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UNCLAS GENEVA 000609 
 
 
DEPT FOR T, VCI AND EUR/PRA 
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TAGS: KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
 
SUBJECT: JCIC-XXXII:  DOCUMENTS COMPLETED ON SS-24 SRM 
ELIMINATION, JULY 24, 2008 
 
¶1.  (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-019. 
 
¶2. The texts at paragraphs 3 and 4 below are JCIC Agreement 
55 on "Changes to Section I of the Conversion or Elimination 
Protocol Regarding the Elimination Process for ICBMs for 
Mobile Launchers of ICBMs" and JCIC Joint Statement 40 "On 
the Elimination of SS-24 ICBM Solid Rocket Motor Cases 
Located in Ukraine."  The agreement was signed and the Joint 
Statement was initialed at the closing plenary meeting of 
JCIC-XXXII on July 24, 2008 at the Russian Mission. 
 
¶3.  Begin text (Agreement #55): 
 
          JOINT COMPLIANCE AND INSPECTION COMMISSION 
                     AGREEMENT NUMBER 55 
                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 
 
    CHANGES TO SECTION I OF THE CONVERSION OR ELIMINATION 
   PROTOCOL REGARDING THE ELIMINATION PROCESS FOR ICBMS FOR 
                   MOBILE LAUNCHERS OF ICBMS 
 
     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 Procedures Governing the Conversion or 
Elimination of the Items Subject to the Treaty, hereinafter 
referred to as the Conversion or Elimination Protocol, 
 
     Have agreed as follows: 
 
                         Article One 
 
     Subparagraph 4(b) of Section I of the Conversion or 
Elimination Protocol shall be superseded by the following 
provision: 
 
"(b) Rocket motor nozzles and cases, as well as the 
interstage skirts of a missile remaining after completion of 
the procedures provided for in subparagraphs 2(c), 2(d), and 
4(a) of this Section, or after the completion of static 
testing provided for in paragraph 3 of Section VII of this 
Protocol, shall be crushed, flattened, cut into two pieces of 
approximately equal size, or destroyed by explosion, or, if 
the Parties so agree, rocket motor cases remaining after 
removal of propellant by processes of washing out the 
propellant and the subsequent burning out of residual 
propellant may be eliminated by the drilling of holes through 
the cylindrical portion of such rocket motor cases in 
accordance with agreed procedures; and". 
 
                          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 July 24, 2008, in five copies, each in 
the English and Russian languages, both texts being equally 
authentic. 
 
FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: 
(signed--J. Taylor) 
FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS: 
(signed--V. Kolesnik) 
FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN: 
(signed--A. Akhmetalin) 
FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION: 
(signed--C. Koshelev 
FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF UKRAINE 
(signed--V. Belashov) 
 
End text. 
 
¶4.  Begin text (Joint Statement Number 40): 
 
                                     Geneva, Switzerland 
                                     July 24, 2008 
 
          JOINT COMPLIANCE AND INSPECTION COMMISSION 
                   JOINT STATEMENT NUMBER 40 
 
  ON THE ELIMINATION OF SS-24 ICBM SOLID ROCKET MOTOR CASES 
                      LOCATED IN UKRAINE 
 
     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, 
pursuant to paragraph 1 of Section I of the Protocol on 
Procedures Governing the Conversion or Elimination of the 
Items Subject to the Treaty, hereinafter referred to as the 
Conversion or Elimination Protocol, have agreed as follows: 
 
     With respect to subparagraph 4(b) of Section I of the 
Conversion or Elimination Protocol, for SS-24 ICBMs located 
in Ukraine, the elimination of SS-24 ICBM rocket motor cases 
remaining after removal of propellant by processes of washing 
out the propellant and the subsequent burning out of residual 
propellant in each case may be carried out through the 
drilling of a total of four holes, each no less than 80mm in 
diameter, through the cylindrical portion near the bottom of 
each such  motor case.  Such holes shall be positioned in two 
diametrically opposite groups, each consisting of two closely 
spaced holes in one cross section. 
 
JT  (United States of America) 
BV  (Republic of Belarus) 
AA  (Republic of Kazakhstan) 
KC  (Russian Federation) 
BV  (Ukraine) 
 
End text. 
 
¶5.  Taylor sends. 
TICHENOR 
 
 
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