List of Abbreviations

• A, Assistant Secretary of State for Administration
• ACDA, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
• AC&W, aircraft control and warning
• AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
• AFN, Office of Northern African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
• AFW, Office of Western African and Malagasy Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
• AG, Attorney General
• AID, Agency for International Development
• AID/NESA, Agency for International Development, Bureau for Near East and South Asia
• AJC, American Jewish Committee
• Amb, Ambassador
• ARAMCO, Arabian-American Oil Company
• ARMISH/MAAG, U.S. Army Mission in Iran/Military Assistance Advisory Group
• ATUC, Aden Trade Union Congress
• AUB, American University of Beirut
• AVP, aviation pontoon (small seaplane tender)
• BBC, British Broadcasting Corporation
• BG, B–G, initials of David Ben Gurion
• BLT, battalion landing team
• BNA, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• BOB, Bureau of the Budget
• CCMS, Combined Chiefs of Military Staff of CENTO
• CENTO, Central Treaty Organization
• CEP, cylindrical electrostatic probe
• CHARMIS–MAAG, Chief, Army Mission-Military Assistance Advisory Group
• ChiCom, Chinese Communist
• CHUSELM, Chief, U.S. Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean
• CHUSMTM, Chief, U.S. Military Training Mission in Saudi Arabia
• CI, counterinsurgency
• CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
• CINCEUR, Commander in Chief, Europe
• CINCLANT, Commander in Chief, Atlantic
• CINCMEAFSA, Commander in Chief, Middle East/South Asia and Africa South of the Sahara
• CINCNELM, Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean
• CINCSTRIKE, Commander in Chief, Strike Command
• CINS, CENTO Institute of Nuclear Science
• CMPS, Combined Military Planning Staff, CENTO
• COMSOTFE, Commander, Support Operations Task Force, Europe
• CP, Communist Party
• CRP, control and reporting post
• CW, chemical warfare; chemical warhead
• DCS, Domestic Contact Service (CIA)
• DD, U.S. Naval designation for destroyer
• DDCI, Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
• DDP, Deputy Director for Plans, Central Intelligence Agency
• Del, Delegation
• Depcirtel, Department of State circular telegram
• DepMinDef, Deputy Minister of Defense
• Deptel, Department of State telegram
• DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency
• DLF, Development Loan Fund
• DMZ, demilitarized zone
• DN, direct negotiations
• DOD, Department of Defense
• DOD/NESA, Department of Defense, Office of Near East and South Asia
• DS, Defense Support
• DTG, date-time-group
• DZ, Demilitarized Zone
• EDT, estimated departure time
• EEC, European Economic Community
• Emb, Embassy
• EmbOff, Embassy officer
• Embtel, Embassy telegram
• ETA, estimated time of arrival
• EUCOM, European Command
• EUR/BNA, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• EUR/WE, Office of Western European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Bank, Export-Import Bank
• FITU, Federation of Independent Trade Unions (Lebanon)
• FLO, Foreign Liaison Office of the Israel Defense Forces
• FM, Foreign Minister
• FonOff, Foreign Office
• FRC, Foreign Relations Committee; Federal Records Center
• FY, fiscal year
• FYI, for your information
• G, Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
• GA, General Assembly of the United Nations
• GAA, General Armistice Agreement
• GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
• GENMIS, Gendarmerie Mission (Iran)
• GNP, gross national product
• GOC, Government of Canada
• GOF, Government of France
• GOI, Government of Iran; Government of Iraq; Government of Israel
• GOJ, Government of Jordan
• GOL, Government of Lebanon; Government of Libya
• GOT, Government of Turkey
• GOY, Government of Yemen
• G/PM, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs
• GTI, Office of Greek, Turkish, and Iranian Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• GUAR, Government of the United Arab Republic
• HICOM, High Commission(er)
• HJK, Hashemite Jordanian Kingdom
• HKJ, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
• HMG, Her (His) Majesty’s Government
• HMS, Her (His) Majesty’s Ship
• HRH, Her (His) Royal Highness
• HQs, headquarters
• IAEA, International Atomic Energy Agency
• IAF, Iranian Air Force
• IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
• ICA, International Cooperation Administration
• ICAO, International Civil Aviation Organization
• ICEM, Intergovernmental Committee for European Migrants (United Nations)
• ID, Iraqi dinars
• IDA, International Development Association
• IDF, Israel Defense Forces
• IIA, Imperial Iranian Army
• IMF, International Monetary Fund
• INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• INR/RNA, Office of Research and Analysis for Near East and South Asia, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
• IO/UNP, Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
• IPC, Iraq Petroleum Company
• ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
• ISMAC, Israeli-Syrian Mixed Armistice Commission
• JAA, Jordan Arab Army
• JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• JCSM, Joint Chiefs of Staff Memorandum
• JJ, initials of Joseph Johnson
• KDP, Kurdistan Democratic Party
• Limdis, Limit Distribution
• LOC, lines of communication
• MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
• MAC, Mixed Armistice Commission
• MAP, Military Assistance Program
• MATS, Military Air Transport Service
• MCMs, milliard cubic meters
• ME, Middle East
