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2010-02-18 14:39:00
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SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) NOTIFICATIONS WORKING GROUP MEETING,
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FEBRUARY 2, 2010 -- CORRECTED COPY
REF: 10 GENEVA 67 (SFO-GVA-VII-156); 10 GENEVA 69 (SFO-GVA-VIII-031)
CLASSIFIED BY: Rose A. Gottemoeller, Assistant Secretary, Department
of State, VCI; REASON: 1.4(B),(D)
S E C R E T GENEVA 000071
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JSCS FOR J5/DDGSA
SECDEF FOR OSD(P)/STRATCAP
NAVY FOR CNO-N5JA AND DIRSSP
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DTRA FOR OP-OS OP-OSA AND DIRECTOR
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E.O. 12958: DECL: 2020/02/18
TAGS: PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US
SUBJECT: SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) NOTIFICATIONS WORKING GROUP MEETING,
FEBRUARY 2, 2010 -- CORRECTED COPY
REF: 10 GENEVA 67 (SFO-GVA-VII-156); 10 GENEVA 69 (SFO-GVA-VIII-031)
CLASSIFIED BY: Rose A. Gottemoeller, Assistant Secretary, Department
of State, VCI; REASON: 1.4(B),(D)
1. (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-010.
2. (U) Meeting Date: February 2, 2010
Time: 3:30 P.M. - 6:00 P.M.
Place: Russian Mission, Geneva
--------------
SUMMARY
--------------
3. (S) At the Notifications Working Group meeting co-chaired by
Mr. Siemon and Colonel Ryzhkov on February 2, the sides continued
discussion of notifications concerning inspections and exhibitions
from the U.S.-Proposed Joint Draft Text (JDT),dated December 15,
2009 ("Part Four of the Protocol to the Treaty: Notifications"),
and initially discussed on December 17, 2009. The U.S. side
provided its official translation of the Russian proposed JDT of
Part IV of the Treaty Protocol (Notifications),which was delivered
to the United States on December 31, 2009. End summary.
4. (U) SUBJECT SUMMARY: Section VI Notifications Concerning
Inspections and Exhibitions.
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SECTION VI: NOTIFICATIONS CONCERNING
INSPECTIONS AND EXHIBITIONS
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5. (S) LTC Leyde and Ryzhkov discussed Section VI of the text,
specifically the time period related to the notification of the
intention to conduct an inspection. (Begin comment: This was a
repeat of the discussion that had taken place at the last working
group meeting of Session VII held on December 17, 2009 (Ref A).
End comment.)
6. (S) In paragraph 9, the Russian side supported providing the
notification not less than 72 hours in advance of the estimated
time of arrival at the point of entry because it permitted
additional time for the inspected Party to arrange logistics for
the inspection team. The United States continued to support a
16-hour time period.
7. (S) Discussion on the portion of U.S. paragraph 9 which
described notification of a flight plan for an inspection airplane
ensued. The Russian side noted the formulation "no less than 3
hours" had been previously agreed versus "no less than 48 hours."
All other brackets remained in this paragraph.
8. (S) In U.S. paragraph 10, the U.S. side agreed to delete its
proposed text "no later than 24 hours after the change" from
sentence one and the Russian brackets in the sentence were moved
accordingly. The sentence referencing specific details of the
flight route were removed to Tier III, per agreement of both sides.
The resulting paragraph now read as follows:
Begin text:
((10))1((4))2 . Notification of the change to a flight route of
inspection airplanes to or from a point of entry established on the
territory of a Party shall be provided by that Party no less than
30 days prior to the date of implementation of such a change.))2
End text.
9. (S) In paragraph ((11))1((10))2 the sides accepted the first
sentence from the Russian-bracketed text and moved the remainder of
the Russian-bracketed text to Tier III. The resulting paragraph
reads as follows:
Begin text:
((11))1((10))2. Notification of the determination in accordance
with Part Five of this Protocol and its Annexes of agreed
geographic coordinates of a reference point used at a point of
entry for operability checks of satellite system receivers shall be
provided by the inspected Party no later than 30 days after the
entry into force of the Treaty.
