SFO-GVA-VII: (U) NOTIFICATIONS WORKING GROUP MEETING,

S E C R E T GENEVA 000067 SIPDIS DEPT FOR T, VCI AND EUR/PRA DOE FOR NNSA/NA-24 CIA FOR WINPAC JSCS 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: 2020/02/18 TAGS: PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US SUBJECT: SFO-GVA-VII: (U) NOTIFICATIONS WORKING GROUP MEETING, DECEMBER 17, 2009 -- CORRECTED COPY CLASSIFIED BY: Rose A. Gottemoeller, Assistant Secretary, Department of State, VCI; REASON: 1.4(B),(D) ¶1. (U) This is SFO-GVA-VII-156. ¶2. (U) Meeting Date: December 17, 2009 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 11:30 A.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva -------------- SUMMARY -------------- ¶3. (S) During the last meeting of the Notifications Working Group for Session VII, held at the U.S. Mission on December 17, 2009, the sides discussed Sections VI (Notifications Concerning Inspections and Exhibitions) and VII (Notifications Concerning Additional Messages and the Bilateral Consultative Commission (BCC)) of the U.S.-proposed Joint Draft Text of Part Four of the Protocol to the Treaty, Notifications. The Russian side provided new language for incorporation into the Joint Draft Text, and Mr. Siemon and Mr. Smirnov agreed on text in numerous sections. End summary. ¶4. (U) SUBJECT SUMMARY: Section VI - Inspections and Exhibitions -------------- SECTION VI - INSPECTIONS AND EXHIBITIONS -------------- ¶5. (S) Siemon noted that Section VI was difficult to agree upon because many inspection-related issues still needed to be resolved in the Inspection Protocol Working Group (IPWG). Nevertheless, he asked that the sides begin discussing Section VI. Siemon asked Col Ryzhkov if the Russian side would provide information on strategic offensive arms (SOA) departing their production facilities at Votkinsk. Ryzhkov replied that the decision to provide the U.S. side information on SOA leaving the production facility at Votkinsk was at the political level, but it was his view that language related to this should be located in the Protocol and not the Treaty. ¶6. (S) Ryzhkov indicated to Siemon that he had received the Russian language version of Sections VI and VII the night before and did not have enough time to study the sections thoroughly. To that end, Ryzhkov told Siemon that all issues discussed at the meeting would need to be taken back to the Russian delegation for consideration. ¶7. (S) The two sides discussed paragraphs 1-8. Minor grammatical and formatting changes were made and both sides agreed that the changes should be captured before the negotiating session ended. ¶8. (S) Siemon proposed deleting paragraph 6, a notification on objecting to aircrew members currently on the list of inspectors as it was captured under paragraph 4. Ryzhkov accepted the proposal. ¶9. (S) Ryzhkov stated that Russian positions on notifications would be further clarified in a future paper, to be delivered to the United States while the delegations were on break from the negotiations. ¶10. (U) Documents provided: None. ¶11. (U) Participants: UNITED STATES Mr. Siemon LTC Leyde Ms. Smith (Int) RUSSIA Col Ryzhkov Mr. Smirnov Mr. Ivanov Ms. Komshilova (Int) ¶12. (U) Gottemoeller sends. GRIFFITHS