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 PUBLIC LAW 102-138—OCT. 28, 1991 105 STAT. 687 "(3) The Historian shall inform the Advisory Committee of any failure by an originating agency to complete its declassification review of a record within 120 days and of any steps taken under paragraph (2). "(4) If the Advisory Committee determines that the meaning of the records proposed for inclusion in a volume of the FRUS series would be so altered or changed by deletions made under paragraph (1), or if the Advisory Committee determines as a result of inspection of other documents under subsection (a)(3) that the selection of documents could be misleading or lead to an inaccurate or incomplete historical record, then the Advisory Committee shall so advise the Secretary of State and submit recommendations to resolve the issue. "(5)(A) The Advisory Committee shall have full and complete access to the original text of any record in which deletions have been made. In the event that the head of any originating agency considers it necessary to deny access by the Advisory Committee to the original text of any record, that agency head shall promptly notify the Advisory Committee in writing, describing the nature of the record in question and the justification for withholding that record. "(B) The Historian shall provide the Advisory Committee with a complete list of the records described in subparagraph (A). "(6) If a record is deleted in whole or in part as a result of review under this subsection then a note to that effect shall be inserted at the appropriate place in the FRUS volume. "SEC. 404. DECLASSIFICATION OF STATE DEPARTMENT RECORDS. 22 USC 4354. "(a) DEADLINE FOR DECLASSIFICATION.— "(1) Except as provided in subsection (b), each classified record of permanent historical value (as determined by the Secretary of State and the Archivist of the United States) which was published, issued, or otherwise prepared by the Department of State (or any officer or employee thereof acting in an official capacity) shall be declassified not later than 30 years after the record was prepared, shall be transferred to the National Archives and Records Administration, and shall be made available at the National Archives for public inspection and copying. "(2) Nothing in this subsection may be construed to require the declassification of a record wholly prepared by a foreign government. "(b) EXEMPTED RECORDS.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to any record (or portion thereof) the publication of which the Secretary of State, in coordination with any agency that originated information in the records, determines— "(1) would compromise weapons technology important to the national defense of the United States or reveal sensitive information relating to the design of United States or foreign military equipment or relating to United States cryptologic systems or activities; "(2) would disclose the names or identities of living persons who provided confidential information to the United States and would pose a substantial risk of harm to such persons; "(3) would demonstrably impede current diplomatic negotiations or other ongoing official activities of the United States

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