Geneva, Switzerland
June 17, 1997

 

JOINT COMPLIANCE AND INSPECTION COMMISSION
JOINT STATEMENT NUMBER S-5

ON CHANGES TO THE BOUNDARY OF
MALMSTROM 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, agree on the following:

(1) The new boundary of the Malmstrom ICBM Base for Silo Launchers of ICBMs shall be the boundaries shown on the site diagrams of the maintenance facility of the base dated March 1, 1996, and Area 2 of the maintenance facility dated March 1, 1996, which is attached to this Joint Statement, and the boundaries shown on the site diagrams of Area 1 , Area 3, and Area 4 of the maintenance facility, which are unchanged.1

(2) The portions of the Malmstrom 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 January 1, 1994, and Area 2 of the maintenance facility dated June 30, 1991, shall not be subject to inspection unless such portions are included within the boundary of any inspection site.

(3) The changes to the boundary of the Malmstrom ICBM Base for Silo Launchers of ICBMs shall become effective on the date specified in the notification provided by the 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.


[Initialled]

(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




1 Attachment is classified and therefore is not included in this publication.

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