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2009-09-15 22:34:00
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SFO-DIP-09-005F: U.S. DRAFT NEW START TREATY

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SIPDIS
GENEVA FOR JCIC

E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/14/2029
TAGS: KACT PARM START US RS
SUBJECT: SFO-DIP-09-005F: U.S. DRAFT NEW START TREATY
INSPECTION PROTOCOL ANNEXES, CABLE 6 OF 8

REF: A. STATE 088262 (U.S.-PROPOSED TREATY TEXT PART
S E C R E T STATE 096008

SIPDIS
GENEVA FOR JCIC

E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/14/2029
TAGS: KACT PARM START US RS
SUBJECT: SFO-DIP-09-005F: U.S. DRAFT NEW START TREATY
INSPECTION PROTOCOL ANNEXES, CABLE 6 OF 8

REF: A. STATE 088262 (U.S.-PROPOSED TREATY TEXT PART 1)

B. STATE 088263 (U.S.-PROPOSED TREATY TEXT PART 2)

C. STATE 091093 (DRAFT NEW START TREATY IP CABLE 1
OF 7)

D. STATE 091284 (DRAFT NEW START TREATY IP CABLE 2
OF 7)

E. STATE 091291 (DRAFT NEW START TREATY IP CABLE 3
OF 7)

F. STATE 091106 (DRAFT NEW START TREATY IP CABLE 4
OF 7)

G. STATE 091134 (DRAFT NEW START TREATY IP CABLE 5
OF 7)

H. STATE 091143 (DRAFT NEW START TREATY IP CABLE 6
OF 7)

I. STATE 091151 (DRAFT NEW START TREATY IP CABLE 7
OF 7)

Classified By: Jerry A. Taylor, Director, VCI/SI.
Reason: 1.4(b) and (d)


1. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4
below.


2. (S) BACKGROUND: On August 25, 2009, U.S. Embassy
Moscow provided to the Russian Federation the texts of
the
U.S.-proposed Draft New START Treaty Articles (Refs A and
B). On September 2, 2009, the U.S. Delegation to the New
START Treaty negotiations provided the texts of the
U.S.-proposed Draft New START Treaty Inspection Protocol
to the Russian Delegation in Geneva (Refs C-I). This
cable contains the U.S.-proposed draft of the New START
Treaty Inspection Protocol Annexes.


3. (S) This is cable 6 of 8 cables. This cable contains
Section II of Annex 9 through paragraph 3(d) of Section I
of Annex 13 of the U.S.-proposed Draft Inspection
Protocol
Annexes. Embassy should note that, due to the length of
the draft, the text was sent using multiple cables.


4. (U) ACTION REQUEST: Embassy Moscow is requested to
combine the texts of the U.S. draft New START Treaty
Inspection Protocol Annexes contained in the associated
cables into one document and provide that text to
appropriate host government officials. Washington will
provide a courtesy Russian-language translation of the
U.S. draft New START Treaty Telemetry Protocol when
available; however, delivery of the English language text
should not be delayed. Embassy is requested to confirm
delivery of the text, the name and office of the official
to whom it was delivered, the date of delivery, and any
comment or reaction provided at that time.


5. (S/Releasable to the Russian Federation) Begin text:

II. Methods of Use of Equipment

The Parties agree to use the equipment specified in
Section I of this Annex as follows:


A. For the Russian Federation:


1. Equipment at the Portal:

(a) Equipment installed at the portal shall be used to

screen road and rail vehicles and exposed cargoes to
determine whether they are large enough to contain or to
be an item of continuous monitoring. If such vehicles
and
cargoes are not large enough to contain or to be an item
of continuous monitoring, as determined by screening,
such
vehicles and cargoes shall be allowed to proceed without
further inspection and without undue delay. If such
vehicles and cargoes are large enough to contain or to be
an item of continuous monitoring, monitors shall have the
right to stop and inspect such vehicles and cargoes in
accordance with the procedures provided for in Annex 5 to
this Protocol.

(b) The following equipment, which the inspecting Party
may install at the portal of a facility subject to
continuous monitoring or monitored facility, shall
function as follows:

(i) The television camera surveillance and measurement
system shall permit a monitor in the operations center to
observe the situation at the portal, produce a continuous
videotape and video snapshots of vehicles proceeding
through the portal, and perform remote dimensional
screening of vehicles exiting the monitored facility.
Television cameras shall be mounted on three and six
meter
high assembled sectional masts. The fixed field of view
of such cameras shall be agreed by the Parties.
Television cameras for remote dimensional screening of
exiting vehicles shall be located no more than 50 meters
from, and perpendicular to the vehicular route through
the
portal and no more than 30 meters from the middle of the
screening area facing in the direction of traffic.

(ii) The system of infrared and magnetometric sensors
shall be installed in the screening area on both sides of
the route of traffic and used to monitor the direction of
movement of vehicles, to identify vehicle locations, and
to relay video snapshots of side views and front images
of
vehicles for the remote dimensional screening of vehicles
and exposed cargoes to determine whether a vehicle or
exposed cargo is large enough to contain or to be an item
of continuous monitoring. Infrared sensors shall be
mounted on special supports on both sides of the
screening
area and shall register beam interruption by exiting
vehicles. Magnetometric sensors shall be installed on
one
side of the screening area and shall be a back up system
that allows vehicles to be distinguished from other
objects breaking the sensor beams.

(iii) Traffic signal and control equipment consisting of
electromechanical entrance and exit gate position
sensors,
traffic lights controlling the exit of a vehicle from the
monitored facility, as well as a semaphore gate shall be
used to control a vehicle in the portal area.

(iv) The equipment for additional lighting of the portal
areas shall include general purpose and emergency lights
and flood lights for contrast lighting of vehicles while
the side and front measurement television cameras are
turned on. General purpose and emergency lights shall be
mounted on six meter high assembled metal poles so as to
ensure the lighting of the portal area. Floodlights for
contrast lighting of vehicles shall be mounted on three
or
six meter high sectional masts near the screening area
along the vehicular route through the portal.

(v) Weight sensors shall be used to weigh road vehicles
in accordance with the procedures provided for in Annex 5
to this Protocol.

(vi) Fixed measuring rods shall be used for visual
evaluation of vehicle dimensions.

(vii) Portable measuring poles, tape measures and other
measuring devices shall be used for direct dimensional
measurement of vehicles, covered and environmentally
protected objects, containers, launch canisters, and
cargoes.

(viii) Cabling shall link equipment at the portal and
the
operations center.


2. Monitoring Equipment for Road Exits:

(a) Equipment installed at each road exit shall be used
to screen road vehicles and exposed cargoes to determine
whether they are large enough to contain or to be an item
of continuous monitoring. If such vehicles or cargoes
are
not large enough to contain or to be an item of
continuous
monitoring, as determined by screening, such vehicles and
cargoes shall be allowed to proceed without undue delay.
If such vehicles or cargo are large enough to contain or
to be an item of continuous monitoring, monitors shall
bring that to the attention of the in-country escort, and
the inspected Party shall direct such vehicle or cargo to
the portal of the monitored facility.

(b) The following equipment, which the inspecting Party
may install at each road exit of the facility subject to
continuous monitoring or monitored facility, shall
function as follows:

(i) The television camera surveillance and measurement
system shall permit a monitor in the operations center to
observe the situation at the road exits and remotely
screen the dimensions of exiting vehicles by means of
video information from the measurement television
cameras. Television cameras shall be installed on three
and six meter high sectional masts. Surveillance
television cameras shall monitor the entrance and exit
gates as well as the area of the road exit. Measurement
television cameras shall be installed no more than 50
meters from, and perpendicular to the vehicle route
through the road exit and no more than 30 meters from the
middle of the screening area facing in the direction of
traffic. The fixed field of view of such cameras shall
be
agreed by the Parties.

