Each republic can, through the conclusion of a treaty with the USSR, additionally transfer to the USSR the implementation of certain of its powers...

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

We look forward to a successful conclusion of these negotiations so that we can join with the other nations involved to sign a treaty in Ottawa in December.

CNN: AllPolitics - The U.S. And Land Mines

His book, The ABM Treaty Charade: A Study in Elite Illusion and Delusion, distilled from these materials a stunning conclusion: As a matter of state policy, the USSR never complied with the requirements of the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and built and deployed a territorial ABM system explicitly prohibited by that accord.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: In Memoriam an unsung hero of the Cold War: William T. Lee