Chapter 8, June–August 1991
217. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State for International Security Affairs (Bartholomew) to Secretary of State Baker
Source: Department of State, Policy Planning Staff, Lot 03D102, Dennis Ross Files, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 5–7, 1991. Secret.
218. Letter From President Bush to Soviet President Gorbachev
Source: George H.W. Bush Library, Bush Presidential Records, National Security Council, NSC Intel (IFG, IFM, NS) Files, OA/ID CF01689, 9120433. Secret. Under cover of a memorandum of June 10, Scowcroft sent copies of the letter to Cheney, Powell, and Lehman. (Ibid.)
219. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Scowcroft) to President Bush
Source: George H.W. Bush Library, Bush Presidential Records, National Security Council, H-Files, NSC Meetings Files, NSC0058—June 06, 1991—Strategic Arms Reduction Talks. Secret. Attached but not printed is the meeting agenda. A stamped notation indicates Bush saw the memorandum; beneath the notation, an unknown hand wrote “6–6–91.” Gordon, Davis, and Kuehne sent the memorandum to Scowcroft for his signature under cover of a June 5 memorandum. (Ibid.) According to the Presidential Daily Diary, Bush presided over a meeting of the National Security Council from 3:49–4:32 p.m. No minutes were found.
220. Paper Prepared in the National Security Council
Source: George H.W. Bush Library, Bush Presidential Records, National Security Council, H-Files, NSC Meetings Files, NSC0058—June 06, 1991—Strategic Arms Reduction Talks. Secret. Gordon, Davis, and Kuehne sent the paper to Scowcroft through Kanter under a July 5 covering memorandum: “At Tab I is a meeting memorandum to the President for the June 6 NSC meeting on START. At Tab II are talking points for your use at the meeting to lead the participants through the issues in the proposed letter to Gorbachev.”
221. Telegram From the Delegation to the Nuclear and Space Talks in Geneva to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D910542–0143. Secret; Immediate.
222. Memorandum From Arnold Kanter of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Scowcroft)
Source: George H.W. Bush Library, Bush Presidential Records, National Security Council, Richard A. Davis Files, Subject Files, OA/ID CF01590–009 Arms Control PCC [2]. Secret. Copied to Gates, Gompert, and Hewett. A stamped notation indicates Scowcroft saw the memorandum.
223. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the People’s Republic of China
Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, N910004–0504. Secret; Niact Immediate; Nodis. Drafted by Timbie; cleared in S/S and S/S-O; approved by Timbie.
224. Letter From Soviet President Gorbachev to President Bush
Source: Department of State, Office of the Under Secretary for Arms Control, International Security Affairs, Lot 05D259, Records of James Timbie, US-Russia BW, CTB Ratification, START I Baker Bessmertnykh Jul 1991. No classification marking. Printed from the official translation of the Department of State Language Services.
225. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Korea
Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, N910005–0094. Secret; Niact Immediate; Nodis. Drafted by Timbie; cleared in S/S and S/S-O; approved by Morton Dworken (T).
226. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the Soviet Union
Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D910619–0573. Confidential; Immediate; Exdis. Sent Immediate for information to NST Geneva. Drafted by Gray; cleared in S/S and S/S-O; approved by Vershbow.
227. Telegram From the Delegation to the Nuclear and Space Talks in Geneva to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Bureau of Arms Control, Lot 02D360, Edward M. Ifft Files, Baker-Nazarkin Memcons 1991. Secret; Priority; Exdis. Sent Priority for information to Moscow, the Mission to NATO, and USNMR SHAPE. Drafted by Brooks; cleared by Kangas; approved by Brooks.
228. Paper Prepared in the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Policy Planning Staff, Lot 03D012, Dennis Ross Files, US Moscow Ministerial July 11–14, 1991. Secret. Timbie sent the paper to Ross under cover of a handwritten note: “D.R.: Points for Baker/Bartholomew on all the remaining START issues. J.T.” (Ibid.)
229. Telegram From the Delegation to the Nuclear and Space Talks in Geneva to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Bureau of Arms Control, Lot 02D360, Edward M. Ifft Files, Baker-Nazarkin Memcons 1991. Secret; Priority; Exdis. Sent Priority for information to Moscow, the Mission to NATO, and USNMR SHAPE. Drafted by Brooks; cleared by Kangas; approved by Ifft.
230. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in France
Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, N910005–0215. Secret; Immediate; Nodis. Drafted by Timbie; cleared in S/S and S/S-O; approved by Timbie.
