Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume
XVI, Soviet Union, August 1974–December 1976
Abbreviations and Terms
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AASO, Afro-Asian
Solidarity Organization
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ABM, anti-ballistic
missile
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ACDA, Arms Control
and Disarmament Agency
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AD, Anatoly F.
Dobrynin
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AFL–CIO, American
Federation of Labor–Congress of Industrial Organizations
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AFP,
Agence France-Presse, French news agency
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ALCM, air-launched
cruise missile
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Amb,
Ambassador
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AP, Associated
Press
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APAG, Atlantic
Policy Advisory Group
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ASAP, as soon as
possible
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ASM, air-to-sea
missile
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ASW, anti-submarine
warfare
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B, Brezhnev
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bpd, barrels per
day
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BW, biological
weapons
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C, Office of the
Counselor of the Department of State
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CBM,
confidence-building measure
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CBS, Columbia
Broadcasting System
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CCD, Conference of
the Committee on Disarmament
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CDT, Central Daylight
Time
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CDC, Control Data
Corporation
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CDU, Christian
Democratic Union
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CDU/CSU, Christian
Democratic Union/Christian Social Union
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CEA, Council of
Economic Advisers
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CEP, circular error
probable; circular error probability
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CES, Conference on
European Security
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CIA, Central
Intelligence Agency
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COCOM, Coordinating
Committee on Export Controls
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CPSU, Communist
Party of the Soviet Union
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CSCE, Conference on
Security and Cooperation in Europe
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CSU, Christian Social
Union
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CTB, Comprehensive
Test Ban
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CW, chemical
weapons
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D, Democrat; also
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
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DCI, Director of
Central Intelligence
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Dept,
Department
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Deptel, Department
of State telegram
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Dissem,
dissemination
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DOD, Department of
Defense
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DOS, Department of
State
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DRV, Democratic
Republic of Vietnam
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EA, Bureau of East
Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
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EB, Bureau of Economic
and Business Affairs, Department of State
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EB/EWT, Office of
East-West Trade, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of
State
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EB/ITP, Office of
International Trade Policy, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs,
Department of State
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EC, European
Community
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EDT, Eastern Daylight
Time
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Emb, Embassy
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EPB, Economic Policy
Board
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ERDA, Energy
Research and Development Administration
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ESC, European
Security Conference
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EST, Eastern Standard
Time
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ETA, estimated time
of arrival
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EUR, Bureau of
European Affairs, Department of State
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EUR/SOV, Office of
Soviet Union Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
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Exdis, exclusive
distribution (extremely limited distribution)
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EXIM (or Ex-Im),
Export-Import Bank of Washington
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FBI, Federal Bureau
of Investigation
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FBS, forward-based
systems
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FEA, Federal Energy
Administration; Federal Environmental Agency (West German)
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FNLA,
Frente Nacional de Libertacao de Angola (National
Liberation Front of Angola)
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FRG, Federal Republic
of Germany
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FYI, for your
information
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GATT, General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
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GDR, German
Democratic Republic
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GNP, gross national
product
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GPO, Government
Printing Office
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GRF, Gerald R.
Ford
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GVN, Government of
(South) Vietnam
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HAK, Henry A.
Kissinger
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Hakto, series
indicator for message sent from Henry A. Kissinger while away from
Washington
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HE, high
explosive
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H.E., His
Excellency
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HEW, Department of
Health, Education and Welfare
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HK, Henry
Kissinger
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IBM, International
Business Machines Corporation
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ICBM,
intercontinental ballistic missile
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ICCM,
intercontinental cruise missile
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IEA, International
Energy Agency
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ILO, International
Labor Organization
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IMARSAT,
International Maritime Satellite
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INR, Bureau of
Intelligence and Research, Department of State
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INR/REA, Office of
Research and Analysis for East Asia and Pacific, Bureau of Intelligence and
Research, Department of State
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INR/RES, Office of
Research and Analysis for Europe and the Soviet Union, Bureau of
Intelligence and Research, Department of State
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INR/PMT, Office of
Political-Military and Theatre forces, Bureau of Intelligence and Research,
Department of State
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JCS, Joint Chiefs of
Staff
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K, Kissinger
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KGB,
Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti (State Security
Committee)
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km, kilometer
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kt, kiloton
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LBJ, Lyndon B.
