m 1 UNCLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL OUTGDINO TELEGRANI Department of State PAGE Cl OF D5 STATE ESDOES ORIGIN INFO LOG-OD CEO-DJ CIAE-OO CFE-DD C-BI CODE-OD DOEE-DD L-DD ADS-HO NRCEDS NARC-DC NSAE-DD DES-DD ONO-B1 PH-DD PRC-OI SB-OD SDEL-DD SAP-DD SP-OO SS-CD TRSE-DO T-OI TSKY-DI EPAE-DB ammo BY swam mauve BY uoaloacmoonnm smmnanm 51m mama PR 94133 nu 92 n1 39 31 12 RASIIDC ANEMBASSY NOSCOR mom usumnm mm 55 van mm I I A STATE TSDOSS USUIENNA FOR UNUIE GENEVA FOR CD DEL E O 12355 DECL OADR TAGS PARN NPT SUBJECT NPT DEPOSITARIES MEETING 1 CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT I SUNNARY THE RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY HOSTED A DAY AND RUSSIAN FEDERATIONI IN NOSCON OUER JULY 13-1I TO DISCUSS A HIDE RANGE OF PROCEDURAI AND SUBSTANTIUE ISSUES RELATED TO THE 1335 NPT EXTENSION CONFERENCE AND ITS PREPARATORY MEETINGS PRECIOUS DEPOSITARIES HEETINGS CHER THE PAST YEAR HAD ESTABLISHED THE BASIS FOR ACREENENT ON A NUHDER OF ISSUES INCLUDING THE NATURE OF THE 1995 CONFERENCE IEXTENSICN RITH A REOIEN ITS AND DURATION ITIIREE TO - FOUR NEEKS AND THE NUMBER OF PREPARATORY COHNITTEE WREPCONI MEETINGS THAT SHOULD PRECEOE THE CONFERENCE OEPOSITARIES USEFULLY EXPLORED QUESTIONS OF CONFERENCE FINANCING IN UIEH OF TIGHT FINANCIAL SITUATION IN RUSSIA AND ADHERENCE OF A NUNDER OF HER PARTIES ORGANIZATION AND PROGRAH OF NORA FOR THE PREPCONSI AND OTHER INITIATIVES THAT NIGHT DE PURSUED AT THE 1995 CONFERENCE ALL AGREED THAT THE INOEFINITE EXTENSION OF THE NPT HAS THE PREFERABLE OUTCONE DEPOSITARIES AGREED TO HEET NENT ON THE NARGIHS OF THE IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE END SUNNARY 3 ON JULY 13-15 IN NOSCON THE RUSSIAN NFA HOSTED A NEETING OF THE NPT DEPOSITARIES IDS ON AND RUSSIAN FEDERATION TO DISCUSS OBJECTTUES OF AND PREPARATIONS FOR THE 1895 CONFERENCE TO EXTEND THE NUCLEAR NON PROLIFERATION TREATY INPTI DELEGATIONS HERE HEAOED BY BORIS RF BRAD GORDON ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AGDAI AND BRIAN DONNELLY UX FCO CONPLETE DELEGATION LISTS ARE CONTAINED IN PARA 2D A SERIES OF NEETIHCS AMONG THE DEPOSITARIES OVER THE PAST YEAR HAD LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR DISCUSSIONS THAT HERE FRIENDLY FRANK AND CONSTRUCTIUE THIS REPORT DISCUSSES THE DARIOUS ITENS AS THEY HERE COUEREO UNDER THE RUSSIAN-DRAFTED AGENDA STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE REVIEW AUTHORITY ROBERT HOMME CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL REASON DECLASSIFY AFTER 3 AUG 2017 ID 21 FEB 2012 200802837 AND A HALF LONG MEETING OF THE NPT DEPOSITARIES MS UN RELEASED IN PART STATE I CONFERENCE FORMAT 5% NAYORSXI OPENED THE DISCUSSION BY NOTINC THAT THE DEROSITARIES HAD ALREADY-AGREED CONFERENCE SHOULD REUIEN THE NPT AS HELL A5 EXTEND IT THIS RAISED A QUESTION ABOUT THE TITLE OF THE CONFERENCE -- SHOULD IT SIHPIY REFER TO THE NET OR REFLECT THE FACT THAT THIS HAS A RENTER AND EXTENSION CONFERENCE NAYORSXI NOTED THAT THE DECISION ADOPTED BY THE 1991 NASA ON THE IOSS CONFERENCE HAS TITLED SIMPLY ON THE NON-PROLIFERATIOH OF NUCLEAR NEAPONS 1995 CONFERENCE AND ITS PREPARATORY GORDON UNDERSCORED THE US UIEH THAT THE FUNDAHENTAL PURPOSE OF THE 1955 CONFERENCE HAS THE EXTENSION OF THE NPT THIS IS THE ONLY CONFERENCE THAT IS REOUIRED BY THE TREATY IN 1395 NNILE A REUIEN HILL PROBABLY OCCUR THE TREATY DOES NOT REOUIRE IT DDNNELLY REPORTED THAT IN HIS CONSULTATIONS RITH A FER OTHER NPT PARTIES SONE HAD ARGDEO FOR A SEPARATE REUIEN CONFERENCE IN 1995 ALL DEPOSITARIES AGREED THAT IT HAS DESIRABLE TO HAUE ONLY ONE CONFERENCE AND THAT THE 1995 CONFERENCE SHORT TITLE HAS PREFERABLE ISODSS 5 UNGA RESOLUTION ON THE 1995 NPT CONFERENCE ON REP DOHNELLY OFFERED A NIHINALIST DRAFT UNCA RESOLUTION FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE OEPOSITARIES NNICH NOTES THE DECISION OF THE PARTIES TO ESTABLISH A PREPARATORY CONNITTEE NREPCONI AND REQUESTS THE UN SECRETARY GENERAL TO PROUIDE THE NECESSARY ASSISTANCE TO THE CONFERENCE AND THE PREPCOH ALI AGREED THAT IT HAS NDULD BE HENLCANS- AND PERHAPS OTHERS TO ADD TO THE TEXT THE SPARENESS OF THE UK DRAFT LEFT ROON FOR ACCEPTABLE ADDITIONS SUCH AS LANGUAGE INDICATING THAT THE 1995 CONFERENCE ALSO NODLD REUIEN THE TREATY ALL AGREED THAT PERU COULD BE EXPECTED TO CHAIR THE CAUCUS OF NPT PARTIES ON THE HANGIHS OF THE UNGA TO ESTABLISH THE PREPCON NAYORSNI ARGUED FOR CIRCUIATING THE UN DRAFT RESOLUTION SOON TO GET THE FIRST DRAFT ON THE TABLE DONNELLY AGREED THAT THE UK NOULD CIRCULATE IT IN CENEUA IN THE NEXT FEN NEEKS NITNIN THE NEXT THE UK HILL TAKE STEPS TO HAUE THE DRAFT HANDED OUT IN ALL NPT CAPITALS G PREPARATORY CONHITTEE THE DEPOSITARIES AGREED THAT IT NOULD BE PREFERABLE TO NAUE ONLY THREE PREPCON NEETINGS IF A STRONG DESIRE FOR ADDITIONAL PREPCOHS ENERGED FOUR PREPCONS OUT OF A SHORTER DURATION NIGHT ALSO BE CONSIDERED NAYORSKI ASKED THE OTHER REPS THEIR DIENS ON ENGAGING THE PREPCDN HEETING ON THE SUDSTANTIUE PROBLENS OF THE EXTENSION SUCH A SUDSTANTIUE PREPCON IN HIS NOULD HELP TO FOSTER THE UIEN THAT THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS CONFERENCE IT ALSO COULD PROUIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR DELEGATIONS TO SET OUT THEIR UIEHS IN GENERAL STATENENTS GORDON RESPONDED THAT IT NODLD DE INAOUISADLE TO ENGAGE THE PREPCON EARLY ON ON MATTERS OF SUBSTANCE RATHER THERE HERE A NUMBER OF PROCEDURAL ISSUES THAT NOULO BE UNIOUE TO THE 1995 CONFERENCE TNAT NOUID NEED TO BE ADDRESSED BY THE PREPCON DDNNELLY NOTED THAT PAST RULES FOR NPT REUIEN CONFERENCES HAD BEEN PRETTY GOOD IN TERHS OT PROUIDING DEANS FOR HANDLING NOTIOHS AND ANENDNENTS THE UNGA RULES NIGHT ALSO SONE GUIDANCE GORDON SAID THAT THE U S HAD BEGUN TO LOOK INTO THE CHANGES NEEDED IN EXISTING REUIER CONFERENCE ROCEDURE TO CCONPLISH THE gm Cram SHBHIEI Olga 5593 2 4 60 4 UNOIF AIDA Department of State PAGE D2 OF DE STATE RHODES DIIRSST EXTENSION DECISION HE AGREED TO TRY TO HAUE DRAFT RULES FOR THE 1955 CONFERENCE READY FOR DISCUSSION BY THE DEPOSITARIES AT THEIR NEXT NEETING IN SEPTEMBER RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR THE 1595 CONFERENCE THEY SHOULD HAUE THEIR ORR UIENS ON SUCH RULES GORDON ALSO SUGGESTED THAT THE OTHER DEPOSITARIES ENAHINE THE NENICAN DRAFT RESOLUTION FRON ISSI AS A GUIDE TO NNAT THEY NIGHT EXPECT TO ENCOUNTER AT THE DPCONIHG NPT CAUCUS T TIMING AND UEHUE OF PREPCOMS THE 1591 NPT CAUCUS DECIDED THAT THE FIRST PREPCOM COULD BE HELD IN HER YORK DURING THE FIRST HALF OF 1993 THE DEPOSITARIES AGREED THAT THE EXACT SCHEDULING OF THIS PREPCOM NCULD DEFEND ON THE AVAILABILITY OF CONFERENCE SPACE DONNELLT CONNITTED THE UK TO OUERY DEREK DOOTHBY UK NATIONAL ON THE STAFF OF THE UN DEPARTNENT OF DISARMANENT AFFAIRS ON THIS POINT UNDER A THREE PREPCOM ARRANGEMENT IT HAS AGREED THAT THE SECOND ONE COULD BE HELD IN FEDINAR 199% AND THE THIRD IN LATE FALL 1994 GORDON INDICATED THAT THE U S COULD AGREE TO HOLD THE OTHER PREPCOHS IN CENEUA BUT THIS HAS SONETRINC THAT THE PARTIES HOULD NEED TO DECIDE HAYORSKI HADE A STRONG PUSH FOR UIENNA AS A PREPCON SITE OR THE GROUNDS OF THE ESSENTIAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE NPT UNDER ARTICLES AND IN THE US SIDE RESPONDED THAT CONFERENCE COSTS AND INADEOUATE REPRESENTATION HERE STRONG ARGUMENTS AGAINST UIENNA NAYORSKI SAID THAT IT HOULD RE NECESSARY TO FIND OUT RHETHER THE IAEA OR THE AUSTRIAN GOUERNNENT NOULD DE HILLING TO PROUIDE SOME SUPPORT IF THE