Foreign Relations of the United States, 1981–1988, Volume V,
Soviet Union, March 1985–October 1986
Abbreviations and Terms
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- ABM,
Anti-Ballistic Missile
- A/C, arms
control
- ACDA, U.S.
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
- ALCM,
Air-Launched Cruise Missile
- ANZUS,
Australia-New Zealand-United States (security treaty)
- ASAT,
Anti-Satellite
- ASEAN,
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
- ATB, Advanced
Technology Bomber
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- C,
Confidential; Office of the Counselor of the Department of
State
- CBM,
Confidence Building Measures
- CC, Central
Committee
- CCP, Chinese
Communist Party
- CD, Conference
on Disarmament
- CDE,
Conference on Disarmament in Europe
- CI,
counterintelligence
- CIA, Central
Intelligence Agency
- COCOM,
Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls
- CODEL,
Congressional Delegation
- COMECON,
Council for Economic Assistance (also COMCON, CEMA)
- CORRTEX,
Continuous Reflectometry for Radius Versus Time Experiments (a
hydrodynamic yield measurement for nuclear testing)
- CP, Communist
Party
- CPPG, Crisis
Pre-Planning Group
- CPSU,
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- CSBM,
confidence- and security-building measures
- CSCE,
Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe
- CTB,
Comprehensive Test Ban
- CW, chemical
weapons
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- D, Office of
the Deputy Secretary of State
- DASD, Deputy
Assistant Secretary of Defense
- DATT,
Defense Attaché
- DCM, Deputy
Chief of Mission
- Dept,
Department
- DIA, Defense
Intelligence Agency
- DOD,
Department of Defense
- DOE,
Department of Energy
- DST, Defense
and Space Talks
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- EST, Eastern
Standard Time
- EUR, Bureau
of European and Canadian Affairs, Department of State
- EUR/RPM,
Office of Security and Political Affairs, Bureau of European and
Canadian Affairs, Department of State
- EUR/SOV,
Office of Soviet Union Affairs, Bureau of European and Canadian
Affairs, Department of State
- Exdis,
Exclusive Distribution
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- FBI, Federal
Bureau of Investigation
- FBS,
Forward-Based Systems
- FM, Foreign
Minister
- ForMin,
Foreign Ministry; Foreign Minister
- FRG, Federal
Republic of Germany
- FTO, Foreign
Trade Organization
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- G–7, Group of
Seven, Canada, Federal Republic of Germany, France, Italy, Japan,
United Kingdom, United States
- GDR, German
Democratic Republic
- GLCM,
Ground-Launched Cruise Missile
- GNP, Gross
National Product
- GON,
Government of Nicaragua
- GPS, George
Pratt Shultz
- GRU, Soviet
military intelligence agency
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- HA, Bureau of
Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, Department of State
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- IAEA,
International Atomic Energy Agency
- ICAO,
International Civil Aviation Organization
- ICBM,
Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
- IG,
Interagency Group
- IMEMO,
Institute of World Economy and International Relations
- INCSEA,
Incidents at Sea
- INF,
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces
- INR, Bureau
of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
- INR/PMA,
Office of Politico-Military Analysis, Bureau of Intelligence and
Research, Department of State
- INR/SEE,
Office of Analysis for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, Bureau
of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
- IO, Bureau of
International Organization Affairs, Department of State
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- JCS, Joint
Chiefs of Staff
- JP, John
Poindexter
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- KAL, Korean
Airlines
- KGB,
Committee for State Security in the USSR
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- Limdis,
Limited Distribution
- LRINF,
Long-Range Intermediate Nuclear Forces
- LTA,
Long-Term Agreement on grain
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- M, Office of
the Under Secretary for Management
- MBFR, Mutual
and Balanced Force Reductions
- Memcon,
Memorandum of Conversation
- MFA, Ministry
of Foreign Affairs
- MIRV,
Multiple Independently Targeted Re-entry Vehicle
- MLM, Military
Liaison Mission
- MOD, Minister
of Defense; Ministry of Defense
- MW,
megawatt
- M–X, missile
experimental (intercontinental ballistic missile)
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- NAC, North
Atlantic Council
- NAM,
