Abbreviations

• ACSI, Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence (Department of Defense)
• AID, Agency for International Development
• Amb, Ambassador
• AMINOIL, American Independent Oil Company
• ANM, Arab Nationalist Movement
• ARAMCO, Arabian-American Oil Company
• ATUC, Aden Trade Union Congress
• BAC, British Aircraft Corporation
• BAPCO, Bahrain Petroleum Company
• BBC, British Broadcasting Corporation
• BIOT, British Indian Ocean Territory
• CARE, Cooperatives for American Relief Everywhere, Inc.
• CAS, controlled American source
• CCPC, Civil Communications Planning Committee (NATO)
• CENTO, Central Treaty Organization
• CHICOM(S), Chinese Communist(s)
• CHUSMTM, Chief, United States Military Training Mission in Saudi Arabia
• CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
• CINCLANT, Commander in Chief, Armed Forces, Atlantic
• CINCMEAFSA, Commander in Chief, Middle East/South Asia and Africa South of the Sahara
• CINCPAC, Commander in Chief, Pacific
• CINCSTRIKE, Commander in Chief, Strike Command
• CINCUSNAVEUR, Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces, Europe
• CIRTEL, circular telegram
• CLA, Cooperative Logistics Agreement
• CNO, Chief of Naval Operations
• COMIDEASTFOR, Commander, Middle East Forces
• CONUS, continental United States
• CP, Crown Prince
• CSAF, Chief of Staff, Air Force
• DAF, Dhahran Air Field
• DATT, Defense Attaché
• DCI, Director of Central Intelligence
• DD/I, Deputy Director of Intelligence; Directorate of Intelligence (CIA)
• DDP, Directorate for Plans (CIA)
• Dept, Department of State
• Deptel, outgoing Department of State telegram
• DeptOff, Department of State officer
• DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency
• DMZ, demilitarized zone
• DOD, Department of Defense
• DOD/ISA, Department of Defense, International Security Affairs
• EIS, Egyptian Intelligence Service
• EmbOff, Embassy Officer
• Embtel, Embassy telegram
• EP, estimated period
• Exdis, Exclusive Distribution (extremely Limited Distribution)
• EXIM, Export-Import Bank
• FAA, Federation of Arab Amirates
• FLOSY, Front for the Liberation of Occupied South Yemen
• FonMin, Foreign Minister
• FonOff, Foreign Office
• FRA, Federal Regular Army (South Arabia)
• FSA, Federation of South Arabia
• FY, fiscal year
• FYI, for your information
• GOI, Government of Iran; Government of Iraq; Government of Italy
• GOK, Government of Kuwait
• G/PM, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs
• GUAR, Government of the United Arab Republic
• HICOM, High Commissioner
• HMG, Her Majesty's Government
• IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
• ICJ, International Court of Justice
• ICRC, International Committee of the Red Cross
• IGA, Investment Guarantee Agreement
• ILS, instrument landing system
• IMF, International Monetary Fund
• INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• IOTF, Indian Ocean Task Force
• IPC, Iraq Petroleum Company
• IRG, Interdepartmental Regional Group
• JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• JCSM, Joint Chiefs of Staff Memorandum
• KDP, Kurdistan Democratic Party
• K/FAED, Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development
• LBJ, Lyndon B. Johnson
• Limdis, Limited Distribution
• MAP, Military Assistance Program
• MATS, Military Air Transport Service
• MIDEASTFOR, Middle East Forces
• MIG, Soviet fighter aircraft named for designers Mikoyan and Gurevich
• MinFin, Minister of Finance
• MinPet, Minister of Petroleum
• MisOff, Mission Officer
• MOD, Minister of Defense
• MODA, Minister of Defense and Aviation
• MTT, Mobile Training Team
• NAC, North Atlantic Council
• NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• NEA/ARN, Office of Lebanon, Jordan, Syrian Arab Republic, and Iraq Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• NEA/ARP, Office of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Yemen, and Aden 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
• NEA/NR, Office of Near Eastern and South Asian Regional Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• NESA, Near East and South Asia
• NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
• NIOC, National Iranian Oil Company
• NLF, National Liberation Front
• Noforn, no foreign dissemination
• NOTAL, not received by all addressees
• NSC, National Security Council
• NYT, New York Times
• OAU, Organization of African Unity
• OCI, Office of Current Intelligence (CIA)
• ODM, Ministry of Overseas Development (South Arabia)
• ONE, Office of National Estimates (CIA)
• OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
• PM, Prime Minister
• POL, petroleum, oil, lubricants
• POLAD, Political Adviser
• PRC, People’s Republic of China
• PRSY, People’s Republic of South Yemen
• PSP, People’s Socialist Party (Aden)
• RAF, Royal Air Force (UK)
• RAMP, weapons repair and maintenance program
• RCD, Regional Cooperation for Development
• reftel, reference telegram
• reps, representatives
• res, resolution
• RSAF, Royal Saudi Air Force
• SAA, South Arabian Army
• SAF, South Arabian Federation
• SAFG, South Arabian Federation Government
• SAG, Saudi Arabian Government
• SAL, South Arabian League
• SAM, surface to air missile
• SAMP, Saudi Arabian Mobility Program
• SC, Security Council (United Nations)
• septel, separate telegram
• SYG, Secretary-General (United Nations)
• TACAN, Tactical Air Navigation
• TIAS, Treaties and International Acts Series
• TOS, Trucial Oman Scouts
• TR, terms of reference
• UAC, United Arab Command
• UAR, United Arab Republic
• UARG, United Arab Republic Government
• UDI, unilateral declaration of independence
• UK, United Kingdom
• UKG, United Kingdom Government
• UKUN, United Kingdom Mission at the United Nations
• UNEF, United Nations Emergency Forces
• UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
• UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
• UNRWA, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
• UNSYG, United Nations Secretary-General
• UNYOM, United Nations Yemen Observation Mission
• UPI, United Press International
• USAF, United States Air Force
• USG, United States Government
• USMTM, United States Military Training Mission
• USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• UST, United States Treaties and Other International Agreements
• USUN, United States Mission at the United Nations
• YAR, Yemen Arab Republic
• YARG, Yemen Arab Republic Government
• YRF, Yemen Revolutionary Front