Abbreviations

• AALAPSO, Afro-Asian-Latin American Peoples' Solidarity Organization
• ABC, American Broadcasting Company
• ACDA, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
• AD, Acción Democrática (Democratic Action), Venezuelan political party
• ADDP, Assistant Deputy Director for Plans, Central Intelligence Agency
• AFL–CIO, American Federation of Labor–Congress of Industrial Organizations
• AFP, Alliance for Progress
• AID, Agency for International Development
• AID/OPS, Agency for International Development, Office of Public Safety
• AID/W, Agency for International Development/Washington
• AIFLD, American Institute for Free Labor Development
• AMFORP, American and Foreign Power Company
• ANAPO, Alianza Nacional Popular (Popular National Alliance), Colombian political party
• ANZUS, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States
• AP, Associated Press
• APRA, Alianza Popular Revolucionaria Americana (American Popular Revolutionary Alliance), Peruvian political party
• ARA, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
• ARA/APU, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Office of Argentine, Paraguayan, and Uruguayan Affairs
• ARA/BC, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Office of Bolivian-Chilean Affairs
• ARA/BR, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Office of Brazilian Affairs
• ARA/CEN, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Office of Central American Affairs
• ARA/CV, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Office of Colombian-Venezuelan Affairs
• ARA/EP, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Office of Ecuadorian-Peruvian Affairs
• ARA/LA, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State; Bureau for Latin America, Agency for International Development
• ARA/MEX, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Office of Mexican Affairs
• ARA/NC, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Office of North Coast Affairs
• ARA/OAP, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Office of Central American and Panamanian Affairs
• ARENA, Aliança Renovadora Nacional (National Renewal Alliance), Brazilian political party
• ARMA, Army Attaché
• AV, aviation
• BA, Buenos Aires
• BG, British Guiana
• BOB, Bureau of the Budget
• CA, Central America
• CABEI, Central American Bank for Economic Integration
• CACM, Central American Common Market
• CAS, Controlled American Source
• CASP, Country Analysis and Strategy Paper
• CCC, Commodity Credit Corporation (Farm Service Agency of the Department of Agriculture)
• CEA, Council of Economic Advisers
• CGT, Comando Geral dos Trabalhadores (General Command of Workers), Brazil
• Chicom, Chinese Communist
• CI, counter insurgency
• CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
• CIAP, Comité Interamericana de la Alianza para el Progreso (Inter-American Committee on the Alliance for Progress)
• CINC, Commander-in-Chief
• CINCLANT, Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic
• CINCSO, Commander-in-Chief, Southern Command
• CINCSTRIKE, Commander in Chief, Strike Force
• COAS, Council of the Organization of American States
• COIN, counter insurgency
• COMIBOL, Corporacion Minera de Bolivia (Bolivian Mining Corporation)
• COMUSARSO, Commander, US Army, Southern Command
• COPEC, Companïá de Petróleos de Chile (Chilean Petroleum Company)
• COPEI, Comité de Organización Politica Electoral Independiente (Committee of Independent Electoral Political Organization), Venezuelan political party
• CORFO, Corporación de Fomento de la Producción (Production Development Corporation), Chile
• COS, Chief of Station
• CPSU, Communist Party of the Soviet Union
• CS, Clandestine Service (Central Intelligence Agency); o-chlorobenzalmalononitrile (a dispersal agent or tear gas)
• CST, Central Standard Time
• CT, Country Team
• CY, calendar year
• DAO, Defense Attaché Office
• DATT, Defense Attaché
• DCI, Director of Central Intelligence
• DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
• DDCI, Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
• DDP, Deputy Director for Plans, Central Intelligence Agency
• Deptel, Department of State telegram
• DF, Frente Democrática (Democratic Front), Chilean electoral alliance
• DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency
• Dissem, dissemination
• DOD, Department of Defense
• DOD/ISA, Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary for International Security Affairs
• DR, Dominican Republic
• E, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State; Escudos
• EA, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
• ECOSOC, Economic and Social Council
• Emb, Embassy
• Embtel, Embassy telegram
• Esso, Standard Oil of New Jersey
• EST, Eastern Standard Time
• EUR, Bureau of European and Canadian Affairs, Department of State
• Exdis, Exclusive Distribution
• Eximbank, Export-Import Bank of the United States
• FAA, Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
• FALN, Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional (Armed Forces of National Liberation), Venezuela
• FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations
• FAR, Fuerzas Armadas Rebeldes (Rebel Armed Forces), Guatemala
• FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation
• FDP, Fuerza Democrática Popular (Popular Democratic Force), Venezuelan political party
• FND, Frente Nacional Democrático (Democratic National Front), Venezuelan political party
• FonMin, Foreign Minister
• FRAP, Frente de Acción Popular (Popular Action Front), Chilean electoral alliance
• FSB, Falange Socialista Boliviana (Bolivian Socialist Falange), Bolivia
• FTN, Frente Nacional (National Front), Colombian Government coalition
• FY, fiscal year
• FYI, for your information
• G, Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
• G/PM, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs
• GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
• GN, Guard Nacionale
• GNP, Gross National Product
• GOA, Government of Argentina
• GOB, Government of Bolivia; Government of Brazil
• GOC, Government of Chile; Government of Colombia
• GOCR, Government of Costa Rica
• GOE, Government of Ecuador
• GOG, Government of Guatemala
• GOH, Government of Honduras
• GOM, Government of Mexico
• GON, Government of Nicaragua
• GOP, Government of Panama; Government of Peru
• GOU, Government of Uruguay
• GOV, Government of Venezuela
• HEW, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
