¹ For texts and histories of negotiations of these agreements, see, e.g., U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, Arms Control and Disarmament Agreements (1982).

² The administration credits the U.S. approach to the concept of Nuclear Risk Reduction Centers to ideas originally advocated by Senators Nunn and Warner. See, e.g., Nuclear Risk Reduction Centers, Dep’t OF State, Bureau of Public Affairs, Gist, June 1987. See also, e.g., §706 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act for fiscal years 1986 and 1987 (which directs the Secretary of State and the Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency to conduct a detailed study and evaluation of additional measures that, by contributing to crisis stability or crisis control capabilities, could both enhance the security of the United States and reduce the likelihood of nuclear weapons use, with specific consideration to be given to a number of listed possible measures).

³ White House Office of the Press Secretary, Remarks by the President at Nuclear Risk Reduction Center Signing Ceremony and Fact Sheet on Nuclear Risk Reduction Centers (Sept. 15, 1987); and Press Guidance Package on the Agreement, including text of the Agreement (available through the Office of Public Affairs of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency).

⁴ See White House Office of the Press Secretary, Statement by Marlin Fitzwater on Establishment of the U.S. Nuclear Risk Reduction Center (Mar. 22, 1988).

⁵ See, e.g., F. Kirgis, Jr., Prior Consultation in International Law (1983).