Abbreviations and Terms

• AGERPRES, Agenţia Naţionalã de Presã (Romanian national news agency)
• Amb, Ambassador
• AmEmbassy, American Embassy
• ASD, Assistant Secretary of Defense
• BIB, Board for International Broadcasting
• BOP, balance of payments
• C, Confidential; Office of the Counselor, Department of State; Carter
• CA/VO, Visa Office, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Department of State
• CDU/CSU, Christian Democratic Union of Germany/Christian Social Union of Bavaria (West Germany)
• CEMA, Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
• Cherokee, a special telegraphic channel established for highly sensitive Department of State messages
• CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
• CINCUSAFE, Commander in Chief, U.S. Air Forces, Europe
• CINCUSAREUR, Commander in Chief, U.S. Army, Europe
• CINCUSNAVEUR, Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces Europe
• CNO, Chief of Naval Operations
• Col, Colonel
• Comecon, Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
• CP, Communist Party
• CSCE, Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe
• CSSR, Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
• CU, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State
• D, Office of the Deputy Secretary of State
• DAC, Development Assistance Committee (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development)
• DAS, Deputy Assistant Secretary
• DCA, Defense Cooperation Agreement
• DCI, Director of Central Intelligence
• DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
• DDI, Deputy Director of Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
• DECA, Defense and Economic Cooperation Agreement
• Del, delegation
• DepASD, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
• DepSec, Deputy Secretary
• DepSecDef, Deputy Secretary of Defense
• DeptOff, Department of State Officer
• DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency
• DirGen, Director General
• DIRNSA, Director, National Security Agency
• dissem, dissemination
• DOD, Department of Defense
• DPC, Defense Planning Committee (NATO)
• DR, Daily Report
• E, Office of the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
• EC, European Community
• EDT, Eastern Daylight Time
• EE, Eastern Europe
• EEC, European Economic Community
• EmbOff, Embassy Officer
• ENMOD, Environmental Modification Convention
• EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• EUR/EE, Office of Eastern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• EUR/RPM, Office of NATO and Atlantic Political-Military Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• E–W, East-West
• Exdis, exclusive distribution
• ExIm, Export-Import Bank
• FAA, Foreign Assistance Act
• FAM, Foreign Affairs Manual
• FBIS, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
• FCO, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (United Kingdom)
• FDP, Free Democratic Party (West Germany)
• FM, Foreign Minister
• FMS, foreign military sales
• FonMin, Foreign Minister
• FRC, Federal Records Center
• FRG, Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany)
• FY, fiscal year
• FYI, for your information
• GA, General Assembly (United Nations)
• GDR, German Democratic Republic (East Germany)
• GNP, gross national product
• GOB, Government of Bulgaria
• GOC, Government of Czechoslovakia
• GOH, Government of Hungary
• GOP, Government of Poland
• GOR, Government of Romania
• GOY, Government of Yugoslavia
• H, Bureau of Congressional Relations, Department of State
• H/C, hand-carried
• HIRC, House International Relations Committee
• HSB, Harold S. Brown
• HSWP, Hungarian Socialist Workers’ Party
• IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
• ICA, International Communication Agency
• ICBM, intercontinental ballistic missile
• ICJ, International Court of Justice
• ICRC, International Committee of the Red Cross
• IEA, International Energy Agency
• IMET, International Military Education and Training
• IMF, International Monetary Fund
• INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• INR/DRR/RSE/FP, Soviet Foreign Political Division, Office of Research and Analysis for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• INR/IL, Office of Intelligence Liaison, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
• IOC, International Olympic Committee
• IREX, International Research & Exchanges Board
• ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
• J, Jimmy (Carter’s initial)
• JC, Jimmy Carter
• JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• KOB, Worker’s Defense Committee (Czechoslovakia)
• KW, kilowatt
• L, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
• L/PM, Office of the Legal Adviser for Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State
• Limdis, limited distribution
• LRTNF, long-range theater nuclear forces
• M, Office of the Under Secretary of State for Management
• MAP, Military Assistance Program