• IA, Inter-American; Institutional Act (Ato Institucional)
• IADB, Inter-American Development Bank
• IA-ECOSOC, Inter-American Economic and Social Council
• IAF, Inter-American Force
• IAPF, Inter-American Peace Force
• IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
• IBWC, International Boundary and Water Commission
• IDA, International Development Association
• IDB, Inter-American Development Bank
• IMF, International Monetary Fund
• INDAP, Instituto de desarrollo agropecvario (Institute of Agricultural Development)
• INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• INR/DDC, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Deputy Director for Coordination
• INR/RAR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Office of Research and Analysis for American Republics
• IPC, International Petroleum Company
• IRG, Interdepartmental Regional Group
• IRG/ARA, Interdepartmental Regional Group for Inter-American Affairs
• ITT, International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation
• JBUSMC, Joint Brazil–United States Military Commission
• JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• L, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
• LA, Latin America; Bureau for Latin America, Agency for International Development
• LAFTA, Latin American Free Trade Association
• LAPC, Latin American Policy Committee
• LASO, Latin American Solidarity Organization
• LBJ, Lyndon Baines Johnson
• LDC, less developed country
• Limdis, Limited Distribution
• LME, London Metals Exchange
• LSD, landing ship, destroyer
• M, Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs; Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
• MAP, Military Assistance Program
• MAS, Military Assistance Sales
• MDAP, Mutual Defense Assistance Program
• MFM, Meeting of Foreign Ministers
• MILGP, Military Group
• MIR, Movimiento de la Izquierda Revolucionaria (Movement of the Revolutionary Left), Venezuela
• MLN, Movimiento de Liberación Nacional (National Liberation Movement), Guatemala
• MMT, Military Mobile Training Team
• MNR, Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario (National Revolutionary Movement), Bolivia
• MNRI, Movimiento Naciondista Revolucionario de Izqierda (Revolutionary Party of the National Left), Bolivia
• MOD, Minister of Defense
• MOIP, Mandatory Oil Import Program
• MPC, Moviemento Popular Christiano (Popular Christian Movement), Bolivia
• MRL, Movimiento Revolucionario Liberal (Liberal Revolutionary Movement), Colombia
• NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• NCG, National Council of Government, Uruguay
• NCO, non-commissioned officer
• NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
• NIH, National Institutes of Health
• Nodis, No Distribution
• Noforn, No Foreign Distribution
• NSA, National Security Agency
• NSAM, National Security Action Memorandum
• NSC, National Security Council
• NU, National Union Party, Panama
• OAS, Organization of American States
• OARS, other American Republics
• ODECA, Organization of Central American States
• OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
• OEO, Office of Economic Opportunity
• OEP, Office of Emergency Planning
• OPR/LS, Office of Operations, Language Services Division, Department of State
• OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
• PCB, Partido Comunista Boliviano (Bolivian Communist Party)
• PCB, Partido Comunista Brasileiro (Brazilian Communist Party)
• PCV, Partido Comunista Venezolano (Venezuelan Communist Party)
• PDC, Partido Democrático Cristiana (Christian Democratic Party), Chile
• Petrobrás, Petróleo Brasileiro, S.A., national petroleum company of Brazil
• PGT, Partido Guatemalteco del Trabajo (Guatemalan Labor Party)
• PID, Partido Institucional Democrático (Democratic Institutional Party), Guatemala
• PL, Public Law
• PLN, Partido Liberacion Nacional (National Liberation Party), Costa Rica
• PLN, Partido Liberal Nacionalista (Nationalist Liberal Party), Nicaragua
• POL, petroleum, oil, lubricants
• POLAD, Political Adviser
• PR, Partido Radical (Radical Party), Chile
• PR, Partido Revolucionario (Revolutionary Party), Guatemala
• PRA, Partido Revolucionario Auténtico, (Authentic Revolutionary Party), Bolivia
• PRI, Partido Revolucionario Institucional (Institutional Revolutionary Party), Mexico
• PRIN, Partido Revolucionario de la Izquierda Nacional (Revolutionary Party of the Nationalist Left), Bolivia
• PSD, Partido Social Democrático (Social Democratic Party), Brazil
• PTB, Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro (Brazilian Labor Party)
• ref, reference
• reftel, reference telegram
• rpt, repeat
• S, Office of the Secretary of State
• SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
• Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State while away from Washington
• septel, separate telegram
• SIG, Senior Interdepartmental Group
• SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate
• SPEU, Special Police Emergency Unit, Peru
• S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
• S/S–S, Executive Secretariat Staff, Department of State
• SUDENE, Superintency for the Development of the Northeast, Brazil
• TDY, temporary duty
• TOAID, series indicator for communications to the Agency for International Development
• Tosec, series indicator for telegrams to the Secretary of State while away from Washington
• U, Under Secretary of State
• UCRP, Unión Cívica Radical del Pueblo (Peoples' Radical Civic Union), Argentine political party
• UDN, Uniäo Democrática Nacional (National Democratic Union), Brazilian political party
• UK, United Kingdom
• UN, United Nations
• UNCTAD, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
• UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
• URD, Unión Republicana Democrática (Democratic Republican Union), Venezuelan political party
• USCINCSO, Commander-in-Chief, Southern Command
• USA, United States Army
• USAID, Agency for International Development
• USG, United States Government
• USIA, United States Information Agency
• USIS, United States Information Service
• USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• USUN, United States Mission to the United Nations
• UTC, Unión de Trabajadores de Colombia (Union of Colombian Workers)
• WH, White House
• WHD, Western Hemisphere Division, Directorate of Plans, Central Intelligence Agency
• YPFB, Yacimientos petrolíferos fiscales bolivianos, (Bolivian National Oilfields)