REPORT OF A MONITORING SYSTEM FOR THE INF TREATY

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MEMORANDUM FOR: ACIS
ATTENTION:
FROM:
Legislation Division
Office of Congressional Affairs
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20 July 1989
OCA 2292-89
SUBJECT: Report of a Monitoring System for the INF
Treaty
Attached for your information is a relevant portion of the
Congressional Record for July 17, 1989, wherein, discussion was
held concerning the monitoring system for the INF Treaty.
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July 17, 198,9 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD �SENATE
Mr. HELMS. Mr. President, I ask
unanimous consent that the order for
the quorum call be rescinded.
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr.
BREAUX). Without objection, it is so or-
dered.
Mr. HELMS. May I inquire of the
time situation? �
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
Senator controls 47% � minutes; the
Senator from Rhode Island controls
29 I/2 minutes.
Mr. HELMS Mr. President, I want
to say to my distinguished friend from
Rhode Island that I am prepared to
yield back naY time if he feels that he
can do so.
Mr. PELL. Mr. President, I would be
prepared to do so, but after these
amendments that we are considering
now.
Mr. HrSlers I would say I want to
look further at the Taiwan amend-
ment. It looks pretty good, but let us
go ahead and do the other two.
Mr PELT. And we will leave it open
on Taiwan. If you do approve that,
then I will be yielding back the time.
� If you do not approve it, then I think
we ought to see.
Mr. MOYN/HAN. Mr. President, I
ask unanimous consent that the Moy-
nihan amendment be temporarily laid
aside.
The PRESIDING orierchat. with-
out objection, it is so ordered.
L. AMENDMENT NO. 275
(Purpose:-To require a report regarding a
monitoring system for the /RP Treaty)
' Mr. HELMS. Mr. President, I have
an amendment which I believe has
been cleared on both sides. I send the
amendment to the desk and ask for its
immediate consideration.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
clerk will report.
The legislative clerk read as follows:
The Senator from North Carolina (Mr.
Hilms1 proposes an amendment numbered
275.
Mr. HELMS. Mr. President, I ask
unanimous consent that reading of the
amendment be dispensed with. .
' The PRESIDING OFFICER. With-
out objection, it is so ordered.
" The amendment is as follows:
On page 145, after line 22, and the follow-
ing new section:
SEC. 915. REPORT ON A MONITORING SYSTEM FOR
� � - THE INF TREATY. -
The Secretary of State Is requested to
report to the Senate by September 30, 1989,
why the United States'. Cargoscan x-ray
monitoring system for the intermediate-
Range Nuclear Forces Treaty was not in-
stalled at the United States' Votkinsk Portal
Monitoring Facility inside the Soviet. Union
by December I. 1988, as provided for in the
terms of the Treaty, and further, when the
Cargoscan system will be operational at Vat--
kinsk. .
On page 5; in the table of contents, after
the item relating to section 914. add the fol-
lowing new item:
-Sec. 915. Report on a monitoring system
.�. for the INF Treaty...". . �
,'MR. HELMS. Mr. President, the
U.S. Cargoscan x-ray machine is al-
ready 6 months overdue. It should
have been installed in the Soviet
Union this past December I. This
amendment merely requests a report
on why the Cargoscan is overdue and
when the Cargoscan will be installed.
As I indicated, there is agreement on
both sides on this amendment.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is
there further debate on the amend-
ment? If not, the question is on agree-
big to the amendment.
The amendment (No. 275) was
agreed to.
MR. HELMS. Mr. President, I move
to reconsider the vote by which the
amendment was agreed to.
Mr. PELL. I move to lay that motion
on the table.
The motion to lay on the table was
agreed to.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Who
yields time?
MR. BRIMS. Mr. President, / yield
such time as may be required. I ask
unanimous consent that the pending
Moynihan amendment be laid aside
again so that Senator Dote may offer
an amendment.
The PRESIDING Clientaalt With-
out objection, it-is so ordered..
- Mr. HELMS. I think the Chair.
- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
Chair recognizes the Republican
leader.
AMENDMENT NO. 276
Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I send an
amendment to the desk and ask for its
immediate consideration.
" The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
clerk will report.
The legislative clerk read as follows:
The Senator from Kansas (Mr. Dots!, for
himself, Mr. MITCHELL, Mr. Pirra., and Mr.
LUGAR, proposes an amendment numbered
276. -
Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I ask
unanimous consent that reading of the
amendment be dispensed with.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. With-
out objection, it is so ordered.
The amendment IS as follows:
At an appropriate place in the BIB Insert
the following: '
. (a) Frrinnms.--Congress makes the follow-
ing findings:
(1) The Stockholm Document of Sentem-
tier 19. 1966, the first East-West security
accord in more than ten years, brought into
force significant confidence and security-
building measures in Europe.
� (2) The United States has entered into the
Negotiations on Confidence and Security
Building Measures with the goal of a more
stable and secure Europe.
(5) These negotiations have focused on
measures to reduce mistrust and misunder-
standing about military capabilities and in-
tentions by increasing openness and predict-
ability in the military environment.
