Geneva, Switzerland
June 17, 1997
ON CHANGES TO THE BOUNDARY OF
F.E. WARREN ICBM BASE FOR SILO LAUNCHERS OF ICBMS
The Parties, referring to paragraph 20 of Annex J to the Memorandum of Understanding
on the Establishment of the Data Base Relating to the Treaty Between the United
States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Reduction
and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms of July 31, 1991, hereinafter referred
to as the Treaty, taking into the account the information with respect to
the F.E. Warren ICBM Base for Silo Launchers of ICBMs provided in Annex A
to this Joint Statement, agree on the following:
(1) Area 4 of the maintenance facility shall be excluded from within the boundaries
of the maintenance facility of the base, and the site diagram of Area 4 of
the maintenance facility dated May 17, 1995, shall be canceled. Area 5 of
the maintenance facility and the existing site diagram of Area 5 of the maintenance
facility dated December 4, 1994 shall be redesignated as Area 4 of the maintenance
facility and the site diagram of Area 4 of the maintenance facility, respectively.
(2) The new boundary of the F.E. Warren ICBM Base for Silo Launchers of ICBMs
shall be the boundaries shown on the site diagrams of the maintenance facility
dated March 1, 1996, Area 4 of the maintenance facility dated March 1, 1996,
which are attached as Annex B to this Joint Statement, and the boundaries
shown on the site diagrams of Area 1, Area 2, and Area 3 of the maintenance
facility, which are unchanged.1
(3) The portions of the F.E. Warren ICBM Base for Silo Launchers of ICBMs
to be excluded, pursuant to this Joint Statement, from within the boundaries
shown on the site diagrams of the maintenance facility of the base dated December
4, 1994, and Area 4 of the maintenance facility dated May 17, 1995, shall
not be subject to inspection unless such portions are included within the
boundary of any inspection site.
(4) The changes to the boundary of the F.E. Warren ICBM Base for Silo Launchers
of ICBMs shall become effective on the date specified in the notification
provided by United States of America in accordance with paragraph 19 of Section
I of the Protocol on Notifications Relating to the Treaty, or the date such
notification is provided by the United States of America, or the date of entry
into force of this Joint Statement, whichever is latest.
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(United States of America)___Steven Steiner
(Republic of Belarus)___Stanislav Orgurtsov
(The Republic of Kazakstan)___Kairtay Zhanbatyrov
(The Russian Federation)___Anton Vasil'yev
(Ukraine)___ Konstantin Hrishchenko
INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
ON CHANGES TO THE BOUNDARY OF THE F.E. WARREN ICBM BASE
FOR SILO LAUNCHERS OF ICBMS
United States of America: