1. Statement of the Joint Consultative Group, Vienna, Austria, November 17, 1995, cited in Arms Control Reporter 1995, pp. 407.B.527-528.
2. Arms Control Reporter 1995, p. 407.B.528.
3. "Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe," Preamble, paragraph 7.
4. Ibid., Article XIV; Colonel Kenneth D. Guillory, USA, Commander, European Operations Command, OSIA, Briefing, "RLVP Summary," May 9, 1996.
5. Interview with Colonel Kenneth D. Guillory, USA, Commander, European Operations Command, OSIA, by Technical Sergeant David Willford, USAF, History Office, OSIA, November 13, 1995, and December 1, 1995.
6. Colonel Kenneth Guillory, "We're Ready for the Newest Treaty Challenge," On-Site Insights, November/December 1995, p. 3.
7. Ibid., p. 3.
8. Interview, Guillory; Col. Kenneth Guillory, "We're Ready for the Newest Treaty Challenge," p. 3; Technical Sergeant David Willford, "Treaty Validation Period Begins in Europe: Agency Inspectors Check Destruction of Weapons," On-Site Insights, November/December 1995, pp. 1, 4.
9. Colonel Kenneth D. Guillory, "RLVP Summary," May 9, 1996.
10. Ibid.; Interview, Guillory.
11. Colonel Kenneth D. Guillory, "RLVP Summary," May 9, 1996.
12. See this history, Chapter 6, CFE Treaty Baseline. See also Interview with Colonel Lawrence G. Kelley, USMC, Chief, Operations Division, European Operations Command, OSIA, by Joseph P. Harahan, Historian, OSIA, Washington, D.C., May 18, 1994; Interview, Lt. Colonel Jan S. Karcz, USA, Team Chief, OSIA, by Joseph P. Harahan, Historian, OSIA, Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany, December 13, 1993.
13. Interview, Kelley; Interview with Lt. Colonel David P. Gessert, USAF, Team Chief, OSIA, by Joseph P. Harahan, Historian, OSIA, Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany, July 12, 1993; Interview, Karcz.
14. Interview, Ambassador Lynn M. Hansen, U.S. Government CFE Treaty Negotiator, by Joseph P. Harahan, Historian, OSIA, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, December 14, 1993.
15. For a more detailed examination of the issue, see Chapter 6.
16. Arms Control Reporter 1992, p. 407.B.479.
17. Ibid., p. 407.B.481.
18. Arms Control Reporter 1993, pp. 407.B.487, 488-489.
19. Ibid., p. 407.B.489.
20. Arms Control Reporter 1994, p. 407.B.503; Interview with Colonel Stanislaw Malinowski, Chief Inspector, Polish Verification Center, by Joseph P. Harahan, Historian, OSIA, Warsaw, Poland, February 3, 1994.
21. Arms Control Reporter 1992, p. 407.B.481; Arms Control Reporter 1993, p. 407.B.499; Arms Control Reporter 1994, pp. 407.B.506, 508.
22. Arms Control Reporter 1994, pp. 407.B.505-507.
23. "Complying with CFE Suspended for Financial Reasons," INTERFAX (Moscow), February 23, 1995, in FBIS-Soviet Union, February 24, 1995.
24. Arms Control Reporter 1994, pp. 407.B.516, 519, 525, 527-528, 530; Arms Control Reporter 1996, p. 407.B.537.
25. Jim Nichol, "Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty: Russian Attitudes and Implications for U.S. Interests," Congressional Research Service Report, September 15, 1995; Jack Mendelsohn, "The CFE Treaty: In Retrospect and Under Review," Arms Control Today, April 1996, pp. 7-11.
26. International Institute for Strategic Studies, The Military Balance 1995-96 (London: Brassey's Inc., 1995), pp. 71, 100, 105, 118.
27. Ibid., pp. 71, 100; Arms Control Reporter 1996, pp. 407.B.534-536.
28. See this history, Chapter 3, Ratification Delayed.
29. Nichol, "Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty."
30. Arms Control Reporter 1995, p. 407.B.529.
31. CFE Treaty Review Conference, Final Document, Appendix D.
32. For an incisive analysis of this flanks issue, see Richard A. Falkenrath, "The CFE Flank Dispute: Waiting in the Wings"; International Security, Spring 1995, pp. 118-144; and Richard A. Falkenrath, "Resolving the CFE 'Flank' Dispute," Arms Control Today, May 1995, pp. 15-20.
33. Falkenrath, "CFE Flank Dispute," pp. 129-130.
34. Ibid., pp. 129-133.
35. Nichol, "Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty."
36. Arms Control Reporter 1994, pp. 407.B.502-503, 507, 509, 512, 513.
37. Nichol, "Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty"; Arms Control Reporter 1994, pp. 407.B.522-523, 526; Falkenrath, "Resolving the CFE 'Flank' Dispute," pp. 15-17.
38. Arms Control Reporter 1995, pp. 407.B.518, 522-523, 525-526; Mendelsohn, "The CFE Treaty: In Retrospect and Under Review," pp. 7-11.
39. CFE Treaty Review Conference, Final Document, Appendix D.
40. Necil Nedimoglu, Head of the Verification and Implementation Coordination Section, NATO Verification Coordinating Committee, "NATO's Role in Verification and Compliance Monitoring for the CFE Treaty and the Vienna Document," speech presented to the United Nations Group of Governmental Experts on Verification in All Its Aspects, New York, July 19, 1994. See also Interview, Kelley.
41. Interview with Brigadier General Dr. Heinz Loquai, Director, Zentrum Für Verifikationsaufgaben der Bundeswehr, by Joseph P. Harahan, Historian, OSIA, Geilenkirchen, Germany, January 31, 1994.
42. Nedimoglu, "NATO's Role in Verification and Compliance Monitoring"; Arms Control Reporter 1993, p. 407.B.508.
43. Arms Control Reporter 1994, p. 407.B.502.
44. Interview with Ambassador Thomas Graham, Jr., Special Representative of the President for Arms Control, Nonproliferation, and Disarmament, by editors of Arms Control Today, April 25, 1996, published in "The CFE Treaty Review Conference: Strengthening the `Cornerstone' of European Security," Arms Control Today, April 1996, pp. 3-6.
45. CFE Treaty Review Conference, Final Document, Appendix D.