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AGREEMENT ou A TREATY of (DING FOR DEEP J FABLE AND EFFECTIVELY VERIFIA .8 REI CTIONS IN SI KATEG C OFFENSIVE ARMS, ALONG WITH AN INI GP MEI , SHOULD E R H GHEST ARMS CONTROL PRIORITY. 4. IN ELABORATING ON IS 1 OPOSALS AND N BOT ATING DRAFT TREATY TEXTS, DELEGATION SHO in SURE THAT THE PRO ISIONS FOR EFFECTIVE VERIFICATION, CONFORMING TO THE THREE PRINCIPLES AGREED AT REYKJAVIK, ARE ADDRESSED AND AGREED CONCURRENTLY WITH PROVISIONS ON REDUCTIONS AND LIMITATIONS. 5. AS PER PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS, IF THE SOVIETS RAISE NON-NST ARMS CONTROL ISSUES, DELF TION SHOULD RESPO D THAT THESE ISSUES SHOULD BE PURSUED IN PRO RIATE FORA, N. NST. IF SOVIETS SPECIFICALLY RAISE SSUE C TIMING ANA VENUE OF ABM TREATY REVIEW, DELEGATION LD ESPOND, AS PA 20 OF REFTEL F, THAT THE TREATY REVIEW SHC LD OCCUR AND HAT THE US WILL DISCUSS THE TIME AND VENUE/FOE M 1 DIPLOMATIC CI ANNI LS. IF PRESSED, DELEGATION SHOULD STA T WHILE THE E DATE CAN BE WORKED OUT IN DIPLOMATIC CHANNELS, THE US POSITION IS THAT THE REVIEW CAN OCCUR ANYTIME IN THE YEAR FOLLOWING THE DATE OF THE FIVE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE TREATY. IF SOVIETS RAISE THEIR MOSCOW PROPOSAL to DEAL WITH ABM TREATY ISSUES, INCAUDING PERMITTED AND PROHIBIT CRIVITIES us N the SCC AT THE si NSE MINISTERS' LEVEL, DELEGATION si ULD ESPOND THAT SHIN TON HAS THE SOVIET PROPOSAL UNDER R E AND WILL RESP ID ROU H APPROPRIATE CHANNELS.