(ii) The system of infrared and magnetometric sensors
installed on both sides of the screening area of the road
exit shall be used to monitor the direction of movement
of
vehicles and exposed cargoes, relay video snapshots of
side and frontal images of vehicles.

(iii) The system for monitoring the dimensions of
vehicles, consists of vertical arrays of infrared
transmitters and receivers located on both sides of the
screening area of the road exit and of a doppler road
sensor installed on the shoulder and beamed at the
approaching exiting vehicle. The information from the
doppler and infrared sensors is received in the
operations
center in order to produce a profile of the exiting
vehicle or exposed cargo to determine whether the vehicle
or exposed cargo is large enough to contain or to be an
item of continuous monitoring.

(iv) The traffic signal and control equipment,
consisting
of electromechanical exit and entrance gate position
sensors, dual signal traffic lights and semaphore gates
shall be used to control vehicles exiting the monitored
facility.

(v) The equipment for additional lighting of the road
exit control area, which includes general purpose and
emergency lights and floodlights, shall ensure the
operation of the television measurement cameras. Such
equipment shall be mounted on six meter high poles and
three meter high masts.

(vi) Fixed measuring rods shall be used for visual
evaluation of the dimensions of exiting vehicles and
exposed cargoes.

(vii) Portable measuring poles, tape measures, and other
measuring devices shall be used for direct dimensional
measurement of vehicles and exposed cargoes.

(viii) Cabling shall link equipment at the exit with the
operations center.


3. Perimeter Monitoring Equipment:

(a) Equipment may be placed by the inspecting Party
along
the entire perimeter of the facility subject to
continuous
monitoring or monitored facility. Such equipment shall
be
used by monitors to observe the activity along the
perimeter and within the perimeter continuous monitoring
area.

(b) The following equipment, which the inspecting Party
may install along the perimeter and within the perimeter
continuous monitoring area of the facility subject to
continuous monitoring or monitored facility, shall
function as follows:

(i) The perimeter fence integrity monitoring system
shall
consist of sensor elements and section boxes mounted on
the perimeter mesh fence. A sensor element shall consist
of segments of special cable up to 500 meters long, laid
in two parallel threads along the fence and connected
to
a section box that is mounted on fence supports.

(ii) The section boxes shall be connected to one another
and to the operations center by a cable for signaling a
possible perimeter violation and the location of the
violation.

(iii) The section boxes shall have telephone connections
to the operations center as well. Conduits for cables
connecting portal equipment to equipment at the road
exits, shall be fastened onto the perimeter mesh fence
supports.


4. Operations Center Equipment:

(a) The operations center for the perimeter and portal
continuous monitoring system shall serve as the
headquarters for the monitoring team. The operations
center building shall be located at the portal within the
perimeter continuous monitoring area and shall consist of
five sections, three of which shall be used to house
technical equipment and two shall be used as an off duty
area. The location of the building shall provide for an
unobstructed view of the portal.

(b) The equipment located in the operations center may
be
used by monitors to:

(i) Observe on television monitor screens the situation
in the perimeter continuous monitoring area, at the
portal, and at the road exits;

(ii) Operate the traffic lights and semaphore gates;

(iii) Check color graphic displays of measurements of
dimensions of exiting vehicles and exposed cargoes
obtained using infrared and television systems;

(iv) Remotely control the lighting of the portal areas;

(v) Control the perimeter fence integrity monitoring
system;

(vi) Receive, switch, and digitally process video
information from surveillance and measurement television
cameras;

(vii) Control outside devices, monitor sensors, and
determine whether a vehicle or exposed cargo is large
enough to contain or to be an item of continuous
monitoring;

(viii) Record video data, information from sensors, and
computer processed information;

(ix) Provide telephone communications, radio
communications and fire alarms; and

(x) Transmit, using the two dedicated telephone lines
and
satellite communications equipment, unencrypted
monitoring
related data including video snapshots and photographs.
Such information shall not be transmitted via the non
dedicated commercial telephone line.

