List of Abbreviations

• A, airgram; Army
• AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
• AEW, Aircraft early warning; airborne electronic warfare
• AF, Air Force
• ASM, air-to-surface missile
• BOMARC, Boeing-Michigan Aeronautical Test Center missile; U.S. Air Force surface-to-air delta winged area defense missile
• CEA, Council of Economic Advisers
• CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
• CINCLANT, Commander in Chief, Atlantic
• CINCPAC, Commander in Chief, Pacific
• CINCONAD, Commander in Chief, Continental Air Defense Command
• CONAD, Continental Air Defense Command
• CW, chemical warfare; chemical warhead
• DEW, distant early warning
• DOD, Department of Defense
• ECM, electronic countermeasures
• EDC, European Defense Community
• ELINT, electronic intelligence
• EUR/RPM, Office of Regional Political and Military Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation
• FCDA, Federal Civil Defense Administration
• FY, fiscal year
• GNP, gross national product
• IAC, Intelligence Advisory Committee
• ICA, International Cooperation Administration
• ICBM, inter-continental ballistic missile
• ICIS, Interdepartmental Committee on Internal Security
• IIC, Interdepartmental Intelligence Conference
• INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• IOC, initial operation capability
• IRBM, intermediate-range ballistic missile
• ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
• JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• KT, kilotons (upper case = yield)
• MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
• MIG, A.I. Mikoyan i M.I. Gurevich (Soviet fighter aircraft named for designers Mikoyan and Gurevich)
• N, Navy; nuclear-powered ship
• NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• NESC, Net Evaluation Subcommittee
• NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
• n.m., nautical mile
• NOA, new obligational authority
• NSC, National Security Council; NATO Supply Center
• NSCID, National Security Council Intelligence Directive
• OCB, Operations Coordinating Board
• ODM, Office of Defense Mobilization
• OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
• PB, Planning Board (National Security Council)
• PCG, Planning Coordination Group, Operations Coordinating Board
• PPS, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State
• R and D, research and development
• RCA, Radio Corporation of America
• ROK, Republic of Korea
• S, Office of the Secretary of State
• S/P, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State
• S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
• SAC, Strategic Air Command
• SACLANT, Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic
• SAGE, semi-automatic ground environment system
• SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
• SHAEF, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Forces
• SHAPE, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers, Europe
• SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate
• SUSAC, Soviet Union Strategic Air Command
• TCP, Technological Capabilities Panel
• USA, United States of America; United States Army
• USAF, United States Air Force
• USMC, United States Marine Corps
• USN, United States Navy
• USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics