Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 103 Part 2.djvu/512

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103 STAT, 1522 PUBLIC LAW 101-189—NOV. 29, 1989 member nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on May 30, 1989. (b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED IN REPORT.— The President shall include in the report under subsection (a) the following: (1) A discussion of the types of information that it would be necessary for the parties to such an agreement to exchange for such verification. (2) A discussion of the range of options under consideration by the executive branch for defining what constitutes a militarily significant violation of a conventional arms control agreement. (3) A description of the national technical means, on-site inspections, and other cooperative measures that would be nec- essary to detect violations of such an agreement, including— (A) an analysis of the measures that would be required to monitor (i) the withdrawal and demobilization of military personnel, and (ii) the withdrawal and (if required by the agreement) the destruction of military equipment provided for in any such agreement; and (B) the President's judgment on those on-site inspections and confidence building measures under consideration that are the most acceptable, and the least acceptable, to the NATO alliance and the Warsaw Pact, including an assess- ment of the counterintelligence aspects of such measures for NATO. (4) A discussion of the procedures the NATO alliance would follow in the event of a violation of such an agreement by a member of the Warsaw Treaty Organization. (c) DATA BASE ANALYSIS.— (1) The report under subsection (a) shall also include a comprehensive analysis of— (A) the uncertainties in the data bases to be used by United States intelligence with respect to the military forces of NATO member nations and Warsaw Pact member nations located in the proposed areas of reduction; (B) the uncertainties in the estimates of the trends in such forces; and ^. (Q the differences in the data bases and counting rules used by liie United States, the allies of the United States, and the Warsaw Pact member nations. (2) The analysis under paragraph (1) shall address separately the uncertainties in the estimates of each of the following: (A) Active forces. (B) Reserve forces. (C) Equipment subject to reductions and ceilings. (D) Indigenous forces. -^ (E) Stationed forces. (d) SUBMISSION OF REPORT. —The report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted not later than March 1, 1990. The report shall include such comments and recommendations as the President determines appropriate. The report shall be submitted in both classified and unclassified versions.