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SUBJECT: START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA
(SFO-GVA-VII): (U) U.S.-PROPOSED JOINT DRAFT TEXT OF THE
TREATY, DECEMBER 19, 2009 (CABLE 2 OF 2 CABLES)

REF: GENEVA 1220 (SFO-GVA-VII-161 CABLE 1 OF 2 CABLES)

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


1. (U) This is SFO-GVA-VII-161.


2. (S) The text at paragraph 3 is the working document from
which the U.S.-Proposed Joint Draft Text of the Treaty
Between the United States of America and the Russian
Federation on Measures for the Further Reduction and
Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms will be prepared. The
draft text is dated December 19, 2009. It establishes the
baseline for the next round of negotiations. Because of the
length of the document, text will be sent in separate cables.
This is Cable 2 of 2 cables.


3. Begin text:

Article ((XVI))1((XIV))2


1. This Treaty, including its Protocol, which is an integral
part thereof, shall be subject to ratification in accordance
with the constitutional procedures of each Party. This
Treaty shall enter into force on the date of the exchange of
instruments of ratification.


2. This Treaty shall remain in force for 10 years unless
superseded earlier by a subsequent agreement on the reduction
and limitation of strategic offensive arms. If either Party
raises the issue of extension of this Treaty, the Parties
shall jointly consider the matter. If the Parties decide to
extend this Treaty, it will be extended for a period of no
more than five years unless it is superseded before the
expiration of that period by a subsequent agreement on the
reduction and limitation of strategic offensive arms.


3. Each Party shall, in exercising its national sovereignty,
have the right to withdraw from this Treaty if it decides
that extraordinary events related to the subject matter of
this Treaty have jeopardized its supreme interests. It shall
give notice of its decision to the other Party. Such notice
shall include a statement of the extraordinary events the
notifying Party regards as having jeopardized its supreme
interests. This Treaty shall terminate three months from the
date of receipt by the other Party of the aforementioned
notice, unless the notice specifies a later date.


4. As of the date of its entry into force, this Treaty shall
supersede the Treaty between the United States of America and
the Russian Federation on Strategic Offensive Reductions of
May 24, 2002, which shall terminate as of that date.

Article ((XVII))1 ((XV))2


1. Each Party may propose amendments to this Treaty. Agreed
amendments shall enter into force in accordance with the
procedures governing entry into force of this Treaty.


2. If it becomes necessary to make changes in the Protocol
to this Treaty that do not affect substantive rights or
obligations under the Treaty, the Parties shall use the
Bilateral Consultative Commission to reach agreement on such


changes, without resorting to the procedure for making
amendments that is set forth in paragraph 1 of this Article.

Article ((XVIII))1((XVI))2

This Treaty shall be registered pursuant to Article 102 of
the Charter of the United Nations.

Done at (location and date),in two originals, each in the
English and Russian languages, both texts being equally
authentic.

FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:

FOR THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION:

(( ))1 Proposed by the United States
(( ))2 Proposed by the Russian Federation


4. (U) Gottemoeller sends.
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