PREPCOHVHERE HELD IN UIENHA NE URGED THE OTHER DEPOSITARIES TO KEEP OPEN THE POSSIBILITY OF UIENNA GORDON AGAIN DISCOURAGED THE IDEA DONNELLY SAID THAT THE UK COULD ACCEPT HOLDING ALL THE PREPCOHS IN HER YORK HE NOTED MOREDUER THAT THE UK REP TO THE 1591 HPT CAUCUS HAD THE INPRESSIDH THAT AN UNDERSTANDING TO THIS EFFECT HAD BEEN REACHED DURING THAT CAUCUS GORDON SAID THAT THE US HAD NEUER AGREED TO THIS 8 PREPCOH CHAIRNANSHIP AND SECRETARIAT ALL AGREED THAT IT NOULD PROBABLY BE SINPLEST TO RELY ON CURRENT GEOGRAPHIC GROUPS NEST AND IN DETERMINING PREPCOH CHAIRMANSHIPS AND OTHER CONFERENCE LEADERSHIP POSITIONS ITHE QUESTION OF CONFERENCE PRESIDENCY HAS NOT SUDSUMED UNDER THIS DISCUSSION THIS CAN BE REASSESSED IF NECESSARY NAYORSKI SUGGESTED THAT PAST PRECEDENT DE FOLLONED HITH RESPECT TO ASSIGNIHG PREPCON CHAIRMANSHIPS I E THE REST SHOULD PLAN TO PROUIDE THE CHAIRNAR EOR THE FIRST PREPCDN GORDON AND DONHELLY INDICATED THAT THERE HAS NO NESTERN CANDIDATE AT THIS TIME NO OTHER REGIONAL CANDIDATES FOR PREPCDN CHAIRMANSHIPS HERE DISCUSSED HITH RESPECT TO THE STAFFING OF THE PREPCON AND CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT DONNELLY CONFIRNED THAT DEREK DOOTNDY HAS INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING THE SECRETARIAT FOR THE 1995 HPT CONFERENCE NAYORSKI RESPONDED THAT DOOTNBY HAS CLEARLY THE BEST CANDIDATE AND IT SHOULD CO RITHOUT SAYING THAT HE NODLD SERUE AS THE SECRETARY OF THE PREPCOM IF THE OTHER DEPOSITARIES AGREED THAT HE ROULD DE A DESIRABLE CANDIDATE FOR SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE CONFERENCE ITSELF THE RF NOULD UNDERTAKE TO TALK TO USYG PETROUSKY ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF HAUING DOOTHDY HANED AS SECRETARY OF THE PREPCOM HITN THE RID OF SHDDISI STATE RHODES DIIDSST DDNHELLY AND GORDON NELCOHEU NAYORSKI S SUGGESTION 9 CONTENTS OF PREPARATORY HORN A SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION MAYORSKI CHARACTERITED AS USELESS THE BACKGROUND DOCUNENTS TRADITIONALLY PREPARED FOR NFT REUCONS ALL AGREED NONEUER THAT IT HAS ADUISAOLE TO LET SUCH PAPERS BE PREPARED AGAIN FOR 1995 DONNELLY ASKED NHETHER THE DEPOSITARIES SHOULD PROPOSE OTHER PAPERS BE PREPARED DR SHOULD PRODUCE THEIR CNN PAPERS ON TOPICS SUCH AS PROGRESS UNDER ARTICLE UI OPTIONS FOR EXTENSION AND SETTING OUT THE CASE FOR THE TREATY AS A NHOLE NAYORSKI THOUGHT A SINGLE DEPOSITARIES PAPER ON ARTICLE VI NOULD DE USEFUL AND ASKED THE OTHERS TO RIDE SERIOUS THOUGHT TO PRODUCING SUCH A PAPER GORDON SAID THAT AT THIS POINT THE US HOULD PREFER TO NRITE ITS ORR PAPER 8 DRAFT CONFERENCE AGENDA GORDON NOTED THAT THE 1991 MEXICAN DRAET UNGA RESOLUTION HAD PROUIDEO FOR THE PREPCOM TO DRAFT THE CONFERENCE AGENDA NAYORSKI NOTED THAT IN THE PAST THE CONFERENCE AGENDA HAD BEEN DRAFTED IN THE FIRST PREPCON THE U S OFFERED TO CIRCULATE A DRAFT CONFERENCE AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION AT THE SEPTEMBER DEPOSITARIES MEETING TO CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION A LOCATION RUSSIAN AND UK REPS EXPRESSED A PREFERENCE FOR HER YORK AS THE UENUE FOR THE LOSS - CONFERENCE GORDON INDICATED THAT THE U S HAS PREPARED TO ACCEPT NEH YORK AS THE SITE FOR THE CONFERENCE IF THAT HAS NHAT THE PARTIES NRNTED HE POINTER OUT HONEUER THAT NEH YORK HAS A CHORD JUST AS NE COULD USE THE GREATER REPRESENTATION AT THE UN TO ROUND UP SUPPORTERS OF THE NPT SO COULD THOSE SEEKING TO LINIT THE EXTENSION R OPENING DATE ALL AGREED THAT THE 1995 CONFERENCE SHOULD BE CONCERTO AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER THE TREATY S TREATY-FIFTH ANNIUERSARY HARCH 5 1995 C DURATION NAYORSKI SAID THAT A FOUR NEEK CONFERENCE ROULD BE CONSISTENT NITH THE PRECEDENT OF PAST REUCONS DONNELLY