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The original documents are located in Box 34, "5/28/76 - Remarks at the Signing Ceremony
for the Treaty on Underground Nuclear Explosions" of the President's Speeches and
Statements: Reading Copies at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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Digitized from Box 34 of President's Speeches and Statements: Reading Copies at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
THE PRESIDENT HAS SHEN
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS AT THE SIGNING
OF THE TREATY ON UNDERGROUND NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1976
÷
THE TREATY WE ARE SIGNING TODAY IS AN HISTORIC
MILESTONE IN THE HISTORY OF ARMS CONTROL AGREEMENTS:
FOR THE FIRST TIME IT PROVIDES FOR EXTENS IVE COOPERATIVE
ARRANGEMENTS FOR ON-SITE OBSERVATION IN MONITORING UNDERGROUND
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS.
THIS MEANS THAT THE SOVIET UNION WILL ALLOW
AMERICAN OBSERVERS TO WITNESS CERTAIN LARGER TESTS ON THEIR
TERRITORY AND IF WE SHOULD HAVE SUCH A TEST WE WOULD
RECIPROCATE AND ALLOW SOVIET OBSERVERS HERE IN ORDER TO
VERIFY AT FIRSTHAND THAT OUR CONTROL AGREEMENTS ARE BEING
ADHERED TO
-2-
THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT IN AGREEING TO ON-SITE
OBSERVATION DEMONSTRATES THAT OUR TWO COUNTRIES CAN SOBERLY
NEGOTIATE RESPONSIBLE AND BENEFICIAL AGREEMENTS DESPITE THE
DIFFICULTY OF THE CHALLENGE
THE NEGOTIATIONS CULMINATING
IN THIS TREATY RAISED UNIQUE PROBLEMS.
THE DISCUSSIONS
WERE LONG AND COMPLEX.
BUT THE RESULT:
REAL PROGRESS
HAS BEEN MADE IN THE FIELD OF ARMS CONTROL, A SIGNIFICANT
STEP HAS BEEN TAKEN TOWARD A MORE STABLE, PEACEFUL WORLD
AND A MORE CONSTRUCTIVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE UNITED
STATES AND THE SOVIET UNION
-3-
THIS NEW TREATY, TOGETHER WITH THE THRESHOLD TEST
BAN TREATY, WILL GOVERN THE CONDUCT OF EVERY UNDERGROUND
NUCLEAR EXPLOSION FOR MILITARY OR PEACEFUL PURPOSES FOR
BOTH PARTIES
THE TWO TREATIES IMPOSE THE SAME LIMIT OF
150 KILOTONS ON ALL INDIVIDUAL UNDERGROUND NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS.
THE ULTIMATE PURPOSE OF THE NETWORK OF ARMS
CONTROL AGREEMENTS WE HAVE ALREADY NEGOTIATED, AND WHICH ARE
CURRENTLY BEING NEGOTIATED, IS TO BRING ABOUT A MORE
PEACEFUL WORLD
PUSHING BACK THE SHADOW OF NUCLEAR WAR
MUST BE OUR CONSTANT CONCERN
THAT, INDEED, IS THE
UNDERLYING PURPOSE OF ALL THE NUMEROUS AGREEMENTS FOR
CONSTRUCTIVE COOPERATION WHICH OUR TWO COUNTRIES HAVE
CONCLUDED IN RECENT YEARS
-4-
I WELCOME THE ACCOMPLISHMENT WE MARK HERE TODAY.
I HOPE IT WILL LEAD TO FURTHER ACHIEVEMENTS IN BUILDING A STABLE
AND JUST PEACE FOR OUR TWO PEOPLES AND FOR MANKIND
I WILL SEND THE TWO TREATIES TO THE SENATE FOR THE
EARLIEST POSSIBLE CONSIDERATION AND URGE THAT THE SENATE
GRANT ITS ADVICE AND CONSENT TO THEIR RATIFICATION
I WILL NOW SIGN THE TREATY AND PROTOCOL ON
UNDERGROUND NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS FOR PEACEFUL PURPOSES
BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE SOVIET UNION
END OF TEXT
AFTER SIGNING THE TREATY:
I HAVE SIGNED THESE DOCUMENTS WHICH WILL CONTRIBUTE
SIGNIFICANTLY TO LASTING PEACE AND A FUTURE OF BETTER RELATIONS
AMONG ALL NATIONS.
THANK YOU.