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1990 U.S.-U.S.S.R. Maritime Boundary Agreement--
Executive Agreement
This is the executive agreement
between Secretary of State James A. Baker III and Soviet
Foreign Minister Eduard
Shevardnadze signed on June 1, 1990, to take effect on June 15, 1990.
It
purported to execute all of the terms of the "Agreement" (proposed treaty signed
on the same
date) "pending the entry into force of that Agreement".
[See the Proposed Treaty.] Being
an
executive agreement, it can be rescinded at any time by either party
unilaterally. It is currently
being enforced by the State Department on
various federal agencies.
This executive agreement was
hidden from the public and Congress for nearly two years
after it was signed in
June 1990. It was not disclosed in any public news release when it was
signed in June 1990. It was not mentioned in the President George Bush's transmittal
of the
proposed treaty Agreement to the Senate. It was not mentioned in
any testimony at the Senate
hearing on the proposed treaty Agreement by the
State Department in June 1991. It was not
mentioned in the Committee
Report on that hearing. It was not mentioned in the full Senate
debate in
September 1991.
