiration of the 15 year period specified in paragraph 2
of Article XVII. This year, the United States is
providing a declaration covering the one year remaining
through December 2009.


4. (U) Since Belarus and Kazakhstan made one-time
declarations that they did not possess nor intend to
possess nuclear SLCMs during JCIC-VI and JCIC-VII,
respectively (Refs O-P),a declaration will not be needed
from these Parties.


5. (U) ACTION REQUEST: Embassies Moscow, Kyiv, and
Astana should provide the points in paragraph 6 below,
along with the SLCM declarations in paragraphs 7 and 8
under appropriate diplomatic note cover, to host
governments not later than December 5, 2008, to meet a
requirement established in a formal declaration made by
the United States on July 31, 1991. Washington will
provide embassies a courtesy Russian-language translation
of these points as well as the English-language text. The
texts in paragraphs 6, 7, and 8 will be sent as a service
message via the NRRCs Continuous Communication Link with
the Belarusian Ministry of Defense. Each Embassy is
requested to confirm delivery of the points and
declarations, the name and office of the official to whom
they were delivered, the date of delivery, and any comment
or reaction provided at that time.


6. (U) Begin points:

- In accordance with formal declarations made by the
United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
on July 31, 1991, the United States is providing its
annual nuclear SLCM declarations to the other Treaty
Parties, using formats agreed upon during JCIC-VII.

- This years report includes declarations for the
following year, until expiration of the period specified
in paragraph 2 of Article XVII.

(For Kyiv only):

- The United States requests reciprocal declarations from
your government at this time.

(For Belarus only):

- The United States is providing these declarations to its
Treaty partners and notes that during JCIC-VI your
government provided a one-time SLCM declaration which
obviates the need for similar declarations from your
government so long as there is no change in the
circumstances declared therein.

(For Astana only):

- The United States is providing these declarations to its
Treaty partners and notes that during JCIC-VII your
government provided a one-time SLCM declaration which
obviates the need for similar declarations from your
government so long as there is no change in the
circumstances declared therein.

End points.


7. (U) Begin declaration on unclassified information
regarding deployments of nuclear sea-launched cruise
missiles:

Declaration of the United States of America
Regarding its Policy Concerning
Nuclear Sea-Launched Cruise Missiles

For the year beginning December 5, 2008, the deployments
of nuclear sea-launched cruise missiles planned by the
United States of America will not exceed zero.

End declaration.


8. (C/Releasable to Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and
Ukraine) Begin declaration on confidential information
regarding numbers of deployed nuclear SLCMs with ranges
between 300 and 600 kilometers:

Declaration of the United States of America
Regarding its Policy Concerning
Nuclear Sea-Launched Cruise Missiles

On December 5, 2008, the number of nuclear sea-launched
cruise missiles with a range of between 300 and 600
kilometers deployed on surface ships and submarines is
zero.

End declaration.
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