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SUPPLEMENTAL GUIDANCE FOR U.S. START FOLLOW-ON

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S E C R E T STATE 091134 

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GENEVA FOR JCIC

E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/31/2029
TAGS: KACT PARM START US RS
SUBJECT: SUPPLEMENTAL GUIDANCE FOR U.S. START FOLLOW-ON
TREATY DELEGATION (DRAFT NEW START TREATY INSPECTION
PROTOCOL) (CABLE 5 OF 7)

REF: A. STATE 088262 (U.S.-PROPOSED TREATY TEXT PART
S E C R E T STATE 091134 SIPDIS GENEVA FOR JCIC E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/31/2029 TAGS: KACT PARM START US RS SUBJECT: SUPPLEMENTAL GUIDANCE FOR U.S. START FOLLOW-ON TREATY DELEGATION (DRAFT NEW START TREATY INSPECTION PROTOCOL) (CABLE 5 OF 7) REF: A. STATE 088262 (U.S.-PROPOSED TREATY TEXT PART 1) ¶B. STATE 088263 (U.S.-PROPOSED TREATY TEXT PART 2) ¶C. STATE 088259 (U.S.-PROPOSED DEFINITIONS ANNEX PART 1) ¶D. STATE 088260 (U.S.-PROPOSED DEFINITIONS ANNEX PART 2) Classified By: Jerry A. Taylor, Director, VCI/SI. Reason: 1.4(b) and (d) ¶1. (S) BACKGROUND: On August 25, 2009, U.S. Embassy Moscow provided the texts of the Draft New START Treaty Articles and the associated Definitions Annex to the Russian Federation (Refs A-D). This cable contains the U.S.-proposed draft of the New START Treaty Inspection Protocol. A courtesy Russian language translation will be sent to the Delegation in Geneva by e-mail. The Annexes to the Inspection Protocol will be sent Septel when they are complete, but are unlikely to be finished prior to the end of the August 31-September 3, 2009 session. ¶2. (S) This is the fifth of XXX seven. This cable contains paragraph 3 of Section VIII through paragraph 1 of Section XII of the U.S.-proposed Draft Inspection Protocol. Delegation and Embassy should note that, due to the length of the draft, the text was sent using multiple cables. ¶3. (S) GUIDANCE: Delegation should provide a copy, including the courtesy Russian language translation, of the U.S.-proposed Draft Inspection Protocol to the Russian Delegation and, as time permits, explain the U.S. positions on the Protocol. Delegation should encourage Russian questions and reactions to the U.S. text and seek to identify areas of agreement and disagreement. Delegation should explain that the associated Inspection Protocol Annexes will be provided as soon as possible. ¶4. (U) ACTION REQUEST: Embassy Moscow is requested to combine the texts of the U.S.-proposed draft New START Treaty Inspection Protocol contained in the associated cables into one document and provide a courtesy copy of that text to appropriate host government officials. Embassy Moscow should explain that the U.S. Delegation in Geneva provided the Russian Delegation a paper and electronic copy of the text as well as a courtesy Russian-language translation of the text. Embassy is requested to confirm delivery of the text, the name and office of the official to whom it was delivered, the da
te of delivery, and any comment or reaction provided at that time. ¶5. (S/Releasable to the Russian Federation) Begin text: ¶3. Each Party shall have the right to conduct no more than one nuclear warhead inspection at any one time. Neither Party shall have the right to conduct such an inspection simultaneously with any other type of inspection at the same facility. No more than two ICBMs or SLBMs may be inspected during each nuclear warhead inspection, except as provided for in paragraph 18 of this Section. ¶4. No later than one hour after the time for the designation of the inspection site specified in the notification provided in accordance with paragraph 3 or 8 of Section III of this Protocol, the inspected Party shall implement the following pre-inspection restrictions at the ICBM base or submarine base, including the waters identified on the coastlines and waters diagram provided pursuant to paragraph 17 of Annex J to the Memorandum of Understanding: (a) The inspected Party shall not open silo doors of silo launchers of ICBMs or hatches of launchers of SLBMs that were closed at the time the restrictions were implemented. (b) The inspected Party shall not begin any work associated with the removal of ICBMs or SLBMs from silo launchers of ICBMs or SLBM launchers that were open at the time the restrictions were implemented. (c) The inspected Party shall not begin any work associated with the removal of ICBMs from mobile launchers of ICBMs. (d) The inspected Party shall not begin any work associated with the removal or installation of front sections of ICBMs or SLBMs in silo launchers of ICBMs or in SLBM launchers that were open at the time the restrictions were implemented. (e) The inspected Party shall not begin any work associated with the removal or installation of front sections of ICBMs for mobile launchers of ICBMs. (f) The inspected Party shall not remove mobile launchers of ICBMs from restricted areas. (g) The inspected Party shall not move any ballistic missile submarine from within the waters identified on the coastlines and waters diagram provided pursuant to paragraph 17 of Annex J to the Memorandum of Understanding, and shall not commence dry docking of ballistic missile submarines within such waters. ¶5. In