1111111111111111111111 UNCLASSIFIED OUTGOING TELEGRAM PAGE 01 OF 02 STATE ORIGIN EUR-00 INFO LOG-00 OASY-00 INR-00 NSAE-00 PM-00 T-80 DRl -09 ACDA-10 DODE-00 10-00 NSCE-00 PRS-00 USIE-00 G-00 SHC0489 113222 0121342 ACDE-00 DOH-00 l -00 OES-09 P-00 EPAE-00 042R AI 0-00 SRPP-00 ADS-00 OIC-02 SP-00 SNIS-00 AMAD-01 EB-00 M-00 01 G-04 SS0-00 NISC-00 CEQ-01 H-01 NRC-01 OMB-01 SS-00 SSD-01 113222 SOURCE KODAKS 019095 DRAFTED BY EUR RPM DLCAGAN WHITE HOUSE TEXT APPROVED BY EUR RH ECKL INGER S N IS DEDWARDS ------------------3F6D2B 0121352 38 0 0121342 JUN 96 FM SECSTATE WASHDC TO EUROPEAN POL ITICAl COLLECTIVE IMMEDIATE CIAE-00 TEDE-00 NRRC -00 PA -00 TRSE-00 PMB-00 STATE 113222 0121342 I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THE FACT THAT BOTH THE UNITED STATES AND RUSS IA ARE AHEAD OF THE REDUCT I ON SCHEDUl E PROV I OED FOR IN TH E START I TREATY TO DATE THE UNITED STATES HAS ELIMINATED 750 STRATEGIC NUCLEAR DE LIVERY VEHICLES ANO ABOUT 800 STRATEGIC DELIVERY VEHICLES IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION HAVE BEEN El IMINATED INCLUDING MORE THAN 708 IN RUSSIA THE COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION NUNN-LUGAR PROGRAM HAS PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN THE ELIMINATION OF THESE W EAPONS IN THE FORNER SOVIET UNION AND THE DENUCLEARl2ATION OF UKRAINE I HAVE ASKED SECRETARY PERRY TO MEET NEXT WEEK WITH HIS UKRAINIAN AND RUSS I AN COUNTERPARTS MIN Isms SHMAROV ANO GRACHE AND MARK THE SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TRILATERAL STATEMENT BY VISITING A DESTROYED ICBM SILO AND A FORMER NUCLEAR WEAPONS STORAGE FACILITY IN UKRAINE IN DOING SO THEY Ill CELEBRATE ANOTHER IMPORTANT STEP IN MAKING THE IORLD SAFER FOR US All ON THIS DAY OF IMPORTANT MILESTONES I ALSO WELCOME THE AGREEMENT THAT AS REACHED TODAY IN VIENNA BY THE 30 NATIONS PARTY TO THE CONVENTIONAL FORCES IN EUROPE ICFEI TREATY THIS AGREEMENT RESOLVES A DIFFICUl T PROBLEM THAT HAD ARISEN CONCERNING THE LEVEL OF RUSSIAN AND UKRA INIAN MILITARY EQUIPMENT ALLOWED ON THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN UNCLAS STATE 113222 E 0 12958 N A TAGS MNUC PARM PREL KCFE SUBJECT PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT REMOVAL OF NUCLEAR WARHEADS FROM UKRAINE AND AGREEMENT ON CFE FLANK ISSUE FLANK OF THE CFE REG I ON I THE FOLLOWING PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT AND ACCOMPANYING FACT SHEET PARAS 2-31 WERE RELEASED BY THE OFFICE OF THE THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY SATURDAY JUNE I EMBASSIES MAY SHARE THE STATEMENT AND FACT SHEET WITH HOST GOVERNMENTS 2 SHC0489 BEGIN TEXT OF PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT I I THIS AGREEMENT IS THE CULMINATION OF TWO YEARS OF NEGOTIAT IONS LED BY THE UNITED STATES I CONGRATULATE All PARTIES INCLUDING OUR NATO ALLI ES RUSSIA UKRAINE AND THE STATES OF THE CAUCASUS AND CENTRAL ANO EASTERN EUROPE FOR THEIR HARD ORK COOPERAT ION AND DEDICATION TO PRESERVING THE INTEGRITY ANO EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS CRUCIAL TREATY THE CFE TREATY IS A KEY ELEMENT OF A NE MORE STABLE EUROPE THE TRE ATY HAS RESULTED IN THE DESTRUCTION OF OVER 50 000 TANKS ARMORED COMBAT VEHICLES ART lllERY PIECES COMBAT AIRCRAFT AND ATTACK HELICOPTERS IT HAS ALSO ESTABLISHED A SYSTEM OF TRANSPARENCY MEASURES WHICH Ill INCREASE CONFIDENCE THROUGH ON-SITE INSPECTIONS NOTIFICATIONS AND INFORMATION EXCHANGES THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE OF THE PRESS SECRETARY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE 1 1996 STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT END TEXT OF PRESIDENT IAL STATEMENT REMOVAL OF NUCLEAR WARHEADS FROK UKRAINE ANO AGREEMENT ON 3 BEGIN TEXT OF FACT SHEET CFE FLANK ISSUE UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT KUCHMA HAS ANNOUNCED THAT All NUCLEAR WARHEADS HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE TERR I TORY OF UKRAINE THIS IS A REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT IN 1991 THERE WERE MORE THAN 4000 STRATEGIC ANO TACTICAL NUCLEAR WARHEADS IN UKRAINE TODAY THERE ARE NONE I APPLAUD THE UKRAINIAN GOVERNMEN T FOR ITS HISTORIC CONTRIBUTION IN REDUCING THE NUCLEAR THREAT WHEN THE PRESIDENTS OF UKRAINE RUSSIA AND I SIGNED THE JANUARY 1994 TRILATERAL STATEMENT ON THIS ISSUE WE LOOKED FORWARD TO A DAY THAT HAS NOW ARRIVED THE WHITE HOUSE OFF I CE OF THE PRESS SECRETARY REF ORM l AY I NG THE FOUNDATIONS FOR DEMOCRACY AND A MARKET ECONOMY WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING UKRAINE THROUGH ITS AMBITIOUS AND FAR-SIGHTED REFORMS ANO TO WORKING WITH UKRAINE AND OUR EUROPEAN PARTNERS TO PROMOTE UKRAINE ' S INTEGRATION INTO THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY • • • • • •• •• • • • • • • • • • • • • •• •• • I FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE I 1996 FACT SHEET REMOVAL OF NUCLEAR WARHEADS FROM UKRAINE THE TRUST ANO COOPERATION THE UNITED STATES AND UKRAINE HAVE ESTABLISHED IN RESOLVING THIS ISSUE ARE A CORNERSTONE OF A BROAD ANO PRODUCTIVE RELATIONSHIP UKRAINE HAS EMBARKED ON A BOl D COURSE OF POLIT I CAL AND ECONOMIC I • • THE U S -RUSSIA-UKRAINE TRILATER AL STATEMENT AND ANNEX WERE SIGNED ON JANUARY 14 1994 IN MOSCOW BY PRESIDENTS CLINTON YELTSIN AND KRAVCHUK THE STATEMENT AND ANNE -- PROVIDED FOR THE TRANSFER OF All NUCLEAR WEAPONS ON THE TERRITORY OF UKRAINE TO RUSSIA FOR DISMANTLEMENTi -- SPECIFY PROMPT COMPENSATION BY RUSSIA TO UKRAINE FOR THE HIGHLY-ENRICHED URANIUM IN THE TRANSFERRED WEAPONSi UNCLASSIFIEn From the Nunn-Lugar collection of the National Security Archive Department of State UNCLASSIFIED Department of State OUTGOING TELEGRAM SHC0489 PAGE 02 OF 02 STATE 113222 012134Z -- PROVIDED FOR SECURITY ASSURANCES BY THE U S 1 RUSSIA AND UNITED KINGDOM TO UKRAINE ON UKRAINE 'S ACCESSION TO THE NON-PROL I FE RAT I ON TREATY AS A NON-NUCLEAR WEAPON STATE ANO -- REAFFIRM THE U S COMMITMENT TO ASSIST THE SAFE ANO SECURE OI SMANTLEMENT OF NUCL EAR FORCES THROUGH THE COOPER AT I VE THREAT REDUCT I ON NUNN-L UGARl PROGRAM • • • RUSS I A IS OI SMANTL I NG THE REMOVED NUCLEAR W ARHEADS ANO HAS PROVI OED UKRA INE COMPENSATION FOR THE STRATEGIC NUCLEAR ARHEADS IN THE FORM OF FUEL ROOS FOR CIV ILIAN NUCLEAR W POWER PLANTS IN UKRA INE THESE FUEL ROOS ARE BE ING DEL IVERED ACCORDING TO A SCHEDULE AGREED TO BY RUSS IA ANO UKRAINE ON DECEMBER 5 1994 UKRAINE ACCEDED TO THE NON-PROL I FE RAT I ON TREATY AS A NON-NUCLEAR WEAPON STATE ON THAT SAME DATE THE U S RUSSIA AND UNITED KINGDOM PROVIDED SECURITY ASSURANCES TO UKRAINE AND THE START I TREATY ALSO ENTERED INTO FORCE • ••• • • • • • Ii From the Nunn-Lugar collection of the National Security Archive THE PROV ISIONS OF THE TR ILATERAL STATEMENT ANO ANNEX ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED HEH THEY W ERE SIGNE01 THERE ERE SOME 1900 STRATEGIC NUCLE AR WARH EADS IN UKRAINE MOST OF WH ICH ERE ON SS-19 AND SS-24 ICBMS TARGETED AT THE U S AS OF JUNE 1 THERE ARE HONE IN ADDITION IN 1991-92 SOME 2500 TACTICAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS ERE TRANSFERED FROM UKRAINE TO RUSSIA THERE ERE FAR MORE NUCLEAR WARHEADS ON THE TERR I TORY OF UKRAI NE THAN IN AN Y COUNTRY OTHER THAN THE UNITED STATES OR RUSSIA Ii • • • • • • •• • • •• •• •• THE TRILATERAL STATEMENT NOTED THE U S COMMITMENT OF A MINIMUMOF m MILLION USO IN COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION NUNN -LUGAR AID TO UKRAINE TO ASSIST OEHUCL EARIZATION AS OF THE ENO OF APRIL 1996 THE U S HAO NOTIFIED CTR OBL IGATIONS FOR UKRAINE TOTALING ALMOST 400 MILLION USO PRI MAR ILY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF STRATEGIC NUCL EAR ARMS AND NUCLEAR INFR ASTRUCTURE • • • • • • ENO TEXT OF FACT SHEET yy 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