Non-Aligned Movement
- NATO, North
Atlantic Treaty Organization
- NF,
Noforn
- Niact,
Night Action
- NIO, National
Intelligence Officer
- Nocontract, Not Releasable to Contractors
- Nodis, No
Distribution
- Noforn, No
Foreign Dissemination
- NPT,
Non-Proliferation Treaty
- NRC, Nuclear
Regulatory Commission
- NRRC,
Nuclear Risk Reduction Center
- NSC, National
Security Council
- NSDD,
National Security Decision Directive
- NSPG,
National Security Planning Group
- NST, Nuclear
and Space Talks
- NUF, non-use
of force
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- OAS,
Organization of American States, Department of State
- OBE,
Overtaken by Events
- OMB, Office
of Management and Budget
- Orcon,
Originator Controlled
- OSD, Office
of the Secretary of Defense
- OSI, on-site
inspection
- OVP, Office
of the Vice President
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- P, Under
Secretary for Political Affairs
- PFIAB,
President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
- P–IB,
Pershing IB missile
- PII or P–II, Pershing II
missile
- P.L., Public
Law
- PM, Bureau of
Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State
- PNE or PNET, Treaty on Peaceful
Nuclear Explosions
- PNG, persona
non grata
- PolCouns, Political Counselor
- PRC, Policy
Review Committee; People’s Republic of China
- PROFs notes,
internal White House and NSC electronic messages
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- RADM, Rear
Admiral
- RBMK, class
of nuclear power reactor designed and built by the Soviet
Union
- Reftel,
reference telegram
- RR, Ronald
Reagan
- RV, re-entry
vehicle
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- S, Office of
the Secretary of State
- SACG, Senior
Arms Control Group
- SAG, South
African Government
- SALT,
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
- SCC, Special
Coordinating Committee; Standing Consultative Commission
- SCG, Special
Consultative Group
- SDI,
Strategic Defense Initiative
- Secto,
series indicator for telegrams sent from the Secretary of
State
- Septel,
separate telegram
- SFRC, Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
- SHAPE,
Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers, Europe
- SIG, Senior
Interagency Group
- SIG/I,
Senior Interagency Group on Intelligence
- SIG–IEP,
Senior Interagency Group-International Economic Policy
- SIPRI,
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
- SLBM,
Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile
- SLCM,
Surfaced-Launched Cruise Missile; Submarine-Launched Cruise Missile;
Sea-Launched Cruise Missile
- SNDV,
Strategic Nuclear Delivery Vehicle
- SNIE,
Special National Intelligence Estimate
- S/P, Policy
Planning Council, Department of State; after May 7, 1985, Policy
Planning Staff
- Specat,
special category
- SRAM,
Short-Range Attack Missile
- SRINF,
Short-Range Intermediate Nuclear Forces
- S/S, Executive
Secretariat, Department of State; Secret/Sage
- S/S–O,
Operations Center, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
- S/S–S,
Secretariat Staff, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
- Stadis,
State Distribution Only
- START,
Strategic Arms Reduction Talks; Strategic Arms Reduction
Treaty
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- TASS,
official Soviet news agency
- TNF, Theater
Nuclear Forces
- Tosec,
series indicator for telegrams sent to the Secretary of State while
away from Washington
- TS, Top
Secret
- TTBT,
Threshold Test Ban Treaty
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- U,
Unclassified
- UK, United
Kingdom
- UN, United
Nations
- UNGA, United
Nations General Assembly
- UNITA,
National Union for the Total Independence of Angola
- UNSC, United
Nations Security Council
- UNSYG,
United Nations Secretary-General
- US, United
States
- USA, United
States of America; United States Army
- USAF, United
States Air Force
- USCD, United
States Delegation to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva
- USDel,
United States Delegation
- USG, United
States Government
- USIA, United
States Information Agency
- USN, United
States Navy
- USNMR SHAPE,
United States National Military Representative, Supreme Headquarters
Allied Powers, Europe
- USSR, Union
of Soviet Socialist Republics
- USTEC,
U.S.-USSR Trade and Economic Council
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- V-E Day,
Victory in Europe Day
- VOA, Voice of
America
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- WHO, World
Health Organization
- WHSR, White
House Situation Room
- WJC, World
Jewish Congress
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- Z, Zulu Time
(Greenwich Mean Time)