addition to the provisions provided for in paragraph 4 of this Section, upon arrival of the inspection team at the inspection site, the inspected Party shall not move mobile launchers of ICBMs that are located in restricted areas, or ballistic missile submarines to which pre-inspection restrictions apply. ¶6. Pre-inspection restrictions provided for in paragraphs 4 and 5 of this Section shall not apply to work conducted to deal with an emergency involving a launcher, missile, or submarine. ¶7. Pre-inspection restrictions provided for in paragraphs 4 and 5 of this Section shall remain in effect until the procedures provided for in paragraph 10, 11, 12, or 13 of this Section have been completed, and for a launcher of ICBMs, fixed structure, restricted area, or ballistic missile submarine designated by the inspection team leader until inspectors have arrived at that location. ¶8. Upon arrival of the inspection team at the inspection site, a member of the in-country escort shall: (a) For ICBM bases, inform the inspection team leader of the total number of nuclear-armed reentry vehicles on deployed ICBMs at the base and the number of ICBM launchers for each type of ICBM based there, and provide the inspection team leader: (i) for ICBM bases for silo launchers of ICBMs, with a copy of the simplified site diagram of the ICBM base annotated to show the designator and location of each of those launchers at that base, the type of ICBM contained in each launcher at that base if not declared to be empty, and the number of nuclear-armed reentry vehicles on each such ICBM, or (ii) for ICBM bases for mobile ICBMs, with the simplified site diagrams of each of the restricted areas of the ICBM base annotated to show the designator and location of each of those launchers at that base, the type of ICBM deployed in each launcher at that base if not declared to be empty, and the number of nuclear-armed reentry vehicles on each such ICBM. The unique identifier shall also be specified for each ICBM for mobile launchers of ICBMs listed on the site diagram. (b) For submarine bases, inform the inspection team leader of the location and type of each ballistic missile submarine to which pre-inspection restrictions apply, and of the type of SLBM for each such submarine, provide the inspection team leader with a copy of the coastlines and waters diagram provided pursuant to paragraph 17 of Annex J to the Memorandum of Understanding, annotated to show the total number of nuclear-armed reentry vehicles on deployed SLBMs at the base, the location of each ballistic missile submarine within the waters identified pursuant to that paragraph, and the number of launchers on each such submarine. The in-country escort will also provide the inspection team leader with an annotated diagram for each such submarine showing the type of SLBM contained in each of the launchers by location and the number of nuclear-armed reentry vehicles on each such SLBM. ¶9. Upon the completion of pre-inspection procedures, the inspection team leader shall designate the ICBM(s) or SLBM(s) to be inspected in writing to a member of the in-country escort, in accordance with paragraphs 10, 11, or 12 of this Section, by identifying the launcher or launchers of ICBMs or SLBMs or fixed structure(s) for mobile launchers of ICBMs that contain those ICBMs or SLBMs to be inspected. If the inspection team leader designates for inspection, in the cases provided for in subparagraph 10(b),11(b),or 12(b),of this Section, one of the launchers of ICBMs or SLBMs, one of the fixed structures for mobile launchers of ICBMs, or one of the restricted areas declared not to contain a deployed ICBM or deployed SLBM, the inspection team leader shall designate a subgroup consisting of no more than four inspectors to conduct such an inspection. The inspection of such a launcher of ICBMs or SLBMs shall be conducted in accordance with the procedures provided for in Annex 2 to this Protocol. The inspection of such a fixed structure shall be conducted in accordance with the procedures provided for in Annex 1 to this Protocol. After a launcher of ICBMs or SLBMs or a fixed structure for mobile launchers of ICBMs has been designated in accordance with paragraph 10, 11, or 12 of this Section, a member of the in-country escort shall brief the inspectors on the route they will travel to reach the launcher of ICBMs or SLBMs or the fixed structure for mobile launchers of ICBMs. ¶10. For ICBM bases for silo launchers of ICBMs: (a) Unless a member of the in-country escort has informed the inspection team leader in accordance with subparagraph 8(a) that no silo launcher of ICBMs at the inspected ICBM base contains a deployed ICBM, the inspection team leader shall designate, using its designator or geographic coordinates, the silo launcher or launchers of ICBMs containing the deployed ICBM to be inspected. (b) If the inspection team leader intends to designate two silo launchers of ICBMs, the launchers must be selected from the same launcher group as depicted on the simplified site diagram. ¶11. For ICBM bases for mobile launchers of ICBMs: (a) Unless a member of the in-country escort has informed the inspection team leader in accordance with subparagraph 8(a) that no mobile launcher of ICBMs at the