(4) The Congress supports President
Bush's efforts to make progress in all areas
of arms control and supports his recent Mi.
tiatives in the area of conventional arms
control.
(5) The United States and the Soviet
Union signed the Agreement on the Preven-
tion of incidents on and Over the Sigh Seas
on May 25, 1972.
(6) The United States and the Soviet
Union signed the Nuclear Risk Reduction
Center Agreement on September 15, 1987.
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(7) The United States and the Soviet
Union signed the Agreement on the Preven-
tion of Dangerous- Military Activities .on
June 12, 1989. .
.
(a) The Congress believes that ..a. .direct
military-to-military conummieations link be-
tween NATO and the Warsaw Pact could
prevent misunderstanding In' the event Of
unpredicted military activities vrincidents,
such as the recent incident in which a
Soviet Mi G-23 transitted NATO airspaCe
and crashed in Beighirs.
, (9) The Congress believes such a direct
Military to military 'communications link
could complement U.S. efforts in the area of
confidence-and security-building measures.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRES8.-112 light of the
findings in subsection (a), it is the sense of
Congress that�the President should raise
and request that our NATO allies 'Consider .
the concept of a direct military to military
communications link between NATO and
the Warsaw Pact at the appropriate NATO
forum.
(c) PRESIDENTIAL REporm.�The President
shall submit to Congress not later than De-
cember 1, 1989 a report on the technical fea-
sibility, operational characteristics and costs
of establishing a direct military-to-military
communications link between NATO and
the Warsaw Pact.
Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, it is 'inY
understanding this amendment has
been discuased with the chairman,
Senator. PELL, and the ranking Repub-
lican, Senator Hatais, and they have
no objection to the amendment. I
would like to give a little background
Information. �.
.Mr. President, recently,. as ;vie, all .
know, a runaway Soviet Mig47418htei
crashed into a farmhouse in 'Belgium
killing a 19-year-o1d, man. Theeplane._
crashed after a 600-mile flight over
West Germany. the Netherlands, and
Belgium. . .
, None of these, countries was given
any warning that the plane 'was head:
jug their way. iii feet. it took the Soria -
eta 10 hours to acknowledge the stray.
fighter.
It seems to me that this type of
hid-
dent might not. have .resulted in the
loss of a young man's life had there
been a direct channel- cot Comnamaicae
tion between NATEVaind-ItheWarsatt
Pact And, let us face it, unexpected
events, even if totally unintended, still
set off alarms in each side's military
forces. � -----
Unfortunately, at present, only-the
United States and the 'Soviet -Union
have such a direct channel of commu-
nication�the so-called hotline. � --� -
Representatives from the ' Federal
Republic, the--Netherlands,- and Bel-
gium proposed shortly after the inci-
dent that NATO establish an emergen-
cy communications link- with the
Warsaw Pact.
I'm sure this is - a possibility- that
President Bush Will want to explore.
I'm also sure that all my Senate col-
leagues would support such an effort.
Therefore, the distinguished majority
leader, Senator Mircnsue-as well as
Senator PELT, and Senator LuisAa have
joined me in offering an amendment
requiring the President tolake a hard
look' at setting up a direct militazy to
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military communications link between
NATO and the Warsaw Pact. '
The President would report to -the
Congress on the technical feasibility
and cost of establishing such a NATO-
Warsaw Pact link. In addition to this
report, we hope that the President
would raise this idea within NATO.
NATO is devoting considerable-time to
arm Control; especially with regard to
the 'conventional arms control talks in
Vienna.
It seems to me that an emergency
military�c6mmunications link would
complement the types of proposals the
Westis seeking support for in Vienna,
� especially at the confidence-and secu-
� rity-building measures talks�also
known as the CSBM talks. �
As you know, the CSBM talks are
aimed at increasing the stability and
security of Europe. At the CSBM talks
the United States and its NATO Allies
have proposed measures that would in-
crease openness and predictability in
European military affairs.
Increasing predictability and reduc-
ing misunderstanding is what this
amendment is all about.
On a bilateral level, the United
States has reached shnila.r agreements
-with the Soviet- Union: My colleague
from the State of Virginia, Senator
WARNER, negotiated the agreement- on
the prevention of incidents on and
over the high seas in 1972. Senator
WARNER and the distinguished chair-
man of the Senate Armed Services
- Committee, Senator Norm, played� a
key role in the establishment of the
nuclear risk reduction centers in 1987.
As we� learned from those experi-
ences, establishing such links requires
not only technical effort, but political
effort as well. A direct link between
NATO and the Warsaw Pact is only as
good as the commitment to use it at
the right time. This link will not
reduce tensions in and of itself, but, if
used appropriately, it could reduce the
potential for misunderstanding.
We have all seen promising signs of
greater openness in Eastern Europe.
Now is the time to expand our efforts
at better communication between East
and West to NATO and the Warsaw
Pact. I would hope that in this new
era of glasnost, an opportunity to
extend such military openness may be
seriously considered.
Mr. President, I have explained the
amendment. It could be an important
first step. I think it would be wel-
comed by President Bush.
