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SUBJECT: START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA
(SFO-GVA-VII): (U) DEFINITIONS SUBGROUP MEETING, NOVEMBER
19, 2009

REF: GENEVA 1083 (SFO-GVA-VII-030)

Classified By: A/S Rose E. Gottemoeller, United States
START Negotiator. Reasons: 1.4(b) and (d).


1. (U) This is SFO-GVA-VII-039.


2. (U) Meeting Date: November 19, 2009
Time: 3:30 - 5:10 P.M.
Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva

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SUMMARY
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3. (S) U.S. and Russian representatives to the Definitions
Subgroup of the Treaty Text and Definitions Working Group
(TTDWG) continued discussions on START Follow-on (SFO) Treaty
terms and definitions. The sides agreed on the definitions
for five terms without any issues, and one term that includes
bracketed text that pertains to the issue of continuous
monitoring. The sides agreed that these definitions will be
conformed at the November 20 Conforming Group meeting. The
sides agreed to delete two previously proposed definitions,
storage cranes and categories, and discussed nine other
terms, which the sides agreed to return to after additional
consideration. The U.S. delegation also raised questions
regarding the definitions related to heavy bombers that the
Russian delegation proposed at the previous Sub-Group meeting
(Ref A). End summary.


4. (S) Subject Summary: Definitions for Agreed Terms;
Deleted Definitions; Other Definitions Discussed; New
Russian-Proposed Definition; Discussion of Russian-Proposed
Heavy Bomber Terms and Definitions.

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DEFINITIONS FOR AGREED TERMS
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5. (S) The following terms and definitions were agreed:

- The term "each year" means during a period of 12 months
commencing on the date of entry into force of the treaty or
on an anniversary of that date.

- The term "flight test" means, for a missile, the launch and
subsequent flight of a missile.

- The term "ICBM loading facility" means a facility, outside
an ICBM base and outside a test range, where ICBMs for mobile
launchers of ICBMs are loaded onto or unloaded from mobile
launchers of ICBMs.

- The term "in-country escort" means a group of individuals
designated by the inspected Party to accompany and assist
inspectors(, monitors) and aircrew members throughout the
in-country period. (Begin comment: The bracketed text is
U.S.-proposed language that depends on resolution of the
issue of continuous monitoring. End comment.)

- The term "SLBM loading facility" means a shore-based
facility, outside a submarine base, where SLBMs are loaded


onto or unloaded from ballistic missile submarines.

- The term "training model of a missile" means a full-scale,
inert model of an ICBM or SLBM that is not capable of being
launched and that differs from an ICBM or SLBM on the basis
of external and functional differences that are visible
during inspection.

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DELETED DEFINITIONS
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6. (S) The sides agreed to delete the following terms from
the Terms and Definitions section of the Treaty Protocol:

- "Category."

- "Storage crane."

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OTHER DEFINITIONS DISCUSSED
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7. (S) The following terms and definitions were discussed,
but were not resolved. The sides agreed to study these terms
further, engaging appropriate working group chairs as
necessary.

- "Air base." The U.S. Delegation stated this term could be
agreed once the issue of counting heavy bombers and their
armaments was resolved.

- "Air-launched cruise missile." The Russian delegation
proposed that the definition be "a flight-tested missile or
missile deployed on a bomber after December 31, 1986."

- "Long-range non-nuclear ALCM." The Russian delegation
stated that if the United States accepted Russia's proposed
counting rules for heavy bomber armaments, then Russia could
accept the U.S.-proposed definition for this term.

- "Mobile launcher of ICBMs." The Russian delegation stated
the definition for this term should be consistent with the
definition for the term "production facility," which required
further study regarding its reference to a "self-propelled or
trailer chassis" in the U.S. definition, versus "mobile
device" in the Russian definition.

- "Mobile training launcher." The Russian delegation stated
that Russia did not have such launchers, nor any plans to
develop them. Russia would use actual launchers for
training. When the U.S. Delegation noted that Russia
included this term in its proposed Treaty Article V,
paragraph 3, the Russian Delegation replied that Russia's
proposed Treaty text would be corrected; it was an outdated
proposal. The U.S. Delegation replied that the definition
should be retained until the Treaty language was resolved.

- "Production facility." The Russian delegation noted that
this term required resolution regarding reference to a
"self-propelled or trailer chassis" in the U.S. definition,
versus "mobile device" in the Russian definition. The U.S.
delegation replied that it could amend its reference to


"self-propelled chassis," but the term and definition
required further study.

- "Silo launcher of ICBMs." The Russian delegation stated
that because the silo door was the main element for a silo's
elimination, the term "silo door" should be included in the
definition. (Begin comment: This could mean that once a
silo door was removed, the silo would no longer be considered
a silo launcher of ICBMs, potentially undercutting the
procedures being developed in the Conversion or Elimination
(CorE) Working Group. End comment.)

- "Solid rocket motor." The U.S. delegation stated this term
reflected a concept still under discussion within the CorE
Working Group, and required resolution there before resolving
the term and its definition.

- "Transit." The U.S. delegation stated that resolution of
this term depended on work within the CorE Working Group, and
specifically resolution on what would be eliminated for
missiles contained in launch canisters.

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NEW RUSSIAN-PROPOSED DEFINITION
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8. (S) The Russian delegation proposed the following new
term be included in the Terms and Definitions section of the
Treaty Protocol: "The term "inspection activity" means
inspections and exhibitions." The U.S. delegation replied
that the term and definition would likely be agreeable.

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DISCUSSION OF RUSSIAN-PROPOSED
HEAVY BOMBER TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
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9. (S) The U.S. delegation asked a series of questions
regarding the set of Russian-proposed terms and definitions
associated with heavy bombers that the Russian delegation
presented at the last Sub-Group meeting (Ref A).
Specifically, the U.S. delegation sought to understand the
impact of Russia's proposal to drop "equipped for nuclear
armaments" from its definition of a "deployed heavy bomber."
The Russian delegation responded that there would exist under
the treaty heavy bombers equipped for nuclear armaments and
heavy bombers equipped for non-nuclear armaments. Both would
be captured under the treaty with respect to treaty data and
inspection activities, but only heavy bombers equipped for
nuclear armaments would count against the strategic delivery
vehicle limit.


10. (S) The U.S. delegation also sought to understand the
impact of converting all heavy bombers of a type equipped for
nuclear armaments to be heavy bombers equipped for
non-nuclear armaments, and whether under Russia's proposal
they would be considered "deployed heavy bombers" or
"non-deployed heavy bombers." The Russian delegation
responded that this was a good question, and was a drawback
to Russia's approach that required further consideration.


11. (U) Documents exchanged.


- Russia:

-- Proposal of the Russian Federation on the Definition
of the Term "Inspection Activity," dated November 19, 2009


12. (U) Participants:

U.S.

Mr. Siemon
Mr. Connell
Mr. Dean
Mr. Dunn
Mr. Sims
Mr. Taylor
Ms. Zdravecky
Dr. Hopkins (Int)

RUSSIA

Adm (Ret) Kuznetsov
Ms. Fuzhenkova
Col Kamenskiy
Mr. Luchaninov
Ms. Melikbekian
Mr. Pogodin (Int)


13. (U) Gottemoeller sends.
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