Office of the Historian

Abbreviations

  • ABM, anti-ballistic missiles
  • AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
  • AF, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
  • AFB, Air Force Base
  • AID, Agency for International Development
  • ANF, Atlantic Nuclear Force
  • ANZUS, Australia, New Zealand, United States (security treaty)
  • ASP, American System of Preferences
  • ASW, anti-submarine warfare
  • BAOR, British Army on the Rhine
  • BBC, British Broadcasting Corporation
  • BNA, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • BOE, Bank of England
  • B/P, balance of payments
  • BUSEC, series indicator for telegrams to the U.S. Mission to the European Regional Organizations
  • CA, Department of State circular airgram
  • CAP, Common Agricultural Policy (of the European Economic Community)
  • CAS, Controlled American Source
  • CBC, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
  • CCC, Commodity Credit Corporation
  • CDT, Central Daylight Time
  • CEA, French atomic energy agency
  • CENTO, Central Treaty Organization
  • ChiCom(s), Chinese Communist(s)
  • ChiRep, Chinese representation question
  • CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
  • CINCLANT, Commander in Chief, Armed Forces, Atlantic
  • CINCUSAFE, Commander in Chief, U.S. Air Force, Europe
  • COB, close of business
  • COCOM, Coordinating Committee on Export Controls
  • CONUS, Continental United States
  • CSAF, Chief of Staff, Air Force
  • DC, Christian Democratic Party (Italy)
  • Depcirtel, Department of State circular telegram
  • Dept, Department of State
  • Deptel, Department of State telegram
  • DM, Deutsche Mark
  • DMZ, Demilitarized Zone
  • DOD, Department of Defense
  • EC, European Community
  • ECBUS, series indicator for telegrams from the U.S. Mission to the European Regional Organizations
  • EEC, European Economic Community (Common Market)
  • EFTA, European Free Trade Association
  • ELDO, European Launcher Development Organization
  • Emb, Embassy
  • Embtel, Embassy telegram
  • ENI, Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi (Italian labor union)
  • EST, Eastern Standard Time
  • EUCOM, European Command (U.S. Army)
  • EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • EUR/CAN, Office of Canadian Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • EURATOM, European Atomic Energy Committee
  • Exdis, Exclusive Distribution (extremely limited distribution)
  • EXIM, Export-Import Bank
  • ExtAff, External Affairs
  • FAA, Federal Aviation Administration; Foreign Assistance Act
  • FCN, Friendship, Commerce and Navigation (treaties)
  • FE, Far East
  • FO, Foreign Office
  • FonMin, Foreign Minister
  • FonOff, Foreign Office
  • FonSec, Foreign Secretary
  • FRG, Federal Republic of Germany
  • FY, fiscal year
  • FYI, for your information
  • G, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
  • GA, General Assembly (United Nations)
  • GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
  • GMT, Greenwich Meridian Time (Zebra)
  • GNP, Gross National Product
  • GOC, Government of Canada
  • GOD, Government of Denmark
  • GOF, Government of France
  • GOI, Government of Italy
  • GOP, Government of Portugal
  • GOS, Government of Spain
  • G/PM, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs
  • GVN, Government of Vietnam
  • HMG, Her Majesty’s Government
  • IAEA, International Atomic Energy Agency
  • ICBM, inter-continental ballistic missile
  • ICC, International Control Commission
  • ICJ, International Court of Justice
  • IMF, International Monetary Fund
  • IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
  • IOC, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (UNESCO)
  • IO/UNP, Office of United Nations Political Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
  • IRBM, intermediate-range ballistic missile
  • IRG, Interdepartmental Regional Group
  • JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • JUSMG, Joint U.S. Military Group
  • KR, Kennedy Round (GATT)
  • L, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
  • LA, Latin America
  • LBJ, initials of President Lyndon B. Johnson
  • LDC, Less Developed Countries
  • Limdis, Limited Distribution
  • Loran, Long-Range Navigational Aid
  • MAP, Military Assistance Program
  • MinDef, Minister of Defense
  • MLF, Multilateral Force
  • MOD, Minister of Defense
  • NAC, North Atlantic Council (NATO)
  • NAFTA, North Atlantic Free Trade Area
  • NAMSO, NATO Maintenance and Supply Organization
  • NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  • NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • NATUS, series indicator for telegrams from the Department of State to the Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
  • NLF, National Liberation Front (Vietnam)
  • Noforn, No Foreign Dissemination
  • NORAD, North American Air Defense Command (Canada-U.S.)
  • NPT, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
  • NSAM, National Security Action Memorandum
  • NSC, National Security Council
  • NVN, North Vietnam
  • OAS, Organization of American States
  • OAU, Organization of African Unity
  • OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
  • ORTF, Office de la Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française
  • PCF, Parti Communist Français (French Communist Party)
  • PCI, Partito Communista Italiano (Italian Communist Party)
  • PermRep, Permanent Representative (United Nations)
  • P.L., Public Law
  • PLI, Liberal Party of Italy
  • PM, Prime Minister
  • POL, petroleum, oil, lubricants
  • PriMin, Prime Minister
  • PSDI, Democratic Socialist Party (Italy)
  • PSI, Partito Socialista Italiano (Italian Socialist Party)
  • PSIUP, Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity (Italy)
  • R&D, research and development
  • RDF, Radio Diffusion Francaise
  • reftel, reference telegram
  • RG, Record Group
  • RPM, Office of NATO and Atlantic Political and Military Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • S, Office of the Secretary of State
  • SAC, Strategic Air Command
  • SACEUR, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (NATO)
  • SACLANT, Supreme Allied Command, Atlantic
  • S/AH, Office of the Ambassador at Large, Department of State
  • SAM, surface-to-air missiles
  • SC, Security Council (United Nations)
  • SDR, Special Drawing Rights (IMF)
  • SEA, Southeast Asia
  • SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
  • SecDef, Secretary of Defense
  • septel, separate telegram
  • SETAF, U.S. Army South European Task Force
  • SHAPE, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers, Europe
  • SIFAR, Italian Armed Forces Intelligence Service
  • SIG, Senior Interdepartmental Group
  • SOFA, Status of Forces Agreement
  • S/P, Policy Planning Council, Department of State
  • SPD, Sozialistische Partei Deutschlands (Socialist Party of Germany)
  • STR, Office of the Special Trade Representative
  • SVN, South Vietnam
  • SYG, Secretary-General (United Nations)
  • U, Office of the Under Secretary of State
  • UAM, African and Malagasy Union
  • UAR, United Arab Republic
  • UK, United Kingdom
  • UN, United Nations
  • UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
  • UPI, United Press International
  • USAFE, United States Air Force, Europe
  • USCINCEUR, United States Commander in Chief, Europe
  • USEC, United States Mission to the Economic Community
  • USG, United States Government
  • USIA, United States Information Agency
  • USIS, United States Information Service
  • USNAVEUR, United States Naval Forces, Europe
  • USRO, United States Mission to the European Regional Organizations (in Paris)
  • USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
  • UST, United States Treaties and Other International Agreements
  • USUN, United States Mission at the United Nations
  • VC, Viet Cong
  • Vipto, series indicator for telegrams from the Vice President
  • WE, Office of Western European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • WEU, Western European Union