Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume
E–12, Documents on East and Southeast Asia, 1973–1976
List of Terms & Abbreviations
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ACDA, Arms Control and Disarmament
Agency
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ADB, Asian Development Bank
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AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
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AF, Bureau of African Affairs,
Department of State
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AID, Agency for International
Development
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AID/AA/Asia, Bureau for Asia,
Agency for International Development
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AID/PPC, Bureau for Program and
Policy Coordination, Agency for International Development
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AK–47, Soviet-built assault
rifle
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ALP, Australian Labor Party
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AMB, Ambassador
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ANZUS, Australia, New Zealand, United
States Security Treaty
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AP, Associated Press
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APC, Armored Personnel Carrier
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AR, Albanian Resolution (United
Nations)
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ARA, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs,
Department of State
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ARVN, Army of the Republic of
Vietnam
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ASEAN, Association of Southeast Asian
Nations
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BOP, balance of payments
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BS, Brent Scowcroft
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C, Confidential
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CEA, Council of Economic
Advisers
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CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
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CIEP, Council on International
Economic Policy (United States)
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CINCPAC, Commander in Chief,
Pacific
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CINCUNC, Commander in Chief, United
Nations Command
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COMNAVFORJAPAN, Commander,
Naval Forces, Japan
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COMSEVENTHFLT, Commander,
Seventh Fleet
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COMUS, Commander U.S. Forces
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CONGEN, Consulate General
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CONUS, Continental United
States
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CPM, Communist Party of Malaysia
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CRA, Continuing Resolution
Authority
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CSCE, Conference on Security and
Cooperation in Europe
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DAS, Deputy Assistant Secretary
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DASD, Deputy Assistant Secretary of
Defense (Department of Defense)
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DCI, Director of Central
Intelligence
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DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission, United
States Embassy
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DE, Destroyer Escort
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DEPTEL, Department of State
telegram
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DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency
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DIS or DISS., dissemination
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DMZ, Demilitarized Zone
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DOD, Department of Defense
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DOD/ISA, Department of Defense,
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security
Affairs
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DOJ, Department of Justice
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DOS, Department of State
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DPRK, Democratic People’s Republic of
Korea
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DR, Dual Representation (United
Nations)
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DRV, Democratic Republic of Vietnam
(North Vietnam)
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DSAA, Defense Security Assistance
Agency (Department of Defense)
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DSP, Democratic Socialist Party
(Japan)
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E, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department
of State
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EA, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific
Affairs, Department of State
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EA/ANP, Office of Australia, New
Zealand, Papua New Guinea, and Pacific Island Affairs, Department of
State
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EA/IMS, Office of Indonesia,
Malaysia, and Singapore, Department of State
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EA/J, Office of Japanese Affairs,
Department of State
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EA/K, Office of Korean Affairs,
Department of State
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EA/P, Public Affairs Advisor, Bureau
of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
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EA/PHL, Office of Philippines
Affairs, Department of State
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EA/RA, Office of Regional Affairs at
the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
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EA/TB, Office of Thailand and Burma,
Department of State
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Eagle Pull, a U.S. military
operation for evacuating personnel from Phnom Penh during an
emergency
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EAP, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific
Affairs, Department of State
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EAPA, East Asia and Pacific Affairs,
International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
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EAPR, East Asia and Pacific Region,
Department of Defense
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EB, Bureau of Economic and Business
Affairs, Department of State
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ECONCOM, Joint U.S.-Japan Economic
Committee Meeting at the cabinet level
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EMBTEL, embassy telegram
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ERDA, Energy Research and Development
Administration
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EUR/IB, Office of Iberian Affairs,
Department of State
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EXDIS, exclusive distribution
(indicates extremely limited dissemination)
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EUR, Bureau of European Affairs,
Department of State
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F–4, (U.S. fighter-bomber
aircraft)
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F–5E, (U.S. fighter aircraft)
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FAC, Foreign Assets Control
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FANK, Cambodian Armed Forces
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FBI, Federal Bureau of
Investigation
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FBIS, Foreign Broadcast Information
Service
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FCN, Friendship, Commerce, and
Navigation (Treaty)
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FMS, Foreign Military Sales
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FONMIN, foreign minister
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FONSEC, Foreign Secretary
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FRC, Federal Records Center
(U.S.)
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FRD, formerly restricted data
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FSO, Foreign Service Officer
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FT, foreign trade
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FY, fiscal year
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FYI, for your information
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GA, General Assembly (United
Nations)
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GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and
Trade
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GIMO, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek
(Jiang Jieshi)
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GKR, Government of Khmer
Republic
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GNP, gross national product
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GOA, Government of Australia
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GOI, Government of Indonesia
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GOJ, Government of Japan
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GOP, Government of the
Philippines
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GOVT, Government
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GPO, Government Printing Office
(U.S.)
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GRC, Government of the Republic of
China.
