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E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/21/2019 
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SUBJECT: START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-V): 
(U) (PART 2 OF 2 PARTS) U.S.-PROPOSED TEXT FOR THE 
ELIMINATION PROTOCOL 
 
REF: GENEVA 0860 (SFO-GVA-V-027) 
 
Classified By:  A/S Rose E. Gottemoeller, United States 
START Negotiator.  Reasons:  1.4(b) and (d). 
 
¶1.  (U) This is SFO-GVA-V-041B. 
 
¶2.  (S)  At paragraph 3 is the text that was delivered to the 
Russian delegation at the Elimination Protocol Working Group 
Meeting on September 29, 2009; however, it was not discussed 
during this meeting (Reftel). 
 
¶3.  (S) Begin Part 2: 
 
IV.  Procedures for ((Conversion or))2 Elimination of SLBM 
Launchers 
 
¶1. Elimination of ((one or more))1 SLBM launchers ((shall 
be))2 carried out ((at conversion or elimination facilities 
for SLBM launchers or at a site to be determined by the Party 
conducting the elimination))2  ((in accordance with the 
procedures provided for in this Section shall be carried out 
at elimination facilities for SLBM launchers))1 and shall be 
subject to verification by national technical means of 
verification ((and by inspection))1. 
 
¶2. ((Prior to the initiation of the elimination process for 
SLBM launchers, all missiles shall be removed from the 
launcher(s) to be eliminated.))1 
 
¶3. ((A Party shall be considered to have initiated the 
elimination process for SLBM launchers as soon as the 
ballistic missile submarine has been positioned at the 
elimination facility with the missile launch tubes to be 
eliminated empty and the launch tube hatches opened or 
removed. Notification thereof shall be provided in accordance 
with paragraph 2 of Section IV of the Notification 
Protocol.))1 
 
¶4. ((SLBM launchers in the process of being eliminated shall 
be considered to contain deployed SLBMs, and thus to be 
subject to the limit provided for in subparagraph (a) of 
Article II of the Treaty, until the procedures for 
elimination in paragraph 5 are complete.  Notification 
thereof shall be provided in accordance with paragraph 3 of 
Section I of the Notification Protocol.))1  ((An eliminated 
SLBM launcher shall cease to be subject to the limitations 
provided for in this Treaty after notification has been 
provided pursuant to paragraph 3 of Subsection IV of Section 
IV of this Annex.))2 
 
¶5. ((The elimination process for)) 1 ((Elimination of))2 SLBM 
launchers shall be carried out using ((any of the procedures 
provided for below:))1 ((procedures to be determined by the 
Party conducting the elimination, which provide, inter alia, 
for removal or destruction of the launch tube hatches and 
which ensure that the SLBM launchers being eliminated are 
rendered incapable of launching SLBMs.))2 
 
(((a) The missile section shall be removed from the submarine; 
 
(b) The missile launch tube(s), and all elements of their 
reinforcement, including hull liners and segments of circular 
structural members between the missile launch tubes, as well 
as the entire portion of the pressure hull, the entire 
portion of the outer hull, and the entire portion of the 
superstructure through which all the missile launch tubes 
pass and that contain all the missile launch-tube 
penetrations shall be removed from the submarine. Missile 
launch tube(s) that have been removed shall be cut into two 
pieces of approximately equal size and shall remain in the 
open in the vicinity of the submarine until completion of the 
elimination procedures, after which they may be removed from 
the elimination facility; 
 
(c) The launcher's height or diameter shall be reduced in a 
manner such that the launcher can no longer contain the 
smallest SLBM deployed by the possessing Party; 
 
(d) Critical components required to launch an SLBM that can 
be confirmed by the inspecting party, shall be removed. Such 
critical components may include but are not limited to gas 
generator(s) and related launcher sub-systems; or 
 
(e) Other procedures, developed by the possessing Party, that 
render the SLBM launcher incapable of being utilized for its 
original purpose in a manner that the other Party can 
confirm, shall be recorded within the framework of the BCC.))1 
 
¶6. ((Conversion of SLBM launchers shall be carried out in 
such a way that the converted launchers cannot thereafter 
contain SLBMs of the type for which they were intended prior 
to conversion and that they have external or functional 
differences.))2 
 
7.((The elimination process for SLBM launchers carried out in 
accordance with the procedures provided for in paragraph 5 of 
this Section shall be completed no later than 270 days after 
initiation. Notification thereof shall be provided in 
accordance with paragraph 4 of Section IV of the Notification 
Protocol.))1 
 
¶8. ((Prior to the elimination of the first launcher of each 
type of SLBM launcher using procedures provided for in 
subparagraphs 5(c), 5(d) and 5(e) of this Section, the 
possessing Party shall conduct a one-time demonstration to 
describe the elimination procedures that will be carried out 
and to allow the other Party to view the type of launcher to 
be eliminated. Notification thereof shall be provided in 
accordance with paragraph 1 of Section IV of the Notification 
Protocol. The Party receiving such notification shall have 
the right, within the 20-day period beginning on the date of 
notification, to attend the demonstration.)) 1 
 
¶9. ((Upon completion of the procedures provided for in 
subparagraphs 5(c), 5(d) or 5(e) of this Section, 
notification thereof shall be provided in accordance with 
paragraph 4 of Section IV of the Notification Protocol.  The 
Party receiving such notification shall have the right, 
within the 20-day period beginning on the date of 
notification, to inspect eliminated SLBM launcher(s) to 
confirm that the procedures provided for in subparagraphs 
5(c), 5(d) or 5(e) and exhibited in paragraph 8 of this 
Section have been completed.)) 1 
 
¶10.  ((If an inspection is conducted, the inspection team 
leader and a member of the in-country escort shall confirm, 
in a factual written report containing the results of the 
inspection team's observation of the eliminated SLBM 
launcher(s), that the inspection team has completed its 
inspection. This report shall be completed in accordance with 
Section VI of the Inspection Protocol.))1 ((The fact that an 
SLBM launcher has been converted or eliminated may be 
recorded by the inspection team during a visit in accordance 
with paragraph 10 ((sic)) of Article XI of the Treaty.))2 
 
¶11. ((A ballistic missile submarine))1 ((The submarine on 
which the elimination of SLBM launchers has been conducted))2 
shall remain visible to national technical means of 
verification ((during the entire elimination process)) 1 
((for the 30-day period following provision of the 
notification.))2 
 
¶12. ((If the inspection per paragraph 9 is not conducted, the 
eliminated SLBM launcher(s) shall continue to be visible to 
national technical means of verification until provision of 
the notification provided for in paragraph 4 of Section IV of 
the Notification Protocol and for no less than the 20-day 
period following the provision of such a notification.))1 
 
¶13. ((Upon completion of the inspection provided for in 
paragraph 9 of this Section or, if an inspection was not 
conducted, upon expiration of the 20-day period, the 
eliminated SLBM launcher shall cease to be subject to the 
limitations provided for in this Treaty. Notification thereof 
shall be provided in accordance with paragraph 3 of Section I 
of the Notification Protocol.))1  ((Upon completion of the 
procedures provided for in paragraph 6 of this Subsection, 
and after notification has been provided pursuant to 
paragraph 6 of Subsection IV of Section IV of this Annex, the 
converted launcher of SLBMs shall begin to be considered to 
be an SLBM launcher intended for SLBMs of a different type.))2 
 
¶15. ((Upon completion of the procedures for elimination of 
SLBM launchers, the launchers may be used for purposes not 
inconsistent with the provisions of the Treaty.))1 
 
¶V. Procedures for ((Conversion or))2 Elimination of Heavy 
Bombers 
 
¶1. ((Conversion or))2 Elimination of heavy bombers shall be 
carried out ((at conversion or elimination facilities for HBs 
or at a site to be determined by the Party conducting this 
elimination)) 2 ((in accordance with the procedures provided 
for in this Section, at elimination facilities for heavy 
bombers,))1 and shall be subject to verification by national 
technical means of verification ((and by inspection))1. 
 
¶2. ((Prior to the initiation of the elimination process for a 
heavy bomber, engines and equipment that are not part of the 
airframe may be removed except for the equipment that is 
necessary to confirm the type of the heavy bomber to be 
eliminated.))1 
 
¶3. ((A Party shall be considered to have initiated the 
elimination process for a heavy bomber when the heavy bomber 
has been located at the elimination facility and notification 
thereof has been provided in accordance with paragraph 2 of 
Section II of the Notification Protocol.))1 
 
¶4. ((The))1 elimination ((process))1 for a ((of)) 2 heavy 
bomber((s)) shall be carried out using ((procedures to be 
determined by the Party conducting the elimination, which 
provide for removal or destruction of the basic design 
elements and which ensure that a heavy bomber is rendered 
inoperable))2 ((any of the procedures provided for below: 
 
(a) The tail section with tail surfaces shall be separated 
from the fuselage at a location that is obviously not an 
assembly joint using any method; 
 
(b) All weapons bays and all external attachment areas for 
pylons shall be modified as to render them incapable of 
employing nuclear armaments; 
 
(c) All internal and external launcher assemblies shall be 
modified so as to render them incapable of employing nuclear 
armaments; or 
 
(d) Other procedures, developed by the possessing Party, that 
render the heavy bomber incapable of being utilized for its 
original purpose in a manner that the other Party can 
confirm, shall be recorded within the framework of the BCC.))1 
 
¶5. ((The elimination process for heavy bombers carried out in 
accordance with the procedures provided for in paragraph 4 of 
this Section shall be completed no later than 120 days after 
initiation. Notification thereof shall be provided in 
accordance with paragraph 4 of Section IV of the Notification 
Protocol.))1 
 
¶6. ((Prior to the elimination of the first heavy bomber of 
each type of heavy bomber using procedures provided for in 
subparagraphs 4(b), 4(c) and 4(d) of this Section, the 
possessing Party shall conduct a one-time demonstration to 
describe the elimination procedures that will be carried out 
and to allow the other Party to view the type of heavy bomber 
to be eliminated. Notification thereof shall be provided in 
accordance with paragraph 1 of Section IV of the Notification 
Protocol. The Party receiving such notification shall have 
the right, within the 20-day period beginning on the date of 
notification, to attend the demonstration.))1 
 
¶7.  ((An eliminated heavy bomber shall remain visible to 
national technical means of verification during the entire 
elimination process and for the 30-day period following 
provision of the notification.))2 ((Following the completion 
of the procedures provided for in subparagraph 4(a) of this 
section, the remains of the heavy bomber airframe shall 
remain visible to national technical means of verification at 
the elimination site for a 20-day period, after which they 
may be removed.  In the case of an inspection conducted to 
confirm that the elimination of a heavy bomber has been 
completed, the remains of the airframe may be removed after 
completion of the inspection.)) 1 
 
¶8. ((Following the completion of the procedures provided for 
in subparagraphs 4(b), 4(c) and 4(d) of this Section, the 
eliminated heavy bomber shall not be flown, but shall be 
moved directly to the viewing site at the elimination 
facility.  Notification thereof shall be provided in 
accordance with paragraph 4 of Section IV of the Notification 
Protocol.  The possessing Party may also provide an 
additional notification regarding the planned date of arrival 
of such a heavy bomber at the viewing site. The Party 
receiving such notification or notifications shall have the 
right, within the 20-day period beginning on the date the 
eliminated heavy bomber arrives at the viewing site, to 
inspect it to confirm that the procedures provided for in 
subparagraphs 4(b), 4(c) and 4(d) and exhibited in paragraph 
6 of this Section have been completed. Upon completion of 
such inspection, or, if an inspection was not conducted, upon 
expiration of the 20-day period, the inspected Party shall 
have the right to remove the eliminated heavy bomber from the 
viewing site.1 
 
¶9. ((If an inspection is conducted, the inspection team 
leader and a member of the in-country escort shall confirm, 
in a factual written report containing the results of the 
inspection team's observation of the eliminated heavy bomber, 
that the inspection team has completed its inspection. This 
report shall be completed in accordance with Section XV of 
the Inspection Protocol.))1  ((The fact that a heavy bomber 
has been converted or eliminated may be recorded by the 
inspection team during a visit in accordance with paragraph 
10 ((sic)) of Article XI of this Treaty.))2 
 
¶10. ((Upon completion of the inspection provided for in 
either paragraph 7 or 8 of this Section or, if an inspection 
was not conducted, upon expiration of the 20-day period, the 
eliminated heavy bomber shall cease to be subject to the 
limitations provided for in this Treaty. Notification thereof 
shall be provided in accordance with paragraph 3 of Section I 
of the Notification Protocol.))1  ((Eliminated heavy bombers 
shall cease to be subject to the limitations provided for in 
this Treaty after notification has been provided pursuant to 
paragraph 3 of Subsection IV of Section IV of this Annex.))2 
 
¶11. ((Upon completion of the procedures for elimination of 
heavy bombers, the bomber may be used as follows: 
 
(a) If the procedures provided for in subparagraph 4(a) were 
completed, the bomber may be used for spare parts; 
 
(b) If procedures provided for in subparagraphs 4(b), 4(c) 
and 4(d) were completed, the bomber may be used for purposes 
not inconsistent with the provisions of the Treaty.)) 1 
 
