Abbreviations

• ABC, atomic, biological, chemical
• ABM, antiballistic missile
• ACDA, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
• AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
• AG, Attorney General
• AID, Agency for International Development
• AK, Allied Kommandatura
• AL, Ambassador at Large
• ANF, Atlantic Nuclear Force
• APAG, Atlantic Policy Advisory Group
• BAOR, British Army on the Rhine
• BASC, Berlin Air Safety Center
• BKC/L, Berlin Kommandatura Commandants’ Letter
• BNA, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• BQD, Berlin Quadripartite Document
• BTF, Berlin Task Force
• BUSEC, series indicator for telegrams from the Department of State to the Mission to the European Community in Brussels
• CDU, Christlich-Demokratische Union (Christian Democratic Union)
• Cedto, series indicator for telegrams from the Mission to European Regional Organizations in Paris to the Department of State
• CEMA, Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
• ChiCom, Chinese Communist
• CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
• CINCEUR, Commander in Chief, Europe
• CINCUSAREUR, Commander in Chief, U.S. Army, Europe
• CM, Career Minister
• COCOM, Coordinating Committee on Export Controls
• CSSR, Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
• CSU, Christlich-Soziale Union (Christian Social Union)
• DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
• DDR, Deutsche Demokratische Republik (German Democratic Republic)
• DepFonMin, Deputy Foreign Minister
• Dept, Department
• Deptel, Department of State telegram
• Disto, series indicator for telegrams from the U.S. delegation to the Eighteen-Nation Disarmament Committee in Geneva to the Department of State
• DM, Deutschemark
• DOD, Department of Defense
• DPC, Defense Production Committee
• EC, European Community
• ECE, Economic Commission for Europe
• EconMin, Economics Minister
• EE, Office of Eastern Europe Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• EEC, European Economic Community
• EFTA, European Free Trade Association
• Emb, Embassy
• EmbOff, Embassy office
• ENDC, Eighteen-Nation Disarmament Committee
• EUCOM, European Command
• EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• EURATOM, European Atomic Energy Community
• EUR/RPM, Office of NATO and Atlantic Political-Military Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• E/W, East-West
• FDP, Freie Demokratische Partei (Free Democratic Party)
• FE, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
• FedRep, Federal Republic of Germany
• FOB, forward operating bases
• FonMin, Foreign Minister
• FonOff, Foreign Office
• FRG, Federal Republic of Germany
• FYI, for your information
• G, Deputy Under Secretary of State of Political Affairs
• GARIOA, Government and Relief in Occupied Areas
• GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
• GDR, German Democratic Republic
• GER, Office of German Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• GNP, Gross National Product
• GOF, Government of France
• HE, His Excellency
• HMG, Her Majesty’s Government
• IAEA, International Atomic Energy Agency
• ICBM, inter-continental ballistic missile
• IMF, International Monetary Fund
• INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• IRBM, intermediate range ballistic missile
• ISA, Office of International Security Affairs, Department of Defense; Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
• IZT, interzonal trade
• JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• KGB, Komitet Gesudarstvennyi Bezoibastnosti (Committee on State Security, Soviet Secret Police)
• KR, Kennedy Round
• LBJ, Lyndon Baines Johnson
• LDC, less developed countries
• MD, missile driver
• ME, Middle East
• MFN, most favored nation
• MinPres, Minister President
• MLF, Multilateral Force
• MOD, Minister of Defense
• MSAS, Military Sponsored Air Service
• NAC, North Atlantic Council
• NARA, National Archives and Records Administration
• NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• NATUS, series indicator for telegrams from the Department of State to the Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• NAVCON, Naval Contingency
• NCO, non-commissioned officer
• NE, Near East
• NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
• NKF, Neues Kampfflugzeug
• NPD, Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands (National Democratic Party)
• NPG, Nuclear Planning Group
• NPT, Non-Proliferation Treaty
• NSAM, National Security Action Memorandum
• NSC, National Security Council
• OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
• OEEC, Organization for European Economic Cooperation
• P, Bureau of Public Affairs, Department of State
• PCI, Partito Communista Italiano (Italian Communist Party)
• PM, Prime Minister
• PNED, Peaceful Nuclear Explosive Device
• POL, petroleum, oil, and lubricants
• POLAD, Political Advisor
• R/Adm, Rear Admiral
• RIAS, Rundfunk im Amerikanischen Sektor (Radio in American Sector)
• RPM, Office of NATO and Atlantic Political-Military Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• RSB, Office of Research and Analysis for Soviet Bloc, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• S, Office of the Secretary, Department of State
• SACEUR, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
• SACLANT, Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic
• S/AL, Ambassador at Large
• SDS, Students for a Democratic Society
• SE, Southeast
• SEA, Southeast Asia; Office of Southeast Asian Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
• SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
• Sec, Secretary
• Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State when he is away from Washington
• SED, Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands (Socialist Unity Party of East Germany)
• SHAPE, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers, Europe
• SIG, Senior Interdepartmental Group
• SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate
• SOV, Soviet; Office of Soviet Union Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• S/P, Policy Planning Council, Department of State
• SPD, Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (Social Democratic Party of West Germany)
• S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
• TASS, Telegrafnoye Agentstvo Sovyetskovo Soyuza (Telegraphic Agency of the Soviet Union, Soviet News Agency)
• TEA, Trade Expansion Act
• TTD, temporary travel document
• Todis, series indicator for telegrams to the U.S. delegation to the Eighteen-Nation Disarmament Committee in Geneva from the Department of State
• Tosec, series indicator for telegrams to the Secretary of State when he is away from Washington
• U, Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs; Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
• UAR, United Arab Republic
• UK, United Kingdom
• UN, United Nations
• UNCTAD, UN Conference on Trade and Development
• UNESCO, UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
• UNGA, UN General Assembly
• UPI, United Press International
• USA, U.S. Army
• USAFE, U.S. Air Force, Europe
• USAREUR, U. S. Army, Europe
• USBER, U.S. Mission in Berlin
• USCINCEUR, U.S. Commander in Chief, European Command
• USCOB, U.S. Commander, Berlin
• USG, U.S. Government
• USIB, U.S. Intelligence Board
• USIS, U.S. Information Service
• US/MC, U.S./Memorandum of Conversation
• USMLM, U.S. Military Liaison Mission
• USNATO, series indicator for telegrams from the Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to the Department of State
• USNMR, U.S. National Military Representative
• USNMRSHAPE, U.S. National Military Representative at the Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers, Europe
• USRO, Office of the Mission to North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations
• USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• USUN, U.S. Mission to the United Nations
• V–E, Victory in Europe
• Vipto, series indicator for telegrams from the Vice President
• WE, Office of Western European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• WEU, Western European Union