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GSP, Generalized System of
Preferences
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GVN, government of Vietnam
(South)
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H, Bureau of Congressional Relations,
Department of State
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HAK, Henry A. Kissinger
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HICOM/HICOMRY, High
Commissioner of the Ryukyu Islands
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HK, Hong Kong; initials for Henry
Kissinger
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HQ, headquarters
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IAEA, International Atomic Energy
Agency
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IBRD, International Bank for
Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
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ICCS, International Commission of
Control and Supervision
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IG, Interdepartmental Group
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IGGI, Inter-Governmental Group on
Indonesia
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IMF, International Monetary Fund
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INFO, information
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INR, Bureau of Intelligence and
Research, Department of State
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INR/EAP, Bureau of Intelligence and
Research, East Asia and the Pacific
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INR/REA, Office of Research and
Analysis for East Asia and Pacific
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INTEL, intelligence
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IO, Bureau of International Organization
Affairs, Department of State
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IO/UNP, Bureau of International
Organization Affairs, Office of United Nations Political Affairs
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IPS, Office of Information Programs and
Services (Department of State)
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IQ, important question (United
Nations)
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IRBM, intermediate range ballistic
missile
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ISA, Bureau of International Security
Affairs, Department of Defense
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ITAC, Interagency Textile
Administrative Committee
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JAEC, Japanese Atomic Energy
Commission
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JCRC, Joint Casualty Resolution
Center
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JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
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JCSM, Joint Chiefs of Staff
memorandum
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JDA, Japanese Defense Agency
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JFY, Japanese fiscal year
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JGLO, Japanese Government Liaison
Office, Ryukyu Islands
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JHH, John Herbert Holdridge
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JSA, Joint Security Area (Korea)
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JSDF, Japanese Self-Defense
Forces
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JSP, Japanese Socialist Party
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JUSMAGTHAI, Joint United States
Military Advisory Group Thailand
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KC, Khmer (Cambodian) Communists
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KCP, Khmer (Cambodian) Communist
Party
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Khmer Rouge, Khmer (Cambodian)
Communists
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KMT, Kuomintang (Nationalist Party,
ROC), also called the Guomindang (GMD)
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KPA, Korean People’s Army
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L, Office of the Legal Adviser,
Department of State
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L/EA, Assistant Legal Adviser for East
Asian and Pacific Affairs, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of
State
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LC, Laos-Cambodia
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LDP, Liberal Democratic Party
(Japan)
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LIMDIS, limited distribution (see
also EXDIS)
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LSD, Landing Ship, Dock
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M, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary
of State for Management
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M16, U.S.-manufactured assault
rifle
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MAC, Military Armistice Commission
(Korea)
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MACTHAI, Military Assistance
Command, Thailand
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MAP, Military Assistance/Aid
Program
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MASF, military assistance
service-funded
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MBA, Military Base Agreement
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MDAA, Mutual Defense Assistance
Agreement
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MDT, Mutual Defense Treaty
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MEMCON, memorandum of
conversation
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MFA, Multifiber Agreement
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MIA, Missing-in-Action
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MITI, Ministry of International Trade
and Industry (Japan)
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mm, millimeter
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MND, Minister or Ministry of National
Defense; Mission Need Determination (Department of Defense)
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MNLF, Moro National Liberation Front
(Philippines)
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MOD, Minister/Ministry of
Defense
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MSP, Minimum Safeguard Price
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MST, Mutual Security Treaty (United
States-Japan)
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MTN, Multilateral Trade
Negotiations
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NATO, North Atlantic Treaty
Organization
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NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern and South
Asian Affairs, Department of State
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NF, no foreign dissemination
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NIACT, night action (indicator of
precedence level in a telegraphed message)
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NIE, National Intelligence
Estimate
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NIO, National Intelligence
Officer
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NODIS, no distribution
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NOFORN, no foreign
dissemination
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NOTAL, not all (telegram A,
referenced in telegram B, was not sent to all the recipients of telegram
B)
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NPT, Nonproliferation Treaty
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NPW, Nuclear Powered Warship
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NSA, National Security Agency
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NSC, National Security Council
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NSDM, National Security Decision
Memorandum
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NSSM, National Security Study
Memorandum
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NVA, North Vietnamese Army
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NZ, New Zealand
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O&M, operation and maintenance
(Department of Defense)
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OASD/ISA, Office of the Assistant
Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
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OBE, overtaken by events
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OCI, Office of Current Intelligence
(Central Intelligence Agency)
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ODDPA&E/ISA, Office of the
Director of Defense Program Analysis and Evaluation/International Security
Affairs
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OECD, Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development
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OEO, Office of Economic
Opportunity
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OMB, Office of Management and
Budget
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OMSN, Office of Micronesian Status
Negotiations
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ONE, Office of National Estimates
(Central Intelligence Agency)
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OPCON, Operational Control
(Department of Defense)
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OPEC, Organization of Petroleum
Exporting Countries
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OPIC, Overseas Private
Investment Corporation
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Orcon, dissemination and extraction
of information controlled by originator (dissemination control
abbreviation)
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OSD, Office of the Secretary of
Defense
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OUSD, Office of the Under Secretary of
Defense
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P, Under Secretary for Political Affairs,
Department of State
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PACAF, Pacific Air Force
(U.S.)
