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SUBJECT: START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-VI):
(U) THIRD MEETING OF THE TREATY TEXT WORKING GROUP, OCTOBER
23, 2009

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


1. (U) This is SFO-GVA-VI-026.


2. (U) Meeting Date: October 23, 2009
Time: 3:00 - 6:00 P.M.
Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva

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SUMMARY
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3. (S) The third meeting of the Treaty Text Working Group
(TTWG) was held at the U.S. Mission on October 23, 2009. In
response to an earlier request from the Russian Head of
Delegation, the sides had agreed the U.S. side would make an
oral presentation on mobile missiles during this meeting.
However, the Russian Delegation arrived prepared to discuss
treaty terms and definitions and not to receive the U.S.
presentation. Definitions Subgroup Head Admiral Kuznetsov
insisted he was not authorized by the Russian Head of
Delegation to discuss -- or even to listen to -- the U.S.
presentation nor were the appropriate Russian experts
present. (Begin comment: Col Ryzhkov was not available.
End comment.) After an attempt to resolve the situation, the
sides agreed to postpone the U.S. presentation on mobile
missiles until the next earliest opportunity, presumably the
next plenary session. (Begin comment: The presentation was
delivered in the plenary session on October 27, 2009. End
comment.)


4. (S) The sides developed a strategy for discussing and
resolving treaty terms and definitions. The U.S. accepted a
Russian proposal to form a subgroup on treaty terms and
definitions subordinate to the TTWG and led by Mr. Siemon and
Kuznetsov. The sides also agreed to group terms into three
categories: Group 1 would be terms on which the sides
already agreed (based on the texts that had been exchanged),
Group 2 would be terms the sides agreed would be in the
treaty and which could be discussed by the subgroup in the
near term and, Group 3 would be terms associated with key
outstanding issues such as continuous portal monitoring,
mobile ICBMs, and telemetry. The sides identified, and
agreed upon, 18 terms and definitions for Group 1, 34 terms
and definitions for Group 2 and 64 terms and definitions for
Group 3.


5. (U) SUBJECT SUMMARY: Russia Not Authorized to Hear U.S.
Mobiles Presentation; and, Agreed Upon Terms and Definitions

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RUSSIA NOT AUTHORIZED TO HEAR
U.S. MOBILES PRESENTATION
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6. (S) Despite earlier agreement by Heads of Delegation for
the U.S. side to present its position on mobile missiles
during this meeting of the TTWG, the Russian TTWG was not
prepared to receive the briefing. Mr. Koshelev, the overall
Russian TTWG chairperson was not present and his deputy,
Kuznetsov claimed the Russians had not brought experts to the
meeting capable of engaging in a discussion on the U.S


presentation or receiving an oral presentation. After
telephone consultations with the Russian Mission, Kuznetsov
conveyed Russian Ambassador Antonov's suggestion that the
U.S. Delegation provide its mobile missile presentation in
writing so the Russian Delegation could prepare questions for
future discussion.


7. (S) Ambassador Ries explained that the U.S. had been
prepared to deliver a presentation and that Antonov had
agreed the presentation would occur during the TTWG. Ries
explained that the U.S. side had made special arrangements
for its senior delegates to present the U.S. position during
the TTWG in an oral briefing format and had not prepared
documents to be passed to the Russians. She suggested the
Russians listen to the briefing instead and take their notes
back to their delegation. After Kuznetsov repeated several
times that he was not authorized to hear the presentation,
Ries responded that, in the interest of working toward a
solution, it would be best to postpone the discussion until
the next earliest opportunity.

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AGREED UPON TERMS
AND DEFINITIONS
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8. (S) The sides moved on to discuss treaty terms and
definitions. Ries agreed with the Russian proposal to form a
subgroup subordinate to the TTWG, to be headed by Mr. Siemon,
to negotiate terms and definitions. Siemon explained his
vision that the most efficient way to reach resolution on
terms and definitions would be to divide the terms and
definitions into three groups. Group 1 would be terms where
the sides had essentially already agreed, Group 2 would be
terms the sides agreed would be in the treaty and could be
resolved within the subgroup, and Group 3 would be terms
requiring resolution in other working groups and associated
with key outstanding issues such as portal monitoring, mobile
systems, and telemetry. Siemon suggested building off
success by identifying Group 1 terms and definitions.
Kuznetsov agreed and provided the U.S. with a Russian
prepared joint draft text. He suggested going through the
Russian prepared document. The sides agreed on the following
18 terms and definitions (some of which still contained some
brackets for conforming):


1. The term "ballistic missile" means a missile that is
a weapon-delivery vehicle that has a ballistic trajectory
over most of its flight path.