COUNTERED THAT THIS SEENED TOO LONG AND SUGGESTED THE DEPOSITARIES PROPDSE A THO HEEK CONFERENCE BOTH THE US AND RUSSIAN REPS THOUGHT THIS HAS UNREALISTIC ALL FINALLY AGREED THAT AT THE CAUCUS IN THE FALL THE DEPOSITARIES HOULD ENLIST THE HELP OF A TO SUGGEST THAT THE CONFERENCE BE HELD FDR THREE KEEKS A FOUR REEK CONFERENCE ROULD THUS SECURE THE FALLBACK POSITION THERE HAS AGREEMENT THAT THE 1935 CONFERENCE SHOULD BE AS SHORT AS POSSIBLE AND SHOULD NOT EXCEED FOUR HEEKS D CONNITTEE STRUCTURE THE DEPOSITARIES AGREED THEY COULD ACCEPT THE STRUCTURE-OF THREE NAIR CONHITTEES USED IN PAST REUGONS IN PART AS A RAY TO FACILITATE ANY REUIEN THE CONFERENCE MIGHT UHDERTAKE HAYORSKI SAID HE SAN NO NEED FOR A SEPARATE HEN MAIN COMMITTEE ON THE EXTENSION OF THE NPT AND THAT CONSIDERATION OF THE EXTENSION DECISION COULD BE HANDLED BY A GROUP OF FRIENDS OF THE PRESIDENT HE ALSO SUGGESTED THAT THE LAST PREPCDN ADDRESS THE EXTENSION DECISION NITH A UIEN IO FORRARDIHG A RECONHENDATIOH OR DECISION TO THE CONFERENCE BOTH US AND UR AGREED THAT NHILE A FRIENDS MAKING HIM SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE CONFERENCE NT BE A USEFUL UENUE FDR ADDRESSING THE CONFIDENTIAL DUTGDING SHDDISI UNCLASSIFIED PAGE D3 DE US STATE 259553 DIIDSET EXTENSION DECISION A FINAL DECISION ON THIS SHOULD ANAIT THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE CONFERENCE THE INFLUENCE OF THE FRIENDS OF THE THE PRESIDENT - -- E SCALE OF EXPENDITURES TRADITIONALLY TNE NPT DEPOSITARIES HAUE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR FIFTY-FINE PERCENT OF THE COSTS OF NPT REUIEN CONFERENCES LOCO THE USSR PAID IG O5 THE UK CONTRIBUTED 5 13 PERCENT AND THE U S PAID 32 82 PERCENTI NAYORSNI UNOERLINED SERIOUS FINANCIAL SITUATION AND NOTED THAT THE RF HAD RECENTLY NEGOTIATED A LONER UH ASSESSNENT HIIH THIS IN HE SOUGHT THE UIENS OF THE OTHER DEPOSITARIES ON THE EXISTING SCALE OF ASSESSNEHTS FOR NPT CONFERENCES TNE DUERALL OREAXOONN OF COSTS HOULD HAUE TO BE REUISEO TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT RECENT ACCESSIOHS BY A NUMBER OF STATES INCLUDING CHINA AND FRANCE FRANCE DEPOSITED TTS INSTRUHENT OF ACCESSION TO THE NPT ON AUGUST 3 LOST IN NASHIHCTON OOHNELLY SAID THAT NHILE IT NOULO DE UNOESIRADLE TO - INCLUDE FRANCE AND CHINA IN THE DEPOSITARIES SNARE OF COSTS PERHAPS THEIR AND OTHERS ASSESSHEHTS COULD BE USED TO REDUCE THE OEPOSITARIES OUERALL CONTRIBUTION BELON FIFTY-FINE PERCENT GORDON THOUGHT THAT TO BE AN INTERESTING SUGGESTION THAT NEEDS TO BE EXPLORER NAYORSKI URGEO THE OTHER OEPOSITARIES TO KEEP THIS ISSUE OPEN PAST THE FIRST PREPCON GORDON RESPONOED THAT IT NOULD PROBABLY OE NECESSARY TO HAUE THIS ISSUE RESOLUED BY THE FIRST PREPCON PARTICULARLY IN UIEN OF CURRENT UN INTEREST IN OBTAINING ADUANCE PATHEHTS FDR CONFERENCES F ASSURING NAXINUN PARTICIPATION AT THE 1995 CONFERENCE GORDON STATED THAT THE HOST INPORTANT FACTOR HAS TO ASSURE THAT A STRONG NAIORITY CONNITTED TO A PARTICULAR EXTENSION DECISION -- HOPEFULLY THE INDEFINITE EXTENSION -- DE PRESENT AT THE CONTERENCE ALL AGREED THE SELECTION OF HEN YORK AS THE UENUE FOR THE 1995 CONFERENCE NIGHT FACILLTATE THAT HAYORSXI SUGGESTED THAT THE DEPOSITARIES APPROACH EUERY NPT PARTY TO ORAN THEIR ATTENTION TO AND ENPNASIZE THE CRUCIAL NATURE OF THE CONFERENCE HE ALSO SUGGESTED THAT THE OEPOSTTARIES ANALYTE A LIST OF ALL PARTIES THAT DID NOT ATTEND REUCOHS TO SEE NHERE BETTER EFFORTS COULD BE NADE TO ENCOURAGE THEIR PARTICIPATION ALL AGREED THAT THE TREATY REOUIRED THAT A NAIORITY OF ITS PARTIES NOT JUST OF THOSE PRESENT AND OOTING HAS NEEDED TO TAKE A DECISION TO EXTEND THE NPT IT NOULD DE INPORTAHT TO IDENTIFY EARLY ON THOSE STATES PARTY THAT NOULD CONSTITUTE THE NECESSARY NAJORITY FOR