Johnson
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LDC, lesser developed
country
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LNG, liquefied
natural gas
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LTBT, Limited Test
Ban Treaty
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MBFR, Mutual and
Balanced Force Reductions
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Memcon, memorandum
of conversation
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MFN, Most Favored
Nation
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MIA, missing in
action
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MIRV, multiple
independently-targetable re-entry vehicle
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MM, Minuteman
(missile)
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MPLA,
Movimento Popular de Libertacao de Angola (Popular
Movement for the Liberation of Angola)
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MRV, multiple
re-entry vehicle
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MT, megaton
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MTN, multilateral
trade negotiations
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NAACP, National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People
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NASA, National
Aeronautics and Space Administration
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NATO, North Atlantic
Treaty Organization
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NBC, National
Broadcasting Corporation
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NIE, National
Intelligence Estimate
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Nodis, no
distribution (other than to personas indicated)
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Noforn, no foreign
distribution
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NPT, (Nuclear)
Non-Proliferation Treaty
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NSA, National
Security Agency
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NSC, National
Security Council
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NSCIC, National
Security Council Intelligence Committee
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NSDM, National
Security Decision Memorandum
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NSSM, National
Security Study Memorandum
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OAS, Organization of
American States
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OAU, Organization of
African Unity
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OMB, Office of
Management and Budget
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OPEC, Organization
of Petroleum Exporting Countries
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P, President
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PA, Public
Affairs
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PA/M, Office of Plans
and Management, Bureau of Public Affairs, Department of State
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PFLP, Popular Front
for the Liberation of Palestine
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PL, Public Law
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PLO, Palestine
Liberation Organization
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PNE, Peaceful Nuclear
Explosions
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POW, prisoner of
war
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PRC, People’s
Republic of China
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prepcon,
preparatory conference
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PRG, Provisional
Revolutionary Government
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R, Republican
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R&D, research and
development
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Ref, reference
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RG, Record
Group
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RPV, remotely piloted
vehicle
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RSA, Republic of
South Africa
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RV, re-entry
vehicle
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S, Office of the
Secretary of State, or Secretary
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SALT, Strategic Arms
Limitation Talks
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SAR, South African
Republic (Republic of South Africa)
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SAM, surface-to-air
missile
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SCC, Standing
Consultative Commission
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septel, separate
telegram
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SFRC, Senate Foreign
Relations Committee
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SLBM,
submarine-launched ballistic missile
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SLCM,
submarine-launched cruise missile
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SOTU, State of the
Union
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Sov, Soviet
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SOV, Office of Soviet
Union Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
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S/P, Policy Planning
Staff, Department of State
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SRAM, short-range
attack missile
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STR, Special Trade
Representative
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SU, Soviet
Union
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TASS,
Telegrafnoe Agenstvo Sovetskogo Soyuza (Telegram
Agency of the Soviet Union)
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telcon, telephone
conversation
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Tohak, series
indicator for message sent to Henry A. Kissinger while away from
Washington
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TTB, Threshold Test
Ban
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UAW, United Auto
Workers
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UK, United
Kingdom
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UN, United
Nations
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UNEF, United Nations
Emergency Force
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UNGA, United Nations
General Assembly
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UNITA,
Uniao Nacional para e Independencia Total de Angola
(National Union for the Total Independence of Angola)
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US, United
States
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USDA, United States
Department of Agriculture
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USDel, United
States Delegation/Delegate
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USIB, United States
Intelligence Board
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USSR, Union of
Soviet Socialist Republics
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V–E, Victory in
Europe
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VFW, Veterans of
Foreign Wars
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VIP, very important
person
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VP, Verification
Panel; Vice President
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WH, White House
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WHCA, White House
Communications Agency
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Z, Zulu Time (Greenwich
Mean Time)