    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1991, Book I)]
    [March 20, 1991]
    [Page 294]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Message to the Congress Transmitting the Annual Report of the United
    States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
    March 20, 1991

    To the Congress of the United States:
        I am pleased to transmit the United States Arms Control and
    Disarmament Agency annual report for 1990. This report deserves your
    close review.
        The year 1990 witnessed the signing of the multilateral Conventional
    Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty, which, when satisfactorily
    implemented, will be a major step in reducing the numbers of deployed
    weapons in the area bounded by the Ural Mountains and the Atlantic
    Ocean. The U.S.-U.S.S.R. Chemical Weapons Destruction Agreement was also
    signed. Significantly, both the Treaty Between the United States and the
    Soviet Union on Underground Nuclear Weapon Tests (TTBT) and the Treaty
    on Underground Nuclear Explosions for Peaceful Purposes (PNET) entered
    into force. Substantial progress was made during 1990 in the Strategic
    Arms Reductions Talks (START) and in our efforts to curb the worldwide
    proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
        The Arms Control and Disarmament Agency's 1990 annual report
    provides details of these and other developments, including the conduct
    of arms control negotiations, the coordination of treaty implementation
    procedures, and other activities conducted pursuant to the Arms Control
    and Disarmament Act.
        As the report illustrates, the dramatic changes in Eastern Europe
    and in U.S.-U.S.S.R. relations have not diminished the importance of
    effective and verifiable arms control agreements.

                                                                 George Bush

    The White House,
    March 20, 1991.