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In article <49v07n$pob@clarknet.clark.net> John Pike <johnpike@fas.org> writes:
>The 4 December 1995 edition of "The Washington Times" includes the text 
>of the US-Russian "Agreed Framework" covering theater and regional 
>anti-missile systems, which was reached on 17 November 1995.

[snippage]

>
>6 - Assurances by each side that it will not deploy TMD systems in 
                   ^^^^
>numbers and locations that could pose a realistic threat to the strategic 
>nuclear force of another side.
                  ^^^^^^^
>
>8 - Consultation if a side expresses a security concern regarding unusual 
>military activities of another side regarding its TMD systems, with a 
                        ^^^^^^^
>view to resolving any concern related thereto.

The use of "each" and "another" rather than "either" and "the other"
seems to indicate that the treaty is being crafted to be multilateral,
rather than bilateral. Is this known to be so?