1.   They will sign the union treaty only on their terms.

2.   However, it was stated that disagreement in this area between the republic and the Union would be resolved according to the procedure established by the Union treaty.

3.   Instead, it was described solely as the basis for elaborating a new constitution for the RSFSR and for the conclusion of a new Union treaty.

4.   The decree reaffirmed central banking control pending the conclusion of a new union treaty.

5.   On the subject of the draft union treaty, Gorbachev introduced the idea of holding a referendum on it throughout the country.

6.   Deputies rejected one specific provision in the draft union treaty, however, which would have entailed formally renaming the country the Union of Sovereign Soviet Republics.

7.   The new State Council would consist of the heads of republics prepared to sign the new union treaty, with the Union President taking the chair.

8.   President Mikhail Gorbachev announced that a draft union treaty would be forwarded to republican governments.