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PACOM, Pacific Command (U.S.)
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PARA, paragraph
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PDB, President’s Daily Brief (Central
Intelligence Agency)
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PFIAB, President’s Foreign
Intelligence Advisory Board
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PGET, Provisional Government of East
Timor
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PHIL, Philippines
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PL, Public Law
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PL–480, an assistance program that
provides agricultural commodities to foreign countries on behalf of the U.S.
public
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PM, Prime Minister; also Bureau of
Politico-Military Affairs at the Department of State
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PNG, Papua New Guinea; Persona non
grata
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POL, political
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POLAD, political adviser (usually
Department of State representative assigned to a military commander)
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POW, Prisoner of War
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PRC, People’s Republic of China
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PRES, the President
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PRG, Provisional Revolutionary
Government of the Republic of South Vietnam
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PriMin, Prime Minister
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PT, Portuguese Timor
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QR, Quota Restriction
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QTE, quote
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RA, Regional Affairs (DOS/EA)
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RADM, Rear Admiral
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REFTEL, reference telegram
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REP, representative
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RES, resolution (United Nations)
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RET’D, returned (indicates when
President Nixon finished
reading a document)
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RG, record group (National Archives and
Records Administration)
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RN, Richard Nixon
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RNC, Republican National
Committee
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ROC, Republic of China (see also
GRC)
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ROK, Republic of Korea (South
Korea)
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ROKG, Republic of Korea
Government
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RP, Republic of the Philippines
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RPT, repeat
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RTG, Royal Thai Government
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RVN, Republic of Vietnam (South
Vietnam)
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S, Office of the Secretary of State; also
Secret
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S/P, Policy Planning Council,
Department of State
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S/PC, Planning and Coordination Staff,
Department of State
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S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department
of State
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SA, Studies and Analysis (Department of
Defense)
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SALT, Strategic Arms Limitation
Talks
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SC, Security Council (United
Nations)
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SCA, Bureau of Security and Consular
Affairs, Department of State
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SCC, United States—Japan Security
Consultative Committee
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SCI, Bureau of International Scientific
and Technological Affairs, Department of State; also sensitive compartmented
information
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SCM, Security Consultative
Meeting
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SDR, Special Drawing Rights
(International Monetary Fund)
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SEA, Southeast Asia
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SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty
Organization
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SECDEF, Secretary of Defense
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SECSTATE, Secretary of
State
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SECTO, from the Secretary of State
(used for telegrams from the Secretary or his party while he is on
travel)
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SECY GEN, Secretary General
(United Nations)
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SECY, Secretary of State
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SEPTEL, separate telegram
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SGU, Special Guerrilla Unit (manned by
Thai “volunteers” in Laos and financed by the United States)
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SIG, Senior Interdepartmental Group
(National Security Council)
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S–N, South-North (Korea)
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SNIE, Special National Intelligence
Estimate
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SOF(A), Status of Forces
(Agreement)
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SPNFZ, South Pacific Nuclear Free
Zone
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S/PRS, Office of Press Relations,
Department of State
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SRG, Senior Review Group (National
Security Council)
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SRV, Socialist Republic of
Vietnam
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STADIS, Distribution within State
Department Only
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STR, Special Trade
Representative
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SVN, South Vietnam
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T, Office of the Under Secretary for
Security Assistance, Department of State
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TOHAK, to Henry A. Kissinger
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TOSEC, to the Secretary of State
(used for telegrams to the Secretary while he is on travel)
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TOSIT, to the White House Situation
Room
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TS, Top Secret
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TTPI, Trust Territory of the Pacific
Islands
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U, Office of the Under Secretary of
State; also Unclassified
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UK, United Kingdom
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UN, United Nations
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UNC, United Nations Command
(Korea)
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UNCTAD, United Nations Conference on
Trade and Development
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UNCURK, United Nations Commission
for the Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea
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UNESCO, United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization
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UNGA, United Nations General
Assembly
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UNHCR, Office of the United Nations
High Commissioner for Refugees
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UNQTE, unquote
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UPI, United Press International
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U/DM, Under Secretaries Decision
Memorandum
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U–S/M, Under Secretaries
Memorandum
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USA, United States Army
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USAF, United States Air Force
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USC, Under Secretaries Committee
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USFY, United States fiscal year
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USG, United States Government
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USIA, United States Information
Agency
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USIB, United States Intelligence
Board
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USIS, United States Information
Service
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USLO, United States Liaison Office
(People’s Republic of China)
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USN, United States Navy
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USSAG, United States Support
Activities Group (Thailand)
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USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics
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USUN, United States Mission to the
United Nations
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VADM, Vice Admiral
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VN, Vietnam
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VOA, Voice of America
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VP, Vice President
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WESTPAC, Western Pacific
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WH, White House
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WNRC, Washington National Records
Center
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WSAG, Washington Special Action
Group
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Z, Zulu time (Greenwich Mean Time)