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UNGLASSIFIED 3 (3) Allow the United States-Soviet negotiations to lapse informally; and (4) Support chemical weapons arms control discussions in the Committee on Disarmament leading to multilateral negotiations in the Committee on Disarmament on a chemical weapons prohibition, if further interagency study should support such a step. In support of United States chemical weapons arms control objectives, the Government is directed to study and, by January 30, 1982, submit recommendations on United States Government positions with respect to -- verification; -- declarations of chemical warfare agent and munitions stocks and production facilities; -- entry into force; -- an appropriate public posture with respect to CW arms control; -- relationship of the United States' position on chemical weapons to other arms control, East-West and United Nations strategies; and consultations with the United States Allies on strategy in the United Nations and elsewhere.