End text.
10. (S) In paragraph ((12))1 the sides deleted the U.S.-bracketed
text "Notification, at least 48 hours prior to a change, of the
intention to change a reference point for satellite system
receivers at a point of entry." The sides agreed to add the
Russian-bracket text "Comment: The inspected Party shall provide
supplementary messages on changes to the reference points used for
operability checks of satellite system receivers" to the preceding
paragraph ((11))1((10))2.
11. (S) The sides agreed to leave the text in paragraph
((13))1((11))2 bracketed until issues related to site diagrams and
inspection boundaries were agreed within either the Inspection
Protocol or Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Working Groups. The
time determination for this notification was a key issue. As such,
"five" was replaced with "X" in the U.S-bracketed first sentence of
the paragraph. The resulting paragraph was as follows: (Begin
comment: The sides had previously agreed that this part of the
Annex on Inspection Activities would be included in the package for
signature. End comment.)
Begin text:
((13))1((11))2. Notification, no later than X days after a change,
of a change to the boundary of a facility specified on a site
diagram.))1 ((Notification of a change to the boundaries of an
inspection site. Such notification shall be provided after
agreement within the framework of the BCC on changes to the
boundaries of the inspection site.))2
End text.
12. (S) In paragraph ((14))1((12))2 brackets were removed from the
Russian-proposed text "Such a notification shall be given no less
than 15 days in advance of the planned date of the exhibition."
The number "15" was changed to "X" to indicate that the number of
days would be negotiated at a later time. The sides agreed to move
the remainder of the Russian-bracketed text: "The notifications
shall include the date of the initiation and location for the
exhibition, the point of entry, type, and, if applicable, category
or version of strategic offensive arm subject to exhibition, the
distinguishing features and technical characteristics of new types
of SOA, the results of conversion or elimination of the first item
of a specified type." to Tier III. The resulting paragraph read as
follows:
Begin text:
((14))1((12))2. Notification of intent to conduct an exhibition of
strategic offensive arms. Such a notification shall be given no
less than X days in advance of the planned date of the exhibition.
End text.
13. (S) The U.S. side accepted the Russian-proposed text of
paragraph ((15))1((13))2, "Notification, of agreement to
participate in an exhibition of strategic offensive arms. Such a
notification shall be given no less than 72 hours in advance of the
planned date of the exhibition."
14. (S) Under the subsection "Notifications provided by the
inspection team leader," the U.S. side accepted paragraphs 14, 17,
and 18 from the February 2, 2010, U.S. Official Translation of the
Russian-Proposed Joint Draft Text Part Four of the Protocol to the
Treaty: Notifications (Ref B). (Begin comment: This text was
provided by Russia on December 31, 2009. End comment.)
Begin text:
14. Notification of designation of type and site of inspection.
The notification shall be provided at the point of entry no later
than fours hours after the estimated time of arrival or no later
than four hours after the actual time of arrival, if the actual
time of arrival is later than the estimated time of arrival.
17. Notification of cancellation of inspection. Such a
notification shall be provided at the point of entry or at the
inspection site in those cases, when the inspection may not be
conducted in accordance with Part Five of this Protocol.
18. Notification of designation of an item intended for inspection
during a Type One inspection. Such a notification shall be given at
the inspection site after completion of pre-inspection procedures.
End text.
15. (S) The two sides agreed to meet later in the week and update
the JDT based on the day's discussion.
16. (U) Documents provided:
- United States:
-- U.S. Official Translation dated February 2, 2010; and
- Russia:
-- Russian-proposed Joint Draft Text Part Four of the Protocol
to the Treaty: Notifications, dated December 31, 2009.