inspected ICBM base contains a deployed ICBM, the inspection team leader shall designate, using the annotated site diagram for a single restricted area, the name or geographic coordinates and unique identifier of the ICBM or ICBMs for mobile launchers of ICBMs, or fixed structure containing the deployed ICBM or ICBMs to be inspected. (b) The inspection team leader shall have the right to designate all fixed structures for mobile launchers of ICBMs and all mobile launchers of ICBMs located in one of the restricted areas of the inspected ICBM base, if a member of the in-country escort has informed the inspection team leader in accordance with subparagraph 8(a) that the ICBM base does not contain deployed ICBMs for mobile launchers of ICBMs. ¶12. For submarine bases: (a) Unless a member of the in-country escort has informed the inspection team leader in accordance with subparagraph 8(b) that no SLBM launcher at the base contains a deployed SLBM, the inspection team leader shall designate, using the annotated coastlines and waters diagram provided for in paragraph 8 of this Section, the ballistic missile submarine and its launcher containing the deployed SLBM or SLBMs to be inspected. (b) If the inspection team leader intends to designate two SLBM launchers, the SLBM launchers must be selected from the same submarine. (c) SLBM launchers on submarines in dry dock may not be designated for a nuclear warhead inspection. ¶13. The inspected Party shall transport the inspection team to the designated launcher of ICBMs or SLBMs, to the designated restricted area, or to the designated fixed structure for mobile launchers of ICBMs that contain the deployed ICBM or SLBM to be inspected, without undue delay and within the following period of time: (a) to an SLBM launcher: no later than three hours after completion of pre-inspection procedures; (b) to a restricted area located at a straight line distance of less than 100 kilometers from the maintenance facility: no later than five hours after completion of pre-inspection procedures; (c) to a restricted area located at a straight line distance of 100 kilometers or more from the maintenance facility: no later than eight hours after completion of pre-inspection procedures; or (d) to a silo launcher of ICBMs: no later than eight hours after completion of pre-inspection procedures. The times for transportation of an inspection team, provided for in this paragraph, shall also apply to the transportation of a subgroup of an inspection team to the second designated launcher of ICBMs or SLBMs, to the designated restricted area, or to the designated fixed structure for mobile launchers of ICBMs. ¶14. For the purposes of this Section, a launcher of ICBMs or SLBMs containing a deployed ICBM or SLBM without a front section shall be considered not to contain an ICBM or SLBM; in this connection, the inspection of such a launcher of ICBMs or SLBMs shall be conducted in accordance with the procedures provided for in subparagraph 7(c) of Annex 3 to this Protocol. ¶15. Nuclear warhead inspections shall be conducted in accordance with the procedures provided for in Annex 3 to this Protocol. ¶16. If a front section of an ICBM or SLBM to be inspected is viewed at a location outside the boundaries of the inspection site, the provisions of Section VI of this Protocol pertaining to the inspection site shall apply to that location, except for paragraph 3 of Section VI of this Protocol. ¶17. If an inspection team subgroup conducting an inspection, in accordance with paragraph 9 of this Section, of a launcher of ICBMs or SLBMs or a fixed structure for mobile launchers of ICBMs declared not to contain a deployed ICBM or SLBM discovers that such a launcher or fixed structure contains an ICBM or SLBM, the inspection team shall record an ambiguity in the official inspection report and may inspect that ICBM or SLBM. ¶18. If a member of the in-country escort has reported that the ICBM base or submarine base to be inspected does not contain deployed ICBMs or deployed SLBMs, the inspection team leader shall have the right to: (a) designate an inspection site associated with the same point of entry in accordance with the provisions provided for in paragraph 16 of Section V, or in paragraph 36 or 37 of Section VI of this Protocol; (b) designate for inspection as many as two launchers of ICBMs or SLBMs, restricted area, or all fixed structures for mobile launchers of ICBMs at one restricted area, as provided for in subparagraph 10(b),11(b),or 12(b) of this Section, to confirm that such a launcher or launchers of ICBMs or SLBMs, or restricted area does not contain deployed ICBMs or deployed SLBMs. In this case the inspection shall be counted against the quota provided for in paragraph 1 of this Section; or (c) to decline to conduct an inspection and to leave the territory of the inspected Party. In this case the number of nuclear warhead inspections for deployed ICBMs or deployed SLBMs to which the inspecting Party is entitled shall not be reduced. IX. Nuclear Warhead Inspections of Deployed Heavy Bombers and Nuclear Armaments Weapons Storage Areas Associated with Airbases for Deployed Heavy Bombers Conducted Pursuant to Subparagraph 3(b) of Article XI of the Treaty ¶1. Except as provided for