Mr. MITCHELL. Mr. President, the
amendment I am pleased to cosponsor
with the distinguished Republican
leader calls on the President to study
the advisability of an additional confi-
dence- and security-building measure
in Europe. The measure which this
amendment proposes is a direct mili-
tary-to-military communications link
between NATO and the Warsaw Pact.
The possible value of such a link was
illustrated in the-recent episode when
a Soviet Military aircraft flew from
Poland across NATO territory until it
crashed in Belgium. Despite the fact
that NATO was aware of the aircraft
in sufficient time to track it and to
have our own NATO aircraft follow it
and establish that the pilot had eject-
ed, no attempt was made to communi-
cate with Warsaw Pact authorities.
Indeed, such an attempt was virtually
Impossible on such short notice.
The military-to-military link which
this amendment proposes would pro-
vide an existing and established chan-
nel for use in such incidents, where
unpredicted military events could lead
to unfortunate incidents between the
two sides.
As the members of NATO and the
Warsaw Pact proceed to explore ways
to reduce tension and enhance confi-
dence and security in the ongoing ne-
gotiations in Vienna, it is my view that
It could prove fruitful to explore the
possibility and feasibility of a military-
to-military communications link such
as that proposed in this amendment. I
hope the President will explore this
concept seriously with our allies and
will find that it can be included as part
of the set of measures being_ negotja_t7
ed in Vienna.
-The PRESIDING - OFFICER. - Is
there further debate on the amend-
ment?
Mr. PELL. Mr. President, I think
this is an excellent amendment and I
am very glad, indeed, to be a cosponsor
of it. It is a little bit different than the
hotline because the existing United
States-Soviet hotline runs through the
Defense Department to the White
House and is essentially designed for
communication between political lead-
ers. My understanding in the past was
the reason the Soviets did not want it
to go- from military to military was
they want to keep more of a control
on it. The proposed NATO-Warsaw.
Pact communication link, by contrast,
will provide for better communication
between military personnel in order to
avoid misunderstanding. The fact they
are willing to go from military to mili-
tary in this one is I think a good sign,
showing they are more willing to trust
the military than they were before. I
for one look forward to voting for the
amendment.
Mr. DOLE. I thank the distin-
guished Senator, the chairman of the
committee.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. If
there is no further debate' on on the
amendment, the question is on agree-
ing to the amendment. Is there fur-
ther debate on the amendment? �
The amendment (No. 276) was
agreed to.
Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I move to
reconsider the vote by which the
amendment was agreed to.
Mr. PELL. I move to lay that motion
on the table.
The motion to lay on the table was
agreed to.
Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I ask
unanimous consent to add the distin-
guished Senator from North Carolina
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July 17, 1989
[Mr. Helms] as a cosponsor of the
amendment.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. With-
out objection, it is so ordered.
Who yields time?
Mr. HELMS. Mr. President, I yield
to the distinguished Senator from�Wy-
oming [Mr. SwPsonl such time ashe _
may require. � '
� The PRESIDING OFFICER:" Thi
Senator from Wyoming [Mr. Snweson.]
is recognized. .
Mr. SIMPSON. Mr. President, � I,
thank the Chair. I have been listening
to the debate with regard, to 'The -
amendment offered by my friend, the
senior Senator from New York, feeling
that it indeed is not appropriate. The��
reasons for my opposition 'have been
very ably outlined by others, including
the administration. But I really literal-
ly will just take 2 or 3 minutes to ex-
press my own reservations.
I guess as we review things here we
all wonder how long things last. I
think it was a colleague I cannot recall
who 10 years ago said, "nothing ever
dies around here." I just do not under-
stand what purpose it is to continue to
bedevil and beleaguer the Iran-Contra
� issue. We have spent millions of the
taxpayers' bucks on this issue, all to
no avail, unless they really want to Inc
peach George Bush now, which seems
like not really an appropriate thing to,
do at all. I would hope' We would -Liof
seek to impeach George Bush.
� Where does- all this lead? What is
the Purpose of it? How long doesit "go .
on? It is an extraordinark effort to mi-
cromanage the conduct of foreign
policy in this country to an extent
that is really almost hard to imagine.
How long lathe exquisite agony of this
thing to go � forward? I 'do not uniler
stand.� . -
But thea inendnient goes far beyOnd
even that. It would inhibit the conduct
of foreign policy by creating the spec-
ter, of potential criminal liability for
any U.S. Government employee who
acts to further a policy � for _which
funding has been denied. Now, think
of how, many'times iiY the eon* of
our times here, our travail and Car
work, we deny funding to certain agen-
cies or for some reason to some part of
the Government. And that would be
done whether that action is made with
intent or knowledge to circumvent
some congressional prohibition. .
I think it is all very well to cut 'off
funding. That is our job. We do that.
We are all skilled at that. You are
going to cut off funding if they do a
number on you. We do that sometimes _ _
In a clumsy way. I have done that, cut
off funding for programs or policies
that we feel to be unwise or not 'lithe_
.best interests of the United States.1_
But I think it is quite another matter,- -
Mr. President, for us to impose crimi-
nal liability�and that is the way I
read this�or to require a cutoff of
funding to a:foreign country -which
might act to support a policy "for
which Congress has refused funding. �
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