Excerpt from the Anatoly S Chernyaev Diary November 2 1991 Paper handed to President Bush by Gorbachev on October 29 1991 Five-hundred-three ICBMs equipped with 1154 warheads all together are to be taken off combat alert Six SSBNs and 92 SLBMs have been decommissioned All heavy bombers have been taken off combat alert All 36 rail-based ICBM launchers have been permanently stationed The following development programs have been discontinued compact mobile ICBMs modified nuclear short-range missiles for Soviet heavy bombers modernization of ICBMs for rail missile systems The timetable for reducing strategic offensive arms has been adjusted to the total level of 5000 nuclear warheads instead of 6000 units according to the Treaty We are starting to withdraw the following types of weapons from their places of permanent deployment nuclear ammunition of the atomic artillery nuclear warheads from tactical groundbased missiles nuclear bombs and nuclear warheads for anti-aircraft missiles Tactical nuclear weapons are being removed from ships and attack submarines as well as naval aircraft for accommodation in central storage sites in ground-based facilities As in the U S the withdrawal of tactical nuclear weapons from the fleet will take us approximately 8-9 months The following deadlines have been established for the completion of the liquidation tactical nuclear weapons in the naval forces--1995 nuclear warheads of anti-aircraft rockets--1996 nuclear mines--1998 nuclear warheads of tactical missiles and nuclear artillery projectiles-- 2000 It should be noted that the scope of our work surpasses the U S ' efforts We declared a moratorium for one year from October 5th of the present year on nuclear testing We developed a timetable to downsize the USSR Armed Forces by 700 thousand people in 5 years We are creating a special coordination committee involving ministries and republics RSFSR Ukraine Kazakhstan and Belarus to oversee the implementation of the program of unilateral measures and to develop positions for negotiations and consultations The program has been approved by the State Council Author's note Source Anatoly S Chernyaev Diary manuscript donated to the National Security Archive Translated by Anna Melyakova