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 PUBLIC LAW 99-93—AUG. 16, 1985 (1) Increased redundancy of direct communications link circuits, including the creation of new survivable circuits and terminals, located outside the national capitals which have access to the command and control system of the country in which they are located. (2) Establishment of redundant, survivable direct communications links between and among all nuclear-armed states. (3) Conclusion of an agreement creating "non-target" sanctuaries only for certain direct communications link circuits to enhance survivability of communications. (4) Creation in advance of standard operating procedures for communicating, and possibly cooperating, with the Soviet Union and other states in the event of nuclear attacks by third parties on either the United States or Soviet Union. (5) Addition to the Incidents At Sea agreement of a prohibition on the "locking on" of fire control radars on ships and planes of the other side, an agreement on the separation of naval forces during specified periods of crisis, and other such measures relevant to the Incidents At Sea agreement. (6) Placement by the United States and the Soviet Union of unmanned launch sensors in the land-based missile fields of both countries. (7) Establishment of anti-submarine operations free zones designed to enhance the security of ballistic missile submarines. (8) Installation of permissive action links aboard the ballistic missile submarines of the United States, which might possibly be activated or deactivated at various levels of alert, and encouragement of the Soviet Union to do the same. (9) Establishment of training programs for National Command Authority officials to familiarize them with alert procedures, communications capabilities, nuclear weapons release authority procedures, and the crisis control and stability implications thereof. (10) Include in standard operating procedure the relocation in a crisis of a National Command Authority official outside Washington, D.C. to a secure location with access to the strategic command and control system, and announce the institution of this procedure to relevant foreign governments. (b) REPORT.—The Secretary of State and the Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency shall submit a report of the study and evaluation under subsection (a) to the Committees on Armed Services and Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committees on Armed Services and Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives by January 1, 1986. Such report should be available in both a classified, if necessary, and unclassified format.

99 STAT. 447 Communications and telecommunications.

Communications and telecommunications. Communications and telecommunications. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 23 UST 1168.

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

SEC. 707. POLICY TOWARD BANNING CHEMICAL WEAPONS.

(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that— (1) chemical weapons are among the most terrible weapons in today's military arsenals; (2) it is the objective of the United States to eliminate the threat of chemical warfare through a comprehensive and verifiable ban on chemical weapons; (3) the United States is vigorously pursuing a multilateral agreement to ban chemical weapons; (4) the negotiation of a verifiable, bilateral agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union would be a

International agreements. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

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