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SUBJECT: START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-V): 
(U) RUSSIAN-PROPOSED TREATY ANNEX, SECTION V (INSPECTIONS, 
VISITS, AND EXHIBITIONS)  (NUMBER 5 OF 6 CABLES) -- 
CORRECTED 
 
Classified By:  A/S Rose E. Gottemoeller, United States 
START Negotiator.  Reasons:  1.4(b) and (d). 
 
¶1.  (U) This is SFO-GVA-V-019. 
 
¶2.  (U) Paragraph 3 below contains the corrected text of the 
official translation of Section V (Inspections, Visits and 
Exhibitions) of the Russian-proposed Annex to the 
Russian-proposed New START Treaty.  Because of the length of 
the      complete Annex, it will be sent in six multiple 
cables.  This is number 5 of 6 cables. (Corrected to add 
translator's footnote.) 
 
¶3.  (S) Begin text of Official Translation: 
 
                         Section V 
 
            INSPECTIONS, VISITS, AND EXHIBITIONS 
 
¶I.   General Obligations 
 
     For the purpose of helping to ensure verification of 
compliance with the provisions of the Treaty, each Party 
shall facilitate the conduct of inspections, visits, and 
exhibitions by the other Party in accordance with the 
provisions of this Section. 
 
II.  Provisions Concerning the Legal Status of Inspectors and 
Aircrew Members 
 
     ¶1.  Inspections, visits, and exhibitions shall be 
conducted by inspectors. 
 
     ¶2.  The list of inspectors shall not contain at any one 
time more than 200 individuals. The number of individuals on 
the list of aircrew members shall be determined at the 
discretion of each Party, based on the premise that the 
number of aircrew members for each inspection airplane shall 
not exceed ten.  Inspectors shall be citizens of the 
inspecting Party.  Each Party shall have the right to amend 
its lists of inspectors and aircrew members no more than once 
in each 3-month period. 
 
     ¶3.  A team conducting an inspection shall include no 
more than 9 inspectors. 
 
     ¶4.  A team participating in a visit shall include no 
more than 7 inspectors. 
 
     ¶5.  A team participating in an exhibition shall include 
no more than 10 inspectors. 
 
     ¶6.  The members of an inspection team and the aircrew 
shall be accorded the following privileges and immunities 
during the entire period they are in the territory of the 
other Party: 
 
     (a)  such personnel shall be assured the inviolability 
enjoyed by diplomatic agents in accordance with Article 29 of 
the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of April 18, 
1961, and immunities in accordance with paragraphs 1, 2, and 
3 of Article 31 of that Convention; 
 
 
 
 
     (b) the papers and correspondence of such personnel 
shall enjoy the inviolability accorded to the papers and 
correspondence of diplomatic agents in accordance with 
Article 30 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations; 
 
     (c) inspection airplanes delivering inspection teams to 
the points of entry shall be inviolable; 
 
     (d) inspectors and aircrew members shall have the right 
to bring into the territory of the other Party, without 
payment of any customs duties or related charges, articles 
for their personal use, with the exception of articles, the 
import or export of which is prohibited by law or controlled 
by quarantine regulations; 
 
     (e) without prejudice to the privileges and immunities 
provided for in subparagraphs (a) and (b) of this paragraph, 
such personnel shall be obliged to comply with the laws and 
regulations of the inspected Party and shall be obliged not 
to interfere in its internal affairs and not to engage in any 
professional or commercial activity for personal profit on 
the territory of the inspected Party. 
 
     ¶7.  An individual on the list of inspectors or aircrew 
members may be objected to subsequently if that individual is 
found unacceptable by the Party that reviewed the list 
previously.   The Party making such an objection shall so 
notify the other Party in accordance with paragraph 5 of 
Subsection VI of Section IV. 
 
III. Arrangements for Air Transportation 
 
     ¶1.  Each Party shall identify two points of entry on its 
territory. 
 
     ¶2.  The inspected Party shall, for each facility, 
identify the airport associated with that facility, and the 
point of entry. 
 
     ¶3.  The inspecting Party shall have the right to use 
inspection airplanes of agreed types to deliver inspectors to 
the points of entry on the territory of the inspected Party. 
Such airplanes may, at the same time that they are 
transporting inspectors, carry equipment intended for 
inspections. 
 
     The inspecting Party shall provide the relevant 
notification of each flight of an inspection airplane 
transporting inspectors. 
 
     ¶4. The inspecting Party shall have the right to use 
airplanes making regularly scheduled commercial flights to 
transport inspectors to those points of entry that are served 
by such airplanes. 
 
