STATE DEPARTMENT CABLE RE: SALT STANDING CONSULTATIVE COMMISSION

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• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 12, 2001
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: December 5, 1972
• Content Type: TELEGRAM

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SUBJECT : STAND ING CONSULTATIVE COMMISSION
1 DELEGATION REQUESTS APPROVAL DRAFT DOCUMENTS TRANSMITTED
"REIN WHICH ARE AGREED AD REFERENDUM BY TWO DELEGATIONS.?
}HES DOCUMENTS REPRESENT COMPROMISE WORKED OUT OVER PAST
~'1EEK IN SESSIONS OF WORKING GROUP ON SCC a THEY CONFORM
FULLY TO GUIDANCE GIVEN DELEGATION) IN REFTEL..
BASIC DOCUMENT -- M MORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN
ESTABLISHING SCC -- IS IN CONFORMITY WITH
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?1 GULATIONS FOR THE. STANDING CONSULTA`.CIVE COMMISSION
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3Y WLt`,N, REGULATIONS OVER TIME IS PRESERVED BY PARA. 5 1N
cASIC ME[ ORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
' DELEGATION BELIEVES THAT MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
SHOULD BE SIGNED 1- Y HEADS OF DELEGATIONS ON BEHALF OF
GOVERNMENTS PRIOR TO CONCLUSION OF CURRENT SESSION, BE
A'Fi-,I FEED TO ICJ COr1 ]UUIQUE9 AND DE MADE PUBLIC. AUTHOR1ZA?-
7:I01 REQUESTED,
5.' WILL NEED TO OBTAIN PRIOR APPROVAL OF SWISS AUTHORITIES
TO DESIGNATION OF GENEVA AS PERMANENT SEAT OF SCC CON--
IAINEID IN MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. DELEGATION REQUESTS
AMBASSADOR DAVIS BE INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN NECESSARY APPROVAL.
AGREED IN THE SCC WORKING
GROUP AD REFERENDUM.TO
DELEGATIONS
DRAFT DECEMBER 5 9 1972
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTAND T.NG
Bt 'I WE N THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE. UNION OF
SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS REGARDING THE ESTABLISHMENT
OF A STANDING CONSULTATIVE COMMISSION
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE
GOVERNMENT OF 'A.'HE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS HEREBY
ESTADI-ISH A STANDING CONSULTATIVE COMMISSION
THE. STANDING CONSULTATIVE COMMISSION SHALL PROMOTE THE
OBJECTIVES AND IMPLEt;'ENTATLON OF' THE PROVISIONS OF THI', TREA:IY
`i 1iw USDA AND THE USSR ON THE LIiV1IT ATIOiv OF ANTI-Br.?._LISFIC
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MISSILE SYSTEMS OI'' MAY 260 19729 THE INTERIM AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE US-A AND THE USSR ONN CERTAIN MEASURES WITH RESPECT TO T;{L:
LIFI1.''E,': T.ON OF STRATEGIC OFFENSIVE ARMS 0F NAY 269 19729 AND T1-i-E
AGR EMENT ON IM SCURES '1 0 RED L.;CE THE RI S K OF' U BR E UTr~;r.r?AK Oi'' NUCLEAR
WAR BETWEEN THE USA AND THL': USS1;. OF SEPTEMBER 311_')9 19719 7N
,A;CCOLiDAN,CE WIT11, THE PROVIS101NS OF ARTICLE XII1O,-5 SAID TREATY,
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE-- "TELEGRAM
CA9LE SLC;Er,',R!AT DISSEM BY
ARTICLE VI OF SAID INTERIM AGREEMENT., AND ARTICLE 7 OF SAID
AGREEMENT ON MEASURES..
EACH GOVERNMENT SHALL BE REPRESENTED ON THE STANDING
CO.)SULTATIVE CO(+IrjISSION BY A COMMISSIONER AND A DEPUTY CON-
MISSIONER, ASSISTED BY SUCH ADDITIONAL. STAFF AS IT DEEMS
1I'll F.CSSSA RY
THE STANDING CONSULTATIVE COMMISSION SHALL HOLD PERIODIC
SESSIONS ON DATES MUTUALLY AGREED BY THE COMMISSIONERS BUT
NO LESS THAN TWO TIMES PER YEAR,, SESSIONS SHALL ALSO BE
CONVENED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, UPON REASONABLE NOTICE AT THE
REQUEST OF EITHER COMMISSIONER.
THE STANDING CONSULTATIVE COMMISSION SHALL ESTABLISH
AND APPROVE REGULATIONS GOVERNING PROCEDURES AND OTHER RELEVANT
MATTERS AND MAY AMEND THEM AS IT DEEMS APPROPRIATE.
STANDING CONSULTATIVE COMMISSION WILL MEET AT GENEVA,
IT MAY ALSO MEET AT SUCH OTHER PLACES AS INAY BE AGREEED .
IN GENEVA, (}i] Dr:CrEMB R _ ? l.972, It`i
`aL?Sli A ]D RUSSIAN LANGUAGE BOTH TEXT'S U[.IN G EQUALLY
A UT HEN]'_l I C
i'O Z THE GOVERNMENT FOR 'iRE GOVE~RNME;NT
O r" THE 07 T H,
L' I EJ ;TATES OF AMERICA UNION OF T}i SOVIET SOCIALIST,
I'll L, i~ IJ L: I.. I C S
AGREED I N THE S C C WORX INC GR'.OUP
AD HN"I ERENDUM TO DELEGATIONS
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DECEMBER 5, 1972
PARAGRAPHS FOR INCLUSION IN THE
REGULATIONS FOR THE STANDING CONSULTATIVE COMMISSION
'`EL aTA;DING CONSULTATIVE COMMISSION, ESTABLISHED IN
.C,CO f Ho WITH ARTICLE "?.I [ OF -r
,, T~ TI_?EPiT Y BE]"14 E N T I'E USA AND
THE USSR ON THE LIMITA1TION OF ANTI-BALLISTIC MISSILE SYSTEMS
O '' F;A T 20, 19729. AND THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN
THE UvI.TE'D STATS OF AMERICA AND THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST
REPUBLICS REGARDING THE ESTABLISHMENT 01' A STANDING CONSULTA-
TIVE COMMISSION OF DECEMBER - - -, 19725 SHALL CONSIST OF A
1JnS0 CO['',PONENT AND SOVIET- COMPONENT, EACH OF WHICH IS HEADED
Y A CONFIISSI0NER .
2. THE COMMISSIONERS SHALL ALTERNATELY PRESIDE OVER THE
flEET I NS
3~ THE COMMISSIONERS SHALL, WHEN POSSIBLE, INFORM EACH
OTHER IN ADVANCE OF THE MATTERS TO BE, SUBMITTED FOR DISCUSSION,
BUT NAY AT A MEETING SUB MIT FOR DISCUSSION ANY MATTER WiTHIN
THE COMPETNCE OF THE COMMISSION
4, OU; INC INTERVALS BETWEEN SESSIONS OF THE COMMISSION,
EACH CO['N1SS.I.ONCR MAY TRANSMIT WRITTEN OR ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
TO TH OTHER COMMISSIONER CONCERNING MATTERS WITHIN
Ni COMPa Ti NCE OF THE COMMMISSION
AGREED AD REFERENDUM BY DELEGATIONS
5 EACH COMPONENT OF THE COMi''1ISS:EON MAY INVITE SUCH
~~.7)VI= R AND EXPERTS AS IT DEEMS NECE SSARY TO PARTICIPATE. IN
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TI'.' COMMISSION MAY ES'1ABL .SH WORKING GROUPS TO CONSIDER
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[')' 'INGS Oi THE COMMISSION MAY, IF NECESSAR;Y,BE ENTERED INTO
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE TELEGRAM
CA?LE SECRETA IAT D!SSEM BY
TOTAL CONES:
ZECO DS WHICH SHALL BE IN TWO COPIES, EACH IN THE ENGLISH AND
T1-E RUSSIAN LAiNGUAGES,
>a INFORMATION CONCERNING THE ACTIVITIES OF THE STANDING
CONSULTATIVE COMMISSION IS CONFIDENTIAL AND MAY BE MADE PUBLIC
ONLY WITH THE EXPRESS CONSE`JT OF BOTH COMPONENTS CF THE
COi~MMISSICN
9,. EACH COMPONENT OF THE COMMISSION SHALL BEAR THE
EXPENSES CONNECTED WITH ITS PARTICIPATION IN THE COMMISSION
10 TH ' REGULATIONS FOR THE STANDING CO 1SULTATIVE COM-
iMIISSION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE DAY OF THEIR SIGNATURE
BY THE COMMISSIOiNERS,
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