(c) Electrical power supply equipment shall be used to
transform the voltages and the frequencies of the feeder
network to supply uninterrupted power for technical
systems in the event of a brief interruption in the
electrical power provided by the inspected Party.

(d) A diesel generator with fuel tanks shall be located
under an awning near the operations center and shall be
used as an independent electrical power supply source for
technical systems in the event of a protracted
interruption in the electrical power provided by the
inspected Party.


B. For the United States of America:


1. Equipment at the Portal:

(a) Equipment installed at the portal shall be used to
screen rail vehicles, road vehicles, and exposed cargoes
to determine whether they are large enough to contain or
to be an item of continuous monitoring. If such vehicles
and cargoes are not large enough to contain or to be such
an item of continuous monitoring, as determined by
screening, such vehicles and cargoes shall be allowed to
proceed without further inspection and without undue
delay. If such vehicles or cargoes are large enough to
contain or to be an item of continuous monitoring,
monitors shall have the right to stop and inspect such
vehicles and cargoes in accordance with the procedures
provided for in Annex 5 to this Protocol.

(b) The following equipment, or part of such equipment,
which the inspecting Party may install at the portal of a
facility subject to continuous monitoring or monitored
facility, shall function as follows:

(i) Vehicle sensors shall provide indication of an
approaching vehicle to the monitors in the operations
center. Such sensors may include in road induction loop
sensors, above ground induction loop sensors, infrared
breakbeams, gate opening sensors placed on gates of the
facility, or other sensors.

(ii) Traffic control devices shall be employed to
control
each vehicles passage through the portal so that it may
be screened by the monitors and the equipment. Traffic
control devices may include traffic lights and semaphore
gates, or other devices.

(iii) Length screening sensors shall assist monitors in
the operations center in determining whether a vehicle or
exposed cargo is large enough to contain or to be an item
of continuous monitoring. Such sensors may include
infrared breakbeams, video cameras with video foredrops
(fixed measuring rods for video imaging),or other
sensors.

(iv) Weight sensors shall be used to weigh road vehicles
in accordance with procedures provided for in Annex 5 to
this Protocol.

(v) The surveillance system, which may include video
cameras mounted on poles, shall allow the monitors to
observe activities in the area of the portal from the
operations center, to record video images, and to take,
as
necessary, video snapshots of vehicles moving through the
portal. The fixed field of view of such cameras shall be
agreed by the Parties.

(vi) Lights on poles shall provide illumination for
observation of the portal area and for the video cameras.

(vii) Data authentication devices may be used to confirm
the validity of signals relayed from cameras and sensors
to the operations center.


2. Equipment at the Road Exits:

(a) Equipment installed at each road exit shall be used
to screen road vehicles and exposed cargoes to determine
whether they are large enough to contain or to be an item
of continuous monitoring. If such vehicles and cargoes
are not large enough to contain or to be such an item of
continuous monitoring as determined by screening, such
vehicles or cargoes shall be allowed to proceed without
undue delay. If such vehicles or cargoes are large
enough
to contain or to be an item of continuous monitoring, the
monitors shall call this to the attention of the
in-country escort and the inspected Party shall direct
such vehicles or cargoes to the portal of the monitored
facility.

(b) The following equipment or part of such equipment,
which the inspecting Party may install at each road exit
of the facility subject to continuous monitoring or
monitored facility, shall function as follows:

(i) Vehicle sensors shall provide indication of an
approaching road vehicle to the monitors in the
operations
center and exit shelter. Such sensors may include in
road
induction loop sensors, above ground induction loop
sensors, infrared breakbeams, gate opening sensors placed
on gates of the facility, or other sensors.

(ii) Traffic control devices shall be employed to
control
the passage of each vehicle or exposed cargo through the
road exit so that it may be screened by the monitors and
the equipment. Traffic control devices may include
traffic lights and semaphore gates, or other devices.