     ¶5.  In the cases agreed upon by the Treaty Parties in 
the Bilateral Consultative Commission, each Party may use 
"Open Skies" airplanes making observation flights over the 
territory of the inspected state in order to deliver 
inspectors to and from the points of entry. 
 
 
 
     ¶6.  Procedures related to mutual settlement of accounts 
for services rendered in servicing inspection airplanes shall 
be subject to agreement by the Parties in the Bilateral 
Consultative Commission before the beginning of the period 
for conducting inspections. 
 
IV.  Activities Beginning Upon Arrival at the Point of Entry 
 
     ¶1. Upon arrival, the in country escort shall meet the 
inspection team and aircrew members and shall expedite their 
entry and the entry of their baggage and equipment intended 
for inspections, which (equipment - Trans.) shall be exempt 
from all customs duties.  Diplomatic officials from the 
embassy or consulate of the inspecting Party shall also meet 
the inspection team and aircrew members. 
 
     ¶2.  The in-country escort shall accompany the inspection 
team and assist it in exercising its functions during the 
entire period it is in the territory of the inspected Party; 
diplomatic officials may accompany inspectors only during 
their stay at the point of entry, but may accompany the 
aircrew members during the entire period they are in the 
territory of the inspected Party. 
 
     ¶3.  An inspector shall be considered to have assumed the 
duties of an inspector upon arrival at the point of entry on 
the territory of the inspected Party and shall be considered 
to have ceased performing those duties after departure from 
the territory of the inspected Party through the point of 
entry. 
 
     ¶4.  An examination of the equipment brought by the 
inspection team and needed to conduct the inspection shall be 
carried out at the point of entry in accordance with agreed 
procedures; the examination shall be completed prior to the 
departure of the inspection team from the point of entry for 
the site of the inspection or the visit or the exhibition. 
The list of inspection equipment and the procedures for its 
use shall be agreed upon by the Parties in the Bilateral 
Consultative Commission prior to the beginning of the period 
for conducting inspections, visits, and exhibitions. 
 
     ¶5.  At the point of entry the inspection team leader 
shall designate in writing to the inspected Party through the 
in-country escort the specific site of the inspection or 
visit. 
 
¶V.   General Rules for the Conduct of Inspections, Visits, 
and Exhibitions 
 
     ¶1.  During the entire period of stay in the territory of 
the inspected Party, the inspected Party shall provide meals, 
lodging, work space, transportation, and, as necessary, 
medical and other urgent services for the inspectors and 
aircrew members of the inspecting Party.  Costs of all such 
services shall be borne by the inspected Party. 
 
     ¶2.  Inspectors shall not disclose information obtained 
during inspections, visits, and exhibitions, unless otherwise 
agreed. 
 
     ¶3.  The boundaries of the facility specified on the site 
 
 
 
diagrams that the Parties shall exchange no later than 30 
days after entry into force of the Treaty shall be the 
boundaries of the sites of the inspection and visits (sic). 
The requirements for site diagrams and the way they are drawn 
upFOOTNOTE1 shall be agreed upon by the Parties in the 
Bilateral Consultative Commission. 
 
     ¶4.  In discharging their functions, inspectors shall 
communicate with personnel of the inspected Party only 
through the in country escort.  Inspectors shall not 
interfere with ongoing activities at sites of inspections, 
visits, and exhibitions and shall not hamper or delay the 
operation of a facility.  Inspectors shall take no actions 
affecting the safe operation of a facility.  Inspectors shall 
observe safety regulations established at the site of the 
inspection, visit, and exhibition.  The in country escort 
shall provide safety briefings. 
 
     ¶5.  At the site of an inspection, visit, or exhibition, 
representatives of the inspected facility shall be included 
among the in country escort. 
 
     ¶6.  The inspected Party shall transport the inspection 
team and equipment to the site of the inspection or visit no 
later than 18 hours after the time for the designation by the 
inspecting Party of the specific site of the inspection or 
visit. 
 
     ¶7.  During an inspection, visit, or exhibition, 
inspectors shall have the right to request clarification 
through the in country escort, to view and make linear 
measurements of items located at the inspection site for the 
purpose of confirming the conformity of the declared 
technical data specified in Section II of this Annex. 
 
     ¶8.  Pre inspection procedures, including safety 
briefings and the provision of information relating to the 
conduct of the inspection, visit, or exhibition and the site 
where they are conducted, shall begin upon arrival of the 
inspection team at the inspection site (sic - there is no 
reference to the aforementioned visit or exhibition - Trans.) 
and shall be completed within one hour, after which the 
inspection shall begin immediately. 
 