THE EXTENSION DECISION DONNELLY SUGGESTED THAT A RESOLUTION COULD BE PURSUED AT THE NEXT CSCE SUHNIT ENOORSIHG THE INDEFINITE - EXTENSION OF THE NPT GORDON NOTED THAT THE N S HAS IN THE PROCESS OF IDENTIFYING UIENS ON THE EXTENSION OUESTION THERE HERE ONLY A HAHOFUL OF STATES AT THIS THAT HERE ON RECORD NITH A POSITION ON EXTENSION IN THIS REGARD NE NOTED THE INPORTANCE OF THE SUNNIT DECLARATION ENDORSING INOEFINITE EXTENSION OF THE NPT CONFERENCE NAHAGENERI D CDNNITTEE CHAIRNEN ALL AGREED THAT THE CHAIRNEN TOR THE NAIR IF THEY ARE REESTADLISHED COULD BE THE SAME as muse FOR m PREPCONS as HAS BEEN THE PRACTICE AT NPT REUCONS ALL AGREED THAT THE ORAFTING CONNITTEE GOULD ASSURE NOON GREATER INPORTAHCE THAN IT HAS HAD AT REUCONS IF IT DECADE ENGAGED IN DRAFTING THE EXTENSION DECISION AND THAT GIUINC THE COHNITTEE SUCH A ROLE PROBABLY OUGNT TO BE AUDIDED C FRIENDS OF THE PRESIDENT THERE HAS AGREEMENT THAT A FRIENDS OF THE PRESIDENT GROUP COULD BE USEFUL IN HANDLING THE EXTENSION DECISION AND THAT THE SELECTION OF THE HAS THE PREROGATIUE OF THE FRESIOENT GORDON NOTED THAT AT THE IRON NPT REUCON THE FRIENDS OF THE PRESIDENT HAD BEEN DRANN FROH THE NICE PRESIDENTS HAYORSNI SUGGESTED THAT THE DEPOSITARIES SHOULD CONSULT NITN THE PRESIDENT TO ENSURE THAT HIS FRIENDS GROUP HAS APPROPRIATELY REPRESENTATIOE AND INFLUENTIAL 12 CONFERENCE RULES -- ORDER OF DISCUSSING ISSUES NAYORSNI ARGUEO UIGOROUSLY THAT EUERY EFFORT SNDULO OE NADE TO TAKE THE EXTENSION DECISION BEFORE THE REUIEN OF THE TREATY IS CONDUCTED OTHERNISE THERE IS A REAL RISK THAT THE EXTENSION DECISION HILL DE LINKED TO THE OUTCOHE OF THE REUIEN OR TO EFFORTS TO ACHIEUE A CONSENSUS FINAL DOCUNEHT ALTERNATIUELY THE CONFERENCE COULD FIRST CONDUCT ITS REUIENI SECOND ADOPT A DECISION ON THE EXTENSION OF THE AND THIRD AND SEEN TO ADOPT A FINAL OOCDNENT BOTH GORDON AND DONNELLY BETNEEN THE EXTENSION DECISION AND THE REUIEN PORTION OF THE CONFERENCE HENCE IT HAS CRUCIAL THAT THERE BE A CLEAR NAIORITY FOR AN ACCEPTABLE EXTENSION ODTCONE AT THE OUTSET OF THE CONFERENCE OOHNELTY ALSO ARCUED THAT HANDLING THE EXTENSION AND THE REUIEN SINULTANEOUSLY COULD BE A HAY TD OECDUPLE THEN GORDON SAID UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD AN EXTENSION DECISION BE OEPENDENT on A consgusus rum uocunen mums THE mm 13 EXTENDING THE rm CLASSIFIED I I AI CONFIDENTIAL TELECRAM Department of State I SNHDIEI STATE DTISHOZ SNHBIOI UNCLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL Department of State PAGE DI OF 95 STATE READER DIISSGZ ALL THE DEPOSITARIES AGREED THAT THE INTEFINITE EXTENSION OF THE NPT HAS THE DESIRED OUTCONE OF THE 1335 CONFERENCE AND THAT EVERY EFFORT SHOULD BE NADE TO OUTCONE BEFORE THE CONFERENCE BEGINS ALL AGREED THAT THE NPT REMAINS IN FORCE UNTIL THE CONFERENCE TAKES A DECISION ON EXTENSION AND THE CONFERENCE CANNOT CONCLUDE UNTIL A DECISION IS TAKEN IT COULD TNEORETICALLY RECESS HOHEUER IF ADDITIONAL TINE HERE NEEDED TO REACH A DECISION GORDON SAID THAT THE U S BELIEUED THERE COULD BE NONE THAN ONE LEGALLY PERHISSADLE EXTENSION OUTCOME AND PROMISED TO PROVIDE A LIST OF SUCH OUTCOHES BY THE NEXT DEPOSITARIES NEETING GORDON ALSO SUGGESTED THAT THE BEPOSITARIES NEEDED TO IDENTIFY THOSE OUTCONES THAT HOULD BE UNACCEPTABLE DONNELLY NOTED THAT A BIG ISSUE HOULD BE CONDITIONALITY THAT IS HHAT SUBSTANTIVE CONDITIONS NIGHT PARTIES SEEN TO ATTACH TO THE EXTENSION THE U S HAD PREVIOUSLY OFFERED TO PREPARE A PAPER ON THAT SUBJECT HAYORSNI ALSO ASKED FOR THE DEPOSITARIES VIEHS ON HHETNER THE CONFERENCE RULES OF PROCEDURE SHOULD PROVIDE FOR A STATE NOT PARTICIPATING IN THE CONFERENCE TO UOTE FOR THE EXTENSION DECISION BOTH GORDON AND DONNELLY EMPHASIZED THE DIFFICULTIES ASSOCIATED HITH PROXY VOTING