START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA

S E C R E T GENEVA 001221 SIPDIS DEPT FOR T, VCI AND EUR/PRA DOE FOR NNSA/NA-24 CIA FOR WINPAC JCS FOR J5/DDGSA SECDEF FOR OSD(P)/STRATCAP NAVY FOR CNO-N5JA AND DIRSSP AIRFORCE FOR HQ USAF/ASX AND ASXP DTRA FOR OP-OS OP-OSA AND DIRECTOR NSC FOR LOOK DIA FOR LEA E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/19/2019 TAGS: KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START 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 This Treaty shall remain in force for 10 years unless superseded earlier by a subsequent agreement on the reduction and limitation of strategic offensive arms.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 If the Parties decide to extend this Treaty, it will be extended for a period of no more than five years unless it is superseded before the expiration of that period by a subsequent agreement on the reduction and limitation of strategic offensive arms.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. GRIFFITHS