ABSTRACT
Soviet noncompliance is a serious matter. It calls into question important security benefits from arms control, and could create new security risks. In the FY-1985 Defense Authorization Act and the Conference Report on that Act, the Congress called for additional classified and unclassified reports regarding a wide range of questions concerning the Soviet Union's compliance with arms control commitments. In order for arms control to have meaning and credibly contribute to national security and to global or regional stability, it is essential that all parties to agreements fully comply with them. The Administration and the Congress have a shared interest in supporting the arms control process. In January 1984, the President, in response to Congressional requests, reported to the Congress on several issues involving violations or probable violations by the Soviet Union of existing arms control agreements, including: the Geneva Protocol on Chemical Weapons, the Helsinki Final Act, the anti-ballistic missile Treaty, and the Threshold Test Ban Treaty.