17. (U) Participants:
UNITED STATES
Mr. Siemon
Mr. Albertson
Lt Col Comeau
Mr. Dwyer
Mr. Fraley
Mr. Hanchett (RO)
LTC Leyde
Mr. McConnell
LCDR Sicks
Ms. Smith (Int)
RUSSIA
Col Ryzhkov
Mr. Smirnov
Mr. Voloskov
Ms. Komshilova (Int)
18. (U) Gottemoeller sends.
GRIFFITHS
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-VIII: (U) NOTIFICATIONS WORKING GROUP MEETING,
FEBRUARY 2, 2010 -- CORRECTED COPY
REF: 10 GENEVA 67 (SFO-GVA-VII-156); 10 GENEVA 69 (SFO-GVA-VIII-031)
CLASSIFIED BY: Rose A. Gottemoeller, Assistant Secretary, Department
of State, VCI; REASON: 1.4(B),(D)
1. (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-010.
2. (U) Meeting Date: February 2, 2010
Time: 3:30 P.M. - 6:00 P.M.
Place: Russian Mission, Geneva
--------------
SUMMARY
--------------
3. (S) At the Notifications Working Group meeting co-chaired by
Mr. Siemon and Colonel Ryzhkov on February 2, the sides continued
discussion of notifications concerning inspections and exhibitions
from the U.S.-Proposed Joint Draft Text (JDT),dated December 15,
2009 ("Part Four of the Protocol to the Treaty: Notifications"),
and initially discussed on December 17, 2009. The U.S. side
provided its official translation of the Russian proposed JDT of
Part IV of the Treaty Protocol (Notifications),which was delivered
to the United States on December 31, 2009. End summary.
4. (U) SUBJECT SUMMARY: Section VI Notifications Concerning
Inspections and Exhibitions.
--------------
SECTION VI: NOTIFICATIONS CONCERNING
INSPECTIONS AND EXHIBITIONS
--------------
5. (S) LTC Leyde and Ryzhkov discussed Section VI of the text,
specifically the time period related to the notification of the
intention to conduct an inspection. (Begin comment: This was a
repeat of the discussion that had taken place at the last working
group meeting of Session VII held on December 17, 2009 (Ref A).
End comment.)
6. (S) In paragraph 9, the Russian side supported providing the
notification not less than 72 hours in advance of the estimated
time of arrival at the point of entry because it permitted
additional time for the inspected Party to arrange logistics for
the inspection team. The United States continued to support a
16-hour time period.
7. (S) Discussion on the portion of U.S. paragraph 9 which
described notification of a flight plan for an inspection airplane
ensued. The Russian side noted the formulation "no less than 3
hours" had been previously agreed versus "no less than 48 hours."
All other brackets remained in this paragraph.
8. (S) In U.S. paragraph 10, the U.S. side agreed to delete its
proposed text "no later than 24 hours after the change" from
sentence one and the Russian brackets in the sentence were moved
accordingly. The sentence referencing specific details of the
flight route were removed to Tier III, per agreement of both sides.
The resulting paragraph now read as follows:
Begin text:
((10))1((4))2 . Notification of the change to a flight route of
inspection airplanes to or from a point of entry established on the
territory of a Party shall be provided by that Party no less than
30 days prior to the date of implementation of such a change.))2
End text.
9. (S) In paragraph ((11))1((10))2 the sides accepted the first
sentence from the Russian-bracketed text and moved the remainder of
the Russian-bracketed text to Tier III. The resulting paragraph
reads as follows:
Begin text:
((11))1((10))2. Notification of the determination in accordance
with Part Five of this Protocol and its Annexes of agreed
geographic coordinates of a reference point used at a point of
entry for operability checks of satellite system receivers shall be
provided by the inspected Party no later than 30 days after the
entry into force of the Treaty.
End text.
10. (S) In paragraph ((12))1 the sides deleted the U.S.-bracketed
text "Notification, at least 48 hours prior to a change, of the
intention to change a reference point for satellite system
receivers at a point of entry." The sides agreed to add the
Russian-bracket text "Comment: The inspected Party shall provide
supplementary messages on changes to the reference points used for
operability checks of satellite system receivers" to the preceding
paragraph ((11))1((10))2.
11. (S) The sides agreed to leave the text in paragraph
((13))1((11))2 bracketed until issues related to site diagrams and
inspection boundaries were agreed within either the Inspection
Protocol or Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Working Groups. The
time determination for this notification was a key issue. As such,
"five" was replaced with "X" in the U.S-bracketed first sentence of
the paragraph. The resulting paragraph was as follows: (Begin
comment: The sides had previously agreed that this part of the
Annex on Inspection Activities would be included in the package for
signature. End comment.)
Begin text:
((13))1((11))2. Notification, no later than X days after a change,
of a change to the boundary of a facility specified on a site
diagram.))1 ((Notification of a change to the boundaries of an
inspection site. Such notification shall be provided after
agreement within the framework of the BCC on changes to the
boundaries of the inspection site.))2
End text.
12. (S) In paragraph ((14))1((12))2 brackets were removed from the
Russian-proposed text "Such a notification shall be given no less
than 15 days in advance of the planned date of the exhibition."
The number "15" was changed to "X" to indicate that the number of
days would be negotiated at a later time. The sides agreed to move
the remainder of the Russian-bracketed text: "The notifications
shall include the date of the initiation and location for the
exhibition, the point of entry, type, and, if applicable, category
or version of strategic offensive arm subject to exhibition, the
distinguishing features and technical characteristics of new types
of SOA, the results of conversion or elimination of the first item
of a specified type." to Tier III. The resulting paragraph read as
follows:
Begin text:
((14))1((12))2. Notification of intent to conduct an exhibition of
strategic offensive arms. Such a notification shall be given no
less than X days in advance of the planned date of the exhibition.
End text.
13. (S) The U.S. side accepted the Russian-proposed text of
paragraph ((15))1((13))2, "Notification, of agreement to
participate in an exhibition of strategic offensive arms. Such a
notification shall be given no less than 72 hours in advance of the
planned date of the exhibition."
14. (S) Under the subsection "Notifications provided by the
inspection team leader," the U.S. side accepted paragraphs 14, 17,
and 18 from the February 2, 2010, U.S. Official Translation of the
Russian-Proposed Joint Draft Text Part Four of the Protocol to the
Treaty: Notifications (Ref B). (Begin comment: This text was
provided by Russia on December 31, 2009. End comment.)
Begin text:
14. Notification of designation of type and site of inspection.
The notification shall be provided at the point of entry no later
than fours hours after the estimated time of arrival or no later
than four hours after the actual time of arrival, if the actual
time of arrival is later than the estimated time of arrival.
17. Notification of cancellation of inspection. Such a
notification shall be provided at the point of entry or at the
inspection site in those cases, when the inspection may not be
conducted in accordance with Part Five of this Protocol.
18. Notification of designation of an item intended for inspection
during a Type One inspection. Such a notification shall be given at
the inspection site after completion of pre-inspection procedures.
End text.
15. (S) The two sides agreed to meet later in the week and update
the JDT based on the day's discussion.
16. (U) Documents provided:
- United States:
-- U.S. Official Translation dated February 2, 2010; and
- Russia:
-- Russian-proposed Joint Draft Text Part Four of the Protocol
to the Treaty: Notifications, dated December 31, 2009.
17. (U) Participants:
UNITED STATES
Mr. Siemon
Mr. Albertson
Lt Col Comeau
Mr. Dwyer
Mr. Fraley
Mr. Hanchett (RO)
LTC Leyde
Mr. McConnell
LCDR Sicks
Ms. Smith (Int)
RUSSIA
Col Ryzhkov
Mr. Smirnov
Mr. Voloskov
Ms. Komshilova (Int)
18. (U) Gottemoeller sends.
GRIFFITHS