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 108 STAT. 496 PUBLIC LAW 103-236—APR. 30, 1994 Director shall assume that all measures of concealment not expressly prohibited could be employed and that standard practices could be altered so as to impede verification. "(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. —Except as otherwise provided for by law, nothing in this section may be construed as requiring the disclosure of sensitive information relating to intelligence sources or methods or persons employed in the verification of compliance with arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament agreements. "(d) PARTICIPATION OF THE AGENCY.— In order to ensure adherence of the United States to obligations or commitments undertaken in arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament agreements, and in order for the Director to make the assessment required by section 51(a)(5), the Director, or the Director's designee, shall participate in all interagency groups or organizations within the executive branch of Government that assess, analyze, or review United States planned or ongoing policies, programs, or actions that have a direct bearing on United States adherence to obligations undertaken in arms control, nonproliferation, or disarmament agreements.". SEC. 713. NEGOTIATING RECORDS. (a) IN GENERAL. —The Arms Control and Disarmament Act is amended by inserting after section 37 the following: Classified information. Public information. 22 USC 2578. " NEGOTIATING RECORDS "SEC. 38. (a) PREPARATION OF RECORDS.— The Director shall establish and maintain records for each arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament agreement to which the United States is a party and which was under negotiation or in force on or after January 1, 1990, which shall include classified and unclassified materials such as instructions and guidance, position papers, reporting cables and memoranda of conversation, working papers, draft texts of the agreement, diplomatic notes, notes verbal, and other internal and external correspondence. "(b) NEGOTIATING AND IMPLEMENTATION RECORDS. —In particular, the Director shall establish and maintain a negotiating and implementation record for each such agreement, which shall be comprehensive and detailed, and shall document all communications between the parties with respect to such agreement. Such records shall be maintained both in hard copy and magnetic media. "(c) PARTICIPATION OF AGENCY PERSONNEL. —In order to implement effectively this section, the Director shall ensure that Agency personnel participate throughout the negotiation and implementation phases of all arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament agreements.". (b) REPORT REQUIRED.— Not later than January 31, 1995, the Director of the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency shall submit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and to the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a detailed report describing the actions he has undertaken to implement section 38 of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act.

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