Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume
XXXIV, National Security Policy, 1969–1972
Abbreviations and terms
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AAM, air-to-air
missile
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AAW, anti-air
warfare
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ABM, anti-ballistic
missile
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ABMDA, Army
Ballistic Missile Defense Agency
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ACDA, Arms Control
and Disarmament Agency
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AD, assured
destruction
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ADIZ, air defense
identification zone
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ADM, Atomic Demolition
Munitions
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AEC, Atomic Energy
Commission
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ALCOM, Alaskan
Command
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AMSA, Advanced Manned
Strategic Aircraft
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ANG, Air National
Guard
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ANZUS, Australia-New
Zealand-United States (treaty organization)
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AP, Associated
Press
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AREUR, Army
Europe
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ARVN, Army of the
Republic of (South) Vietnam
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ASA, anti-submarine
aircraft
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ASM, air-to-surface
missile
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ASV, anti-submarine
vessel
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ASW, anti-submarine
warfare
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AVF, all-volunteer
armed force
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AWACS, Airborne
Warning and Control System
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B, billion
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BMD, ballistic missile
defense
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BMEWS, Ballistic
Missile Early Warning System
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BMS, ballistic missile
submarine
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BNSP, basic national
security policy
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BOB, Bureau of the
Budget
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BW, biological
weapon(s)
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C3
, command, control, and communications
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CBW, chemical and
biological weapon(s)
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CCP, Consolidated
Cryptologic Plan
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CEA, Council of
Economic Advisers
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CEP, circular error
probability
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CIA, Central
Intelligence Agency
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CHICOM, Communist
China (People’s Republic of China)
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CINC, Commander in
Chief
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CINCAL, Commander
in Chief, Alaska
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CINCEUR, Commander
in Chief, European Command
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CINCLANT,
Commander in Chief, Atlantic Command
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CINCNORAD,
Commander in Chief, North American Aerospace Defense Command
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CINCONAD,
Commander in Chief, Continental Air Defense Command
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CINCPAC, Commander
in Chief, Pacific Command
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CINCSAC, Commander
in Chief, Strategic Air Command
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CINCSTRIKE,
Commander in Chief, STRIKE Command
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CNO, Chief of Naval
Operations
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COB, close of
business
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COC, command operation
center
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COMIDEASTFOR,
Commander, Middle East Forces
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COMINT,
communications intelligence
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CONAD, Continental
Air Defense Command
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CONUS, Continental
United States
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CPR, People’s Republic
of China (also PRC)
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CVA, attack aircraft
carrier
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CVAN, attack aircraft
carrier, nuclear-powered
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CVS, support aircraft
carrier
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CW, chemical
weapon(s)
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CY, calendar
year
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D, deployment
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D-day, deployment
day
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DEFCON, defense
readiness condition
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DFE, division force
equivalent
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DIA, Defense
Intelligence Agency
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DICBM, depressed
trajectory intercontinental ballistic missile
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DLGN, nuclear-powered
guided missile frigate
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DOB, dispersed
operating bases
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DOD, Department of
Defense
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DPQ, Defense Planning
Questionnaire
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DPRC, Defense Program
Review Committee
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ECM, electronic
countermeasures
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ELINT, electronic
intelligence
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EMCON, emission
control
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EMP, electromagnetic
pulse
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ENDC, Eighteen-Nation
Disarmament Committee
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EUCOM, European
Command
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EUR, Bureau of
European Affairs
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EUR/RPM, Bureau of
European Affairs, Office of NATO and
Atlantic Political-Military Affairs
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exo pen aids,
exoatmospheric penetration aids
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FBI, Federal Bureau of
Investigation
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FBM, fleet ballistic
missile
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FBS, forward-based
systems
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FOBS, Fractional
Orbital Bombardment System
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FRG, Federal Republic
of Germany
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FY, fiscal year
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FYDP, Five-Year
Defense Program
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GNP, Gross National
Product
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GPF, general purpose
forces
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GRC, Government of the
Republic of China
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GTE, greater than
expected
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HEW, Department of
Health, Education, and Welfare
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HPD, hard point
defense
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HSD, hard site
defense
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ICBM,
intercontinental ballistic missile
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INR, Bureau of
Intelligence and Research, Department of State
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IOC, initial
operational capability
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IPMG,
Interdepartmental Political-Military Group
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IRBM,
intermediate-range ballistic missile
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ISA, Office of the
Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
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ISI, initial support
increment
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J–3, Operations
Directorate of the Joint Staff, Joint Chiefs of Staff
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JCS, Joint Chiefs of
Staff
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JCSM, Joint Chiefs of
Staff Memorandum
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JFM, Joint Force
Memorandum
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JSOP, Joint Strategic
Objectives Plan
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KGB,
Komitet Gosudarstvennoi Bezopasnosti (Committee for
State Security, Soviet Secret Police)
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KP, kitchen police KT,
kiloton
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LANTCOM, Atlantic
Command
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LOC, lines of
communication; limited operational capability
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LRA, long-range
aviation
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LSNW, limited
strategic nuclear warfare
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M, mobilization day;
million
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MAF, Marine Amphibious
Forces
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MAP, Military
Assistance Program
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MBFR, mutual and
balanced force reductions
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MIDEASTFOR,
Middle East Forces
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MIRV, multiple
independently-targeted reentry vehicles
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MK, Mark
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MM, Minuteman
missile
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MRBM, medium-range
ballistic missile
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MRCA, multi-role
