CONTENTS Page LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. LETTER OF SUBMITTAL ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS A. U.S. ARMS CONTROL ANd DisarmamenT AGENCY,1988 ANNUAL REPORT: 1. PERSPECTIVES VII IX XIII 1 US-Soviet Experts Meeting on Krasnoyarsk Radar. 3. MULTILATERAL ARMS CONTROL... Conventional Arms Control 4. VERIFICATION AND COMPLIANCE Effective Verification Special Challenges for Verification. 35 37 39 40 45 50 55 55 57 Specific Verification Programs Soviet Noncompliance...... 5. NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION Nonproliferation Institutions 58 62 70 70 Regional Nuclear Proliferation Issues. International Atomic Energy Agency.. Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials for Peaceful Uses The US-Japan Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation Agreement... Bilateral Nonproliferation Discussions.. 6. ARMS AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERS. Regional Arms Transfer Developments 7. RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS.. Economics Research 73 79 80 82 84 85 91 92 97 99 100 A. U.S. ARMS CONTROL And DisarmaMENT AGENCY,1988 ANNUAL REPORT— II. BILATERAL ARMS CONTROL RELATED AGREEMENTS CONCLUDED BETWEEN 132 III. STATUS OF MULTILATERAL ARMS CONTROL AGREEMENTS 133 IV. APPEARANCES BY ACDA OFFICIALS AT 1988 CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE 143 V. GENERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 145 VI. ACDA APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1988. 146 B. Congressional Report of Arms Control and Disarmament Studies (Reports 149 C. United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, Office of Inspector General, Inspection of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, Semiannual Report to the Congress, March 1989... 228 D. United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, Office of Inspector General, Inspection of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, March 1989 241 E. Study: More Effective Use of the SCC To Resolve Arms Control Compliance 313 F. Adherence to and Compliance with Agreements, January 1989 338 G. United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, Office of Inspector 351 ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS Antiballistic Missile Arms Control and Disarmament Agency Biological Weapons Convention Conference on Confidence- and Security-Building Meas- Conventional Forces in Europe Confidence- and Security-Building Measures Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe Comprehensive Test Ban Chemical Weapons Defense and Space Talks Environmental Modification Convention General Advisory Committee Gulf Cooperation Council Ground-Launched Cruise Missile High-enriched Uranium ABM ACDA ACIS ALCM ASAT BWC CBM CD CDE CFE CSBMs CSCE CST CTB CW DST ENMOD GAC GCC GLCM HEU IAEA ICBM INF IRM LRINF LTBT MBFR NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization NNA NPT NRRC NST NTM NWFZ OSIA PNET POTAS RECOV- RERTR ᎡᏙ SALT International Atomic Energy Agency Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Longer-range Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Limited Test Ban Treaty Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions Neutral and Non-Aligned Countries Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Nuclear and Space Talks National Technical Means Nuclear Weapons Free Zone On-Site Inpection Agency Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty Program for Technical Assistance to IAEA Safeguards Remote Continual Verification Reduced Enrichment in Research and Test Reactors Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (XIII) ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS-Continued SCC SCG SDI SLCM SLBM SNEC SRINF SRM SSOD START TRAN SEAVER TTBT UNDC UNGA Standing Consultative Commission Strategic Defense Initiative Sea-Launched Ballistic Missile Subgroup on Nuclear Export Coordination Shorter-Range Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Special Session (of the United Nations General Assem- Strategic Arms Reduction Talks Threshold Test Ban Treaty United Nations Disarmament Commission |