22 U.S.C. § 2578 — Negotiating records

(a) Preparation of records The Secretary of State must 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 must 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 Secretary of State must establish and maintain a negotiating and implementation record for each such agreement, which is comprehensive and detailed, and must document all communications between the parties about such agreement. Such records is maintained both in hard copy and magnetic media.