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(Continued from Page 1) sent the facts simultaneously to the leadership of both nations. This information exchange provides the leadership of our two nations an identical base of facts upon which to make their respective decisions. The personnel in these centers would train constantly on hypothetical situations against the background of an ever-changing world.
Also, it is envisioned that the centers should serve as a focal point for all required military and arms control notifications (advance notice of missile tests and military exercises, data exchanges, and reporting detonations of nuclear weapons through either tests or accidents). The centers will function as a meeting place for bilateral discussions regarding additional risk reduction and confidence-building measures. Such discussions could also include high-level military conferences, a goal I have long advocated.
It is also envisioned that the centers might have a major role in implementing notifications required under the Intermediate Nuclear ‘ Forces (INF) Treaty now being negotiated with the Soviets.
As our experience in operating the centers grows, it is my hope their roles could expand. With terrorist actions threatening all nations, we could develop some joint planning for responding to incidents involving the use (or threatened use) of nuclear weapons by terrorists or unauthorized individuals or groups.
As original co-sponsors of legislation calling for establishing these centers, my long-time friend and colleague, Sen. Sam Nunn (D-GA), chairman of the Armed Services Committee, and I were privileged to be present at yesterday’s White House ceremony.
The history of the centers dates to 1980, when we joined our late colleague Sen. Henry (Scoop) Jackson (D-WASH) in proposing a concept of a joint U.S.-Soviet crisis control center. After receiving recommendations from noted experts in the area, we introduced legislation that was approved by Congress in 1984. And in 1985, as members of a Senate Delegation to Moscow, Senator Nunn and I discussed the concept of the centers with General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev, who reacted quite favorably. Subsequently, at the U.S.-Soviet summit in Geneva in November 1985, President Reagan and General Secretary Gorbachev agreed “to study the question of establishing centers to reduce nuclear risk . . .” Now, following several negotiating sessions, the agreement has been formally accepted by the two nations.
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