List of Abbreviations

• ABC, atomic, biological, chemical
• ACE, Allied Command Europe
• AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
• AF, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
• AFL–CIO, American Federation of Labor–Congress of Industrial Organizations
• AFMED, Air Force, Mediterranean
• AID, Agency for International Development
• APAG, Atlantic Policy Advisory Group
• ARA, Bureau of Latin American Affairs, Department of State
• APC, armored personnel carriers
• ASAF, Asian/African
• ASCS, Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
• ASW, anti-submarine warfare
• B, Office of the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
• BAOR, British Army in the Rhine
• Benelux, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg
• Bercon/Marcon, Berlin contingency; Maritime contigency
• BNA, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Department of State
• BOP, balance of payments
• Busec, series indicator for telegrams to the U.S. Mission to European Regional Organizations
• CAP, common agricultural policy.
• CD, Christian Democrat, Christian Democratic Party
• CENTO, Central Treaty Organization
• ChiCom, Chinese Communist
• ChiNat, Chinese Nationalist
• CINCHAN, Commander in Chief, Channel
• CINCLANT, Commander in Chief, Atlantic
• CINCMED, Commander in Chief, Mediterranean
• CLC, Canadian Labour Confederation
• CMU, Canadian Maritime Union
• COCOM, Coordinating Committee of the Consultative Group, based in Paris, consisiting of nations seeking to control the export of strategic goods to Communist countries
• CONUS, Continental United States
• cxt, common external tariff
• DAG, Development Assistance Group
• DC, Democrazia Cristiana (Christian Democratic Party)
• DCI, Director for Central Intelligence
• DDG, guided missile destroyer
• DefSec, Defense Secretary
• Deptel, Department of State telegram
• Deptcirtel, Department of State circular telegram
• DOD, Department of Defense
• E/OT(F), Office of External Trade and Finance, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
• Ecbus, series indicator for telegrams from the U.S. Mission to European Regional Organizations
• ECSC, European Coal and Steel Community
• EEC, European Economic Community
• EFTA, European Free Trade Area
• EMA, European Monetary Agreement
• Embtel, Embassy telegram
• ENI, Ente Nazionale degli Idrocarburi (Italian National Hydrocarbon Trust)
• EPC, European Political Community
• EUR/RA, Office of European Regional Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• EUR/WE, Office of Western European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• Euratom, European Atomic Energy Community
• EX-IM, Export-Import Bank
• FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation
• FedRep, Federal Republic
• Fed Govt, Federal Government
• FLN, Front de Libération Nationale (National Liberation Front)
• FonMin, Foreign Minister
• FonOff, Foreign Office
• FRG, Federal Republic of Germany
• fyi, for your information
• G, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
• G/PM, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs
• GA, United Nations General Assembly
• GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
• GER, Office of German Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• GFR, German Federal Republic
• GOB, Government of Belgium
• GOC, Government of Canada
• GOF, Government of France
• GOI, Government of India
• GOP, Government of Portugal
• GOS, Government of Spain
• HMG, Her Majesty’s Government
• IANF, interallied nuclear forces
• IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
• ICBM, intercontinental ballistic missile
• ICC, International Control Commission
• IDA, International Development Association
• ILO, International Labor Organization
• IMF, International Monetary Fund
• INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
• IRBM, intermediate-range ballistic missile
• IRI, Instituto per la Ricostruzione Industriale
• IS, International Staff
• JCAE, Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
• JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• JSSC, Joint Strategic Survey Committee
• LANTCOM, Atlantic Command
• LDC, less developed country
• LS, Division of Language Services, Department of State
• M, Office of the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
• MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
• MAP, military assistance program
• MATS/TAC, Military Air Transport Service/Tactical Air Command
• MC, military committee, memorandum of conversation
• memcon, memorandum of conversation
• MFN, most favored nation
• MLF, multilateral force
• MOD, Minister of Defense
• MPLA, Movimento Popular de Libertacao de Angola (Angola Popular Liberation Movement)
• MRBM, medium-range ballistic missile
• MRP, Mouvement Republicain Populaire (Popular Republican Movement)
• NAC, North Atlantic Council
• NADGE, NATO air defense ground environment
• NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• NDP, New Democratic Party
• NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• NFP, NATO Force Planning
• niact, night action, communications indicator requiring attention by the recipient at any hour of the day or night
• NNF, NATO nuclear forces
• noforn, no foreign dissemination
• NORAD, North Atlantic Air Defense Command
• NSC, National Security Council
• OAS, Organization of American States; L’Organisation de l’Armee Secrete
• OECO, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
• OEEC, Organization for European Economic Cooperation
• OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
• OTF, Office of International Trade and Finance, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
• P, Bureau of Public Affairs, Department of State
• PCI, Partito Communista Italiano (Italian Communist Party)
• perm rep, permanent representative
• PJDB, Permanent Joint Defense Board
• PM, Prime Minister
• POLAD, political advisor
• Polto, series indicator for telegrams from the U.S. Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• PRI, Partito Republicano Italiano (Italian Republican Party)
• PriMin, Prime Minister
• PSDI, Partito Socialista Democratico Italiano (Italian Democratic Socialist Party)
• PSI, Partito Socialista Democratico Italiano (Italian Socialist Party)
• QR, quantitative restrictions
• R and D, research and development
• RA, Office of Regional Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• RCAF, Royal Canadian Air Force
• RPE, Office of Atlantic Political Economic Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• S, Office of the Secretary of State
• S/AE, Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Atomic Energy and Outer Space
• S/MF, Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for NATO Multilateral Force Negotiations
• S/P, Policy Planning Staff, Policy Planning Council, Department of State
• S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
• S/S–RO, Reports and Operations Staff of the Executive Secretariat, Department of State
• SAC, Strategic Air Command
• SACEUR, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
• SACLANT, Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic
• SAM, surface to air missile
• SC, United Nations Security Council
• SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
• Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State or his delegation at international conferences
• SETAF, Southern European Task Force
• SET/MC, Secretary’s European trip/memorandum of conversation
• SHAPE, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers, Europe
• SSB(N), SSN(B), ballistic missile submarine, nuclear powered
• STR, Office of the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations
• STRAAC, Strategic Air Command
• SYG, Secretary-General
• TAC, U.S. Air Force Tactical Air Command
• TAGG, series indicator for telegrams from the U.S. GATT delegation at Geneva
• TEA, Trade Expansion Act
• Topol, series indicator for telegrams to the U.S. Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• Tosec, series indicator for telegrams to the Secretary of State or his delegation at international conferences
• U, Office of the Under Secretary of State
• UAM, Union Africaine et Malagache (African and Malagasy Union)
• UKG, United Kingdom Government
• UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
• USA, United States Army
• USAF, United States Air Force
• USEC, United States Mission to the European Communities
• USG, United States Government
• USIA, United States Information Agency
• USIS, United States Information Service
• USN, United States Navy
• USREP, United States Representative
• USRO, United States Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations
• WE, Office of Western European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• WEU, Western European Union
• WHO, World Health Organization
• WNG, Western New Guinea