in paragraph 2 of this Section, each Party shall have the right, upon entry into force of the Treaty and thereafter, to conduct each year a total of four nuclear warhead inspections of deployed heavy bombers at air bases where such heavy bombers are based. ¶2. In infrequent special cases, and for purposes not inconsistent with the Treaty, the inspected Party may temporarily exempt appropriate air bases from nuclear warhead inspections. Notification of such exemptions shall be provided through diplomatic channels along with an explanation of the reason for the exemption. ¶3. Each Party shall have the right to conduct nuclear warhead inspections at air bases for deployed heavy bombers for the purpose of confirming the data on the numbers, by type, of deployed heavy bombers; and that the number of nuclear armaments on those deployed heavy bombers or in nuclear armaments weapon storage areas associated with such air bases is equal to the number of nuclear warheads declared for that air base. ¶4. Each Party shall have the right to conduct no more than one nuclear warhead inspection at any one time. Neither Party shall have the right to conduct such an inspection simultaneously with any other type of inspection at the same facility. ¶5. No later than one hour after the time for the designation of the inspection site specified in the notification provided in accordance with paragraph 3 or 8 of Section III of this Protocol, the inspected Party shall implement the following pre-inspection restrictions at the inspection site, which shall remain in effect until the procedures provided in paragraph 7 of this Section have been completed: (a) Deployed heavy bombers of types of airplanes based at the inspected facility shall not leave the inspection site. However, test heavy bombers, information about which has been provided in accordance with sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph 17 of Section V of this Protocol, may leave the inspection site. (b) Nuclear armaments for heavy bombers, closed vehicles and containers large enough to contain the smallest nuclear armament of the inspected Party, and covered or environmentally protected objects large enough to contain or to be a nuclear armament for heavy bombers of the inspected Party shall not be removed from the nuclear armaments weapons storage area associated with that air base for deployed heavy bombers. ¶6. Upon arrival of the inspection team at the inspection site, a member of the in-country escort shall: (a) Inform the inspection team leader of the numbers, and, as applicable, type, category, and variant, of deployed heavy bombers at that air base. At the same time, the member of the in-country escort shall provide the inspection team leader with a copy of the site diagram of the air base, annotated to indicate the location at the air base of such heavy bombers. (b) Inform the inspection team leader of the numbers, by category, type and, if applicable, variant, of any deployed heavy bombers that are loaded with nuclear armaments and the number of nuclear armaments on such heavy bombers. The in-country escort shall annotate the site diagram provided in subparagraph (a) of this paragraph with the location at the air base of such heavy bombers. (c) Inform the inspection team leader of the location of nuclear armaments weapon storage areas associated with the air base and provide a site diagram of such areas. The in-country escort shall inform the inspection team leader of the number of nuclear armaments for heavy bombers located in such areas and shall annotate the location of such armaments on the site diagrams provided in this subparagraph. ¶7. Upon the completion of pre-inspection procedures the inspection team leader shall have the right to designate subgroups of inspectors for the inspections of deployed heavy bombers and inspections of nuclear armaments weapon storage areas. ¶8. The inspecting party shall have the right to: (a) Confirm that the number, by type and, if applicable, category and variant, of deployed heavy bombers, is no more than the number of deployed heavy bombers declared at that facility by the in-country escort. The inspecting Party shall have the right to inspect all deployed heavy bombers, of a type specified as based at that air base, that were located at the facility at the time pre-inspection restrictions went into effect or that returned to the facility during the period of the inspection. Inspections of such heavy bombers shall be conducted in accordance with the procedures provided for in Annex 4 to this Protocol. Test heavy bombers shall not be subject to inspection. For structures within the boundaries of the site diagram for the air base where deployed heavy bombers are located, inspectors shall have the right to ascertain whether or not that structure contains only a deployed heavy bomber. (b) Confirm that the number of nuclear armaments loaded on heavy bombers is equal to the number of such nuclear armaments specified by the in-country escort and annotated on the site diagram. (c) Confirm that the number of nuclear armaments for heavy bombers within the boundaries of nuclear armaments weapons storages areas associated with the air base is equal to the number nuclear warheads specified by the