• MBB, Muskie-Brown-Brzezinski (Meeting Group)
• MBFR, Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions
• MC, Military Committee (NATO)
• memcon, memorandum of conversation
• MFA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• MFN, most-favored nation
• miladdees, military addressees
• MOD, Minister of Defense
• MOFA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• MOU, Memorandum of Understanding
• MP, Member of Parliament
• NAC, North Atlantic Council
• NAMSA, NATO Military Supply Agency
• NARA, National Archives and Records Administration
• NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• NEM, New Economic Mechanism
• Niact, night action
• NIC, National Intelligence Council
• NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
• NIO, National Intelligence Officer
• Nodis, no distribution
• Notal, not to all
• NSA, National Security Agency
• NSC, National Security Council
• NTM, national technical means
• NYT, The New York Times
• OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
• OMB, Office of Management and Budget
• OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
• OSD/ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
• OSR, Office of Strategic Research, Central Intelligence Agency
• PAO, public affairs officer
• para, paragraph
• PermRep, Permanent Representative
• P.L., Public Law
• PM, Prime Minister; Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State
• PM/ISO, Office of International Security Operations, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State
• POL, political
• POL/MIL, political/military
• PRC, Policy Review Committee; People’s Republic of China
• PriMin, Prime Minister
• PRM, Presidential Review Memorandum
• reftel, reference telegram
• Rep, Representative
• RFE, Radio Free Europe
• RG, record group
• RI, Rick Inderfurth
• RL, Radio Liberty
• RPP, Republican People’s Party (Turkey)
• rpt, repeat
• S, Secret; Office of the Secretary of State
• SACEUR, Supreme Allied Commander Europe
• SALT, Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
• SC, Security Council (United Nations)
• SCC, Special Coordinating Committee
• SCC(I), Special Coordinating Committee on Intelligence
• SecDef, Secretary of Defense
• SecGen, Secretary General
• Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State while traveling
• Secy, Secretary
• septel, separate telegram
• SFRC, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
• SHAPE, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
• S/P, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State
• SPD, Social Democratic Party of Germany (West Germany)
• Specat, special category
• SRSG, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General
• S/S, Office of the Secretariat Staff, Department of State
• S/S–I, Information Management Section, Office of the Secretariat Staff, Department of State
• S/S–O, Operations Center, Office of the Secretariat Staff, Department of State
• SSOD, United Nations Special Session on Disarmament
• Stadis, distribution within the Department of State only
• SU, Soviet Union
• SWAG, Special Activities Working Group
• SYG, Secretary General of the United Nations
• T, Office of the Under Secretary of State for Security Assistance; after August 22, 1977, Under Secretary of State for Security Assistance, Science, and Technology
• TDY, temporary duty
• telcon, telephone conversation
• Tosec, series indictor for telegram to the Secretary of State while traveling
• TOW, tube-launched, optically-tracked, wire-guided missile
• U, Unclassified
• UDI, Unilateral Declaration of Independence
• U.K., United Kingdom
• UKG, United Kingdom Government
• UN, United Nations
• UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
• UNSC, United Nations Security Council
• UNSSOD, United Nations Special Session on Disarmament
• UNSYG, United Nations Secretary-General
• U.S., United States
• USAFE, United States Air Forces Europe
• USBER, United States Mission Berlin
• USCINCEUR, United States Commander-in-Chief, European Command
• USDel, United States Delegation
• USDELMC, United States Delegation to the NATO Military Committee
• USEUCOM, United States European Command
• USG, United States Government
• USICA, United States International Communication Agency
• USMission, United States Mission
• USN, United States Navy
• USNATO, United States Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• USNMRSHAPE, United States National Military Representative, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
• USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• USUN, United States Mission to the United Nations
• USYG, Under Secretary General (United Nations)
• VOA, Voice of America
• VP, Vice President
• w/, with
• WC, Warren Christopher
• WH, White House
• WMC, Warren M. Christopher
• WP, Warsaw Pact
• WR, Weekly Report to the President
• WSJ, The Wall Street Journal
• XMB, Export-Import Bank
• Z, Zulu time (Greenwich Mean Time)
• ZB, Zbignew Brzezinski