     ¶9.  The period of inspection shall not exceed the period 
of time necessary to achieve the objectives of the inspection 
and shall expire upon completion of the inspection procedures. 
 
     ¶10.  The period of the visit shall not exceed 36 hours. 
 
     ¶11.  Post inspection procedures, which include preparing 
the report on the inspection conducted, shall begin when the 
period of inspection expires and shall be completed by 
agreement of the Parties. 
 
     ¶12.  The inspection team shall depart from the territory 
of the inspected Party not later than 24 hours after its 
return to the point of entry. 
 
VI.  Inspections 
 
     ¶1.  Each Party shall have the right to conduct 
 
 
 
inspections     days (to be agreed) after entry into force of 
the Treaty and thereafter.  Each Party shall have the right 
to conduct a total of five such inspections each year, with 
no more than one such inspection each year at the same 
facility. 
 
     ¶2.  Each Party shall have the right to conduct 
inspections at ICBM bases, submarine bases, and air bases. 
 
     ¶3.  During each inspection no more than one deployed 
ICBM or deployed SLBM may be inspected, except as provided 
for in paragraph 7 of this Subsection. 
 
     ¶4.  No later than one hour after the time for the 
designation of the inspection site, the inspected Party shall 
implement the following pre inspection restrictions (to be 
agreed) at the ICBM base or at the submarine base, including 
the waters identified on the coastlines and waters diagram, 
or at the air base. 
 
     ¶5.  Upon arrival of the inspection team at the 
inspection site, a member of the in country escort shall: 
 
     (a) For ICBM bases, inform the inspection team leader of 
the number of deployed launchers of ICBMs for each type of 
ICBM based there and the number of ICBM launchers in which 
deployed ICBMs are contained, and provide the inspection team 
leader with a copy of the simplified site diagram of the ICBM 
base, annotated to show the designator of the locations (sic) 
of each of those launchers at that base. 
 
     In addition, a member of the in-country escort shall 
provide the inspection team leader with information in 
writing on the aggregate number of reentry vehicles on 
deployed ICBMs and the specific number of reentry vehicles on 
each deployed ICBM located at the inspected ICBM base. 
 
     If more than one type of ICBM is specified for that 
base, such information shall be provided for ICBMs of each 
type of ICBM. 
 
     (b) For submarine bases, inform the inspection team 
leader of the location and type of each submarine equipped 
with deployed launchers of SLBMs to which pre-inspection 
restrictions apply, and of the type of SLBM for each such 
submarine, and provide the inspection team leader with a copy 
of the coastlines and waters diagram, annotated to show the 
locations (sic) of each submarine equipped with deployed 
launchers of SLBMs, within the waters identified pursuant to 
that paragraph, and the number of launchers on each such 
submarine; 
 
     In addition, a member of the in-country escort shall 
provide the inspection team leader with information in 
writing on the aggregate number of reentry vehicles on 
deployed SLBMs and the specific number of reentry vehicles 
for each deployed SLBM located on each submarine at the 
inspected submarine base, to which pre-inspection 
restrictions apply. 
 
     (c) For air bases, inform the inspection team leader of 
the number of heavy bombers for each type of heavy bomber 
 
 
 
based there and the number of heavy bombers on which nuclear 
armaments are loaded, and provide the inspection team leader 
with a copy of the site diagram of the heavy bomber base, 
annotated to show the designator of the locations (sic) of 
each of the heavy bombers at that base, as well as 
information on the heavy bombers that are absent at that 
time, and their specific location. 
 
     If more than one type of heavy bomber is specified for 
that air base, information shall be provided for each type of 
heavy bomber. 
 
     ¶6.  Upon the completion of pre inspection procedures the 
inspection team leader shall designate in writing to a member 
of the in country escort, the deployed launcher of ICBMs or 
SLBMs that contains the deployed ICBM or SLBM to be 
inspected, or shall specify the deployed heavy bomber to be 
inspected, on which nuclear armaments are loaded. 
 
     The procedures for the conduct of such inspections shall 
be agreed upon by the Parties in the Bilateral Consultative 
Commission before the beginning of the period for conducting 
inspections. 
 
     ¶7. The inspection team leader shall also have the right 
to designate for inspection one of the ICBM or SLBM launchers 
declared not to contain a deployed ICBM or SLBM or declared 
as ICBMs or SLBMs that do not contain reentry vehicles, and 
shall designate a subgroup consisting of no more than three 
inspectors to conduct such an inspection. 
 
     The procedures for the conduct of such an inspection 
shall be agreed upon by the Parties in the Bilateral 
Consultative Commission before the beginning of the period 
for conducting inspections. 
 
