ESTABLISHMENT OF ARMS CONTROL VERIFICATION COMMITTEE

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 11, 2007
• Sequence Number: 23
• Publication Date: November 10, 1982
• Content Type: MEMO

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SUBJECT: 'Establishment-of Arms Control Verification
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The President has approved the attached National Security -
Decision-Directive establishing a Verification Committee. (U)
FOR THE PRESIDENT:
William P. Clark
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ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
ARMS. CONTROL VERIFICATION COMMITTEE (U)
control. agreements is essential to their success and therefore
to US- national security.- Effective verification is necessary
to ensure compliance with those agreements. Verification
serves to detect -possible violations of an agreement and
provides timely warning of threats to our national security
arising under an arms control treaty regime. Verification
is also necessary to assure the confidence of the Congress
and. the public at?large that specific arms control measures
are compatible with our security. (U)
. .Effective,verification may involve a number of policy judg-
ments in addition to judgments about intelligence monitoring .
of'the technical provisions of specific arms control agreements.
,.The. government must be organized and prepared to deal.with
all aspects of arms control monitoring, verification, and
compliance issues in a systematic, orderly and timely manner.
The degree of verifiability, of proposed agreements must be
adequately described for policymakers and judgments of -
effective verifiability must be fully. integrated into the
arms control planning and decision process. (U)
In the past, considerations of verification. issues, especially
allegations of violations and/or deceptions concerning
various agreements, .have proved to be unusually complex and
difficult to resolve. In order to address issues of arms
control verification and compliance more effectively and as
an integral part of the arms control policy process, it is
essential that an appropriate mechanism be established to
deal with them comprehensively, in an integrated fashion,
and on a continuing basis. (C)
Compliance with the provision of existing and future 'arms
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Establish.-ent of the Verification Committee
Therefore, in order to provide a focus for. national arms
control verification and compliance policy, a Verification
Committee is established. The Verification Committee. shall
report to the National Security Council and shall be chaired
by the Assistant to the President for National Security
Affairs. (33)
Secretary of State;-Secretary of Defense; Director of Central-
Intelligence; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and
Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. (U)
Membership of the Verification Committee
Membership shall include: senior representatives of the
Responsibilities of the Verification Committee
Responsibilities of the Verification Committee shall include
the following: (U)
Development of US Government policy relative to
verification and compliance. (C)
Formulation of strategies for dealing with-compliance
problems. (C)
Review of all arms control provisions: or agreements
developed in the interagency process with a view to assessing
their verifiability, including START, INF, MBFR, Nuclear
Testing, and Chemical and Biological Warfare. (C)
- Monitoring on a continuous basis the compliance
situation in all arms control areas. (U).
Review of requirements and threats to US monitoring
capabilities and recommendations for assuring the required
capabilities. (C) -
- Overseeing preparation of periodic and special reports
on compliance issues for the NSC and the President. (U)
- Overseeing United States Government preparation of
periodic reports to Congress on verifiability as mandated
by Section 37 of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act. (U)
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A detailed examination of the benefits and limitations
of cooperative verification.-measures, including "on-site"
inspection. (S)
Implementing Procedures
The Assistant to the President for National.Security Affairs
shall establish procedures to implement this Decision
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Support of Interagency Groups
Appropriate interagency groups shall report to and support
the Verification Committee on arms control verification issues
as requ red. (U)
Immediate -Tasks
The Veriftcation.Committee will undertake the following.
immediate actions: (U)
Ensure the integration and prioritization of ongoing
START and INF verification and monitoring work programs into a
single coherent program of work. (C)
A comprehensive review of current compliance issues
with respect-to all existing arms control agreements,
particularly SALT, Nuclear Testing, and Chemical and
Biological.Warfare. (C)
Creation of a permanent "Red Team" to challenge US
verification capabilities, assumptions and policies. This
team would anticipate how, - in what ways, and for what purposes
the Soviets might try to avoid compliance with the provisions
of arms control agreements. START and INF should have highest
priority. (S)