¶12. ((Conversion of heavy bombers shall be carried out in 
such a way that the converted heavy bombers have external or 
functional differences indicating that they cannot perform 
functions involving the armaments with which they were 
equipped prior to conversion.))2 
 
¶13. ((Upon completion of the procedures provided for in 
paragraph 12 of this Subsection, and after notification has 
been provided pursuant to paragraph 6 of Subsection IV of 
Section IV of this Annex, the converted heavy bomber shall 
begin to be considered to be a heavy bomber of a different 
category.)) 2 
 
((VI.  Procedures for Elimination of ICBMs and SLBMs 
 
¶1. Elimination of ICBMs and SLBMs shall be carried out at 
conversion or elimination facilities or at a site to be 
determined by theParty conducting the elimination. 
 
¶2. Eliminatio of ICBMs and SLBMs shall be carried out using 
pocedures to be determined by the Party conducting he 
elimination, which ensure that they are rendeed inoperable, 
precluding their use for their original purpose. 
 
¶3. Elimnated ICBMs and SLBMs shall cease to be subject to 
the limitations provided for in this Treaty after 
notification has been provided pursuant to paragaph 3 of 
Subsection IV of Section IV of this Annx. 
 
¶4. After elimination has been completed and otification has 
been provided, solid-propellant CBMs and SLBMs, including 
mobile ICBMs, shall remin visible to national technical 
means of verifiation for the 30-day period following 
provision f the notification. 
 
¶5. The fact that ICBMs and LBMs have been eliminated may be 
recorded by theinspection team during a visit in accordance 
with paragraph 10 ((sic)) of Article XI of this Treaty.))2 
 
((VII. Procedures for Removal from Accountability of ICBMs 
for Mobile Launchers of ICBMs as a Result of Flight Tests or 
Static Testing 
 
¶1. Removal of ICBMs for mobile launchers of ICBMs from 
accountability as a result of flight tests shall be subject 
to verification by national technical means of verification. 
 
¶2. Procedures for removal from accountability as a result of 
flight tests: 
 
(a) Notification shall be provided in accordance with 
paragraph 1 of Section VI of the Notification Protocol; and 
 
(b) The ICBMs shall cease to be subject to the limitations 
provided for in the Treaty after the flight tests. 
Notification thereof shall be provided in accordance with 
paragraph 3 of Section I of the Notification Protocol. 
 
¶3. Procedures for removal of ICBMs for mobile launchers of 
ICBMs from accountability as a result of static testing: 
 
(a) The Party that has accomplished static testing of an ICBM 
for mobile launchers of ICBMs shall provide notification 
thereof in accordance with paragraph 5 of Section IV of the 
Notification Protocol. 
 
(b) If static testing is accomplished through dissection, 
that is, removal of propellant segments for testing, each 
time the Party removes such a segment it shall provide 
notification thereof in accordance with paragraph 5 of 
Section IV of the Notification Protocol. 
 
(c) The remains of the ICBM for mobile launchers of ICBMs 
shall be eliminated in accordance with applicable procedures 
provided for in Section I of this Protocol.))1 
 
((VIII. Other Procedures for Removal from Accountability 
 
¶1. ICBMs for mobile launchers of ICBMs, their launch 
canisters, silo launchers of ICBMs, mobile launchers of 
ICBMs, mobile training launchers, fixed structures for mobile 
launchers of ICBMs, SLBM launchers, and heavy bombers shall 
cease to be subject to the limitations provided for in the 
Treaty after the completion of the procedures provided for in 
paragraph 2, 3, 6, or 8 of this Section, as applicable. 
 
¶2. Accidental loss: 
 
(a) If, in the judgment of the Party possessing an item 
subject to limitations provided for in the Treaty, that item 
is lost as a result of an accident; notification thereof 
shall be provided in accordance with paragraph 3 of Section I 
of the Notification Protocol. 
 
(b) The item shall cease to be subject to the limitations 
provided for in the Treaty as of the date or assumed date of 
the accidental loss specified in such a notification. 
 
¶3. Disablement beyond repair: 
 
(a) If, in the judgment of the Party possessing an item 
accountable under the provisions of the Treaty, that item is 
disabled beyond repair, notification thereof shall be 
provided in accordance with paragraph 3 of Section I of the 
Notification Protocol. 
 
(b) The disabled item shall be eliminated at the site of 
disablement, or at an elimination facility, in accordance 
with applicable procedures provided for in this Protocol, 
including inspection. 
 