     ¶8.  For air bases, if deployed heavy bombers on which 
nuclear armaments are loaded are absent from the air base, 
the inspection team shall have the right to inspect all the 
heavy bombers located at that air base at the time pre 
inspection restrictions went into effect. 
 
     The procedures for the conduct of such an inspection 
shall be agreed upon by the Parties in the Bilateral 
Consultative Commission before the beginning of the period 
for conducting inspections. 
 
VII. Visits to Declared Facilities and Visits to New 
Facilities 
 
     ¶1.  Each Party shall have the right to conduct visits to 
declared facilities     days (to be agreed) after entry into 
force of the Treaty and thereafter.  Each Party shall have 
the right to conduct a total of five such visits each year, 
with no more than one such visit each year to the same 
facility. 
 
     ¶2.  Each Party shall have the right to conduct visits to 
declared and new facilities at any of the following 
facilities:  ICBM bases and bases of submarines equipped with 
SLBMs; repair facilities for ICBMs, SLBMs, and mobile 
launchers of ICBMs; storage facilities for ICBMs, SLBMs, 
 
 
 
mobile launchers of ICBMs, and heavy bombers; conversion or 
elimination facilities for ICBMs, SLBMs, mobile launchers of 
ICBMs, and heavy bombers; test ranges; air bases; and 
training facilities. 
 
     ¶3.  No later than one hour after the time for the 
designation of the site of the visit, the inspected Party 
shall implement pre inspection restrictions at the site of 
the visit. 
 
     Pre-inspection restrictions shall be agreed upon by the 
Parties in the Bilateral Consultative Commission before the 
beginning of the period for conducting visits. 
 
     ¶4.  The information to be provided by a member of the 
in-country escort after arrival at the site of the visit and 
the procedures for the conduct of visits shall be agreed upon 
by the Parties in the Bilateral Consultative Commission 
before the beginning of the conduct of visits. 
 
VIII.  Technical Characteristics and Distinguishability 
Exhibitions 
 
     Each Party shall conduct technical characteristics 
exhibitions of new types of ICBMs, SLBMs, HBs, and mobile 
launchers of ICBMs. 
 
     The procedures for the conduct of exhibitions shall be 
agreed upon by the Parties in the Bilateral Consultative 
Commission. 
 
IX.  Cancellation of Inspections, Visits, or Exhibitions 
 
     ¶1. An inspection, visit, or exhibition may be cancelled 
if, due to circumstances brought about by force majeure, it 
cannot be conducted.  If an inspection or visit is cancelled 
due to circumstances brought about by force majeure, the 
number of inspections or visits to which the inspecting Party 
is entitled shall not be reduced. 
 
     For exhibitions cancelled due to circumstances brought 
about by force majeure, the Parties shall, in addition, agree 
on the time periods for conducting such exhibitions. 
 
     ¶2. In the case of a delay, including a delay due to 
circumstances brought about by force majeure, that prevents 
an inspection team from arriving at the site of the 
inspection or visit during the time agreed by the Parties in 
the Bilateral Consultative Commission, the inspection team 
leader may either cancel or conduct the inspection or visit. 
 
     If an inspection or visit is cancelled for that reason, 
the number of inspections or visits to which the inspecting 
Party is entitled shall not be reduced. 
 
¶X.   Inspection, Visit, or Exhibition Reports 
 
     ¶1.  During post inspection procedures the inspection 
team leader shall provide the in country escort with an 
official written inspection, visit, or exhibition report in 
the language of the inspecting Party and an unofficial 
translation of the report in the language of the inspected 
 
 
 
Party. 
 
     ¶2.  The report shall be factual.  It shall include the 
type of inspection, visit, or exhibition conducted; the 
inspection site; the type and number of ICBMs, SLBMs, heavy 
bombers, warheads on them, ICBM or SLBM launchers, and 
submarines equipped with SLBMs, which are subject to the 
Treaty and which were observed during the period of the 
inspection, visit, or exhibition, whichever is applicable, 
and all measurements recorded during the visit or exhibition. 
 Each Party shall retain one copy of the report. 
 
     ¶3.  The Party conducting the inspection, visit, or 
exhibition shall have the right to include in the report 
ambiguities and comments drawn up in written form. 
 
     ¶4.  The Parties shall, when possible, clarify 
ambiguities regarding factual information contained in the 
inspection, visit, or exhibition report.  Relevant 
clarifications shall be recorded in the report. 
 
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FOOTNOTE1:  Translator Note:  The Russian word used here 
("oformleniye") is somewhat vague and requires clarification. 
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End text. 
 
¶4.  (U) Gottemoeller sends. 
GRIFFITHS