Abbreviations

• AA, anti-aircraft
• AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
• AID, Agency for International Development
• Amb, Ambassador
• APC, armored personnel carrier
• BBC, British Broadcasting Corporation
• ChiCom(s), Chinese Communist(s)
• CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
• CINCMEAFSA, Commander in Chief, Middle East/South Asia and Africa South of the Sahara
• CINCSTRIKE, Commander in Chief, Strike Command
• CT, Country Team
• DAO, Defense Attache Office
• DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
• Dept, Department of State
• Deptel, Department of State telegram
• Deptoff, Department of State officer
• DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency
• DirGen, Director General
• DOD, Department of Defense
• DOD/ISA, Department of Defense, International Security Affairs
• DMZ, DZ, Demilitarized Zone
• EDT, Eastern Daylight Time
• EmbOff, Embassy officer
• EST, Eastern Standard Time
• Exdis, Exclusive Distribution (extremely limited distribution)
• FAA, Federal Aviation Administration
• FMS, foreign military sales
• FonMin, Foreign Minister
• FonOff, Foreign Office
• FY, fiscal year
• FYI, For your information
• GA, General Assembly (United Nations)
• GAA, General Armistice Agreement
• GOA, Government of Algeria
• GOI, Government of Israel
• GOJ, Government of Jordan
• GOL, Government of Lebanon
• GUAR, Government of the United Arab Republic
• HMG, Her Majesty’s Government
• IAEA, International Atomic Energy Agency
• IAEC, Israeli Atomic Energy Commission
• IAF, Israel Air Force
• IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
• ICAO, International Civil Aviation Organization
• IDF, Israel Defense Forces
• 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
• IRG, Interdepartmental Regional Group
• JAA, Jordan Arab Army
• JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• JCSM, Joint Chiefs of Staff Memorandum
• LBJ, initials of President Lyndon B. Johnson
• Limdis, Limited Distribution
• MAP, Military Assistance Program
• ME, Middle East
• Memcon, Memorandum of conversation
• MIG, A.I. Mikoyan i M.I. Gurevich (Soviet fighter aircraft named for designers Mikoyan and Gurevich)
• MilAtt, Military Attache
• NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• NEA/ARN, Office of Lebanon, Jordan, Syrian Arab Republic and Iraq Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• NEA/IAI, Office of Israel and Arab-Israel Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• NEA/UAR, Office of United Arab Republic Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• NESA, Near East and South Asia
• Nodis, No Distribution (other than to persons indicated)
• Noforn, No Foreign Dissemination
• NPT, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
• NSC, National Security Council
• NUMEC, Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corporation
• OASD/ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
• OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
• PCC, Palestine Conciliation Commission (United Nations)
• PermRep, Permanent Representative (United Nations)
• PFLOP, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
• PFLP, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
• P.L., Public Law
• PLO, Palestine Liberation Organization
• PM, PriMin, Prime Minister
• reftel, reference telegram
• Rep(s), Representatives
• Res, Resolution (United Nations)
• RG, Record Group
• SARG, Syrian Arab Republic Government
• SC, Security Council (United Nations)
• SecDef, Secretary of Defense
• Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State
• septel, separate telegram
• SIG, Senior Interdepartmental Group
• SP AA, self-propelled anti-aircraft guns
• SSM, surface to surface missiles
• SYG, Secretary-General (United Nations)
• TDCS, Timely Dissemination of a Clandestine Service Message
• TDY, Temporary duty
• telcon, telephone conversation
• TIAS, Treaties and International Acts Series
• Tosec, series indicator for telegrams to the Secretary of State
• UAR, United Arab Republic
• UARG, United Arab Republic Government
• UK, United Kingdom
• UN, United Nations
• UNEF, United Nations Emergency Force
• UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
• UNRWA, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
• UNSC, United Nations Security Council
• USAF, United States Air Force
• USG, United States Government
• USRep(s), United States representatives
• USS, United States Ship
• USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• UST, United States Treaties and Other International Agreements
• USUN, United States Mission at the United Nations
• VN, Vietnam