    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1993, Book I)]
    [May 13, 1993]
    [Page 656]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting a Report on Soviet Treaty
    Compliance
    May 13, 1993

    Dear Mr. President:  (Dear Mr. Chairman:)
        Enclosed are classified and unclassified copies of the report on
    Soviet Treaty Compliance required under condition 7 of the Resolution of
    Ratification for the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START).
        The judgments included in this report are drawn from reports
    prepared by the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency and submitted to
    Congress under the provisions of PL 99-145, as amended, and Section 52
    of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act.
        Under the terms set forth in the Resolution of Ratification, this
    report addresses actions of the former Soviet Union which were
    violations or probable violations of the obligations of the SALT I
    Interim Agreement, SALT II, ABM, INF and START Treaties and the ultimate
    resolution of these issues. This report does not address the actions of
    the newly independent states which have succeeded the Soviet Union. In
    contrast to the Soviet Union, the newly independent states have
    demonstrated a substantially improved willingness to adhere to arms
    control obligations and to work with us to resolve problems.
        Sincerely,

                                                          William J. Clinton

    Note: Identical letters were sent to Albert Gore, Jr., President of the
    Senate, and Claiborne Pell, chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign
    Relations. An original was not available for verification of the content
    of this letter.