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Viewing cable 05GENEVA1415, JCIC-XXVII: DOCUMENTS SIGNED ON BULAVA, JUNE 7,

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
05GENEVA1415 2005-06-08 08:32 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED US Mission Geneva
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 05 GENEVA 001415 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR T, AC, NP, VC, EUR AND S/NIS 
DOE FOR AN-1 
JCS FOR J5/DDIN AND J5/NAC 
SECDEF FOR OSD/ISP AND OSD/SACC 
NAVY FOR CNO-N514 AND DIRSSP 
DTRA FOR SA AND DIRECTOR 
NSC FOR MILLER 
DTRA FOR OSA 
DIA FOR RAR-3 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
SUBJECT: JCIC-XXVII:  DOCUMENTS SIGNED ON BULAVA, JUNE 7, 
2005 
 
1.  This is JCIC-XXVII-024. 
 
2.  The texts in paragraphs 3-6 below are JCIC Agreement 
Numbers 52 and 53, and Joint Statement Numbers 37 and 38, 
respectively, that were signed or initialed at the final 
meeting of the first part of JCIC-XXVII.  The documents were 
completed at the U.S. Mission in Geneva on June 7, 2005. 
 
3.  Begin text (JCIC Agreement Number 52/Signed): 
 
        JOINT COMPLIANCE AND INSPECTION COMMISSION 
                    AGREEMENT NUMBER 52 
              RELATING TO THE TREATY BETWEEN 
   THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE UNION OF SOVIET 
   SOCIALIST  REPUBLICS ON THE REDUCTION AND LIMITATION 
      OF STRATEGIC OFFENSIVE ARMS OF JULY 31, 1991 
 
 CATEGORIES OF TECHNICAL DATA FOR SLBMS IN LAUNCH CANISTERS 
 
     The Government of the United States of America, the 
Government of the Republic of Belarus, the Government of the 
Republic of Kazakhstan, the Government of the Russian 
Federation, and the Government of Ukraine, hereinafter 
referred to as the Parties, 
 
     In accordance with the Treaty Between the United States 
of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the 
Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms of July 
31, 1991, hereinafter referred to as the Treaty, 
 
     To improve the viability and effectiveness of the 
Memorandum of Understanding on the Establishment of the Data 
Base Relating to the Treaty, hereinafter referred to as the 
Memorandum of Understanding, 
 
     Have agreed as follows: 
 
                          Article One 
 
     The description of "Classification A" in the chapeau to 
Annex F to the Memorandum of Understanding shall be 
superseded by the following:  "Assembled ICBMs or SLBMs in 
launch canisters." 
 
                          Article Two 
 
     In paragraph (ii) of Section (a) of Annex F to the 
Memorandum of Understanding, for the category "Missile", the 
categories of data provided shall be superseded by the 
following: 
 
     "Classification 
     Number of Stages 
     Length of Assembled 
       Missile Without Front Section 
         (meters) 
 
     Maximum Diameter of Missile 
       Airframe (Without Stabilizers, 
       Raceways, Lug Guides, or Other 
       Protruding Elements) (meters) 
 
     Launch Weight1 (MT) 
 
     Total Length of Missile as a Unit 
       with Launch Canister: 
          With Front Section (meters) 
 
          Without Front Section (meters) 
 
     Length of Launch Canister Body 
       (meters) 
 
     Diameter of Launch Canister Body 
        (Without Protruding Elements) 
        (meters)." 
                         Article Three 
 
     This Agreement shall enter into force on the date of its 
signature, and shall remain in force as long as the Treaty 
remains in force. 
 
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being duly 
authorized by their respective Governments, have signed this 
Agreement. 
 
     DONE at Geneva on June 7, 2005, in five copies, each in 
the English and Russian languages, both texts being equally 
authentic. 
 
FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: 
FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS: 
FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN: 
FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION: 
FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF UKRAINE: 
 
End text. 
 
4.  Begin text (JCIC Agreement Number 53/Signed): 
 
       JOINT COMPLIANCE AND INSPECTION COMMISSION 
                  AGREEMENT NUMBER 53 
            RELATING TO THE TREATY BETWEEN 
   THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE UNION OF SOVIET 
   SOCIALIST REPUBLICS ON THE REDUCTION AND LIMITATION 
     OF STRATEGIC OFFENSIVE ARMS OF JULY 31, 1991 
 
          THE INSPECTION OF LAUNCH CANISTERS 
 
     The Government of the United States of America, the 
Government of the Republic of Belarus, the Government of the 
Republic of Kazakhstan, the Government of the Russian 
Federation, and the Government of Ukraine, hereinafter 
referred to as the Parties, 
 
     In accordance with the Treaty Between the United States 
of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the 
Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms of July 
31, 1991, hereinafter referred to as the Treaty, 
 
     To improve the viability and effectiveness of the 
Protocol on Inspections and Continuous Monitoring Activities 
Relating to the Treaty, hereinafter referred to as the 
Inspection Protocol, 
 
