    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 36, Number 23 (Monday, June 12, 2000)]
    [Page 1284]
    [Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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    Russia-United States Joint Statement on Privileges and Immunities

    June 4, 2000

        In connection with the signature of the Memorandum of Agreement
    Between the United States of America and the Russian Federation on the
    Establishment of a Joint Center for the Exchange of Data From Early
    Warning Systems and Notifications of Missile Launches, the Parties agree
    that U.S. citizens working at the JDEC that are placed on the list of
    administrative and technical personnel of the Embassy of the United
    States of America in the Russian Federation shall be accorded the
    corresponding privileges and immunities.

    Note: The joint statement was released by the Office of the Press
    Secretary in conjunction with the joint statement formally entitled,
    ``Memorandum of Agreement Between the United States of America and the
    Russian Federation on the Establishment of a Joint Center for the
    Exchange of Data From Early Warning Systems and Notifications of Missile
    Launches.'' An original was not available for verification of the
    content of this joint statement.