• memcon, memorandum of conversation
• MF, initials of Myer Feldman
• MIDEASTFOR, Middle East Force
• MIG, A.I. Mikoyan i M.I. Gurevich (Soviet fighter aircraft named for designers Mikoyan and Gurevich)
• MODA, Minister of Defense and Aviation (Saudi Arabia)
• MSP, Mutual Security Program
• MTM, Military Training Mission
• NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• NCO, noncommissioned officer
• NCRC, National Council of the Revolutionary Command (Iraq)
• NE, Near East; Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• NEACC, Near East Arms Coordinating Committee
• NEA/GTI, Office of Greek, Turkish, and Iranian Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• NEA/IAI, Office of Israel and Arab-Israel Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• NEA/NE, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• NESA, Near East and South Asia
• NF, National Front (Iran)
• Niact, night action, immediate reply
• NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
• NIOC, National Iranian Oil Company
• Noforn, no foreign distribution
• NR, Office of Near Eastern, South Asian Regional Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• NSAM, National Security Action Memorandum
• NSC, National Security Council
• OCB, Operations Coordinating Board
• OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
• OPEC, Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
• OPLAN, Operation Plan
• OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
• OUSARMA, Office of the United States Army Attaché
• PACOM, Pacific Command
• PAG, Provisional Algerian Government
• PalRef, Palestine Refugees
• PCC, Palestine Conciliation Commission (United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine)
• PCH&T, packing, crating, handling, and transportation
• PL, Public Law
• PM, Prime Minister
• PMDG, Permanent Military Defense Group, CENTO
• POLAD, Political Adviser
• Polto, series indicator for telegrams from the Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations to the Department of State
• PPS, Parti Populaire Syrien (Syrian National Party)
• PriMin, Prime Minister
• R&D, research and development
• reftel, reference telegram
• Res, Resolution
• RG, Record Group
• RSAF, Royal Saudi Air Force
• SA, surface-to-air missiles
• SAC, Strategic Air Command
• SACSA, Special Assistant for Counterinsurgency and Special Activities (Joint Chiefs of Staff)
• S/AE, Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Atomic Energy and Outer Space
• SAF, South Arabian Federation
• SAG, Saudi Arabian Government
• SAR, Syrian Arab Republic
• SARC, Supreme Arab Revolutionary Command of the Armed Forces (Syria)
• SARG, Syrian Arab Republic Government
• SAVAK, Farsi language acronym for Iranian National Security and Information Organization (Sazman-i Ittiliʼat va Amniyat-i Kishvar)
• SC, Security Council of the United Nations
• SCP, Security Classification Procedure
• SEA, Southeast Asia
• SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
• SecDef, Secretary of Defense
• SecGen, Secretary General
• Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State (or his delegation) when away from Washington to the Department of State
• SITREP, situation report
• SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate
• S/O, Operations Center, Department of State
• SOFA, Status of Forces Agreement
• S/P, Policy Planning Council, Department of State
• SPC, Special Political Committee of the United Nations General Assembly
• SR, Special Representative
• S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
• SSM, surface-to-surface missiles
• S/S–RO, Reports and Operations Staff, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
• STRAC, Strategic Army Corps
• SYG, Secretary-General of the United Nations
• TA, trade agreement
• TF, Task Force
• TIAS, Treaties and Other International Acts Series
• TO&E, Table of Organizations and Estimates
• Toica, series indicator for telegrams from the Department of State to the International Cooperation Administration
• Topol, series indicator for telegrams from the Department of State to the Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations
• Tosec, series indicator for telegrams from the Department of State to the Secretary of State (or his delegation) when away from Washington
• TVA, Tennessee Valley Authority
• UAR, United Arab Republic
• UARG, United Arab Republic Government
• UAS, United Arab States
• UK, United Kingdom
• UKUN, United Kingdom Mission to the United Nations
• UN, Res Rep, United Nations Resident Representative
• UNDel, United Nations Delegation
• UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
• UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
• UNHCR, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
• UNP, Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
• UNRWA, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
• UNSYG, United Nations Secretary-General
• UNTSO, United Nations Truce Supervisory Organization
• UNYOM, United Nations Yemen Observation Mission
• UPU, Universal Postal Union
• USAF, United States Air Force
• USCINCEUR, U.S. Commander in Chief, Europe
• USDel, United States Delegation
• USIB, United States Intelligence Board
• USMTM, United States Military Training Mission
• USOM, United States Operations Mission
• USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• UST, United States Treaties and Other International Agreements
• USUN, United States Mission to the United Nations
• WH, 5, Working Plan V
• YAR, Yemen Arab Republic
• YARG, Yemen Arab Republic Government
• YRH, Your Royal Highness
• Yugos, Yugoslavs