Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09GENEVA515
2009-06-25 11:19:00
SECRET
Mission Geneva
Cable title:
START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-II):
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S E C R E T GENEVA 000515
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: 06/25/2019
TAGS: KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
SUBJECT: START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-II):
(U) RUSSIAN-PROPOSED TEXT FOR A JOINT UNDERSTANDING, JUNE
24, 2009
Classified By: A/S Rose E. Gottemoeller, United States
START Negotiator. Reasons: 1.4(b) and (d).
S E C R E T GENEVA 000515
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: 06/25/2019
TAGS: KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
SUBJECT: START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-II):
(U) RUSSIAN-PROPOSED TEXT FOR A JOINT UNDERSTANDING, JUNE
24, 2009
Classified By: A/S Rose E. Gottemoeller, United States
START Negotiator. Reasons: 1.4(b) and (d).
1. (U) This is SFO-GVA-II-008.
2. (S) The text at paragraph 3 is the official translation
of the Russian-proposed text for a Joint Understanding on the
elements to be contained in a START Follow-On Treaty. The
text was provided to the U.S. Delegation on June 24, 2009 in
a line-in line-out form. The text provided below is a merged
text reflecting Russian-proposed changes.
3. (S) Begin text:
Official Translation
Final (Handwritten)
CONFIDENTIAL
To be Turned over to the
U.S. Side
Paper of the Russian Side
June 24, 2009
JOINT UNDERSTANDING
The President of the Russian Federation and the
President of the United States of America have decided on
further reductions and limitations of their nations'
strategic offensive arms and on concluding at an early date a
new legally binding agreement to replace the current START
Treaty. The new treaty will contain the following elements,
inter alia:
1. A provision to the effect that each Party will
reduce and limit its strategic offensive arms, so that seven
years after entry into force of the treaty and thereafter,
the aggregate numbers of strategic delivery vehicles and
their associated warheads do not exceed levels to be agreed
upon.
2. Provisions for calculating these limits.
3. Provisions on definitions, data exchanges,
notifications, eliminations, inspections and verification
procedures, as well as confidence building and transparency
measures, as adapted, simplified, and made less costly, as
appropriate, in comparison to the START Treaty.
4. A provision to the effect that each Party will
determine for itself the composition and structure of its
strategic offensive arms.
5. A provision on the interrelationship of strategic
offensive and strategic defensive arms.
6. Provisions on non-deployment of intercontinental
ballistic missiles and submarine-launched ballistic missiles
in a non-nuclear configuration and their impact on strategic
stability.
7. A provision on basing strategic offensive arms
exclusively on the national territory of each Party.
8. Establishment of an implementation body to resolve
questions related to treaty implementation.
9. The provisions of the treaty will not apply to
existing patterns of cooperation in the area of strategic
offensive arms between a Party and a third state.
10. A duration of the treaty of ten years, unless it is
superseded before that time by a subsequent treaty on the
reduction of strategic offensive arms.
The two Presidents direct their negotiators to finish
their work on the treaty at an early date so that they may
sign and submit it for ratification in their respective
countries.
The two Presidents have also directed that following
conclusion of the treaty, the discussion of the prospects for
effectively verifiable reductions in strategic offensive arms
will continue in a step-by-step process. (See translator's
notes below)
Done at (City),this (date) day of (month),2009, in two
originals, in the Russian and English languages.
FOR THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(President D.A. Medvedev) (President B. Obama)
--------------
Trans. Note: the words "to continue," used in the U.S.
proposal ("to continue to pursue"),are not in the Russian
text. Also, in line 4 of this paragraph, the word "their" is
missing from the Russian text (the U.S. proposal reads "their
nuclear arsenals").
Trans. Note: the words "effectively verifiable" are
handwritten in the Russian text.
--------------
End text.
4. (U) Gottemoeller sends.
STORELLA
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: 06/25/2019
TAGS: KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
SUBJECT: START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-II):
(U) RUSSIAN-PROPOSED TEXT FOR A JOINT UNDERSTANDING, JUNE
24, 2009
Classified By: A/S Rose E. Gottemoeller, United States
START Negotiator. Reasons: 1.4(b) and (d).
1. (U) This is SFO-GVA-II-008.
2. (S) The text at paragraph 3 is the official translation
of the Russian-proposed text for a Joint Understanding on the
elements to be contained in a START Follow-On Treaty. The
text was provided to the U.S. Delegation on June 24, 2009 in
a line-in line-out form. The text provided below is a merged
text reflecting Russian-proposed changes.
3. (S) Begin text:
Official Translation
Final (Handwritten)
CONFIDENTIAL
To be Turned over to the
U.S. Side
Paper of the Russian Side
June 24, 2009
JOINT UNDERSTANDING
The President of the Russian Federation and the
President of the United States of America have decided on
further reductions and limitations of their nations'
strategic offensive arms and on concluding at an early date a
new legally binding agreement to replace the current START
Treaty. The new treaty will contain the following elements,
inter alia:
1. A provision to the effect that each Party will
reduce and limit its strategic offensive arms, so that seven
years after entry into force of the treaty and thereafter,
the aggregate numbers of strategic delivery vehicles and
their associated warheads do not exceed levels to be agreed
upon.
2. Provisions for calculating these limits.
3. Provisions on definitions, data exchanges,
notifications, eliminations, inspections and verification
procedures, as well as confidence building and transparency
measures, as adapted, simplified, and made less costly, as
appropriate, in comparison to the START Treaty.
4. A provision to the effect that each Party will
determine for itself the composition and structure of its
strategic offensive arms.
5. A provision on the interrelationship of strategic
offensive and strategic defensive arms.
6. Provisions on non-deployment of intercontinental
ballistic missiles and submarine-launched ballistic missiles
in a non-nuclear configuration and their impact on strategic
stability.
7. A provision on basing strategic offensive arms
exclusively on the national territory of each Party.
8. Establishment of an implementation body to resolve
questions related to treaty implementation.
9. The provisions of the treaty will not apply to
existing patterns of cooperation in the area of strategic
offensive arms between a Party and a third state.
10. A duration of the treaty of ten years, unless it is
superseded before that time by a subsequent treaty on the
reduction of strategic offensive arms.
The two Presidents direct their negotiators to finish
their work on the treaty at an early date so that they may
sign and submit it for ratification in their respective
countries.
The two Presidents have also directed that following
conclusion of the treaty, the discussion of the prospects for
effectively verifiable reductions in strategic offensive arms
will continue in a step-by-step process. (See translator's
notes below)
Done at (City),this (date) day of (month),2009, in two
originals, in the Russian and English languages.
FOR THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(President D.A. Medvedev) (President B. Obama)
--------------
Trans. Note: the words "to continue," used in the U.S.
proposal ("to continue to pursue"),are not in the Russian
text. Also, in line 4 of this paragraph, the word "their" is
missing from the Russian text (the U.S. proposal reads "their
nuclear arsenals").
Trans. Note: the words "effectively verifiable" are
handwritten in the Russian text.
--------------
End text.
4. (U) Gottemoeller sends.
STORELLA