What is the bilateral Memorandum of Understanding?
The September 1989 Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and the USSR provided for a bilateral verification experiment and data exchange between the two countries, to be carried out in two phases. On 29 December 1989, the United States and USSR exchanged data on their aggregate stockpile size; the types of agents; percent of chemical agents in munitions, devices, or bulk containers; location of storage, production, and destruction facilities; and types of agent and munitions at each storage facility. Phase I was completed with a series of visits to two production facilities, three storage facilities, and two industrial chemical production facilities in each country. After lengthy delays attributable mostly to the disarray in the Russian government following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the implementation of a scaled-down Phase II finally got underway. The two sides exchanged data in May and June. Both sides questioned the completeness of the data provided. US conce
