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SUBJECT: START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA 
(SFO-GVA-VII):  (U) DEFINITIONS WORKING GROUP MEETING, 
DECEMBER 16, 2009 
 
Classified By:  A/S Rose E. Gottemoeller, United States 
START Negotiator.  Reasons:  1.4(b) and (d). 
 
¶1.  (U) This is SFO-GVA-VII-155. 
 
¶2.  (U) Meeting Date:  December 16, 2009 
                Time:  3:30 P.M. - 5:30 P.M. 
               Place:  U.S. Mission, Geneva 
 
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SUMMARY 
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¶3.  (S)  The Definitions Working Group met December 16, and 
agreed to drop twelve terms ("Jamming," "Encapsulation," 
"ICBM or SLBM the final stage of which executes a procedure 
for dispensing reentry vehicles," "Residual Propellant," 
"Payload," "Launch Weight," "Procedure for dispensing reentry 
vehicles," "Rapid reload," "Long-range non-nuclear ALCM," 
"Nuclear armaments weapons storage area," "Non-deployed heavy 
bomber," "Existing type") and to send seven terms to the 
Conforming Group ("Deployed Heavy Bomber," "Facility," "Fixed 
Structure for Mobile Launchers of ICBMs," "Inspection 
Activity Site," "Inspection Site," "Storage facility," 
"Version"). 
 
¶4.  (S)  SUBJECT SUMMARY:  Agreed To Drop; Sent To 
Conforming; and Additional Discussions 
 
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AGREED TO DROP 
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¶5.  (S)  The Definitions Working Group agreed to drop twelve 
terms because they were not needed to support the treaty or 
protocol text.  The seven telemetry-related terms were not 
pertinent to the U.S. telemetry proposals being negotiated: 
"Jamming", "Encapsulation", "ICBM or SLBM the final stage of 
which executes a procedure for dispensing reentry vehicles", 
"Residual propellant", "Payload", "Launch weight", and 
"Procedure for dispensing reentry vehicles".  The terms 
"encryption" and "telemetric information" were likely to be 
needed for the U.S. proposed telemetry provisions so they 
were left for a future working group meeting. 
 
¶6.  (S)  Other terms were dropped for the following reasons: 
 
      --  "Rapid reload" will be incorporated in the agreed 
statement that uses the term; 
 
      --  "Existing types" are clearly listed in Article III, 
so the term need not be defined; 
 
      --  "Long-range non-nuclear ALCM" is not used in the 
treaty or protocol text; 
 
      --  "Nuclear armaments weapons storage area" did not 
need further explanation; and 
 
      --  "Non-deployed heavy bombers" was no longer in the 
treaty text. 
 
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SENT TO CONFORMING 
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¶7.  (S)  The following terms were sent to the Conforming 
Group: 
 
      --  The term "deployed heavy bomber" means a heavy 
bomber equipped for nuclear armaments, other than a test 
heavy bomber. 
 
      -- The term "facility" means an ICBM base, submarine 
base, air base, maintenance facility, basing area, silo 
launcher group, ICBM loading facility, SLBM loading facility, 
production facility, repair facility, storage facility, 
training facility, conversion or elimination facility, test 
range, heavy bomber flight test center, or space launch 
facility. 
 
      --  The term "fixed structure for mobile launchers of 
ICBMs" means a unique structure, within a basing area, 
designed to contain mobile launchers of ICBMs. 
 
      --  The term "inspection activity site" means a 
location at which inspections or exhibitions may be conducted. 
 
      --  The term "inspection site" means a location at 
which Type One or Type Two inspections may be conducted. 
 
      --  The term "storage facility" means: 
 
      (a) for ICBMs or SLBMs, a specified facility, outside 
an ICBM base, a submarine base, a test range, or a space 
launch facility, for the storage of ICBMs or SLBMs; 
 
      (b) for mobile launchers of ICBMs, a specified 
facility, outside an ICBM base, a test range, or a space 
launch facility, for the storage of mobile launchers of ICBMs; 
 
      (c) for heavy bombers, a specified facility, outside an 
air base, for the storage of heavy bombers. 
 
      --  The term "version" means, for mobile launchers of 
ICBMs a classification, declared by the inspected party, 
based on external differences from other such items. 
 
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ADDITIONAL DISCUSSIONS 
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¶8.  (S)  Mr. Siemon raised the "new types" definition and 
agreed to delete the part of the definition that dealt with 
throw-weight.  He asked the Russian side to study the 
implications of their own proposal to reduce the size of the 
change in length and diameter that would designate a new 
type, with respect to Article 6 paragraph 2 of the INF 
Treaty. The U.S. side was willing to accept the proposed 
changes but wanted to ensure that it did not put Russia in 
violation of the INF Treaty. 
 
¶9.  (S)  ADM Kuzntsov was unwilling to drop the terms 
"missile-defense interceptor", "missile-defense system" or 
"launcher of missile-defense interceptors" while Article V on 
prohibitions was still being discussed by the heads of 
 
 
delegations. 
 
¶10.  (S)  The discussion of the term "Nuclear armaments for 
heavy bombers" resulted in Kuznetsov complaining at length 
about U.S. and Russian disagreements on counting of nuclear 
armaments.  Siemon explained that this term was intended to 
help ensure an honest count during inspections.  No agreement 
was reached. 
 
¶11.  (U)  Documents provided:  None. 
 
¶12.  (U)  Participants: 
 
UNITED STATES 
 
Mr. Siemon 
Dr. Dreicer 
Ms. Stewart 
Mr. Taylor 
Mrs.Zdraveky 
Mr. Bennett (Int) 
 
RUSSIA 
 
ADM Kuznetsov 
Ms. Fuzhenkova 
Col Kamenskiy 
Ms. Melikbekian 
Mr. Pogodin (Int) 
 
¶13.  (U) Gottemoeller sends. 
GRIFFITHS