MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OFAMERICA AND THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS REGARDINGTHE ESTABLISHMENT OF A DATA BASE ON THE NUMBERS OF STRATEGICOFFENSIVE ARMS For the purposes of the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of SovietSocialist Republics on the Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, the Parties have considereddata on numbers of strategic offensive arms and agree that as of November 1, 1978 there existedthe following numbers of strategic offensive arms subject to the limitations provided for in theTreaty which is being signed today.
U.S.A. USSR Launchers of ICBMs 1,054 1,398 Fixed launchers of ICBMs 1,054 1,398 Launchers of ICBMs
equipped with MIRVs550 576 Launchers of SLBMs 656 950 Launchers of SLBMs
equipped with MIRVs496 128 Heavy bombers 574 156 Heavy bombers equipped
for cruise missiles capable
of a range in excess
of 600 kilometers0 0 Heavy bombers
equipped only for ASBMs0 0 ASBMs 0 0 ASBMs equipped
with MIRVs0 0 At the time of entry into force of the Treaty the Parties will update the above agreed data inthe categories listed in this Memorandum.
DONE at Vienna on June 18, 1979, in two copies, each in the English and Russianlanguages, both texts being equally authentic.
FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
RALPH EARLE II
Chief of the United States Delegation to the Strategic Arms Limitation TalksFOR THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS:
V. KARPOV
Chief of the USSR Delegation to the Strategic Arms Limitation TalksSTATEMENT OF DATA ON THE NUMBERS OF STRATEGIC OFFENSIVE ARMS ASOF THE DATE OF SIGNATURE OF THE TREATY The United States of America declares that as of June 18, 1979 it possesses the followingnumbers of strategic offensive arms subject to the limitations provided for in the Treaty which isbeing signed today:
Launchers of ICBMs 1,054 Fixed launchers of ICBMs 1,054 Launchers of ICBMs equipped
with MIRVs550 Launchers of SLBMs 656 Launchers of SLBMs equipped
with MIRVs496 Heavy bombers 573 Heavy bombers equipped
for cruise missiles
capable of a range in
excess of 600 kilometers3 Heavy bombers equipped
only for ASBMs0 ASBMs 0 ASBMs equipped with MIRVs 0 June 18, 1979
RALPH EARLE II
Chief of the United States Delegation to the Strategic Arms Limitation TalksI certify that this is a true copy of the document signed by Ambassador Ralph Earle II entitled"Statement of Data on the Numbers of Strategic Offensive Arms as of the Date of Signature ofthe Treaty" and given to Ambassador V. Karpov on June 18, 1979 in Vienna, Austria.
THOMAS GRAHAM, JR.
General Counsel
United States Arms Control
and Disarmament AgencySTATEMENT OF DATA ON THE NUMBERS OF STRATEGIC OFFENSIVE ARMS ASOF THE DATE OF SIGNATURE OF THE TREATY The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics declares that as of June 18, 1979 it possesses thefollowing numbers of strategic offensive arms subject to the limitations provided for in theTreaty which is being signed today:
Launchers of ICBMs 1,398 Fixed launchers of ICBMs 1,398 Launchers of ICBMs equipped
with MIRVs608 Launchers of SLBMs 950 Launchers of SLBMs equipped
with MIRVs144 Heavy bombers 156 Heavy bombers equipped
for cruise missiles
capable of a range in excess
of 600 kilometers0 Heavy bombers equipped
only for ASBMs0 ASBMs 0 ASBMs equipped with MIRVs 0 June 18, 1979
V. KARPOV
Chief of the USSR Delegation to the Strategic Arms Limitation TalksTranslation certified by:
W. D. Krimer,
Senior Language Officer,
Division of Language Services, U.S. Department of StateWILLIAM D. KRIMER
JOINT STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES AND BASIC GUIDELINES FORSUBSEQUENT NEGOTIATIONS ON THE LIMITATION OF STRATEGIC ARMS The United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, hereinafterreferred to as the Parties,
Having concluded the Treaty on the Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms,
Reaffirming that the strengthening of strategic stability meets the interests of the Parties andthe interests of international security,
Convinced that early agreement on the further limitation and further reduction of strategicarms would serve to strengthen international peace and security and to reduce the risk ofoutbreak of nuclear war,
Have agreed as follows:
First. The Parties will continue to pursue negotiations, in accordance with the principle ofequality and equal security, on measures for the further limitation and reduction in the numbersof strategic arms, as well as for their further qualitative limitation.
In furtherance of existing agreements between the Parties on the limitation and reduction ofstrategic arms, the Parties will continue, for the purposes of reducing and averting the risk ofoutbreak of nuclear war, to seek measures to strengthen strategic stability by, among otherthings, limitations on strategic offensive arms most destabilizing to the strategic balance and bymeasures to reduce and to avert the risk of surprise attack.
Second. Further limitations and reductions of strategic arms must be subject to adequateverification by national technical means, using additionally, as appropriate, cooperative measurescontributing to the effectiveness of verification by national technical means. The Parties willseek to strengthen verification and to perfect the operation of the Standing ConsultativeCommission in order to promote assurance of compliance with the obligations assumed by theParties.
Third. The Parties shall pursue in the course of these negotiations, taking into considerationfactors that determine the strategic situation, the following objectives:
1) significant and substantial reductions in the numbers of strategic offensive arms;
2) qualitative limitations on strategic offensive arms, including restrictions on thedevelopment, testing, and deployment of new types of strategic offensive arms and on themodernization of existing strategic offensive arms;
3) resolution of the issues included in the Protocol to the Treaty Between the United States ofAmerica and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Limitation of Strategic OffensiveArms in the context of the negotiations relating to the implementation of the principles andobjectives set out herein.
Fourth. The Parties will consider other steps to ensure and enhance strategic stability, toensure the equality and equal security of the Parties, and to implement the above principles andobjectives. Each Party will be free to raise any issue relative to the further limitation of strategicarms. The Parties will also consider further joint measures, as appropriate, to strengtheninternational peace and security and to reduce the risk of outbreak of nuclear war.
Vienna, June 18, 1979
FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
JIMMY CARTER
President of the United States of AmericaFOR THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS:
L. BREZHNEV
General Secretary for the CPSU, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSRSOVIET BACKFIRE STATEMENT On June 16, 1979, President Brezhnev handed President Carter the following writtenstatement [original Russian text was attached]:
The Soviet side informs the U.S. side that the Soviet "Tu-22M" airplane, called"Backfire" in the U.S.A., is a medium-range bomber, and that it does not intend to givethis airplane the capability of operating at intercontinental distances. In this connection,the Soviet side states that it will not increase the radius of action of this airplane in such away as to enable it to strike targets on the territory of the U.S.A. Nor does it intend togive it such a capability in any other manner, including by in-flight refueling. At the sametime, the Soviet side states that it will not increase the production rate of this airplane ascompared to the present rate.
President Brezhnev confirmed that the Soviet Backfire production rate would not exceed 30per year.
President Carter stated that the United States enters into the SALT II Agreement on the basisof the commitments contained in the Soviet statement and that it considers the carrying out ofthese commitments to be essential to the obligations assumed under the Treaty.
CYRUS VANCE