     Have agreed as follows: 
 
                          Article One 
 
     Paragraph 17 of Section VII of the Inspection Protocol 
shall be superseded by the following provision: 
 
     "17.  For test ranges, conversion or elimination 
facilities for ICBMs, SLBMs, or mobile launchers of ICBMs, 
submarine bases, ICBM bases, and SLBM repair facilities, the 
inspection team shall have the right to inspect all launch 
canisters declared to be empty at each test range, conversion 
or elimination facility for ICBMs, SLBMs, or mobile launchers 
of ICBMs, submarine base, ICBM base, and SLBM repair 
facility." 
                          Article Two 
     This Agreement shall enter into force on the date of its 
signature, and shall remain in force as long as the Treaty 
remains in force. 
 
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being duly 
authorized by their respective Governments, have signed this 
Agreement. 
 
     DONE at Geneva on June 7, 2005, in five copies, each in 
the English and Russian languages, both texts being equally 
authentic. 
 
FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: 
FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS: 
FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN: 
FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION: 
FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF UKRAINE: 
 
End text. 
 
5.  Begin text (JCIC Joint Statement Number 37/Initialed): 
 
                                       Geneva, Switzerland 
                                              June 7, 2005 
 
       JOINT COMPLIANCE AND INSPECTION COMMISSION 
               JOINT STATEMENT NUMBER 37 
 
             ON SLBMS IN LAUNCH CANISTERS 
 
     With respect to the Treaty between the United States of 
America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the 
Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms of July 
31, 1991, hereinafter referred to as the Treaty, the Parties 
understand that for SLBMs that are maintained, stored, and 
transported as assembled missiles in launch canisters, 
including the SLBM designated by the Russian Federation as 
the RSM-56, an assembled missile of a particular type, in its 
launch canister, shall be considered to be an SLBM of that 
type. 
 
     The Parties understand that the Treaty definition of 
"launch canister" shall also mean a container, directly 
associated with an SLBM, that can be or has been used for 
transporting and storing an assembled SLBM, with or without 
its front section, and from which an SLBM can be or has been 
launched. 
 
     The Parties agree that the provisions of the Treaty that 
apply to ICBMs that are maintained, stored, and transported 
as assembled missiles in launch canisters, or their launch 
canisters, shall also apply to SLBMs that are maintained, 
stored, and transported as assembled missiles in launch 
canisters, or their launch canisters, including the SLBM 
designated by the Russian Federation as the RSM-56, unless 
otherwise agreed.  The Parties shall, within the framework of 
the Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission, discuss and 
agree on, as appropriate, any exceptions to or modifications 
of the specific provisions of the Treaty that will apply for 
such SLBMs or their launch canisters. 
 
.....(United States of America) 
.....(Republic of Belarus) 
.....(Republic of Kazakhstan) 
.....(Russian Federation) 
.....(Ukraine) 
End text. 
 
6.  Begin text (JCIC Joint Statement Number 38/Initialed): 
 
                                       Geneva, Switzerland 
                                              June 7, 2005 
 
       JOINT COMPLIANCE AND INSPECTION COMMISSION 
               JOINT STATEMENT NUMBER 38 
 
   ON TRAINING MODELS OF MISSILES FOR THE RSM-56 SLBM 
 
     The Parties, referring to the Treaty Between the United 
States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 
on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms 
of July 31, 1991, hereinafter referred to as the Treaty, 
understand that training models of the SLBM designated by the 
Russian Federation as the RSM-56 differ from SLBMs of that 
type on the basis of the following declared external and 
functional differences that are visible during inspections 
conducted pursuant to the Treaty: 
 
     Two holes, each no less than 15 millimeters in diameter, 
drilled through the launch canister, in the region of the 
first stage rocket motor; and, coaxial with one of these two 
holes, one hole, no less than ten millimeters in diameter, 
drilled through the casing of the first stage rocket motor 
and into the inert propellant. 
 
     Nothing in this Joint Statement shall be deemed to 
prejudice the right of the Russian Federation to declare 
other external and functional differences to differentiate 
training models of missiles for the RSM-56 from SLBMs of that 
type. 
 
     To assist inspectors, the Russian Federation shall 
either provide a photograph of each of the differences of 
training models of missiles for the RSM-56 or, if a 
photograph of any of such differences has not been provided 
prior to the first inspection of an item declared to be a 
training model of such a missile on the basis of such a 
difference, the inspected Party shall provide to the 
inspecting Party, during that inspection, a photograph of the 
difference, taken in accordance with paragraph 18 of Section 
VI of, and Subsection B of Section VI of Annex 8 to, the 
Protocol on Inspections and Continuous Monitoring Activities 
Relating to the Treaty. 
 
..... (United States of America) 
..... (Republic of Belarus) 
..... (Republic of Kazakhstan) 
..... (Russian Federation) 
..... (Ukraine) 
 
End text. 
 
7.  Look sends. 
Moley