¶4. Procedures provided for in paragraph 5 of this Section 
shall be used to eliminate, as a result of static display, of 
ICBMs, SLBMs, launch canisters, ICBM launchers, SLBM 
launchers, and heavy bombers. 
 
¶5. Static display: 
 
(a) Prior to being placed on static display, an item referred 
to in paragraph 4 of this Section shall be rendered 
inoperable and unusable so that it cannot be used for 
purposes inconsistent with the Treaty. 
 
(b) Upon completion of the requirements in subparagraph (a) 
of this paragraph, an item to be placed on static display, 
except for silo launchers of ICBMs, shall be transported to a 
location where it could be inspected. Notification thereof 
shall be provided in accordance with paragraph 4 of Section 
IV of the Notification Protocol. 
 
(c) A Party shall have the right, within the 30-day period 
beginning on the date of receipt of the notification provided 
in accordance with subparagraph (b) of this paragraph, to 
conduct an inspection of such an item. 
 
(d) If an inspection is conducted, the inspection team leader 
and a member of the in-country escort shall confirm in a 
factual written report, containing the results of the 
inspection team's observation of the item specified for 
static display, that the inspection team has completed its 
inspection. This report shall be completed in accordance with 
Section XV of the Inspection Protocol. 
 
(e) Upon completion of the inspection provided for in 
subparagraph (c) of this paragraph, or, if an inspection was 
not conducted, upon expiration of the 30-day period, and 
after the item to be placed on static display, except for 
silo launchers of ICBMs, has been transported to and 
installed at its static display location, it shall be 
considered to be on static display and shall cease to be 
subject to the limitations provided for in the Treaty. 
Notification thereof shall be provided in accordance with 
paragraph 3 of Section I of the Notification Protocol. 
 
¶6. Ground trainers: 
 
(a) Procedures for eliminating heavy bombers to be used as 
ground trainers: 
 
(i) At least one third of each wing or the entire vertical 
stabilizer of the heavy bomber shall be removed; and 
 
(ii) Notification thereof shall be provided in accordance 
with paragraph 3 of Section I of the Notification Protocol. 
 
(b) Upon the completion of the elimination process, the 
ground trainer shall remain visible to national technical 
means of verification for a 60-day period.))1 
 
VIII. Procedures for Elimination of Facilities 
 
¶1. ((The completion of elimination of declared facilities 
shall be subject to verification by national technical means 
of verification.))1 
 
¶2.  Any declared facility shall be considered to be 
eliminated for the purposes of the Treaty ((if all strategic 
offensive arms specified for such a facility have been 
removed or eliminated and notification has been provided 
pursuant to paragraph 3 of Subsection IV of Section IV of 
this Annex.))2 ((as soon as all strategic offensive arms 
specified for such a facility, and all support equipment 
(support equipment includes, but is not limited to, ICBM 
emplacement equipment, training models of missiles, 
transporter-loaders of mobile ICBMs, storage cranes, 
launch-associated support vehicles, and driver training 
vehicles), have been removed and all silo launchers and fixed 
structures for mobile launchers of ICBMs are eliminated in 
accordance with the procedures provided for in this 
Protocol.))1  ((Each Party shall carry out the elimination of 
declared facilities as provided for in paragraph 2 of Article 
VII of this Treaty.))2  Notification thereof shall be 
provided in accordance with paragraph 3 of Section I of the 
Notification Protocol.1 
 
((This Protocol is an integral part of the Treaty and shall 
enter into force on the date of entry into force of the 
Treaty and shall remain in force so long as the Treaty 
remains in force.  As provided for in subparagraph (b) of 
Article XIII of the Treaty, the Parties may agree upon such 
additional measures as may be necessary to improve the 
viability and effectiveness of the Treaty.  The Parties agree 
that, if it becomes necessary to make changes in this 
Protocol that do not affect substantive rights or obligations 
under the Treaty, they shall use the Bilateral Consultative 
Commission to reach agreement on such changes, without 
resorting to the procedure for making amendments set forth in 
Article XVI of the Treaty.))1 
 
¶3.  ((The fact that a facility has been eliminated may be 
recorded by the inspection team during a visit in accordance 
with paragraph 10 ((sic)) of this Treaty.))2 
 
Done at XXXXX on XXXXX, in two originals, each in the English 
and Russian languages, both texts being equally authentic. 
 
FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: 
 
FOR THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION: 
 
 
(( ))1 - United States 
(( ))2 - Russia 
 
 
End text. 
 
¶4.  (U) Gottemoeller sends. 
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