GORDON NOTED MOREOVER THAT THE TREATY DID NOT APPEAR TO PROVIDE FOR A DECISION TO EXTEND THE TREATY BY OTHER THAN THE CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS II OVERVIEH OF THE NPT A SCOPE OF REUIEH NATORSHI OFFERED THAT THE REUIEH PORTION OF THE 1935 CONFERENCE SHOULD COVER ONLY THE PRECEDING FIVE YEARS IN PROVISION FOR FIVE YEAR REUIEHS GORDON AGREED THAT A FIUE YEAR TIME FRAHE FOR THE REVIEN HOULD BE PARTICULARLY USEFUL IN CONNECTION HITN DEBATE ON ARTICLE VI SINCE THE ARMS CONTROL RECORD IN RECENT TEARS HAS BEEN SUCH A STRONG ONE NOREOUER THE NUCLEAR HEAPON STATES CAN ARGUE THAT THE ARTICLE UI CALL FOR THE CESSATION OF THE NUCLEAR ARMS RACE HAS BEEN FULFILLEO HONEUER A THENTY-FIVE YEAR RETROSPECTIVE OF THE NPT HOULD DEMONSTRATE ITS SUDSTANTIAL SUCCESS IN PREVENTING THE PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR HEAPONS AND IN PROMOTING THE PEACEFUL BENEFITS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES PARTY TO THE NPT GORDON SUGGESTED THAT THE GENERAL DEBATE PORTION OF THE 1955 CONFERENCE COULD PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STATES TO COMMENT ON THE THENTT-FIVE YEAR HHILE THE REUIEN PORTION OF THE CONFERENCE COULD BE LINITED TO THE PRECEDING FIVE YEARS THE OTHER DEPOSITARIES AGREED THAT THIS HAS A SOUND APPROACH TO THE SCOPE OF REVIEH ISSUE B CONNECTION HITH THE DISARNANENT PROCESS THE DEPOSITARIES AGREED THAT RECENT ARNS CONTROL PROGRESS HOULD CONTRIBUTE POSITIUELY TO THE 1395 CONFERENCE BUT THAT SONE MAY ATTENPT TO SHIFT THE FOCUS OF THE ARTICLE VI DEBATE TO THE HILLINGNESS OF THE NUCLEAR HEAPON STATES TO ALL THEIR NUCLEAR HEAPONS SUGGESTED THAT THERE BE A HUT EXPLANATION THAT THE NPT IS NOT A TREATY ON GENERAL AND COMPLETE DISARNAMENT BUT RATHER ONE DESIGNED TO ARREST THE DANGEROUS THREAT PDSED BY THE FURTHER SPREAD OF NUCLEAR NEAPONS ALL AGREED THAT THE ARGUMENTS HILL BE DIFFERENT IN 1935 THAN HERETOFORE AND THAT THESE ARGUMENTS HILL PROBABLY BECONE CLEAR DURING THE PREPARATORT PROCESS SHROIEI STATE BALANCE C PERSPECTIUES ON PEACEFUL NUCLEAR COOPERATION NAYORSKI OPENED DISCUSSION OF THIS ITEM BY SAYING THAT THE EXPORT CONTROLS FROM THE NONALIGNED AND THAT AN EFFORT NOULD BE NEEDED TO EXPLAIN RECENT EXPORT CONTROL DEVELOPMENTS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE NONPROLIFERATIOH REGIME HE OPINED THAT ARTICLE IV NAN BECOME MORE PRONINENT JUST AS PROGRESS IN ARHS CONTROL REDUCED THE CONTROVERSY OUER ARTICLE VI US REP STOIBER SAID THAT THE SITUATION IN IRAQ MAY HELP OUELL CRITICISM OVER EXPORT CONTROLS RATHER HE SHOULD EXPECT THE NONE TRADITIONAL LAMENT ABOUT INADEOUATE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND INSUFFICIENT RESOURCES TO IAEA FOR ITS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAN DONNELLY NOTED THAT FURTHER EFFORTS BY THE NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS GROUP MSG AND THE POSSIBILITY THAT NONTRAOITIONAL SUPPLIERS SUCH AS ARGENTINA NIGHT JOIN THE NSC COULD AFFECT THE ARTICLE IV DEBATE GORDON SAID THAT IT NOULD BE NECESSARY TO REBUT THE ARGUMENT THAT THE NORTH SEEKS TO DENY TECHNOLOGY TO THE SOUTH DY MAKING CLEAR THAT SUPPLIERS ARE INTERESTED IN ENPORTING TECHNOLOGY BUT SAFEGUARD IT AGAINST POTENTIAL NISUSE ALL A D 15 PROPOSALS ON INPROUING THE INPLENENTATION OF THE NPT A STRENGTHENING SAFEGUARBS AND RESPONDING TD UIOLATIONS EXPRESSED CONCERN OVER THE FACT THAT UIOLATIONS OF THE NPT HERE HANDLER OUTSIDE OF THE TREATY REGIME AND NOTED THAT THERE HAS NO PROVISION IN THE NPT THAT PRESCRIBED A RESPONSE TO ANYTHING IN THIS EUENT HE RECOHNENDED THAT THE DEPOSITARIES CONSIDER INTRODUCING LANGUAGE INTO A CONFERENCE FINAL DOCUNENT THAT SET OUT THE STEPS TO BE TAKEN BY THE PARTIES IN THE EVENT OF A TREATY UIOLATION GORDON AND