in-country escort. The inspecting Party shall have the right to inspect all covered or environmentally protected objects, containers, vehicles, and structures that are located within the boundaries of such nuclear armaments weapons storages areas and that are large enough to contain the smallest nuclear armament for heavy bombers of a type for which notifications of data according to categories of data contained in Annex H to the Memorandum of Understanding have been provided. Such inspections shall be carried out in accordance with the procedures provided for in Annex 4 to this Protocol. ¶X. Conversion or Elimination Inspections Conducted Pursuant to Paragraph 4 of Article XI of the Treaty ¶1. Each Party shall have the right to conduct, upon entry into force of the Treaty and thereafter, conversion or elimination inspections in accordance with the appropriate provisions provided for in this Protocol and its Annexes, and the procedures provided for in the Conversion or Elimination Protocol. ¶2. Upon arrival of the inspection team at the location specified in a notification provided in accordance with paragraph 1 of Section IV of the Notification Protocol, the inspected Party shall provide the inspection team with a schedule of conversion or elimination activities. ¶3. The inspecting Party shall have the right to replace its inspectors conducting conversion or elimination inspections, subject to the following provisions: (a) For each inspection site, replacement of inspectors shall be carried out not more than once every three weeks, and the number of inspectors subject to replacement in each case shall not be less than 50 percent of the inspectors located there. (b) Replacement of inspectors shall be carried out at the inspection site, subject to the limitation on the maximum number of inspectors provided for in paragraph 28 of Section VI to this Protocol. If at any time the total of the number of inspectors at the inspection site and the number of those arriving on the territory of the inspected Party for replacement exceeds the maximum number of inspectors provided for in paragraph 28 of Section VI of this Protocol, the replacement of inspectors shall be carried out at the airport closest to the inspection site. (c) Before the departure of the outgoing inspection team leader from the inspection site, the inspection team leader and a member of the in-country escort shall confirm in the inspection report that the inspection team as then constituted has completed its inspection with respect to the items presented to that team and shall indicate the number of items of each type for which elimination procedures have been completed. The specific procedures for eliminating the last item undergoing elimination at that site that were observed by the inspection team headed by the outgoing leader shall be completed before the departure of the outgoing inspection team leader from the inspection site. (d) The inspected Party shall not resume the elimination procedures until the pre-inspection procedures have been completed for the newly arrived inspectors. Any delay in the resumption of the elimination procedures caused by the arrival of a new inspection team leader shall not exceed three hours. ¶4. In the case of a delay in the initiation of activities beyond the scheduled date specified in the notification provided in accordance with paragraph 1 of Section IV of the Notification Protocol: (a) if the delay is five days or less and the inspection team is either en route to the point of entry or has arrived on the territory of the inspected Party, the inspected Party shall decide whether the inspection team should be located at the point of entry or at the inspection site for the period of the delay; or (b) if the delay is more than five days and the inspection team has arrived on the territory of the inspected Party, the inspection team shall leave the territory of the inspected Party, unless the Parties agree otherwise. ¶5. For the elimination of ICBMs for mobile launchers of ICBMs and their launch canisters, inspectors shall have the right to make observations and measurements subject to the provisions of the Conversion or Elimination Protocol. ¶6. At conversion or elimination facilities where ICBMs for mobile launchers of ICBMs and their launch canisters are eliminated by burning, explosive demolition, or explosion, as provided for in the Conversion or Elimination Protocol, the inspected Party shall provide inspectors with binoculars that permit observation of the elimination process from a place designated by a member of the in-country escort. ¶7. For the elimination of mobile launchers of ICBMs, and mobile training launchers, inspectors shall have the right to make observations and measurements subject to the provisions of the Conversion or Elimination Protocol. ¶8. The elimination of fixed structures of mobile launchers of ICBMs shall be subject to verification by national technical means in accordance with the provisions of the Conversion or Elimination Protocol. ¶9. For the elimination of heavy bombers, inspectors shall have the right to make observations subject to the provisions of the Conversion or Elimination Protocol. ¶10. For converted heavy bombers, inspectors shall have the right to make