2. The term "bomber" means an airplane of a type, any
one of which was initially constructed or later converted to
be equipped for bombs or air-to-surface missiles.


3. The term "cruise missile" means a missile that is an
unmanned, self-propelled weapon-delivery vehicle that
sustains flight through the use of aerodynamic lift over most
of its flight path.


4. The term "front section" means that portion of the
payload of the final stage that contains the reentry vehicle
or reentry vehicles and may, depending on design, include a
(platform for a)2 reentry vehicle (platform,)1 (or reentry


vehicles,)2 penetration aids, and a shroud.


5. The term "heavy bomber flight test center" means a
facility, other than a production facility for heavy bombers,
at which test heavy bombers are based and their operation is
supported.


6. The term "ICBM launcher" means a device intended or
used to contain, prepare for launch, and launch an ICBM.


7. The term "intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)"
means a land-based ballistic missile with a range in excess
of 5,500 kilometers.


8. The term "long-range ALCM" means an ALCM with a
range in excess of 600 kilometers.


9. The term "maintenance facility" means a facility
that is part of an ICBM base and at which ICBMs and (ICBM)1
(mobile)2 launchers (of ICBMs)2 are maintained and their
operation is supported.


10. The term "period of inspection" means the period of
time from completion of the pre-inspection procedures until
the commencement of post-inspection procedures.


11. The term "produce" means build, construct, or
manufacture in any quantity, and includes serial production
as well as one-of-a-kind manufacturing.


12. The term "reentry vehicle" means that part of the
front section that can survive reentry through the dense
layers of the Earth's atmosphere and that is designed for
delivering a weapon to a target or for testing such a
delivery.


13. The term "self-contained dispensing mechanism"
means a device that separates from the final stage of a
missile together with the front section and that
independently targets and releases the reentry vehicle or
reentry vehicles and penetration aids.


14. The term "SLBM launcher" means a device intended or
used to contain, prepare for launch, and launch an SLBM.


15. The term "submarine base" means a facility at which
ballistic missile submarines are based and that provides
shore-based support for such submarines, which may include
the assembly, loading, maintenance, and storage of SLBMs,
unless otherwise provided for in the Treaty.


16. The term "submarine-launched ballistic missile
(SLBM)" means a ballistic missile with a range in excess of
600 kilometers of a type, any one of which has been contained
in or launched from a submarine.


17. The term "test range" means a designated land area,
other than an ICBM base, from which launches of ICBMs or
SLBMs are conducted.


18. The term "training facility" means:

(a) for ICBMs or SLBMs, a specified facility,


outside an ICBM base or a submarine base, at which personnel
are trained to use, operate, or maintain ICBMs or SLBMs and
their launchers;

(b) for heavy bombers, a facility where training heavy
bombers are based.


9. (S) After agreeing on Group 1 terms and definitions, the
sides continued through the Russian document identifying 34
terms and definitions for discussion in Group 2 and 64 terms
and definitions for Group 3. The Russian side said they
would prepare papers to reflect the grouping of terms.


10. (S) Ries closed the meeting by suggesting that the group
be flexible and, as other working groups resolved issues
associated with terms and definitions in Group 3, the
subgroup should immediately examine those terms and decide
whether they can be moved into Group 1 or 2. Kuznetsov
agreed.


11. (U) Documents exchanged.

- Russia:

-- Russian Joint Draft Text on Terms and Definitions,
October 23, 2009.


12. (U) Participants:

U.S.

Amb. Ries
Mr. Siemon
Mr. Brown
LT Col Comeau
Mr. Connell
Mr. Dean
Mr. DeNinno
Mr. Dunn
Mrs. Zdravecky
Mr. Shkeyrov (Int)

RUSSIA

Adm (Ret) Kuznetsov
Ms. Fuzhenkova
Mr. Luchaninov
Mr. Kamenskiy
Ms. Kotkova
Col Pischulov
Mr. Gayduk (Int)


13. (U) Gottemoeller sends.
GRIFFITHS