LIST OF SOVIET ARMS CONTROL PROPOSALS SINCE NOVEMBER 1981

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• Publication Date: February 9, 1984
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MEMORANDUM FOR: chief, ACIS
FROM:
Chief, Soviet Foreign Policy Branch
FBIS/Analysis Group
SUBJECT: List of Soviet Arms Control Proposals
since November 1981
9 February 1984
STAT
Attached you will find a list of Soviet arms control proposals based on
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Soviet published sources. This list cannot be considered complete both
because not all Soviet proposals are made public and because our files are not
set up to retrieve such a list. You may find a more comprehensive list could
be drawn up from your own files, but I hope that this will be helpful.
Attachment: As stated
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23 Nov 81
FBIS ANALYSIS GROUP
9 FEBRUARY 1984
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LIST OF SOVIET ARMS CONTROL PROPOSALS SINCE NOVEMBER 1981
Brezhnev, reaffirming Soviet willingness to join with NATO in
observing a moratorium on the deployment of new and the
modernizing of existing INF in Europe, adds that the USSR would
also unilaterally reduce part of its INF in the European part
of the USSR if NATO agrees to the moratorium.
1 Mar 82 Brezhnev proposes a convention on strengthening guarantees of the
security of nonnuclear states and an agreement on the
nondeployment of nuclear weapons.
16 Mar 82 Brezhnev announces a unilateral Soviet moratorium on the
deployment of INF in European part of the USSR in both
quantitative and qualitative terms.
15 Jun 82 Brezhnev message to second United Nations special session
on disarmament pledges that the Soviet Union will not be the
first country to use nuclear weapons and urges other nuclear
powers to assume the same obligation.
17 Jun 82 Soviet memorandum to second UN special session on disarmament
proposes that missile submarines be removed from extensive
combat patrol areas and that agreement on restricting their
cruises be reached. It also proposes limitation of new SLBM
deployments, renunciation of deployment of long-range SLCm's
and GLCM's, extension of confidence-building measures to seas
and oceans, making the Mediterranean a zone of peace and
cooperation, and strengthening peace and security in the Persian
Gulf area. It proposes reaching an agreement not to increase
armed forces and conventional armaments and the resumption of
U.S.-Soviet talks on limiting trade in and transfer of
conventional armaments. The memorandum calls for a reduction
of military budgets, renunciation of the use of new discoveries
and of scientific and technical achievements for military
purposes. The memorandum also contains a repetition of earlier
Soviet proposals for a disarmament program that would begin with
the cessation of the development of new systems of nuclear
weapons and end with the total elimination of nuclear weapons
with several intermediate steps along the way.
18 Jun 82
USSR presents draft treaty entitled "Basic Provisions of a
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production
and Stockpiling of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction."
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Gromyko at UN proposes that the General Assembly ,include on its
agenda an item entitled "Immediate Cessation and Prohibition of
Nuclear Weapons Tests." He reports that the Soviet Union was
submitting to the General Assembly the "Basic Provisions of a
Treaty on the Complete and General Prohibition of Nuclear-Weapons
Tests."
USSR Government draft resolution is presented to the United
Nations on "Multiplying Efforts To Remove the Threat of Nuclear
War and To Ensure a Safe Development of Nuclear Energy." It
includes a call for nuclear weapon states to suspend
simultaneously the production and deployment of nuclear weapons
and their delivery vehicles and the production of fissionable
materials for the purpose of developing various types
of nuclear weapons.
Andropov proposes a sublimit on INF missiles in Europe for NATO
and the USSR, with the latter retaining only as many missiles as
the combined British and French nuclear arsenals (162).
Andropov discloses outlines of Soviet START proposal, providing
for a reduction of "more than 25 percent" in intercontinental
armaments and a "substantial" reduction in nuclear warheads.
Warsaw Pact Political Declaration declares that the alliance
proposes conclusion of a treaty with NATO on the mutual nonuse
of military force, either nuclear or conventional, and on the
maintenance of relations of peace. The Declaration adds that
the treaty "could" contain a commitment not to jeopardize
international sea, air, or space communication "passing through
areas outside any national jurisdiction" and a commitment to
examine jointly practical measures to avert the threat of
surprise attack and to "contribute to the development of mutual
exchanges of military delegations and visits of naval ships and
air force units."
Soviet representative at MBFR talks presents proposals for MBFR
agreement. Soviet press reports indicate that proposed agreement
would bypass data question and would establish new verification
procedures.
25 Apr 83 Andropov, in a DER SPIEGEL interview, proposes the conclusion
of an international treaty on the nondeployment of any types of
weapons in space. (Moscow in the summer of 1981 submitted a
similar proposal to the UN)
3 May 83
6 Jun 83
Andropov announces that the Soviet Union is willing to agree to
equality in INF in Europe "with regard to both delivery vehicles
and warheads."
Andropov, in reaffirming Soviet support for a nuclear-free zone
in the north of Europe, including measures affecting Soviet
territory, expresses willingness to discuss making the Baltic
Sea a nuclear-free area.
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16 Jun 83 USSR Supreme Soviet resolution proposes a freeze both
quantitatively and qualitatively on nuclear weapons by all
nuclear powers, beginning with the United States and the USSR.
23 Jun 83 Warsaw Pact presents MBFR draft treaty in Vienna. Soviet media
reports indicate that draft treaty essentially incorporates
17 February proposals.
19 Aug 83 Elaborating on his April proposal for a treaty banning
weapons from space, Andropov says USSR deems it necessary to
reach agreement on a complete prohibition of the "testing and
deployment of any space-based weapons for striking targets on
earth, in the air, or in outer space." Andropov also announces
that the Soviet Union is prepared to agree on eliminating existing
anti-satellite systems, on prohibiting the development of new
ones, and to refrain from being the first to put any ASAT weapons
into outer space. On 22 August PRAVDA published the USSR's draft
treaty, submitted to the UN, on these questions.
27 Aug 83 Andropov announces that the Soviet Union is willing to liquidate
all Soviet missiles removed from Europe under the terms of an INF
agreement rather than transfer them to Asia.
27 Oct 83 Andropov announces that the USSR is willing to reduce the number
of soviet SS-20 missile launchers in European USSR to
approximately 140, that it will freeze the SS-20 force in Asia at
the level existing when an INF agreement enters into force, and
that it will show "additional flexibility" on U.S. forward-based
systems.
27 Oct 83 Moscow domestic radio reports Soviet submission to the United
Nations of a proposal to freeze production and deployment of
chemical weapons until an international convention on these
weapons has been concluded.
10 Jan 84
Soviet media announce that the USSR Foreign Ministry has
presented NATO embassies in Moscow with a Warsaw Pact proposal for
freeing Europe of chemical weapons. The proposal includes
suggestion of a 1984 meeting for an exchange of views on this
issue.
18 Jan 84 Gromyko presents recycled Soviet confidence-building proposals at
Stockholm Conference on Disarmament in Europe.
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