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UNGLASSIFIED 6. The right to short nglicesitelnspections at locatig wh re eithfr conhiders covert deploment, roducti on, torage or #pair of START systems oul be occarring. 7. Provislo s F ohibiting the use de concealment or other ad ivi ies whi h 1 pede verification by national ted nical m ans would include ba on tele etry fyption and would allow fd fu 1 access o all telemetric infor- mation b ast during issil flight. 8. Measures designed to enhance observation of START- related activities by national technical means. These would include open displays of treaty- limited items at missile bases, bomber bases, and submarine ports at locations and times chosen by the inspecting party. (S) Ballistic Missile War) ad Sublimit oting Rule Issue. The Soviet Union has indie ed that i may be pr bared to consider a sublimit on stic misfile varbeads However, it has further indicated nat ather tian the imí on ballistic missile warheads of 00 wh ch we s lek it woul d p1 fer to raise that sublimit to 50 O 51 0. Bei >re e can onsi ler accepting such a proposal, r is sse tial thit de have a clear agreement with the t s de conce rning: -- an acceptable def mition be appli a t air-launched cruise missiles (A CMs in STAL (i that only nuclear- armed ALCMs with a ran in exct S of 1500 Mometers would be included in the Tre ty's limit -- the counting rules applied to such ALCMs; and -- the counting rules that will be applied to the warheads on existing types of ballistic missiles covered by the START Treaty. (S) Should the Soviet Union be prepared to accept (1) a definition of ALCMs to be vered by as ly nuclear-armed ALCMs of a range greater n 1500 ki meters, a counting rule for such ALCMs genetal y along ne sped fied in item (b) above, and (3) the coun ing rul for the w. rhe Is on existing types of ballistic mi siles as speq fie in ite (c above, I am prepared to conside additi hal fle ibinity wit rempect to the U.S. position on th se ubl mits as tyet not agried. (TS) With respect to the AL 1 count ng ule, if neeved, and in the context of reaching agr ement of the gener 4 an Iroach outlined in (b) above, am prepared to the number of ALCMs attributed to each bot per to 8 order to each agreement on this critical point. um UNCEASSIPIED TO UNSEASSIFIED