Abbreviations

• A, airgram
• ABM, anti-ballistic missile
• ACDA, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
• ACDA/D, Office of the Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
• ACDA/DD, Office of the Deputy Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
• ACDA/IR, International Relations Bureau, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
• ACDA/ST, Science and Technology Bureau, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
• ACEP, Advisory Committee on Export Policy
• AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
• AEDS, atomic energy detection system
• AF, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
• AFI, Office of Inter-African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
• AFTAC, Air Force Technical Applications Center
• AICBM, air-launched intercontinental ballistic missile
• AID, Agency for International Development
• AL, Ambassador at Large
• ANF, Atlantic Nuclear Force
• ARA, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
• ARPA, Advanced Research Projects Agency, Department of Defense
• ASAP, as soon as possible
• ASW, anti-submarine warfare
• B, Office of the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
• BBC, British Broadcasting Corporation
• BDSA, Business and Defense Services Administration, Department of Commerce
• BIP, Bureau of International Programs, Department of Commerce
• BMD, ballistic missile defense
• BMI, Office of United Kingdom, Ireland, Malta Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• BNA, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• BOB, Bureau of the Budget
• BR, Belgian reactor
• BUSEC, series indicator for telegrams from the Department of State to the U.S. Mission to the European Communities
• C, Confidential
• CA, circular airgram
• CANDU, Canadian Deutrium Uranium (nuclear reactor)
• CAP, Common Agricultural Policy, refers to agricultural policies of the Common Market
• CAP, series indicator for communications from the White House to the Johnson Ranch in Texas
• CBW, chemical and biological (bacteriological) weapons
• CEA, Council of Economic Advisers
• CEDTO, series indicator for communications from Paris relating to OECD matters
• CFR, Code of Federal Regulations
• CG, circular airgram; Consultative Group, based in Paris, consisting of nations working to control the export of strategic goods to Communist countries
• ChiCom, Chinese Communist
• CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
• CIR, Canada-India reactor
• CM, Chairman’s Memorandum, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• CMC, Commandant of the Marine Corps
• CNO, Chief of Naval Operations
• COCOM, Coordinating Committee of the Paris Consultative Group
• COMIBOL (CMB), Corporacion Minera de Bolivia (Mining Corporation of Bolivia)
• COP, Committee of Principals
• CP, Contracting Party (Parties); Cabinet Paper
• CPR, Chinese People’s Republic
• CSD, Commodities Division, Office of International Resources, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
• CTB, comprehensive test ban
• CTBT, comprehensive test ban treaty
• CU, Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs
• CY, calendar year
• D, Democrat; Office of the Deputy Administrator, Agency for International Development
• DAC, Development Assistance Committee
• DAG, Development Assistance Group
• DC, Disarmament Commission (United Nations)
• DC/T, Telegraphic Branch, Division of Communications Services, Department of State
• DD, Deputy Director
• Depcirtel, Department of State circular telegram
• DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency
• Disdel, Disarmament delegation (to the Eighteen-Nation Disarmament Committee)
• dissem, dissemination
• Disto, series indicator for telegrams from the U.S. Delegation at the Eighteen-Nation Disarmament Committee in Geneva to the Department of State
• DLF, Development Loan Fund
• DM, Deutschemark
• DOD, Department of Defense
• E, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
• E.O., Executive Order
• EA, Office of East Asian Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
• ECBUS, series indicator for telegrams from the U.S. Mission to the European Communities to the Department of State
• ECD, Economic Defense Division, Office of International Resources, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
• ECONAD, Committee of Economic Advisers (NATO)
• ECOSOC, United Nations Economic and Social Council
• ECRB, Export Control Review Board
• ED, Economic Development Division, Office of International Financial and Development Affairs, Bureau of Economic Affairs
• EE, East European; Office of Eastern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• EEC, European Economic Community
• EFTA, European Free Trade Association
• EMA, European Monetary Agreement
• Embtel, Embassy telegram
• ENDC, Eighteen-Nation Disarmament Committee
• EPC, European Political Community
• ESSOR, Essai Orgel (Orgel test reactor) (Italy)
• EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• EURATOM, European Atomic Energy Community
• Exdis, exclusive distribution
• EXIM, Exim Bank, Eximbank, Export-Import Bank
• EXSEC, Executive Secretariat, Agency for International Development
• FAC, Office of the Deputy Coordinator for Foreign Assistance, Office of the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
• FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations
• FAZ, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
• FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation
• FE, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
• FN, International Finance Division, Office of International Financial and Development Affairs, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
• FOB, forward operating bases
• FODAG, Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations
• FonMin, Foreign Minister
• FonOff, Foreign Office
• FRB, Federal Reserve Board
• FRC, Federal Records Center (Washington National Records Center)
• FRG, Federal Republic of Germany
• FSD, Fuels Division, Office of International Resources, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
• FSE, Fuels and Energy Division, Office of International Resources, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
• FY, fiscal year
• FYI, for your information
• G, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
• GA, General Assembly (United Nations)
• G/PM, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs
• GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
• GC, Office of the General Counsel
• GCD, general and comprehensive disarmament
• GDR, German Democratic Republic
• GER, Office of German Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• GNP, gross national product
• GOI, Government of Iran
• GOJ, Government of Japan
• G/PM, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs
• GRC, Government of the Republic of China
• GSA, General Services Administration
• H. Rept., House of Representatives Report
• H. Res., House of Representatives Resolution
• H.R., House of Representatives
• HEW, Department of Health, Education and Welfare
• HMG, Her (His) Majesty’s Government
• IAC, Intelligence Advisory Committee
• IAEA, International Atomic Energy Agency
• IAIAS, Inter-American Institute of Agricultural Sciences (Costa Rica)
• IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
• ICA, International Cooperation Administration
• ICAC, International Cotton Advisory Committee
• ICBM, intercontinental ballistic missile
• ICFEP, Interdepartmental Committee of Under Secretaries on Foreign Economic Policy
• IDA, Institute for Defense Analyses
• IDA, International Development Association
• IDB, Inter-American Development Bank
• IDD, International Development Decade
• IDY, International Development Year
• IL, International List (of embargoed goods)
• ILO, International Labor Organization, United Nations
• IMF, International Monetary Fund
• INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
• IOC, initial operational capability
• IR, intermediate-range
• ISA, Office of International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
• JAG, Judge Adjutant General, Department of Defense
• JAPCO, Japan Atomic Power Company
• JCAE, Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
• JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• JCSM, Joint Chiefs of Staff Memorandum
• JPDR, Japan power demonstration reactor
• JRR, Japanese research reactor
• KG, kilogram
• KT, kiloton
• L, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
• LA, Bureau for Latin America, Agency for International Development
• LA-NFZ, Latin American Nuclear Free Zone Treaty
• LAS, long-range assistance strategy
• LASA, large aperture seismic array
• LASL, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
• LDC, less developed country
• Limdis, limited distribution
• LRL, Livermore Radiation Laboratory
• LS, Language Services Division, Office of Operations, Department of State
• LTBT, Limited Test Ban Treaty
• M, Office of the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
• MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
• MAP, Military Assistance Program
• MC, memorandum of conversation
• MD, missile driver
• MDC, Mutual Defense Control Staff, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
• MFN, Most Favored Nation
• MIRV, multiple, independently-targeted reentry vehicle
• MITI, Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Japan
• MLF, multilateral force
• MOD, Ministry of Defense
• MRBM, medium-range ballistic missile
• MSA, Mutual Security Assistance
• MSP, Mutual Security Program
• MT, megaton
• MWE, megawatt-electric
• MWT, megawatt-thermal
• MZFR, Mehrzweck Forschungs Reactor (multi-purpose research reactor in West Germany)
• NAC, National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Problems; North Atlantic Council (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
• NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• NATUS, series indicator for communications from the Department of State to the U.S. Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• NDAC, Nuclear Defense Affairs Committee (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
• NE, 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
• NEA/RA, Office of Regional Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• NESA, Bureau for Near East and South Asia, Agency for International Development
• NFZ, nuclear free zone
• NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
• NM, nautical mile
• NNC, Non-nuclear Conference
• Nodis, no distribution
• NP, non-proliferation
• NPD, nuclear power demonstration
• NPG, Nuclear Planning Group (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
