Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume
XXV, Arab-Israeli Crisis and War, 1973
Abbreviations and Terms
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AAA, anti-aircraft
artillery
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addee,
addressee
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AEC, Atomic Energy
Commission
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AID, Agency for
International Development
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Amb,
Ambassador
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APC, armored
personnel carrier
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Aramco, Arabian
American Oil Company
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ARA, Bureau of
Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
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BAM, (Straits of) Bab
al-Mandeb
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BBC, British
Broadcasting Corporation
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BSO, Black September
Organization
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CBU, cluster
bomb
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CCC, Commodity Credit
Corporation
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CENTO, Central
Treaty Organization
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CIA, Central
Intelligence Agency
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CINCEUR,
Commander in Chief, U.S. Forces, Europe
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CINCMEAFSA,
Commander in Chief, Middle East/South Asia and Africa South of the
Sahara
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CINCPAC,
Commander in Chief, Pacific
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CINCSTRIKE,
Commander in Chief, Strike Command
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CJCS, Chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff
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COMINT,
communications intelligence
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COMUSFORAZ,
Commander, U.S. Forces, Azores
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COSVN, Central
Office for South Vietnam
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CSCE, Conference on
Security and Cooperation in Europe
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CY, calendar
year
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DAO, Defense Attaché
Office
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DATT, defense
attaché
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DCI, Director of
Central Intelligence
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DCM, Deputy Chief of
Mission
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DEFCON, Defense
Condition
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Dept, Department of
State
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Deptel, Department
of State telegram
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Deptoff,
Department of State officer
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DIA, Defense
Intelligence Agency
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DI/OER, Office of
Economic Research, Directorate of Intelligence, Central Intelligence
Agency
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DirGen, Director
General
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DOD, Department of
Defense
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DOD/ISA,
Department of Defense, International Security Affairs
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DPRC, Defense
Program Review Committee
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DSD, Deputy Secretary
of Defense
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EC, European
Community
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ECM, electronic
countermeasure
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EDT, Eastern Daylight
Time
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ELINT, electronic
intelligence
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EmbOff, Embassy
officer
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EST, Eastern Standard
Time
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Exdis, Exclusive
Distribution (extremely limited distribution)
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EXIM, Export-Import
Bank
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FAO, Food and
Agricultural Organization
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FBI, Federal Bureau
of Investigation
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FBIS, Foreign
Broadcast Information Service
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FMS, Foreign Military
Sales
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FonMin, Foreign
Minister
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FonOff, Foreign
Office
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FRG, Federal Republic
of Germany
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FROG,
Free-Rocket-Over-Ground
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FY, fiscal year
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FYI, for your
information
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GA, General Assembly
(United Nations)
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Gen., General
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GMT, Greenwich Mean
Time
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GNP, Gross National
Product
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GOA, Government of
Algeria
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GOE, Government of
Egypt
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GOI, Government of
Israel
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GOJ, Government of
Jordan
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GOL, Government of
Lebanon
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HAK, Henry A.
Kissinger
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Hakto, series
indicator for telegrams from Henry Kissinger
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Helo(s),
helicopter(s)
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HHS, Harold H.
Saunders
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HUMINT, human
intelligence
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IAEC, Israel Atomic
Energy Commission
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IAF, Israeli Air
Force
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IBRD, International
Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
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ICAO, International
Civil Aviation Organization
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ICRC, International
Committee of the Red Cross
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IDA, Institute for
Defense Analysis
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IDF, Israeli Defense
Forces
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INR, Bureau of
Intelligence and Research, Department of State
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IO, Bureau of
International Organization Affairs, Department of State
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IO/UNP, Office of
United Nations Political Affairs, Bureau of International Organization
Affairs, Department of State
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IRG,
Interdepartmental Regional Group
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JAA, Jordan Arab
Army
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JCS, Joint Chiefs of
Staff
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JCSM, Joint Chiefs
of Staff Memorandum
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K, Henry A.
Kissinger
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KGB, Komitet
gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti (State Security Committee) (USSR)
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KM, kilometer
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LAW, light anti-tank
weapon
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LIG, Legislative
Interdepartmental Group
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Limdis, Limited
Distribution
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LSE, Lawrence S.
Eagleburger
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LTA, light transport
aircraft
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MAC, Military Airlift
Command (U.S. Air Force)
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MAC, Military
Assistance Commission
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MAP, Military
Assistance Program
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MASF, Military
Assistance Service Funded
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MBFR, Mutual
Balanced Force Reduction
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M.B.P.D., million
barrels per day
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ME, Middle East
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Memcon, Memorandum
of Conversation
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MFN, Most Favored
Nation
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MIG, A.I Mikoyan i
M.I. Gurevich (commonly, the model of Soviet fighter aircraft named for
aircraft designers Mikoyan and Gurevich)
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MG, Major
General
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MilAtt, Military
Attaché
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NATO, North Atlantic
Treaty Organization
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NEA, Bureau of Near
Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
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NEA/ARN, Office of
Lebanon, Jordan, Syrian Arab Republic and Iraq Affairs, Bureau of Near
Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
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NEA/EGY, Office of
Egypt Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of
State
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NEA/IAI, Office of
Israel and Arab-Israel Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian
Affairs, Department of State
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NESA, Near East and
South Asia
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NMCC, National
Military Command Center
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NIE, National
Intelligence Estimate
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NIC, National
Intelligence Council
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NoDis, No
Distribution (other than to persons indicated)
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Noforn, No Foreign
Dissemination
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Notal, not received
by all addressees
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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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OAPEC, Organization
of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries
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OASD/ISA, Office
of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security
Affairs
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OAU, Organization of
African Unity
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OBE, overtaken by
events
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OMB, Office of
Management and Budget
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OC/T, Communications
Center, Bureau of Administration, Department of State
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OECD, Organisation
for Economic Co-operation and Development
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OPEC, Organization
of Petroleum Exporting Countries
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OSD, Office of the
Secretary of Defense
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PCC, Palestine
Conciliation Commission (United Nations)
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PermRep,
Permanent Representative (United Nations)
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PFLOP, Popular
Front for the Liberation of Palestine
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PFLP, Popular Front
for the Liberation of Palestine
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PHOTINT,
photographic intelligence
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P.L., Public
Law
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PLO, Palestine
Liberation Organization
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PM, PriMin, PrMin,
Prime Minister
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POL, petroleum, oil,
and lubricants; political
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PolOff, Political
Officer
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POW, prisoner of
war
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PRC, People’s
Republic of China
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PRCLO, Liaison
Office of the People’s Republic of China
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Ref, reference
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reftel, reference
telegram
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Rep(s),
Representatives
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Res., Resolution
(United Nations)
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RG, Record
Group
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SALT, Strategic Arms
Limitation Talks
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SAM, surface-to-air
missile
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SARG, Syrian Arab
Republic Government
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SC, Security Council
(United Nations)
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SecDef, Secretary
of Defense
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Sec. Gen.,
Secretary General
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SecState,
Secretary of State
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Secto, series
indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State
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septel, separate
telegram
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SIGINT, signals
intelligence
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SNIE, Special
National Intelligence Estimate
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SOB, son of a bitch
(an expletive)
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SUMED, Suez
Mediterranean pipeline
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SYG,
Secretary-General (United Nations)
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TAC, Tactical Air
Command
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TASS, Telegrafnoye
agentstvo Sovetskovo Soyuza (Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union), Soviet
news agency
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TDY, Temporary duty
telcon, telephone conversation
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TIAS, Treaties and
International Acts Series
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Tohak, series
indicator for telegrams to Henry Kissinger
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Tosec, series
indicator for telegrams to the Secretary of State
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TOW, tube-launched,
optically-tracked, wire command data link, anti-tank missile
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TS, top secret
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U, unclassified
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UAR, United Arab
Republic
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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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UNRWA, United
Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near
East
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UNSC, United Nations
Security Council
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UNTSO, United
Nations Truce Supervision Organization
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US, United
States
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USA, United States of
America; United States Army
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USAF, United States
Air Force
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USCINCEUR,
United States Commander-in-Chief, Europe
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USDAO, United
States Defense Attaché Office
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USG, United States
Government
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USIB, United States
Intelligence Board
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USINT, United
States Interests Section
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USN, United States
Navy
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USNATO, United
States Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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USRep(s), United
States Representatives
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USS, United States
Ship
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USSR, Union of
Soviet Socialist Republics
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UST, United States
Treaties and Other International Agreements
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USUN, United States
Mission to the United Nations
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WH, White House
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WSAG, Washington
Special Actions Group
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Z, zulu time (Greenwich
Mean Time)