Abbreviations

• ACDA, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
• AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
• AF, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
• AF/P, Public Affairs Adviser, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
• AID, Agency for International Development
• Amtorg, Amerikanskaia Torgovlia (Soviet trading company in the United States)
• ARA/P, Public Affairs Adviser, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
• ASAP, as soon as possible
• ATA, Air Transport Association; actual time of arrival
• BASC, Berlin Air Safety Center
• BEA, British European Airways
• BNSP, basic national security policy
• BRD, Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Federal Republic of Germany)
• BTF, Berlin Task Force
• CA, circular airgram; Office of Chinese Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
• CAB, Civil Aeronautics Board
• C&F; CAF, cost and freight
• CAP, series indicator for outgoing White House telegrams
• CC, Central Committee
• CCC, Commodity Credit Corporation
• CEMA, Council for Economic Mutual Assistance
• CENTO, Central Treaty Organization
• ChiCom, Chinese Communist
• CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
• COCOM, Coordinating Committee of the Paris Consultative Group
• CP, Communist Party
• CPSU, Communist Party of the Soviet Union
• CU, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State
• CU/PDS, Plans and Development Staff, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State
• DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
• DDR, Deutsche Demokratische Republik (German Democratic Republic)
• Deptel, Department of State telegram
• Disto, series indicator for telegrams from the U.S. delegation at the Eighteen Nation Disarmament Committee
• DRV, Democratic Republic of Vietnam
• E, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
• ECOSOC, Economic and Social Council (United Nations)
• EE, Office of Eastern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• EEC, European Economic Community
• Emb, Embassy
• Embtel, Embassy telegram
• ENDC, Eighteen Nation Disarmament Committee
• EST, Eastern Standard Time
• EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• EUR/EE, Office of Eastern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• EUR/P, Public Affairs Adviser, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• EUR/SES, Soviet and East European Exchanges Staff, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• EUR/SOV, Office of Soviet Union Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation
• FBIS, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
• FE, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
• FE/P, Public Affairs Adviser, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
• FOB, free on board
• FonMin, Foreign Ministry
• FonOff, Foreign Office
• FRC, Federal Records Center
• FRG, Federal Republic of Germany
• G/B, Germany/Berlin
• G/PM, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs
• GA, General Assembly
• GCD, general and complete disarmament
• GDR, German Democratic Republic
• GNP, gross national product
• H, Bureau of Congressional Relations, Department of State
• HEW, Department of Health, Education and Welfare
• HMG, Her Majestyʼs Government
• ICA, International Cooperation Administration
• ICAO, International Civil Aviation Organization
• ICBM, intercontinental ballistic missile
• ICC, International Control Commission
• ICJ, International Court of Justice
• IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
• INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• IRBM, intermediate-range ballistic missile
• K, Khrushchev
• L, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
• LA, Latin America
• LS, Division of Language Services, Bureau of Operations, Department of State
• M, Office of the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
• MFA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• MFN, most favored nation
• MID, Ministerstvo Inostrannykh Del (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
• MIG, Soviet-built fighter aircraft
• MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• MLF, multilateral force
• MNF, multinational force
• MRBM, medium-range ballistic missile
• NAC, North Atlantic Council
• NAP, non-aggression pact
• NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• NBC, National Broadcasting Company
• Niact, night action: communications indicator requiring attention by the recipient at any hour of the day or night
• NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
• NM, nautical mile
• Noforn, no foreign distribution
• NSAM, National Security Action Memorandum
• NSK, Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev
• OAS, Organization of American States
• OEE, Office of Educational Exchange, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State
• OSI, Office of Scientific Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
• P, Bureau of Public Affairs, Department of State
• P/OPS, Office of Public Services, Bureau of Public Affairs, Department of State
• PAA, Pan American Airways
• PanAm, Pan American Airways
• PAO, public affairs officer
• PermRep, permanent representative
• PL, Pathet Lao
• PMK, Presidentʼs meeting with Khrushchev
• PNG, persona non grata
• POL, petroleum, oil, lubricants
• POLAD, political adviser
• Polto, series indicator for telegrams from the U.S. Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council
• RA, Office of European Regional Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• RA/P, Public Affairs Adviser, Office of European Regional Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• RCA, Radio Corporation of America
• reftel, reference telegram
• RLG, Royal Lao Government
• RSB, Office of Research and Analysis for the Sino-Soviet Bloc, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• S, Office of the Secretary of State
• S/AL, Office of the Ambassador at Large, Department of State
• SAC, Strategic Air Command
• SC, Security Council
• SCA, Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs, Department of State
• SEA, Southeast Asia
• SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
• Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State or his delegation
• septel, separate telegram
• SES, Soviet and East European Exchanges Staff, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• S/EWC, Office of the Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for East-West Exchange
• SMUN, Soviet Mission at the United Nations
• SOV, Soviet; Office of Soviet Union Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• SovBloc, Soviet Bloc
• SovGov(t), Soviet Government
• S/P, Policy Planning Staff or Policy Planning Council, Department of State
• S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
• S/S-RO, Reports and Operations Staff, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
• SU, Soviet Union
• Supnu, series indicator for telegrams from the Delegation to the Geneva Conference on the Discontinuance of Nuclear Weapons
• SYG, Secretary General
• TASS, Telegrafnoye Agentsvo Sovetskogo Soiuza (Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union)
• TB, test ban
• Todis, series indicator for telegrams from the U.S. delegation at the Eighteen Nation Disarmament Committee
• Topol, series indicator for telegrams from the U.S. Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council
• Tosec, series indicator for telegrams to the Secretary of State while away from Washington
• TRC, Office of Transportation and Communication, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
• TRC/AV, Aviation Division, Office of Transportation and Communication, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
• U, Office of the Under Secretary of State
• U-2, U.S. high altitude reconnaissance aircraft
• UAR, United Arab Republic
• UK, United Kingdom
• UN, United Nations
• UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
• USG, United States Government
• USIA, United States Information Agency
• USIB, United States Intelligence Board
• USIS, United States Information Service
• US/MC, United States Memorandum of Conversation
• USRO, United States Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations
• USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• USUN, United States Mission to the United Nations (New York)
• VOA, Voice of America
• WE, Office of Western European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• WFTU, World Federation of Trade Unions
• WHO, World Health Organization