SALT TWO-I US/USSR PLENARY MEETING NO. 2 US MISSION 1100 HOURS, NOVEMBER 24, 1972

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US/USSR Plenary Meeting No. 2
US Mission
1100 Hours, November 24, 1972
Persons Present
Ambassador Smith
Minister Semenov
Ambassador Farley
General Trusov
Mr. Nitz e
Mr. Shchukin
General Allison
Mr. Pleshakov
Dr.
Garthoff
Mr. Grinevsky
Mr.
Graybeal
General Beletsky
Mr.
Shaw
Mr. Chulitsky
Mr.
Earle
Mr. Skoptsov
Dr.
Weiler
Col Starodubov
Mr.
McCrory
Mr. Smolin
D r.
Ifft
Mr. Turalin
Lt Col 'Youngflesh
C apt M az e rkin
Cdr Atkinson
Mr. Shelepin
Lt Col DeSimone
Col Budantsev
Mr. Krimer (Interpreter)
Mr. Bratchikov (Interpreter)
Mr. Arensburger (Interpreter)
Mr. Sudonkin (Interpreter)
Ambassador Smith opened this second meeting of SALT Two
by welcoming Minister Semcnov and the members of the Soviet
Delegation to the US Mission. He then gave the floor to Minister
Semenov.
Minister Semenov delivered his lengthy prepared statement
and handed a draft of the Soviet proposed Regulations for the
Standing Consultative Commission to Ambassador Smith.
Ambassador Smith stated the US Delegation will study with
great care the Soviet statement and draft document turned over
to the US side.
Ambassador Smith then read his prepared statement and the
draft Memorandum of Understanding regarding the establishment
of a Standing Consultative Commission. He gave Minister
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Semenov a copy of the draft Memorandum of Understanding.
Minister Semenov stated the US proposal would be
studied with all the attention it deserves. Ile said the two
sides are apparently in accord in organizing a Working Group
to discuss the establishment of the Standing Consultative
Commission and asked Ambassador Smith if he wanted the
Soviet representatives on that group identified now.
Ambassador Smith replied that would be useful.
Minister Semenov asked who would be the representatives
of the US side.
Ambassador Smith responded that Mr. Graybeal would
head the US group and the other members would be Mr. Shaw,
Mr. Earle and Lt Col. DeSimone.
Minister Semenov stated the Soviet representatives would
be Mr. Smolin as their Chairman, Col Starodubov and one or
two others to be named at a later date. He then stated he pre-
sumed the work would start as soon as possible.
Ambassador Smith replied that he preferred to leave the
time and place of the meeting of the Working Group up to the
respective Chairmen. He then recommended the meeting be adjourned
and proposed the next Plenary be held at 1100 hours on 28
November at the Soviet Headquarters. Ambassador Smith
suggested humorously that headquarters sounded too military.
Was there a better way to describe it?
Minister Semenov accepted the proposal for the next
meeting and responded that: "Residence" was perhaps more
accurate.
Ambassador Smith said "Residence" sounded restful and
Minister Semenov agreed.
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STATEMENT BY AMBASSADOR SMITH
NOVEMBER 24, 1972
1.
Article XIII of the ABM Treaty obliges the parties to
establish promptly a Standing Consultative Commission (SCC)
and through consultation to establish regulations for the
SCC. We agreed toward the end of SALT ONE
that an agreement establishing the SCC would be worked out
early in the follow-on negotiations, and that, until
the SCC was established, any consultations desired by either
side under Article XIII of the Treaty or Article VI of the
Interim Agreement would be carried. out by the SALT Delega-
tions when SALT was in session, and at other times by ad hoc
arrangements made through normal diplomatic channels.
The U.S. Delegation is prepared to proceed promptly with
establishing the SCC. We propose that this be accomplished by a
Memorandum of Understanding between our two Governments which
would be signed by the Chairmen of the Delegations. We are
submitting today for your consideration a draft Memorandum
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of Understanding. This instrument would establish the SCC
as of an agreed date. We propose the designation of one
Commissioner and one Deputy Commissioner by each side. In
addition, this instrument would authorize the SCC to establish its own
operating procedures. This would give the SCC the necessary
operational flexibility in conducting its affairs and would
avoid the necessity for amending an intergovernmental agreement
each time a change in procedural arrangements was found to
be necessary or desirable.
The SCC should promptly take up the matter of agreed
procedures for the destruction, dismantling, and replacement
of strategic weapon systems and components in accordance
with the provisions of the agreements. The U.S. stopped
construction at the Malmstrom ABM site when the ABM treaty
was signed. The Soviet Union has also apparently initiated
some actions to conform with the provisions of the Treaty.
Actions of this type demonstrate the seriousness with which
the agreements are viewed. Unilateral actions, however, do
not eliminate the requirement for agreed procedures for
dismantling, destruction, and replacement. Until these
procedures have been agreed upon, it will not be possible
to carry out fully the obligations of the agreements.
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We suggest that a small joint working group be established
to work out, ad referendum to Delegations, specifics of a
Memorandum of Understanding. The U.S. Delegation is prepared
to designate members of such a working group, and to start
work immediately. We hope that agreement can be reached
quickly and that the formation of the SCC can be a concrete
accomplishment of this initial session of SALT TWO.
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MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
BETWEEN THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
AND THE
UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS
REGARDING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A STANDING CONSULTATIVE COMMISSION
Pursuant to Article XIII of the Treaty on the Limitation
of Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems, the Government of the
United States of America and the Government of the Union of
Soviet Socialist Republics hereby establish a Standing
Consultative Commission as of 1972. Each
Government shall designate a Commissioner and a Deputy
Commissioner, and assign such staff personnel as it deems
necessary. The Standing Consultative Commission shall hold
periodic meetings, and special meetings at the request of
either commissioner, and shall establish by agreement
regulations that will govern its procedures and other
relevant matters, including provisions for locations and
schedules of meetings.
Done in duplicate in the English and Russian languages,
both texts being equally authentic, at on the
of
For the Government For the Government
of the of the
United States of America Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Appreved-For ?.