observations and measurements subject to the provisions the Conversion or Elimination Protocol. The inspecting Party shall have the right to conduct an inspection within the 20-day period that begins on the date the converted heavy bomber arrives at the viewing site at the conversion or elimination facility as provided for in the Conversion or Elimination Protocol, to confirm that it has been converted. ¶11. For the elimination of silo launchers, test silo launchers, and training silo launchers of ICBMs, inspectors shall have the right to make observations subject to the provisions of the Conversion or Elimination Protocol. ¶12. The elimination of SLBM launchers of SLBMs shall be subject to verification by national technical means in accordance with the provisions of the Conversion or Elimination Protocol. ¶13. For the conversion of SLBM launchers of SLBMs, inspectors shall have the right to make observations and measurements subject to the provisions the Conversion or Elimination Protocol. ¶14. For changing the accountability of ICBMs, SLBMs, launch canisters, ICBM launchers, SLBM launchers, and heavy bombers by placing them on static display, inspectors shall have the right to make observations and measurements subject to the provisions of the Conversion or Elimination Protocol. The inspecting Party shall have the right to conduct such an inspection within the 30-day period that begins on the date of the receipt of the notification provided in accordance with paragraph 4 of Section IV of the Notification Protocol. XI. Formerly Declared Facility Inspections Conducted Pursuant to Paragraph 5 of Article XI of the Treaty ¶1. Each Party shall have the right, after entry into force of the Treaty and thereafter, to conduct formerly declared facility inspections. Each Party shall have the right to conduct a total of two such inspections each year, with no more than two such inspections each year at any one facility. Such inspections may be conducted at facilities specified in paragraph 2 of this Section, the elimination of which has been specified in a notification provided in accordance with paragraph 3 of Section I of the Notification Protocol. For each such facility, formerly declared facility inspections may be conducted beginning 60 days after notification has been provided, in accordance with paragraph 3 of Section I of the Notification Protocol, of the elimination of the facility. ¶2. Each Party shall have the right to conduct formerly declared facility inspections at any of the following facilities: ICBM bases; submarine bases; ICBM loading facilities; SLBM loading facilities; repair facilities for ICBMs, SLBMs, or mobile launchers of ICBMs; storage facilities for ICBMs, SLBMs, or mobile launchers of ICBMs; training facilities for ICBMs or SLBMs; conversion or elimination facilities for ICBMs, SLBMs, or mobile launchers of ICBMs; and test ranges. ¶3. No later than one hour after the time for the designation of the inspection site, specified in a notification provided in accordance with paragraph 3 or 8 of Section III of this Protocol, the inspected Party shall implement pre-inspection restrictions at the inspection site, which shall remain in effect until the inspection team completes the pre-inspection procedures. During the period of time that pre-inspection restrictions are in effect, containers, launch canisters, and enclosed vehicles, large enough to contain an item of inspection of the inspected Party and covered or environmentally protected objects large enough to contain or to be such items shall not be removed from the inspection site. ¶4. Each Party shall have the right to conduct no more than two formerly declared facility inspections at any one time. No more than one such inspection utilizing the same point of entry shall be conducted at any one time. ¶5. Inspectors shall have the right to inspect the entire inspection site, subject to the procedures provided for in Annex 1 to this Protocol. XII. Technical Characteristics Exhibitions and Inspections Conducted Pursuant to Paragraph 6 of Article XI of the Treaty ¶1. Except as provided for in subparagraphs 5(c) and 5(d) of Annex 11 to this Protocol, each Party shall conduct, no earlier than three days after notification has been provided in accordance with paragraph 1 of Section I of the Notification Protocol, but no later than 45 days after entry into force of the Treaty, technical characteristics exhibitions required by paragraph 5 of Article XI of the Treaty, of an ICBM and an SLBM of each type and variant thereof, and each version of a mobile launcher of ICBMs for each type of ICBM for mobile launchers of ICBMs, existing as of the date of entry into force of the Treaty, if such a exhibition was not previously conducted in conjunction with fulfilling the requirements of the START Treaty. An exhibition of an ICBM or SLBM shall include an exhibition, in accordance with the procedures provided for in Annex 11 to this Protocol, of the ICBM or the SLBM; the first stage of the ICBM or SLBM; the launch canister, if applicable; and the self-contained dispensing mechanism, if applicable. Such exhibitions shall be pre-scheduled by agreement between the Parties. End text. CLINTON

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