In response to this request for secrecy, Congress did several things. First of all, Congress agreed to the "withholding the names of the persons they Committee of Secret Correspondence has employed, or with whom they have corresponded." In addition, Congress recorded all of the decisions regarding the Committee of Secret Correspondence in "Secret Journals", separate from the public journals used to record its decisions concerning other matters. Finally, it allowed the committee to establish its own oath of secrecy, which was put in place on November 29, 1775 as well as a secrecy agreement for government employees. The oath and agreement are below.