Future treaties: A proposed framework for verifying the reduction of conventional forces in Europe

Technical Report · Fri Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1989

OSTI ID:5153809

Houser, G M

This report was prepared at the request of the US Department of Energy's Office of Arms Control to determine the implications of future treaties for the activities of the Department. It provides background on the negotiations on reduction of conventional forces in Europe (CFE) and, using the initial negotiating positions of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) alliance, develops a framework for verifying a postulated treaty. This framework identifies the main elements of one approach to verification as a way to generate discussion of the problem as a whole. Stemming from this verification scheme is a discussion of the technologies needed to verify the postulated treaty provisions. Finally, a section is devoted to possible implications that the reduction of CFE could have for the US Department of Energy (DOE) and, more specifically, for the Office of Arms Control (OAC). This report was developed separately from NATO and US government efforts and neither draws on their efforts nor represents the policy or views of NATO, the US government or DOE. This report does draw on the author's 30 years of experience in the US Army, working with the NATO organization and with the conventional forces of the United States, its allies, and the Warsaw Treaty Organization. 11 refs., 2 figs.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/DP
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 5153809
• Report Number(s): ANL/ACTV-89/4; ON: DE90005737
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

350300* -- Arms Control-- Verification-- (1987-)
98 NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAFEGUARDS, AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION
ARMS CONTROL
CONVENTIONAL WARFARE
EUROPE
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS
MITIGATION
POLITICAL ASPECTS
VERIFICATION
WARFARE