DONNELLY POINTED OUT THAT ANT - EFFORT TO LAY OUT A PRESCRIPTIUE RESPONSE TO NPT VIOLATIONS COULD LEAD TO PRESSURES TO AMEND THE TREATY AND THIS HAS MOST UNDESIRADLE GORDON SUGGESTED INSTEAD THAT A FINAL DOCUMENT IF THERE HAS ONE COULD CONTAIN AN ENDORSENENT OF THE SECURITY ROLE IN IRAD AND COULD NOTE THE PRECEDENTIAL NATURE OF THIS ACTION DONNELLY ASKED THE OTHERS TO CONSIDER HHETHER IT HOULD BE DESIRABLE TO HAVE THE UNSC DECLARE THAT A BREACH OF THE NPT COULD CONSTITUTE A THREAT TO INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY MAYORSNI NOHEUER OUESTIONED UNSC AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE NPT VIOLATIONS HE ALSO ASKED THE DEPOSITARIESI IN UIEH OF THE NPT S NEAR UNIVERSALITY TO CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING A SECRETARIAT OR OTHER NPT NACHINERY TO DEAL NITH FUTURE TREATY VIOLATIONS ALTHOUGH SKEPTICAL GORDON AND DONNELLY AGREED TO BE PREPARED TO DISCUSS IT AT A FUTURE DEPOSITARIES NEETING NEXT YEAR B SPECIAL INSPECTIONS NAYORSKI ASKED FOR AN EXPLANATION OF THE CALL IN PRESIDENT NONPROLIFERATION INITIATIVE FOR CONSULTATIONS ON MULTILATERAL FUNDING FOR SPECIAL INSPECTIONS GORDON RESPONDED THAT THIS POINT HAS AINED AT INDEHTIFYING RESEURCES TO SUPPORT CONTINUED SPECIAL INSPECTIONS IN A C SECURITY ASSURANCES NAYORSKI SAID THAT FOR THE MOMENT THERE HAS NO CHANGE IN THE RUSSIAN POSITION ON NEGATIUE SECURITY ASSURANCES INSAI BUT POSSIBILITIES IN HIS UIEH FOR INPROUED STATEMENTS BY ALL THE UNCLASSIPETTH TELEGRAM SNHBIEI UNCLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL 1 Department of State PAGE D5 OF D5 STATE 25BD53 DTISSBZ I - SHBOAEI STATE ASSESS SHBDAEI DEPOSITARIES IN THIS EUENT HE SUGGESTED THE DEPOSITARIES GIUE SOME THOUGHT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF A JOINT STATENENT AMONG THENSELUES OR HTTH THE OTHER NUCLEAR REASON-STATES AERANCE AND GORDON INDICATED THAT THE LONGSTANOING US NSA REMAINEO A FINN AND RELIABLE-STATEMENT OF U S POLICY BUT THAT A REASSESSMEHT OF THIS STATEMENT MAY BE APPROPRIATE OUER THE NEXT THREE YEARS LEADING UP TO THE 1335 NPT CONFERENCE DONHELLY INDICATED THAT THE UK HAD BEEN LOONING AT ITS NSA OUT SAID THERE HAS NO CHARGE AT THIS TIME DONHELLY SAID THAT HE BELIEUED NSAS HOULD BE AN ISSUE AT THE L935 HPT CONFERENCE BUT HONOERED HHETHER IT NODLD BE A VERY IMPORTANT ONE MATORSNI ARGUED THAT A CHANGE IN THE RESPECTIUE HSAS NOULD BE MOST PRODUCTIUE IF IT CAME CLOSER TO THE CONFERENCE SO THAT IT HOULD NOT BE POCKETEU EARLY ALL AGREED THAT IT HAS LIKELY THAT EGYPT HOULD RESURRECT THE ISSUE OF POSITIUE SECURITY ASSURANCES OUT THERE SEEMED LITTLE THAT COULD BE DONE TO INPROUE THE 1958 ASSURANCE ADOPTED BY THE ON SECURITY- COUNCIL D PROTECTION OF NUCLEAR FACILITIES FROM MILITARY ATTACK OUERIED THE OTHER OEPOSITARIES ON THE PROSPECTS FOR A CHANGE IN APPROACH TO THIS ISSUE PARTICULARLY IN UIEH OF THE INCREASING THREAT TO NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS FROM TERRORISTS RE RENIRDED THE US AND UR OF THE INITIATIUE PUT FORHARD IN ISBD BY HUNGARY AND POLAND THE US AND UR HERE IN AGREEMENT THAT THIS HAS NOT AN ISSUE THAT COULD BE PRODUCTIUELY DEBATED AT THE 1535 CONFERENCE GORDON SUGGESTED THAT SINCE THE INITIATIVE IN 1398 HAD COME FROM PERHAPS INTRODUCING EXTRANEOUS ISSUES INTO THE EXTENSION CONFERENCE MAYORSNI DID NOT JOIN THE POINT OUT AGREED AS A GENERAL MATTER THAT ALL PARTIES SHOULD BE DISCOURAGED TRON INTRODUCING ISSUES NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE HPT INTO THE CONFERENCE DEBATE E PEACEFUL NUCLEAR ENPLOSIONS IPNESI MAYORSNI SOLICITEO THE UIENS OF THE OTHERS ON HHETHER THEY ANTICIPATED ANY INTEREST IN 1555 ON THIS SUBJECT INCLUDING A POSSIBLE EFFORT TO DELETE ARTICLE FROM THE TREATY GORDON REITERATED US OPPOSITION TO ANY PRES AND DONHELLY NOTED HITH CONCERN THAT THE ROSSIANS SEEMED TO HAUE THE GREATEST CURRENT INTEREST IN PRES II E THE CHETEN AND THAT THE UN HAS NOT INTERESTED IN PURSUING THE POSSIBILITY AT ALL MANORSNI RESPONDEO THAT CHETEN DID NOT HAUE ACCESS TO NUCLEAR ENPLOSIUE DEUICES AND THAT THE GOUERNNENT NDULD HAVE TO APFROUE ANY CHETEN PROJECTSREASON TO AMEND THE NPT ON THIS PAST PRACTICE OF HANDLING THIS ISSUE IN A LON-HEY MANHER CONTINUED TO APPEAR TO BE THE BEST COURSE IS FORMAT AND STATUS OF THE FINAL DOCUMENT MAYORSKI DESCRIBED THE OPTIMUM OUTCOME OF THE 1955 HPT CONFERENCE AS ONE IN NHICH THERE IS A DECISION ON AN ACCEPTABLE EXTENSION OUTCOME AND CONSENSUS AGREEMENT ON A FINAL DOCUMENT THAT REFLECTS THE CENTER PART OF THE CONFERENCE GORDON RESPONDED THAT IN THE U S UIEN THE BEST OUTCOME FOR THE CONFERENCE HAS ONE IN HHICH THE PARTIES DECIDED TO EXTEND THE A SUBSTAHTIOE FINAL DOCUMENT HAS NOT NECESSARY AND SHOULD NOT BE USED AS A MEASURE OF THE SUCCESS OF THE CONFERENCE THE U S HOULD NOT OBJECT TO AN EFFORT TO PRODUCE SOME KIND OF FINAL HOHEUER THE U S HOULD RESIST ANY ATTEMPT TO MAKE THE EXTENSION DECISION CONTINGENT IN ANY HAY ON SUCH A REPORT 1T HPT CAUCUS ON THE-MARGINS OF THE UNCA THE DEPOSITARIES HELD A PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION ABOUT NHAT NOULO TRANSPIRE DURING THE CAUCUS OF HPT PARTTES THAT HILL BE HELD ON THE MARGINS OF THE TODD UNGA ALL AGREED THAT THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE CAUCUS HAS THE ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION ON THE 1835 HPT CONFERENCE AND ITS PREPARATORY COMMITTEE BEYOND THAT IT HOULD BE REASONABLE TO EXPECT THAT THE CAUCUS BEGIN TO DISCUSS THE NUMBER TIMING AND UEHUES OF THE PREPCOMS AND THE CONFERENCE 18 NPT SAFEGUARDS AGREEMENT GORDON INFORMED THE OTHER OEPOSITARIES THAT THE US IS ACTIUELY PURSUING AN EFFORT TO ENCOURAGE THE MORE THAN FORTY HPT PARTIES THAT HAUE NOT YET THEIR ARTICLE SAFEGUARDS AGREEMENTS TO DO SO HHILE THESE ARE IN EOERY CASE COUNTRIES HITNOUT NUCLEAR FACILITIES THE SAFEGUARBS OBLIGATION UNDER THE HPT APPLIES TO ALL PARTIES REGARDLESS OF THEIR NUCLEAR STATUS THE UK AND RUSSIA AGREED THAT IT ROULD BE IMPORTANT TO HAVE ALL OF THESE SAFEGUAROS AGREEMENTS CONCLUOEO BY 1335 19 NEXT DEPOSITARIES NEETIHG THE U N AND RUSSIA ACCEPTED THE US OFFER TO HOST THE NEXT DEPOSITARIES MEETING ON THE MARGINS OF THE IAEA THE BEPOSITARIES ALSO AGREED TO MEET NITH FRANCE AND CHINA ON THE MANGINS OF THE IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS PREPARATIONS FOR THE 1995 NPT CONFERENCE THEY AGREED THAT IT NOOLD BE IMPORTANT TO HAUE A SEPARATE MEETING AS HELL BETHEEH THE DEPOSITARIES AND FRANCE II E LINE-MINDED NUCLEAR HEAPON STATES THE US SIDE OFFERED TO ARRANGE THOSE MEETINGS 20 DELEGATTON LISTS REPRESENTING THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION HERE BORIS NAYORSNI CHAIRMAN HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COOPERATIOHI U SLIPCHEHNO DISARMAMEHT OEPT 3 A IUANOD ATTACHE DEPT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COOPERATIONI A NHOLIH ATTACHE DEPT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COOPERATIOHI U UAUILOU DEFENSE MINISTRYI E MINATOMI LI FDRTANOU MINATOM ACDA ASSISTANT DIRECTOR BRAD GORDON NEADED THE U S DELEGATION NNICN INCLUDED AMBASSADOR TO UN ORGANIZATIONS IN UIEHNA JANE CARL STOIBER OESIHTSI DOROTHY DONHELLT SUSAN BURN ACOAI AND KAREN MALTAHN US EMBASSY THE UK DELEGATION HAS HEADER DY BRIAN DONNELLY NON-PROLIEERATION AND DEFENCE DEPT FCO AND INCLUDED PETER BATEMAN NON-PROLIFERATION AND DEFENCE DEPT FCOI ANDREN BARLOH AND KATHERINE NCLEOD ITITLES TO BE OBTAIHEOI EAGLEBURGER UNCLAS SIFIED I This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu