Geneva, Switzerland
June 17, 1997
ON CHANGES TO THE BOUNDARY OF
GRAND FORKS 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 Grand Forks 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 4 of the maintenance facility dated
March 1, 1996, which are attached 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
(2) The portions of the Grand Forks 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 4 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 Grand Forks 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