Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961–1963, Volume
VIII, National Security Policy
Abbreviations
- ABM, anti-ballistic
missile
- ABNCP, airborne
command posts
- ACE, Allied Command,
Europe
- ADM, atomic demolition
munitions
- AEC, Atomic Energy
Commission
- AF, Air Force
- AID, Agency for
International Development
- AJCBM, air-launched
intercontinental ballistic missile
- ALBM, air-launched
ballistic missile
- ANZUS, Australia-New
Zealand-United States (treaty organization)
- ASW, anti-submarine
warfare
- BAOR, British Army on
the Rhine
- BMEWS, Ballistic
Missile Early Warning System
- BNSP, basic national
security policy
- BOB, Bureau of the
Budget
- BOMARC,
Boeing-Michigan Aeronautical Test Center missile; U.S. Air Force
surface-to-air delta winged area defense missile
- C, Office of the
Counselor, Department of State
- CBR, chemical,
biological, and radiological warfare
- CENTO, Central
Treaty Organization
- CEP, circular error
probable
- CI, Counter-Insurgency
(Special Group)
- CIA, Central
intelligence Agency
- ClNCEUR, Commander
in Chief, Europe
- CINCNORAD,
Commander in Chief, North American Air Defense Command
- CINCPAC, Commander
in Chief, Pacific
- CINCSAC, Commander
in Chief, Strategic Air Command
- CJCS, Chairman, Joint
Chiefs of Staff
- CM, Chairman’s
Memorandum
- CNO, Chief of Naval
Operations
- CONUS, Continental
United States
- CSAF, Chief of Staff,
U.S. Air Force
- CSD, Commodities
Division, Office of International Resources, Bureau of Economic Affairs,
Department of State
- CST, Central Standard
Time
- CW, chemical warhead;
chemical warfare
- DCI, Director of
Central Intelligence
- DEW, distant early
warning
- DIA, Defense
Intelligence Agency
- DGZ, Designated Ground
Zero
- DOD, Department of
Defense
- DPM, draft
Presidential memorandum
- DSTP, Director of
Strategy Target Planning
- ECM, electronic
countermeasures
- FBM, forward-based
missile
- FRC, Federal Records
Center
- FRG, Federal Republic
of Germany
- FY, fiscal year
- GCI, ground controlled
interception
- GRC, Government of the
Republic of China
- H and D, hardened
and dispersed
- IBRD, International
Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- ICBM,
intercontinental ballistic missile
- ICE, Index of Combat
Effectiveness
- ICF, Index of
Comparative Firepower
- INR, Bureau of
Intelligence and Research, Department of State
- IO, Bureau of
International Organization Affairs, Department of State
- IRBM,
intermediate-range ballistic missile
- ISA, Office of
International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
- JCS, Joint Chiefs of
Staff
- JCSM, Joint Chiefs of
Staff Memorandum
- JSCAP, Joint
Strategic Capabilities Plan
- JSOP, Joint Strategic
Operations Plan
- JSTPS, Joint
Strategic Target Planning Staff
- KT, kiloton
- LOC, line of
communication
- MAAG, Military
Assistance Advisory Group
- MAP, Military
Assistance Program
- MATS, Military Air
Transport Service
- MLF, Multilateral
Force
- MM, Minuteman
- MMT, Military Mobile
Training Team
- MRBM, medium-range
ballistic missile
- MSTS, Military Sea
Transportation Service
- MT, megaton
- NASA, National
Aeronautics and Space Administration
- NATO, North Atlantic
Treaty Organization
- NESC, Net Evaluation
Subcommittee
- NIE, National
Intelligence Estimate
- nm, nautical
mile
- NMCC, National
Military Command Center
- NOA, new obligational
authority
- NORAD, North
American Air Defense Command
- NSA, National Security
Agency
- NSAM, National
Security Action Memorandum
- NSC, National Security
Council
- NSTL, National
Strategic Target List
- OAS, Organization of
American States
- OCB, Operations
Coordinating Board
- OCDM, Office of Civil
and Defense Mobilization
- OPNAV, Office of the
Chief of Naval Operations
- OSD, Office of the
Secretary of Defense
- PACCS, Post-Attack
Command and Control System
- PPC, Policy Planning
Council, Department of State
- PPS, Policy Planning
Staff, Department of State
- PSI, pounds per square
inch
- R & D, research and
development
- RCT, Regimental Combat
Team
- RDT&E, Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation
- RG, Record Group
- ROAD, Reorganization
Objective, Army Division
- ROK, Republic of
Korea
- S, Office of the
Secretary of State
- SAC, Strategic Air
Command
- SACEUR, Supreme
Allied Commander, Europe
- SAGE, semi-automatic
ground environment system
- SAM, surface-to-air
missile
- SEATO, Southeast
Asia Treaty Organization
- SG, Standing
Group
- SHAPE, Supreme
Headquarters, Allied Powers, Europe
- SIOP, Single
Integrated Operational Plan
- SLAM, Supersonic Low
Altitude Missile
- SLBM,
submarine-launched ballistic missile
- SOSUS, Sound
Surveillance Undersea System
- S/P, Policy Planning
Staff, Department of State
- SRG, Strategic
Resources Group
- SSBN, ballistic
missile nuclear submarine
- SSN, nuclear attack
submarine
- STP, Strategic Target
Planning
- STRAC, Strategic Air
Command
- TAC, Tactical Air
Command
- UN, United
Nations
- USA, United States
Army
- USAF, United States
Air Force
- USIA, United States
Information Agency
- USIB, United States
Intelligence Board
- USMC, United States
Marine Corps
- USSR, Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics
- VTOL, vertical
takeoff and landing
- WH, White House
- WSEG, Weapons Systems
Evaluation Group