JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY : NARA RECORD NUMBER : 176-10036-10207 RECORD SERIES : National Security Files AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : OO FROM : TO : TITLE : John F. Kennedy document Control Record DATE : PAGES : _ SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 9/10/2000 OPENING CRITERIA : 7 COMMENTS : National Security Files, Box 382: Disarmament, 7/63-10/63, item 4C. Box 1 HW 49061 Docld:32626311 Page 1
HW 49061 EXEMET Nuc: Ob SSB Ble Wy AFA T ons = : a c Treaty limiting the Production of Strategic Delivery Vehicles, Anti-missile Missile Systems and Fissionable Materials The Governments of France, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America, hereinafter referred to as the "Original Parties", Wishing to take the first step toward achieving in the speediest possible manner an agreement on general and complete disarmament under strict international control in accordance with the objectives of the United Nations, and Desiring to put an end to the armaments race, Have agreed as follows: Article I 1. Each of the Parties to this Treaty undertakes to halt the production at any place wnder its jurisdiction or control of: ae Strategic delivery vehicles enumerated in an annex to this Treaty; b. Anti-missile missile systems; and @. Fissionable materials for use in nuclear weapons. 2. In order to replace missiles lost through accident or ex- pended in test firing, each of the Parties shall-be permitted to produce missiles of the same type as the lost or expended missiles, subject to the following restrictions: a. The number of missiles to be produced during any calendar year shall not exceed the number specified for each type in an annex to this Treaty. b. The number of missiles to be produced during any month shall not exceed the number lost or expended during the previous month. Adequate evidence of such loss or” expenditure shall be furnished to any other Original Party upon request. Article II 1. The provisions of Article I apply only to the final : assembly of strategic delivery vehicles. Manufacdure of parts (a pr walelene cNS Docld:327676311 Page 2?
HW 49061 5 « for maintenance of existing strategic delivery vehicles shall be permitted and old parts of such vehicles may be replaced by new ones of the same type and character. Adequate evidence of such loss or expenditure shall be furnished to any other original party upon request. 2. The provisions of Article I apply only to fissionable materials for use in nuclear weapons. Production of such materials for power, propulsion and other peaceful uses shall be permitted. “Article III To ensure adequate verification of compliance with the provisions of this Treaty, the Parties accept the arrangements set forth in the annex on verification. Article IV 1. This Treaty shall be subject to ratification by the. Original Parties, and shall come into force six months after the date of exchange of ratifications. 2. This Treaty shall be registered by the Original Parties with the Secretariat of the United Nations, pursuant to Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations. 3. Upon its registration, the Treaty shall be open for accession to all States. Instruments of accession shall be ' deposited with the Secretariat of the United Nations, which shall promptly inform the Original Parties and all States having acceded to this Treaty of the date of each accession. The “oy Dveaty shall enter into force for each acceding State six months after the date of its accession. Article V 1. This Treaty shall be of unlimited duration. 2. Each Party shall have the right to withdraw from this Treaty if it decides that extraordinary events, related to the subject matter of this Treaty, have jeopardized the supreme interests of its country. It shall give notice of such with- drawal to all other Parties to this Treaty three months in advance. Article VI 1. The Original Parties shall consult from time to time with respect to the implementation of this Treaty. 2. In particular, they shall consult if other militarily SENS StTVE Docld: 3276276311 Page 3
HW 49061 significant States do not accede to this Treaty within two years after its coming into force or if a militarily significant State gives notice of withdrawal from this Treaty. Article VII This Treaty, of which the English, French and Russien tests are equally authentic, shall be deposited in the archives of the Original Parties and in the archives of the United Nations. Duly certified copies of this Treaty shall be transmitted to all States by the Secretariat of the United Nations. In witness whereof, the undersigned, duly authorized, have signed this Treaty. Done in five. copies at , the day of ; one thousand nine hundred and sixty . LBS:esm/13 September 1963 Docld: 3276276311 Page 4