Abbreviations and Terms

• A/AID, Office of the Administrator, Agency for International Development
• ABC, American Broadcast Company
• ACDA, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
• AFB, Air Force base
• AFL, American Federation of Labor
• AFL–CIO, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
• AFP, Agence France-Presse
• AG, Andean Group
• AI, Amnesty International
• AID, Agency for International Development
• AIFLD, American Institute for Free Labor Development
• AMB, Ambassador
• AN–26, Cuban/Soviet airplane
• ANACH, National Association of Honduran Campesinos
• ANC, Conservative National Action Party (Nicaragua)
• ANEP, Salvadoran Business Group
• ARA, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
• ARA/CCA, Office of the Coordinator of Cuban Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
• ARA/CEN, Office of Central American Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
• ARA/PPC, Office of Policy Planning, Public and Congressional Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
• ARA/RPP, Office of Regional Political Programs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
• ART, article; artillery
• ASAP, as soon as possible
• ASARCO, mining company
• ASEAN, Association of Southeast Asian Nations
• AWACS, Advanced/Airborne Warning and Control System
• BBC, British Broadcasting Company
• BHN, basic human needs
• BPR, Popular Revolutionary Block (El Salvador)
• B.S., bullshit
• CA, Central America
• CA, covert action
• CAB, Civil Aeronautics Board
• CABEI, Central American Development Bank
• CAC, Central America and the Caribbean
• CACAR, Central America and the Caribbean
• CACM, Central American Common Market
• CADIN, Nicaraguan Chamber of Industries
• CAL, caliber
• CAP, Carlos Andrés Pérez
• CARICOM, Caribbean Community
• CBS–TV, Columbia Broadcasting System Television
• CCC, Commodity Credit Corporation; also Civilian Conservation Corps
• CDB, Caribbean Development Bank
• CDU, Christian Democratic Party
• CENTO, Central Treaty Organization
• CFF, Compensatory Financing Facility
• CGT, Honduran General Confederation of Workers
• CGT–I, Nicaraguan Independent General Labor Confederation
• CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
• CIACAEC, International Commission of Friendly Cooperation and Conciliation
• CINCPAC, Commander in Chief, Pacific Command
• CINCSO, Commander in Chief, Southern Command
• CINCSOUTH, Commander in Chief, Southern Command
• CNA, Salvadoran National Analysis Center
• COB, close of business
• CODEL, Congressional Delegation
• COHDEFOR, Honduran State Forestry Corporation
• COHEP, Honduran small business association
• COL, Colonel
• COM, Chief of Mission
• COMECON, Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
• COMUSMILGP, Commander of the United States Military Group
• CONADI, Honduran National Investment Corporation
• CONDECA, Central American Defense Council (Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua)
• CONNG, Committee to Oversee Negotiations for a New Government (Nicaragua)
• COPECODECA, Central American Defense Council
• COPEFI, Permanent Council of Armed Forces (El Salvador)
• COPEI, Comité de Organización Politica Electoral Independiente (Committee of Independent Electoral Political Organization), Venezuelan political party
• COS, Chief of Station
• COSEP, Superior Council for Private Enterprise (Nicaragua)
• CR, Costa Rica
• CRM, Revolutionary Coordinator of Masses (El Salvador)
• CUS, Nicaraguan Labor Organization
• CUTS, United Confederation of Salvadoran Workers
• CV, Cyrus Vance
• D, Deputy Secretary of State
• DA, David Aaron
• DAO, Defense Attaché Office
• DATT, Defense Attaché
• DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
• DCI, Director of Central Intelligence
• D-Day, departure day
• DDCI, Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
• DDO, Deputy Director of Operations, Central Intelligence Agency
• DDO/LA, Deputy Director of Operations for Latin America, Central Intelligence Agency
• DDT, insecticide
• DGI, Cuban General Directorate of Intelligence
• DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency
• DIN, Honduran Investigative Police
• DMZ, demilitarized zone
• DN, Sandinista National Liberation Front National Directorate
• DOD, Department of Defense
• DOD/ISA, International Security Agency, Department of Defense
• DOLS, dollars
• DOS, Department of State
• DR, Dominican Republic
• DRU, Unified Revolutionary Directorate (El Salvador)
• EB/IFD/ODF, Office of Development Finance, International Finance and Development, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State
• EGP, Guerrilla Army of the Poor (Guatemala)
• EMB, Embassy
• EMP, Estado Major Presidencial (El Salvador)
• EPL, Popular Army of Liberation (El Salvador)
• ERP, Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo (Popular Revolutionary Army; El Salvador)
• ESF, Economic Support Fund
• EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• EUR/NE, Office of Northern Europe Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• EXDIS, exclusive distribution
• EXIM, Export Import Bank of the United States
• FAN, Frente Amplio Nacional (Salvadoran right-wing group)
• FAO, Frente Amplio (Nicaraguan broad opposition front)
• FAO–PC, FAO Political Committee (Nicaragua)
• FAPU, Unified Popular Action Front (El Salvador)
• FAR, Rebel Armed Forces (Guatemala)
• FARN, Armed Forces of National Resistance (El Salvador)
• FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation
• FCO, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (United Kingdom)
• FDR, Revolutionary Democratic Front (El Salvador)
• FDR/DRU, Revolutionary Democratic Front and the Unified Revolutionary Directorate (El Salvador)
• FDRL, Revolutionary Democratic Front (El Salvador)
• FM, Foreign Minister
• FMC, Federal Maritime Commission
• FMLN, Farabundo Martí Liberation Movement
• FMS, Foreign Military Sales
• FONMIN, Foreign Minister
• FPL, Farabundo Martí Popular Liberation Forces (El Salvador)
• FPN, Nicaraguan National Patriotic Front
• FPN–MPU, Nicaraguan National Patriotic Front and the United People’s Movement
• FRG, Federal Republic of Germany
• FSLN, Sandinista National Liberation Front (Nicaragua)
• FSLN–GPP, Popular Prolonged War faction of the Sandinista National Liberation Front
• FSLN/PG, Sandinista National Liberation Front Provisional Government
• FSLN–T, Terciario Faction Sandinista National Liberation Front
• FSLN–TP, Proletarian Tendency faction of the Sandinista National Liberation Front
• FSO, Fund for Special Operations, Inter-American Development Bank
• FSN, Foreign Service National
• FUR, United Front of the Revolution (Guatemala)
• FUSEP, Honduran Public Security Force
• FY, fiscal year
• FYI, for your information
• G–2, Military Intelligence Unit
• G–12, Group of Twelve
• Gen., General
• GC, Guardia Civil (Costa Rican security force); also, Office of the General Counsel, Agency for International Development
• GN, Guardia Nacional (Nicaraguan National Guard)
• GNP, gross national product
• GNR, Government of National Reconciliation (Nicaragua)
• GOB, Government of Belize
• GOC, Government of Canada; Government of Cuba
• GOCR, Government Costa Rica
• GOES, Government of El Salvador
• GOG, Government of Guatemala
• GOH, Government of Honduras
• GOM, Government of Mexico
• GON, Government of Nicaragua
• GOP, Government of Peru
• GOV, Government of Venezuela
• GP, Provisional Government (Nicaragua)
• GPP, Popular Prolonged War faction of the FLSN (Nicaragua)
• GRN, Revolutionary Government of Nicaragua
• GSP, Generalized System of Preferences
• GTMO, Guantanamo
• HA, Bureau of Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, Department of State
• HA/HR, Office of Human Rights, Bureau of Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, Department of State
• HEG, Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala
• HIG, Housing Investment Guarantee
• HMG, Her Majesty’s Government
• HONDUTEL, Honduran telephone company
• HQS, headquarters
• IADB, see IDB
• IAGS, Inter-American Geodetic Survey
• IAHRC, Inter-American Human Rights Commission
• IAP, International Authority of the Plebiscite (Nicaragua)
• IAPA, Inter-American Press Association
• IAPF, Inter-American Peace Force
• IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
• ICA, International Communications Agency
• ICJ, International Commission of Jurists
• ICRC, International Committee of the Red Cross
• IDA, International Development Association
• IDB, Inter-American Development Bank
• IDCA, International Development and Cooperation Administration
• IE, Intelligence Estimate
• IFIs, international financial institutions
• IG, Intergovernmental Group
• IIM, Interagency Intelligence Memorandum
• IL–62, Cuban/Soviet airplane
• IMET, International Military Education and Training
• IMETP, International Military Education and Training Program
• IMF, International Monetary Fund
• INCAE, Central American Institute for Business Administration, Graduate School of Business and Public Administration
• INDE, Nicaraguan National Development Institute
• INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• INR/DDC, Deputy Director for Coordination, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• INR/IL, Intelligence Liaison, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• INR/INC, Office of Narcotic Control, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• INR/RAR, Office of Research and Analysis for the American Republics, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
• IO/UNP, Office of United Nations Political Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
• IRS, Internal Revenue Service
• ISA/IA, International Security Affairs, Inter-American Region, Department of Defense
• ISTA, Salvadoran Agrarian Reform Agency
• JC, Jimmy Carter
• JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• JRG, Revolutionary Governing Junta; Junta of Revolutionary Government of El Salvador (Junta Revolucionaria de Govierno)
• LA, Latin America; Latin American
• LAC/CEN, Office of Central American and Panamanian Affairs, Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean, Agency for International Development
• LAC/DR, Office of Development Resources, Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean, Agency for International Development
• L/ARA, Legal Advisor, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
• LAFTA, Latin American Free Trade Area
• LDC, less developed country
• LDX, long distance xerography
• Leg Att, Legal Attaché
• LIMDIS, limited distribution
• LOA, Letter of Agreement
• LP, Popular League of February 28 (El Salvador)
• LP–28, Popular League of February 28 (El Salvador)
• L/PM, Office of the Legal Advisor, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State
• Lt., Lieutenant
• M, million
• MAP, Military Assistance Program
• MDB, Multilateral Development Bank
• MDF, Multinational Defense Force
• MDN, Nicaraguan Democratic Movement
• MFM, Meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of American States
• MIL, military
• MILGP, Military Group
• MINGOV, Minister of Government
• MIR, Movement of the Revolutionary Left (Chile)
• MLC, Constitutionalist Liberal Movement (Nicaragua)
• MM, millimeter
• MNC, multinational corporation
• MNR, Salvadoran Socialist Party
• MOD, Minister of Defense
• MODLOK [MODLOC], miscellaneous operations details, local operations
• MON, Memorandum of Notification
• MPU, United People’s Movement (Nicaragua)
• MRP, Popular Revolutionary Movement (Costa Rica)
• MTT, Army Mobile Training Team
• MUP, Popular Unity Movement (Honduras)
• M–X, missile
• NAM, Non-Aligned Movement
• NBC, National Broadcasting Company
• NCOIC, Non-commissioned Officer in Charge
• NG, Negotiating Group (for Nicaragua) OAS Commission for Friendly Cooperation and Conciliation; International Commission of Friendly Cooperation and Conciliation
• NGR, Negotiating Group (for Nicaragua)
• NIACT, Night Action; Needs Immediate Attention
• NID, National Intelligence Daily
• NIO, National Intelligence Officer, Central Intelligence Agency
• NODIS, No distribution
• NOFORN, Not releasable to foreign nationals
• NP, National Police
• NPA, National Plebiscite Authority
• NSC, National Security Council
• NSC–IG/ARA, National Security Council Interagency Working Group with Bureau of Inter-American Affairs
• OAS, Organization of American States
• OASGA, Organization of American States General Assembly
• ODA, Official Development Assistance
• ODECA, Organization of Central American States
• OFDA, Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance
• OMB, Office of Management and Budget
• OP, Operations
• OPIC, Overseas Private Investment Corporation
• ORDEN, National Democratic Organization (El Salvador)
• ORIT, Nicaraguan Labor Organization
• OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
• OSD/ISA, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Bureau of International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
• OSN, Office of National Security (El Salvador)
• PAA, Pan American Airlines
• P, page; President; Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
• PCD, Nicaraguan Conservative Democratic Party
• PCES, Communist Party of El Salvador
• PCH, Communist Party of Honduras
• PCN, Nicaraguan Conservative Party
• PCN, Party of National Conciliation (El Salvador)
• PCT, percent
• PDC, Christian Democratic Party (El Salvador, Honduras)
• PDCH, Christian Democratic Party of Honduras
• PEP, Personal Exchange Program
• PERMREP, Permanent Representative
• PG, Provisional Government (Nicaragua)
• PGT, Communist Party of Guatemala
• PIA, Plebiscite International Authority
• PINU, Honduran Innovation and Unity Party
• PJ/FSLN, Provisional Junta of the Sandinista Liberation Front
• PL, Public Law
• PLI, Independent Liberal Party of Nicaragua
• PLN, Liberal Party of Nicaragua
• PLO, Palestine Liberation Organization
• PNG, persona non grata
• PNH, National Party of Honduras
• Polad, political adviser
• PPSC, Social Christian Party (Nicaragua)
• PR, public relations
• PRC, Policy Review Committee
• PRD, Revolutionary Party (Dominican Republic)
• PRI, Institutional Revolutionary Party (Mexico)
• PRM, Presidential Review Memorandum
• PSD, Nicaragua Social Democratic Party
• PSN, Socialist Party of Nicaragua
• PSN, likely Packet Switch Network, an information system in the White House used to identify telegrams
• PSRE, Socialist Revolutionary Party (Ecuador)
• PTP, people-to-people
• PTs, points
• PVP, Popular Vanguard Party (Costa Rica)
• QTE, quote
• RE, regarding
• RI, Karl “Rick” F. Inderfurth
• RG, Record Group
• ROCAP, Central America Regional Aid Mission (AID)
• RP, Robert Pastor
• RPG–2, rocket propelled grenade
• RPT, repeat
• R&R, rest and relaxation
• S, Secretary of State
• SALT, Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty
• SC, United Nations Security Council
• SCC, Special Coordinating Committee
• SCC(I), Special Coordinating Committee on Intelligence
• SDC, Honduran Superior Defense Council
• SELA, Sistema Económica de Latinoamérica; Latin American Economic System organization
• Septel, separate telegram
• S.I., Socialist International
• SIGINT, signals intelligence
• SOUTHCOM, Southern Command
• S/P, Policy Planning Staff, Office of the Secretary of State
• SPECAT, Special Category Message
• S/R, Ambassador at Large, Office of the Secretary of State
• SR–71, Air Force Blackbird
• S/S, Executive Secretary, Office of the Secretary of State
• SSCI, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
• S/S–I, Information Management Section, Office of the Secretary of State
• S/S–O, Department Duty Officer, Operations Center, Office of the Secretary of State
• SWAPO, South West Africa People’s Organization
• T, Terciario faction of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (Nicaragua)
• TCP, Torrijos, Carazo, and Pérez
• TDY, temporary duty
• TP, Proletarian Tendency faction of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (Nicaragua)
• UCS, Union Comunal Salvadorena; Labor Union (El Salvador)
• UDEL, Nicaraguan Union of Democratic Liberation
• UDN, National Democratic Union (El Salvador)
• UGB, White Warriors Union (El Salvador)
• UH–1H, (Huey) transport helicopter
• U.K., United Kingdom
• UN, United Nations
• UNESCO, United Nations Educational and Social Council
• UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
• UNHCR, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
• UNHRC, United Nations Human Rights Commission
• UPI, United Press International
• U.S., United States
• U.S.A., United States of America
• USAID, United States Agency for International Development
• USCINCSO, Commander-in-Chief, Southern Command
• USDA, United States Department of Agriculture
• USG, United States Government
• USICA, United States International Communications Agency
• USLO, United States Liaison Officer
• USOAS, U.S. Representative to the Organization of American States
• USSOUTHCOM, United States Southern Command
• USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• USUN, United States Mission to the United Nations
• VIP, very important person
• W.O., Washington Office on Latin America
• WPA/CCC, Works Progress Administration
• Wnintel, With Intelligence
• WR, Weekly Reading
• X–M, Exim Bank
• Z, Zulu (Greenwich Mean Time)
• ZB, Zbigniew Brzezinski