(iii) Length screening sensors shall assist monitors in
the operations center and exit shelters in determining
whether a vehicle or exposed cargo is large enough to
contain or to be an item of continuous monitoring. Such
sensors may include infrared breakbeams, video cameras
with video foredrops (fixed measuring rods for visual
imaging) or other sensors.

(iv) The surveillance system, which may include video
cameras mounted on poles, shall allow the monitors to
observe activities from the operations center and exit
shelter, to record video images, and to take, as
necessary, video snapshots of road vehicles and cargoes
moving through the exit. The fixed field of view of such
cameras shall be agreed by the Parties.

(v) Lights on poles shall provide illumination for
observation of the exit area and for the video cameras.

(vi) Environmental shelters for monitors shall contain
equipment as specified in paragraph I.B.4 of this Annex,
and telephone equipment for communications with the
operations center. Such shelters shall be used to
receive
all data from equipment at the road exits when monitors
are present at those exits.

(vii) Gate seals may be used on the gates of a road exit
when the exit is not in use. The seals shall be checked
by monitors to verify that the gate was not used prior to
the opening of the exit by the inspected Party.

(viii) Data authentication devices shall be used to
confirm the validity of signals from the sensors and
video
cameras to the operations center and exit shelter.


3. Perimeter Monitoring Equipment:

(a) Equipment may be placed by the inspecting Party
along
the entire perimeter of the facility subject to
continuous
monitoring or monitored facility. Such equipment shall
be
used by monitors to observe the activity along the
perimeter and within the perimeter continuous monitoring
area.

(b) The following equipment, or part of such equipment
that the inspecting Party may install along the perimeter
and within the perimeter continuous monitoring area of
the
facility subject to continuous monitoring or monitored
facility, shall function as follows:

(i) Video cameras shall be located along the perimeter
in
such a way as to provide for viewing of the perimeter by
monitors in the operations center. The distance between
such cameras and the height of the cameras above the
ground shall allow the cameras to provide for full
viewing
of corresponding sectors of the perimeter. Such cameras
may be placed 50 meters or less apart and no more than
eight meters above the ground. The fixed field of view
shall be agreed to by the Parties;

(ii) Video switching devices located in the operations
center shall be used to select sectors of the perimeter
for observation by the monitors;

(iii) The surveillance system may include video motion
detectors to signal the presence of a moving object
within
the field of view of a camera;

(iv) Lights on poles shall provide illumination along
the
entire perimeter and allow for viewing by video cameras
during periods of darkness. Lights may be placed 50
meters or less apart and no more than eight meters above
the ground;

(v) Data authentication devices may be used to confirm
the validity of the signals transmitted by the video
cameras to the operations center or shelters.


4. Operations Center:

(a) The operations center for the perimeter and portal
continuous monitoring system shall serve as the
headquarters for the monitoring team. The building for
the operations center shall be located at the portal.
The
location of the building shall provide for an
unobstructed
view of the portal.

(b) The equipment located in the operations center shall
be used by monitors to:

(i) Receive, review, and authenticate data from all
portal, road exit, and perimeter monitoring equipment;

(ii) Process data, display video images, and collect
monitoring data;

(iii) Operate all traffic control devices and vehicle
sensors when such devices and sensors are not under the
control of monitors at the road exits;

(iv) Transmit, using the two dedicated telephone lines
and satellite communications equipment unencrypted
monitoring related data including video snapshots and
photographs. Such information shall not be transmitted
via the non dedicated commercial telephone line;

(v) Record and store video and sensor data;

(vi) Provide telephone communications with monitors at
exit shelters, at any other buildings or structures used
for inspection of vehicles or their cargoes, at the
storage building, and at the monitors living quarters;
and

(vii) Provide two way radio communications with monitors
in the perimeter continuous monitoring area, including
with monitors at the road exits.

(c) A backup power generator shall be located near the
operations center and shall be used to provide power to
the perimeter and portal continuous monitoring system in
the event of an interruption in the electrical power
provided by the inspected Party.


