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Digitized from Box 5 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE
NOVEMBER 24, 1974
UNTIL 7:00 P.M. LOCAL TIME
(4:00 A.M. EST)
Office of the White House Press Secretary
(Vladivostok, U. S.S.R)
JOINT U.S. SOVIET STATEMENT
During their working meeting in the area of Vladivostok on November 23-24,
1974, the President of the USA Gerald R. Ford and General Secretary of the
Central Committee of the CPSU L.I. Brezhnev discussed in detail the
question of further limitations of strategic offensive arms.
They reaffirmed the great significance that both the United States and the
USSR attach to the limitation of strategic offensive arms. They are convinced
that a long-term agreement on this question would be a significant contribution
to improving relations between the US and the USSR, to reducing the danger
of war and to enhancing world peace. Having noted the value of previous
agreements on this question, including the Interim Agreement of May 26, 1972,
they reaffirm the intention to conclude a new agreement on the limitation of
strategic offensive arms, to last through 1985.
As a result of the exchange of views on the substance of such a new agreement,
the President of the United States of America and the General Secretary of
the Central Committee of the CPSU concluded that favorable prospects
exist for completing the work on this agreement in 1975.
Agreement was reached that further negotiations will be based on the following
provisions.
1. The new agreement will incorporate the relevant provisions of:the
Interim Agreement of May 26, 1972, which will remain in force until October
1977.
2. The new agreement will cover the period from October 1977 through
December 31, 1985.
3. Based on the principle of equality and equal security, the new
agreement will include the following limitations:
a. Both sides will be entitled to have a certain agreed aggregate
number of strategic delivery vehicles;
b. Both sides will be entitled to have a certain agreed aggregate
number of ICBMs and SLBMs equipped with multiple independently
targetable warheads (MIRVs).
4. The new agreement will include a provision for further negotiations
beginning no later than 1980-1981 on the question of further limitations
and possible reductions of strategic arms in the period after 1985.
5. Negotiations between the delegations of the U.S. and USSR to work
out the new agreement incorporating the foregoing points will resume in
Geneva in January 1975.
November 24, 1974
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