98-14262. Advisory Committee on Historical Diplomatic Documentation Notice of Charter Renewal and Meeting

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[FR Doc No: 98-14262]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Bureau of Public Affairs
[Public Notice #2826]


Advisory Committee on Historical Diplomatic Documentation Notice 
of Charter Renewal and Meeting

    The Advisory Committee on Historical Diplomatic Documentation 
renewed its charter on March 18, 1998. This Advisory committee will 
continue to make recommendations to the Historian and the Department on 
all aspects of the Foreign Relation's program as well on the Department 
of State's responsibility under the statute to open its 30-year old and 
older records for public review at the National Archives and Record 
Administration. The Committee consists of nine members drawn from among 
historians, political scientists, archivists, international lawyers and 
other social scientists who are distinguished in the field of U.S. 
Foreign Relations.
    The Committee will meet next in the Department of State, 2201 ``C'' 
Street NW, Washington, DC, June 23-24, 1998, in Conference Room 1205. 
Procedures for declassification of Department records and problems 
relating to the preparation of the Foreign Relations of the United 
States documentary series will be discussed at the meeting.
    The Committee will meet in open session from 9 a.m. through Noon on 
Tuesday, June 23, 1998. The remainder of the Committee's sessions from 
1:45 p.m. on Tuesday, June 23, 1998 until 5 p.m. on Wednesday, June 24, 
1998 will be closed in accordance with Section 10(d) of the Foreign 
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463). The agenda calls for 
discussions involving consideration of matters not subject to public 
disclosure under 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1), and the public interest requires 
that such activities be withheld from disclosure.
    Entry to the building is controlled and will be facilitated by 
advance arrangements. Members of the public desiring access to the open 
session should, by Thursday, June 18, 1998, notify Gloria Walker, (202) 
663-1124, Office of the Historian, of their name, Social Security 
number, date of birth, professional affiliation, address, and telephone 
number in order to arrange admittance. This includes both government 
and non-government admittance. All attendees must use the ``C'' Street 
entrance. One of the following valid ID's will be required for 
admittance: any U.S. driver's license with photo, a passport, or a U.S. 
Government agency ID.
    Questions concerning the meeting should be directed to William Z. 
Slany, Executive Secretary, Advisory Committee on Historical Diplomatic 
Documentation, Department of State, Office of the Historian, 
Washington, DC, 20520, telephone [phone], (e-mail 
[e-mail]).

    Dated: May 14, 1998.
William Z. Slany,
Executive Secretary, Office of the Historian.
[FR Doc. 98-14262 Filed 5-28-98; 8:45 am]
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