• NPR, nuclear power reactor
• NPT, non-proliferation treaty
• NRU, National Research Universal (nuclear reactor) (Canada)
• NRX, National Research Experiment (Canadian reactor)
• NSA, National Security Agency
• NSAM, National Security Action Memorandum
• NSC, National Security Council
• O, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Administration
• OAS, Organization of American States
• OASD, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense
• OAU, Organization of African Unity
• OC, Office of Communications, Department of State; Operating Committee of the Advisory Committee on Export Policy (ACEP)
• OCB, Operations Coordinating Board
• OCDM, Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
• OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
• OEEC, Organization for European Economic Cooperation
• OEP, Office of Emergency Planning
• OES, Office of International Economic and Social Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
• OFD, Office of International Financial and Development Affairs, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
• OFE, Office of International Finance and Economic Analysis, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
• OIA, Office of International Affairs, Department of the Treasury
• OIF, Office of International Finance, Department of the Treasury
• OIN, Office of Industrial Nations, Department of the Treasury
• OPEC, Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
• OPR, Office of Operations, Department of State
• OPR/LS, Language Services Division, Office of Operations, Department of State
• OR, Office of International Resources, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
• OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
• OSD/AE, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Atomic Energy
• OT, Office of International Trade, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
• OTC, Organization for Trade Cooperation
• P.L., Public Law
• PNE, peaceful nuclear explosion
• PNED, peaceful nuclear explosive device
• POLAD, Political Adviser (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
• Polto, series indicator for telegrams from the Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations to the Department of State
• R&;D, research and development
• R, Republican
• RA, Office of European Regional Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• RAF, Royal Air Force
• RD, Restricted Data
• REA, Office of Inter-American Regional Economic Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
• reftel, reference telegram
• ResDel, resident delegation
• RG, Record Group
• RO, Regional Office(r)
• RPE, Office of Atlantic Political-Economic Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• RPM, Office of NATO and Atlantic Political-Military Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• RSB, Office of Research and Analysis for Soviet Bloc, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• S, Office of the Secretary of State; Senate
• S. Res., Senate Resolution
• S/C, Office of the Counselor of the Department of State
• S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
• S/S-I, Information Section, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
• S/S-O, Operations Center, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
• S/S-S, Executive Secretariat Staff, Department of State
• SALT, strategic arms limitation talks
• SAM, surface-to-air missile
• SCI, Office of International Scientific and Technological Affairs, Department of State
• SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
• SecDef, Secretary of Defense
• Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State (or his delegation) at international conferences to the Department of State
• septel, separate telegram
• SNDV, strategic nuclear delivery vehicle
• SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate
• SNV, strategic nuclear vehicle
• SONJ, Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
• SOSUS, Sound Surveillance Undersea System
• SOV, Office of Soviet Union Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• Stat., Statutes at Large
• SYG, Secretary-General (United Nations)
• TN, thermonuclear
• Todis, series indicator for telegrams from the Department of State to the U.S. Delegation at the Eighteen-Nation Disarmament Committee in Geneva
• 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) at international conferences
• TR, terms of reference
• TS, Top Secret
• TTB, threshold test ban
• TTBT, threshold test ban treaty
• U, Unclassified; Under Secretary of State; uranium
• UAR, United Arab Republic
• UEM, Union Electrica Madrilena (Madrilenian Electrical Union) (Spain)
• UK, United Kingdom
• UN, United Nations
• UNCTAD, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
• UNDC, United Nations Disarmament Commission
• UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
• UNP, Office of United Nations Political Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
• USA, United States Army
• USAF, United States Air Force
• USC, United States Code
• USG, United States Government
• USIB, United States Intelligence Board
• USN, United States Navy
• USRO, Office of the U.S. 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
• VERAC, Verification Advisory Committee
• WEU, Western European Union
• WH, White House
• Z, Zulu time (Greenwich mean time)