combat aircraft
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MRV, multiple reentry
vehicles
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MSC, Military Sealift
Command
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MSR, missile site
radar
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MT, megaton(s)
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NAC, North Atlantic
Council
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NASA, National
Aeronautics and Space Administration
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NATO, North Atlantic
Treaty Organization
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NCA, National Command
Authority; National Capital Area
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NE, Northeast
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NEA, Northeast Asia;
Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
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NIC, National
Intelligence Council
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NIE, National
Intelligence Estimate
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NIPP, National
Intelligence Projections for Planning
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NK, North Korea
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NLT, not later than
nm, nautical mile
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NOA, new obligational
authority
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NORAD, North
American Aerospace Defense Command
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NSA, National Security
Agency
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NSC, National Security
Council
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NSAM, National
Security Action Memorandum
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NSDM, National
Security Decision Memorandum
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NSF, National Science
Foundation
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NSSM, National
Security Study Memorandum
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NVN, North Vietnam;
North Vietnamese
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NW, Northwest
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OASD, Office of the
Assistant Secretary of Defense
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OEP, Office of
Emergency Preparedness
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O&M, operations and
maintenance
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OMB, Office of
Management and Budget
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OP&MA,
Objectives, Plans and Military Assistance Division
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OSD, Office of the
Secretary of Defense
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OSD (ISA), Office
of the Secretary of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense
for International Security Affairs
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OSD (SA), Office of
the Secretary of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Systems Analysis
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OST, Office of Science
and Technology
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OTH–B, over the
horizon—backscatter radar
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PACOM, Pacific
Command
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PAR, perimeter
acquisition radar
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PDB, President’s Daily
Brief
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pen aids,
penetration aids
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PF, police force;
popular force
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PFIAB, President’s
Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
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PLA, People’s
Liberation Army
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POL, petroleum, oils,
lubricants
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PM, Bureau of
Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State
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POM, Program
Objectives Memorandum
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PRC, People’s Republic
of China (also CPR)
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PSAC, President’s
Science Advisory Committee
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psi, pounds per square
inch
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PWs, prisoners of
war
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RCA, riot control
agent
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RCS, remote control
system
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R&D, research and
development
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RDF,
radio-direction-finding
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RDT&E, research,
development, test, and evaluation REFORGER, Return of Forces to
Germany
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RF, reserve force;
regional force
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RG, Review Group;
Record Group
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ROK, Republic of
Korea
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ROTC, Reserve Officer
Training Corps
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RV, reentry
vehicle
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RVN, Republic of
Vietnam
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SAB, Science Advisory
Board
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SAC, Supreme Allied
Commander; Strategic Air Command
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SACEUR, Supreme
Allied Commander, European Command
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SACLANT, Supreme
Allied Commander, Atlantic Command
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SAL, strategic arms
limitation
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SALT, Strategic Arms
Limitation Talks
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SAM, surface-to-air
missile
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SAM–D, surface-to-air
missile development
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SEA, Southeast
Asia
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SEATO, Southeast
Asia Treaty Organization
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SECDEF, Secretary
of Defense
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SFD, Special
Facilities Division (OEP)
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SFRC, Senate Foreign
Relations Committee
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SG, Safeguard
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SIGINT, signals
intelligence
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SIOP, Single
Integrated Operational Plan
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SLBM, submarine
launched ballistic missile
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SLCM, submarine
launched cruise missile
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SOSUS, sound
surveillance system
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SOUTHCOM,
Southern Command
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SPN, Spartan
missile
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SRAM, short-range
attack missile
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SRG, Senior Review
Group
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SSBN, nuclear
ballistic missile submarine
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SSI, sustaining
support increment
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SSN, nuclear
submarine
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SSO, special security
officer
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STRAF, Strategic
Army Forces
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STRIKE,
STRIKE Command
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SVN, South
Vietnam
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SWWA,
Stop-Where-We-Are proposal
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TOA, total
obligational authority
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TO&E, table of
organization and equipment
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TOE, term of
enlistment
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UAR, United Arab
Republic
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UCP, unified command
plan
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U/I,
urban/industrial
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UK, United
Kingdom
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ULMS, Undersea
Long-Range Missile System
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UN, United
Nations
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UPI, United Press
International
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US, United
States
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USAF, United States
Air Force
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USARPAC, United
States Army, Pacific
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USC, Under Secretaries
Committee, National Security Council
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USCINCEUR,
United States Commander in Chief, European Command
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USCINCSO, United
States Commander in Chief, Southern Command
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USEUCOM, United
States European Command
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USIA, United States
Information Agency
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USIB, United States
Intelligence Board
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USMC, United States
Marine Corps
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USN, United States
Navy
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USSOUTHCOM,
United States Southern Command
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USSR, Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics
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VN, Vietnam
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VP, Verification
Panel
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WG, working
group
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WRT, with respect
to
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WSAG, Washington
Special Actions Group
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WWMCCS, Worldwide
Military Command and Control System