Conventional Arms Control: Former Warsaw Pact Nations' Treaty Compliance
and U.S. Cost Control (Chapter Report, 12/14/93, GAO/NSIAD-94-33).

By November 1993, thousands of former Warsaw Pact and North Atlantic
Treaty Organization (NATO) tanks, artillery pieces, aircraft, and other
military equipment were to be destroyed under the Treaty on Conventional
Forces in Europe.  As a group, the former Warsaw Pact nations have shown
the technical ability to reduce equipment quickly enough to meet the
November 1993 interim deadline.  In general, the U.S. government
agencies GAO reviewed have successfully exercised all treaty rights and
have met all treaty obligations.  But in doing so, agencies have
incurred significant implementation costs, which GAO estimates will
exceed $134 million during the first three years.  Policy changes could
yield significant savings.  To fully explore cost-saving options,
however, policy officials need more complete data on implementation
costs.

--------------------------- Indexing Terms -----------------------------

 REPORTNUM:  NSIAD-94-33
     TITLE:  Conventional Arms Control: Former Warsaw Pact Nations' 
             Treaty Compliance and U.S. Cost Control
      DATE:  12/14/93
   SUBJECT:  International agreements
             International relations
             Interagency relations
             Advanced weapons systems
             Arms control agreements
             Compliance
             Military materiel
             Reporting requirements
             Treaties
IDENTIFIER:  NATO
             Bulgaria
             Czech Federal Republic
             Hungary
             Poland
             Romania
             Slovak Federal Republic
             Armenia
             Azerbaijan
             Belarus
             Georgia (Formerly Soviet Union)
             Moldova
             Russia
             Ukraine
             Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
             START
             Warsaw Pact
             
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