ANNEX 10
TYPES OF INSPECTION AIRPLANES



1. Inspection airplanes may include military transport
airplanes with standard markings and paint schemes, to
include camouflage.


2. The types of inspection airplanes that may be used to
transport inspectors and monitors are:

(a) for the United States of America, for flights to the
Russian Federation, types known as the C-9, C-17, C-40
C-130, KC-10, KC-135, and T-43; and

(b) for the Russian Federation, for flights to the
United
States of America, types known as the TBD.


3. The types of inspection airplanes that may be used
for
delivery and removal of cargoes consisting of equipment
or
supplies specified in an inventory provided in accordance
with paragraph 1 of Annex 7 to this Protocol are:

(a) for the United States of America, for flights to,
the
Russian Federation, types known as the C-5, C-17, C-40
C-130, , KC-10, and KC-135; and

(b) for the Russian Federation, for flights to the
United
States of America, types known as the TBD.


4. Each Party shall have the right to replace the types
of airplanes specified in this Annex with other types of
airplanes, as well as to add other types of airplanes
after it has informed the other Party of such a
replacement or addition. Unless otherwise agreed by the
Parties, each such change shall enter into force three
months after a Party has so informed the other.


ANNEX 11
PROCEDURES FOR CONFIRMING THE DIMENSIONS OF ICBMs AND
SLBMs



1. During confirmation of dimensions of the exhibited
items the inspectors shall have the right to make
measurements at the locations on the items, designated by
a member of the in-country escort.


2. For liquid fuel ICBMs or SLBMs of types not
previously
exhibited under START and new types, assembled missiles
and separate first stages for such ICBMs or SLBMs may be
exhibited either with fuel or without fuel. For solid
propellant ICBMs or SLBMs of types not previously
exhibited under START, the assembled missiles, at the
choice of the inspected Party, may be exhibited with
propellant, without propellant, or as an inert missile.
If a solid propellant ICBM or SLBM of a new type is
declared on the basis of a change in missile length, such
an ICBM or SLBM shall be exhibited with propellant. For
solid propellant ICBMs or SLBMs of new types, separate
first stages shall be exhibited with propellant.


3. The self contained dispensing mechanism shall be
exhibited, either separately or with the third stage as a
unit, for the purpose of confirming the length of an ICBM
or SLBM, which is maintained, stored, and transported in
stages. If the self contained dispensing mechanism is
exhibited separately, the inspectors shall have the right
to measure its length.


4. For ICBMs that are maintained, stored and transported
as assembled missiles in launch canisters, either a
launch
canister containing an ICBM without front section or, at
the choice of the inspected Party, an empty launch
canister associated with such an ICBM, shall be
exhibited.


5. For a technical characteristics exhibition for an
ICBM
or SLBM of a type not previously exhibited under START,
the separate first stage, assembled missile outside its
launch canister, and if applicable, either launch
canister
containing the assembled missile without front section,
or, at the choice of the inspected Party, the empty
launch
canister associated with such an ICBM or SLBM, shall be
exhibited. If an ICBM or SLBM of a new type cannot be
exhibited as an assembled missile, separate stages shall
be exhibited. The first stage of ICBMs or SLBMs of a new
type declared on the basis of a change in the length of
the first stage, with or without a difference in throw
weight, shall be exhibited in a configuration that allows
confirmation of the length of such first stage as defined
in paragraph 15 of Annex J to the Memorandum of
Understanding.


ANNEX 12
SIZE CRITERIA TO BE USED DURING INSPECTIONS AND
CONTINUOUS
MONITORING



1. For each Party, the size criteria to be used by
inspectors carrying out the procedures of Annex 1 to this
Protocol, as provided for in paragraph 20 and
subparagraph
23(a) of Section VI of this Protocol, for data update
inspections, and formerly declared facility inspections
at
facilities other than air bases for heavy bombers,
training facilities for heavy bombers, and storage
facilities for heavy bombers, and the associated missile
types, are as follows:

