Abbreviations

• ACFT, aircraft
• AD, Assistant Director (CIA)
• AF, Air Force
• AIG, address indicating group
• ALUSNA, American Legation U.S. Naval Attaché at (place)
• AMB, Ambassador
• AMEMB, American Embassy
• APC, armored personnel carrier
• ARAMCO, Arabian-American Oil Company
• ASAP, as soon as possible
• ASW, anti-submarine warfare
• ATAF, Allied Tactical Air Force
• AUC, American University Cairo
• CANE, distribution indicator for telegrams pertaining to a proposed Middle East arms limitation initiative
• CARE, Cooperatives for American Relief Everywhere, Inc.
• CDR, Commander
• CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
• CINCEUR, Commander in Chief, European Command
• CINCLANT, Commander in Chief, Armed Forces, Atlantic
• CINCMEAFSA, Commander in Chief, Middle East/South Asia and Africa South of the Sahara
• CINCSTRIKE, Commander in Chief, Strike Command
• CINCUSAREUR, Commander in Chief, U.S. Armed Forces, Europe
• CINCUSNAVEUR, Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces, Europe
• CLG, guided missile light cruiser
• CNO, Chief of Naval Operations
• CO, Commanding Officer
• COB, close of business
• COMAC, Commanding Officer, Mixed Armistice Commission
• COMIDEASTFOR, Commander, Middle East Forces
• COMSERVLANT, Commander, Service Forces, Atlantic Fleet
• COMSIXTHFLT, Commander, Sixth Fleet
• CONGEN, Consulate General
• CONUS, Continental United States
• COS, Chief of Station (CIA); Chief of Staff (military)
• CTF, Commander, Task Force (U.S. Navy)
• CTG, Commander, Task Group (U.S. Navy)
• CVA, aircraft carrier, attack
• CW, chemical weapons
• DAO, Defense Attaché Office
• DATT, Defense Attaché
• DCI, Director of Central Intelligence
• DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
• DD, destroyer
• DDP, Directorate for Plans (CIA)
• DEFATT(S), Defense Attaché(s)
• DEG, degree
• DEL(S), delegation(s)
• Deptel, Department of State telegram
• Deptoff, Department of State officer
• DG, Director General
• DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency
• DMZ, DZ, Demilitarized Zone
• DOD, Department of Defense
• DOD/ISA, Department of Defense, International Security Affairs
• DTG, date-time-group
• E, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• ECM, electronic countermeasures
• EDT, Eastern Daylight Time
• EIMAC, Egypt-Israel Mixed Armistice Commission
• ELINT, electronic intelligence
• EMB, Embassy
• EmbOff, Embassy officer
• ENDC, Eighteen Nation Disarmament Commission
• EP, East Pakistan
• ESSGA, Emergency Special Session of the General Assembly, United Nations
• ETA, estimated time of arrival
• EUCOM, European Command (Army)
• EURATOM, European Atomic Energy Community
• Exdis, Exclusive Distribution
• EXIM, Export-Import Bank
• FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations
• FLO, Foreign Liaison Office (Israeli Defense Ministry)
• FonMin, Foreign Minister
• FonOff, Foreign Office
• FORAC, for action
• FRG, Federal Republic of Germany
• FYI, for your information
• G, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
• GA, General Assembly (UN)
• GAA, General Armistice Agreement
• GMT, Greenwich Meridian Time
• GOF, Government of France
• GOI, Government of Israel
• GOJ, Government of Jordan
• GOK, Government of Kuwait
• GOL, Government of Lebanon
• GOM, Government of Morocco
• GOP, Government of Pakistan
• GUAR, Government of the United Arab Republic
• HHH, Hubert H. Humphrey
• HMG, Her Majesty’s Government
• HQ, headquarters
• IAEA, International Atomic Energy Agency
• IAI, Office of Israel and Arab-Israel Affairs, Department of State; Israel Aircraft Industries
• IAW, in accordance with
• ICJ, International Court of Justice
• ICRC, International Committee of the Red Cross
• IDF, Israel Defense Forces
• IIS, Israeli Intelligence Service
• IMAC, Israel Mixed Armistice Commission
• IMF, International Monetary Fund
• INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• IO/UNP, Office of United Nations Political Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
• IPC, Iraq Petroleum Company
• ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
• ISMAC, Israel-Syria Mixed Armistice Commission
• JAA, Jordan Arab Army
• JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• JRC, Joint ATAF/Army Group Reconnaissance Center (JCS)
• L, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
• LA(s), Latin American(s)
• LBJ, initials of President Lyndon B. Johnson
• Limdis, Limited distribution
• M, Office of the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
• MAC, Mixed Armistice Commission
• MADEC, Maritime Declaration
• MAP, Military Assistance Program
• ME, Middle East
• MEDICO, Medical International Cooperation
• memcon, memorandum of conversation
• MFA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• MIG, A.I. Mikoyan i M.I. Gurevich (Soviet fighter aircraft named for designers Mikoyan and Gurevich)
• mil, military
• MinDef, Minister of Defense
• MisOff, Mission Office
• MOD, Minister of Defense
• Molink, Special teletype circuit linking Moscow and Washington
• msg, message
• MTB, motor torpedo boat
• mtg, meeting
• NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• NE, Near East
• NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• NEA/ARN, Office of Lebanon, Jordan, Syrian Arab Republic, and Iraq Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• NEA/ARP, Office of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Yemen, and Aden Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• NEA/IAI, Office of Israel and Arab-Israel Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• NEA/UAR, Office of United Arab Republic Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• NIPE, National Intelligence Programs Evaluation (CIA)
• NMCC, National Military Command Center
• Nodis, No distribution (other than to persons indicated)
• Noforn, No foreign dissemination
• Notal, not received by all addressees
• NPT, Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty
• NSA, National Security Agency
• NSC, National Security Council
• NYT, New York Times
• OCAM, Organisation Commune Africaine et Malagache (Common Afro-Malagasy and Mauritian Organization)
• OC/T, Communications Center, Department of State
• OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris
• OSA, Office of the Secretary of the Army (U.S.)
• OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
• PCC, Palestine Conciliation Commission, United Nations
• PERMREP, Permanent Representative, United Nations
• PLA, Palestine Liberation Army
• PLO, Palestine Liberation Organization
• POL, petroleum, oil, lubricants; political
• POLAD, Political Adviser
• posit, position
• PriMin, Prime Minister
• R&D, Research and Development
• RAFI, Israel Workers List (Israel political party)
• reftel, reference telegram
• res, resolution
• RG, Record Group
• RJAF, Royal Jordanian Air Force
• rpt, repeat
• S, Office of the Secretary of State
• SAG, Saudi Arabian Government
• SARG, Syrian Arab Republic Government
• SC, Security Council (UN)
• septel, separate telegram
• SFRC, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
• SITREP, Situation Report
• Sit Room, Situation Room
• SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate
• Sov, Soviet
• SSM, surface-to-surface missiles
• STBD, starboard
• SYG, Secretary-General of the United Nations
• TAPLINE, Trans-Arabian Pipeline
• TASS, official Soviet news agency
• TDCS, Timely Dissemination of a Clandestine Service Message
• TF, Task Force
• Tosec, series indicator for telegrams from the Department to the Secretary of State (or his delegation) in connection with international conferences
• U, Office of the Under Secretary of State
• UAR, United Arab Republic
• UARG, United Arab Republic Government
• UK, United Kingdom
• UKUN, United Kingdom Mission at the United Nations
• UN, United Nations
• UNEF, United Nations Emergency Force
• UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
• UNHCR, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
• UNICEF, United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
• UNMO, United Nations Military Observer
• UNMOGIP, United Nations Military Observer Group for India and Pakistan
• UNRWA, United Nations Relief and Works Agency
• UNSC, United Nations Security Council
• UNSYG, United Nations Secretary-General
• UNTSO, United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (Palestine)
• UPI, United Press International
• USAF, United States Air Force
• USAFE, United States Air Force, Europe
• USDAO, U.S. Defense Attaché Office
• USG, United States Government
• USIA, United States Information Agency
• USIB, United States Intelligence Board
• USIS, United States Information Service (overseas branches of USIA)
• USN, United States Navy
• USRO, United States Mission to European Regional Organization, Paris
• USS, United States Ship
• USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• USUN, United States Mission at the United Nations
• WHO, World Health Organization