- Mission [1]
- The Committee on Historical Diplomatic Documentation supports the Department of State's mission by helping to provide a complete
and accurate account of the history of United States Foreign Relations disseminated to the global community through print
and electronic publications. The Advisory Committee reviews records, advises, and makes recommendations to the Office of the
Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs, concerning the Foreign Relations of the United States documentary series. The Committee
monitors the overall compilation and editorial process of the series and advises on all aspects of the preparation and declassification
of the series. Although the Committee does not review the contents of individual volumes, it does monitor the overall process
and makes recommendations on particular problems that are brought to its attention. The Committee also reviews the declassification
procedures of the Department of State, all guidelines used in the declassification process, and, by random sampling, documents
representative of all Department of State records that remain classified after 30 years.
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