(a) United States of America

Size Criteria

Length (meters) 6.3
Diameter (meters) 1.68
Missile Type Minuteman III

(b) Russian Federation

Size Criteria

Length (meters) 7.4
Diameter (meters) 1.80
Missile Type SS-25

Length (meters) 6.9
Diameter (meters) 1.86
Missile Type RS-12M, Variant 2


2. For each Party, the size criteria to be used by
inspectors carrying out the procedures of Annex 4 to this
Protocol regarding nuclear armaments for heavy bombers,
as
provided for in paragraph 20 and subparagraph 23(a) of
Section VI of this Protocol,

(a) United States of America

Size Criteria

TBD

(b) Russian Federation

TBD


2. For each Party, the size criteria to be used by
monitors carrying out the procedures of paragraphs 1
through 14 of Annex 5 to this Protocol, as provided for
in
paragraphs 21 and 24 of Section VI of this Protocol, and
the associated missile types, are as follows:

(a) United States of America

Size Criteria

Length (meters) N/A
Diameter (meters) N/A
Missile Type N/A

Russian Federation

Size Criteria

Length (meters) 17.46
Diameter (meters) 1.76
Missile Type RS-12M, Variant 2


3. For each Party, the size criteria to be used by
monitors carrying out the procedures of paragraph 15 of
Annex 5 to this Protocol, as provided for in paragraph 25
of Section VI of this Protocol, and the associated
missile
types, are as follows:

(a) United States of America

Size Criteria

Length (meters) N/A
Diameter (meters) N/A
Missile Type N/A

(b) Russian Federation

Size Criteria

Length (meters) TBD
Diameter (meters) TBD
Missile Type TBD


4. The size criteria indicated above are derived using
data for ICBMs and SLBMs existing as of Treaty signature.
In the event that a new type of ICBM or SLBM is deployed
or in the event that a type of ICBM or SLBM is retired,
these size criteria shall be changed, if necessary. In
addition, these size criteria shall be confirmed based on
the results of measurements taken during technical
characteristics exhibitions conducted pursuant to
paragraph 6 of Article XI of the Treaty. The Parties
shall agree on any changes to the size criteria within
the
framework of the Bilateral Consultative Commission.


ANNEX 13
SETTLEMENT OF ACCOUNTS



I. Principles and Procedures for Settlement of Accounts


1. The Parties shall use the principles and procedures
for the settlement of accounts, specified in this
Section,
in connection with:

(a) the costs of goods and services borne by the
inspecting Party pursuant to paragraph 12 of Section IV,
paragraph 19 of Section V, and paragraphs 17, 19, 21, 23,
and 35 of Section XIV of the Inspection Protocol; and

(b) the costs of goods and services associated with the
providing of training, maintenance, service, spare parts
and replacement parts relating to telemetry equipment
pursuant to paragraph 4 of Section I of the Telemetry
Protocol, and subparagraphs 4(d) and 4(e) of Annex 4 to
the Telemetry Protocol.


2. Each Party shall submit to the other lists of goods
and services provided, hereinafter referred to as
itemized
lists, in the categories contained in Section II of this
Annex, except categories contained in paragraph 6,
subparagraph 7(b) and paragraph 8 of that Section. These
itemized lists shall contain the information specified in
Section II of this Annex for the goods and services
provided during the period covered by these itemized
lists, except that goods and services provided in the
category contained in paragraph 14 of Section II of this
Annex may be included on the itemized lists covering the
period when provision of such goods and services was
completed. In addition, each Party shall submit with the
itemized lists a summary list of all categories contained
in Section II of this Annex for which goods and services
have been provided, and the estimated overall total cost
of the goods and services provided in each category.


3. Each Party shall submit itemized lists in accordance
with the following schedule:

(a) for the period from January 1 through March 31, no
later than April 30;

(b) for the period from April 1 through June 30, no
later
than July 31;

(c) for the period from July 1 through September 30, no
later than October 31; and

(d) for the period from October 1 through December 31,
no
later than January 31.

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CLINTON

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