232. Memorandum From the Head of the Delegation to the Nuclear and Space Talks in Geneva (Brooks) to the Delegation to the Nuclear and Space Talks in Geneva
Source: Department of State, Verification, Compliance and Implementation, Lot 06D436, Verification, Compliance and Implementation Subject Files, 1983–2005, Washington Ministerial July 10–16, 1991, Result of Ministerials. Secret.
233. Telegram From the Delegation to the Nuclear and Space Talks in Geneva to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Bureau of Arms Control, Lot 02D360, Edward M. Ifft Files, Baker-Nazarkin Memcons 1991. Secret; Priority; Exdis. Sent Priority for information to Moscow, the Mission to NATO, and USNMR SHAPE. Drafted by Brooks; cleared by Kangas; approved by Brooks.
234. Telegram From the Delegation to the Nuclear and Space Talks in Geneva to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D910687–0119. Secret; Immediate.
235. Telegram From the Delegation to the Nuclear and Space Talks in Geneva to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Bureau of Arms Control, Lot 02D360, Edward M. Ifft Files, Baker-Nazarkin Memcons 1991. Secret; Exdis; Priority. Sent priority for information to Moscow, the Mission to NATO, and USNMR SHAPE.
236. Telegram From the Delegation to the Nuclear and Space Talks in Geneva to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Bureau of Arms Control, Lot 02D360, Edward M. Ifft Files, Baker-Nazarkin Memcons 1991. Secret; Priority; Exdis. Sent Priority for information to Moscow, the Mission to NATO, and USNMR SHAPE. Drafted by Brooks; cleared by Kangas; approved by Brooks.
237. Telegram From the Delegation to the Nuclear and Space Talks in Geneva to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D910686–0672. Secret; Immediate.
238. Telegram From the Delegation to the Nuclear and Space Talks in Geneva to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Bureau of Arms Control, Lot 02D360, Edward M. Ifft Files, Baker-Nazarkin Memcons 1991. Secret; Priority; Exdis. Sent Priority for information to Moscow, the Mission to NATO, and USNMR SHAPE. Drafted by Brooks; cleared by Kangas; approved by Brooks.
239. Telegram From the Department of State to Secretary of State Baker’s Delegation
Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, N910005–0368. Secret; Immediate; Nodis. Sent Immediate for information to Moscow and NST Geneva. Drafted by Ordway; cleared by Vershbow and Timbie, and in D, S/S, and S/S-O; approved by Kamman. Baker was in Jerusalem July 21–22 meeting with Israeli and Palestinian leaders in advance of a Middle East peace conference.
240. Telegram From the Delegation to the Nuclear and Space Talks in Geneva to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D910718–0089. Secret; Niact Immediate; Exdis.
241. Telegram From the Delegation to the Nuclear and Space Talks in Geneva to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D910767–0561. Secret; Exdis. Sent for information to USNMR SHAPE.
242. Telegram From the Delegation to the Nuclear and Space Talks in Geneva to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D910778–0128. Secret; Exdis. Sent for information to Moscow, the Mission to NATO, and USNMR SHAPE.
243. Telegram From the Delegation to the Nuclear and Space Talks in Geneva to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D910745–0060. Secret; Priority; Exdis. Sent Priority for information to Moscow, the Mission to NATO, and USNMR SHAPE.
244. Telegram From the Delegation to the Nuclear and Space Talks in Geneva to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D910763–0629. Secret; Exdis. Sent for information to Moscow and USNMR SHAPE.
246. Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms
Source: Department of State Dispatch Supplement, October 1991, Vol. 2, Supplement No. 5, pp. 1–16. Unclassified. The Annex on Agreed Statements is ibid., pp. 17–23; the Annex on Terms and Their Definitions, pp. 24–29; the Protocol on Procedures Governing Conversion or Elimination, pp. 30–36; the Protocol on Inspections and Continuous Monitoring Activities, pp. 37–102; the Protocol on Notifications, pp 103–112; the Protocol on ICBM and SLBM Throw-weight, pp. 113–114; the Protocol on Telemetric Information, pp. 115–117; the Protocol on the Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission, pp. 118–119; the Memorandum of Understanding on the Establishment of the Data Base, pp. 120–245; Related Agreements, pp. 246–249; Letters Signed by U.S. and Soviet Representatives, pp. 250–265; Certain Correspondence Related to the Treaty, pp. 266–271; Joint Statements, pp. 272–273; Other Statements, pp. 274–278; and Declarations, pp. 279–280.