Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume
E–14, Part 2, Documents on Arms Control and Nonproliferation, 1973–1976
Abbreviations and Terms
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ABM, anti-ballistic
missile
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ACDA, Arms Control and
Disarmament Agency
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ACDA/D, Office of the
Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
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ACDA/DD, Office of the
Deputy Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
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ACDA/IR, International
Relations Bureau, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
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ACDA/MEA, Military and
Economic Affairs Bureau, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
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ACDA/NWT, Nuclear Weapons
and Advanced Technology Bureau, Arms Control and Disarmament
Agency
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ACDA/NWT/AT, Weapons
Test Ban Division, Nuclear Weapons and Advanced Technology Bureau,
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
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AEC, Atomic Energy
Commission
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AF, Bureau of African Affairs,
Department of State
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AID, Agency for International
Development
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ARA, Bureau of Inter-American
Affairs, Department of State
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ARPA, Advanced Research
Projects Agency, Department of Defense
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B–1, American long-range
bomber
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BW, biological
(bacteriological) weapons
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BWC, Biological Weapons
Convention
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CANDU, Canadian Deutrium
Uranium (nuclear reactor)
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CBR,
chemical-biological-radiological
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CCD, Geneva Conference of the
Committee on Disarmament
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CEQ, Council on Environmental
Quality
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CFR, Code of Federal
Regulations
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CIA, Central Intelligence
Agency
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CIEP, Council on
International Economic Policy
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COCOM, Coordinating
Committee for Multilateral Exports
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Cong., Congress
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CONUS, continental United
States
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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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CTB, comprehensive test
ban
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CTBT, Comprehensive Test Ban
Treaty
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CW, chemical weapons
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CY, calendar year
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DCEF, demonstration
centrifuge enrichment facility
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DCI, Director of Central
Intelligence
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DCM, Deputy Chief of
Mission
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Del, delegate or
delegation
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DelOff, delegation
officer
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DG, Director General
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Disto, series indicator for
telegrams from the U.S. Delegation to the Conference of the
Committee on Disarmament in Geneva to the Department of State
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DOD, Department of
Defense
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DOS, Department of
State
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EA, Bureau of East Asian
Affairs, Department of State
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EA/J, Office of Japanese
Affairs, Bureau of East Asian Affairs, Department of State
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EA/RA, Office of Regional
Affairs, Bureau of East Asian Affairs, Department of State
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EC–9, reference to the nine
member states of the EC: Belgium, Denmark, France, Federal Republic
of Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and the
United Kingdom
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EmbOff, embassy
officer
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EnMod, environmental
modification
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ERDA, Energy Research and
Development Administration
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EST, Eastern Standard Time;
also, estimate
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EUR, Bureau of European
Affairs, Department of State
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EUR/CE, Office of Central
European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of
State
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EUR/RPM, Office of NATO
and Atlantic Political-Military Affairs, 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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EURATOM, European Atomic
Energy Community
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EURODIF, European Gaseous
Diffusion Uranium Enrichment Consortium
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Ex–Im, Export–Import
Bank
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Exdis, Exclusive
Distribution
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FBI, Federal Bureau of
Investigation
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FBS, forward-basing
system
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FCO, Foreign and Commonwealth
Office (UK)
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FEA, Federal Energy
Administration
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FonOff, foreign
office
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ForMin, foreign ministry
or foreign minister
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FRC, Federal Records Center
(Washington National Records Center)
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FRG, Federal Republic of
Germany
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FY, fiscal year
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FYI, for your
information
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GA, UN General Assembly
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GDR, German Democratic
Republic
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GNZ, Government of New
Zealand
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GOA, Government of Argentina;
Government of Australia
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GOB, Government of
Brazil
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GOI,Government of Iran
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H. Rpt., House Report
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HAK or HK, Henry Kissinger
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HAKTO, series designator
for telegrams to Henry A. Kissinger
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HEU, highly-enriched
uranium
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HEW, Department of Health,
Education, and Welfare
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HMG, Her (His) Majesty’s
Government
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HTGR, high temperature gas
reactor
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IAEA, International Atomic
Energy Agency
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ICBM, Inter Continental
Ballistic Missile
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ICC, International Control
Commission
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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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IOPZ, Indian Ocean Peace
Zone
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IRBM, Intermediate-range
ballistic missile
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ISA, Office of International
Security Affairs, Department of Defense
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JCAE, Joint Committee on
Atomic Energy
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JCS, Joint Chiefs of
Staff
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JCSM, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Memorandum
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KORI-II, South Korean,
U.S.-built power reactor
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KT, kiloton
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KWU, Kraftwerke-Union
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L, Legal Adviser, Department of
State
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L/UNA, Assistant Legal
Adviser for United Nations Affairs, Department of State
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LAP, loading, assembling, and
packaging
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LDC, lesser-developed
country
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Limdis, limited
distribution
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LTBT, Limited Test Ban
Treaty
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MBFR, Mutual and Balanced
Force Reductions
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MCA, military construction
authorization
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MDW, mass destruction
weapons
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ME, Middle East
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memcon, memorandum of
conversation
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MFA, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs
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MIRV, Multiple
Independently-Targeted Reentry Vehicle
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MW, megawatt
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MWe, megawatt-electric
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NAC, North Atlantic
Council
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NATO, North Atlantic Treaty
Organization
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NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern
Affairs, Department of State
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NEA/INS, Office of Bhutan,
India, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern
Affairs, Department of State
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Negative security
assurance, pledge not to use nuclear weapons
against Non-Nuclear Weapon States who signed the Non-Proliferation
Treaty
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NEPA, National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969
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NFZ, nuclear free zone
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NNWS, non-nuclear weapon
states
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Nodis, no
distribution
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Notal, not all
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NPT, Non-Proliferation
Treaty
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NRC, Nuclear Regulatory
Commission
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NSC, National Security
Council; also national supervisory committee
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NSDM, National Security
Decision Memorandum
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NSSM, National Security
Study Memorandum
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NWS, Nuclear Weapons
States
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OASD, Office of the
Assistant Secretary of Defense
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OASD/ISA, Office of the
Assistant Secretary of Defense, International Security
Affairs
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OBE, overtaken by
events
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OECD, Organization for
Economic Cooperation and Development
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OMB, Office of Management and
Budget
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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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OSI, Office of Scientific
Intelligence
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PermRep, permanent
representative
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PM, Bureau of
Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State
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PM/DCA, Office of
Disarmament and Arms Control, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs,
Department of State
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PNE, peaceful nuclear
explosion
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PNW, prevention of nuclear
war
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PolCouns, political
counselor
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PRC, People’s Republic of
China
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Prepcom, preparatory
committee
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R&D, research and
development
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RCA, riot control
agent
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REF or Reftel,
reference telegram
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REP, representative
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Revcon, review
conference
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RG, Record Group; Review
Group
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ROB, reduction of military
budgets
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ROC, Republic of China
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ROK, Republic of Korea
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RV, re-entry vehicle
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S, Office of the Secretary of
State; Senate; Secret
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S/P, Policy Planning Council
or Staff, Department of State
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S/S, Executive Secretariat,
Department of State
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SALT, Strategic Arms
Limitation Talks
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SC, Security Council
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SCC, Special Coordination
Committee
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SCI, Bureau of International
Scientific and Technological Affairs, Department of State
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SCI/AE, Office of Atomic
Energy Affairs, Bureau of International Scientific and Technological
Affairs, Department of State
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SEA, Southeast Asia
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SecGen, UN
Secretary-General
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SEN, Sensitive
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Septel, separate
telegram
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SFRC, Senate Foreign
Relations Committee
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SIPRI, Stockholm
International Peace Research Institute
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SLIFER, seismometer and
electric yield measurement device
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SNIE, Special National
Intelligence Estimate
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SOV, Office of Soviet Union
Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
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SOVDEL, Soviet
delegate
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SRG, Senior Review
Group
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SYG, Secretary General
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TASS, Telegrafnoye Agentsvo
Sovetskogo Soiuza (Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union)
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TS, Top Secret
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TTB or TTTB, Threshold Test Ban Treaty
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U, Unclassified; uranium
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UEA, Uranium Enrichment
Associates
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UK, United Kingdom
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UN, United Nations
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UNEP, United Nations
Environmental Program
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UNGA, United Nations General
Assembly
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UNSYG, Secretary General,
United Nations
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U.S., United States
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USA, United States of
America; also U.S. Army
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USAEC, United States Atomic
Energy Commission
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USC, Under Secretaries
Committee of the National Security Council; also, United States
Code
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USDel, U.S. delegate
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USG, United States
Government
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USNATO, United States
Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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USSR, Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics
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USUN, United States Mission
to the United Nations
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VP, Verification Panel
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VPWG, Verification Panel
Working Group
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WDC, World Disarmament
Conference
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WMD, weapons of mass
destruction
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WSAG, Washington Special
Actions Group
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Z, Zulu time (Greenwich mean
time)