Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume
XVIII, China, 1973–1976
Abbreviations and Terms
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ACDA, Arms Control and Disarmament
Agency
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AC&W, aircraft control and
warning
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ADB, Asian Development Bank
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AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
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AID, Agency for International
Development
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AMB, ambassador
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AP, Associated Press
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AR, Albanian Resolution (UN)
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ASEAN, Association of Southeast
Asian Nations
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ASW, anti-submarine warfare (DOD)
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BOP, balance of payments
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CCK, Chiang Ching-kuo
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CHICOM, Chinese Communist
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CIA, Central Intelligence
Agency
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CIEP, Council on International
Economic Policy (U.S.)
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CINCPAC, Commander in Chief,
Pacific
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CNO, Chief of Naval Operations (DOD)
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COMNAVFORJAPAN, Commander,
Naval Forces, Japan
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COMSEVENTHFLT, Commander,
Seventh Fleet
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COMUSJ, Commander U.S. Forces,
Japan
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CONGEN, Consulate General
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CONUS, Continental United
States
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DCI, Director of Central Intelligence
(CIA)
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DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission, United
States Embassy
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DEPTEL, Department of State
telegram
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DIA, Defense Intelligence
Agency
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DIS or DISS.,
dissemination
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DOD, Department of Defense
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DOD/ISA, Department of Defense,
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security
Affairs
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DOS, Department of State
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DR, Dual Representation (UN)
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DRV, Democratic Republic of Vietnam
(North Vietnam)
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DSP, Democratic Socialist Party
(Japan)
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E, Bureau of Economic Affairs,
Department of State
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EA, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific
Affairs, Department of State
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EA/J, Officer in Charge of Japanese
Affairs, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of
State
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EAP, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific
Affairs, Department of State
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ECM, electronic countermeasures
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EDA, excess defense articles
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EMBTEL, embassy telegram
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ESC, European Security
Conference
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EXDIS, exclusive distribution
(indicates extremely limited dissemination)
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FAC, foreign assets control
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FBI, Federal Bureau of
Investigation
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FBIS, Foreign Broadcast Information
Service
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FCN, Friendship, Commerce, and
Navigation (Treaty)
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FMS, foreign military sales
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FNLA, National Liberation Front of
Angola (Frente Nacional de Libertacao de Angola)
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FONMIN, foreign minister
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FRC, Federal Records Center
(U.S.)
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FRD, formerly restricted data
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FSO, Foreign Service officer
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FT, foreign trade
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FY, fiscal year
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FYI, for your information
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GA, General Assembly (UN)
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GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs
and Trade
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GIMO, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek
(Jiang Jieshi)
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GNP, gross national product
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GOJ, Government of Japan
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GOVT, Government
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GPO, Government Printing Office
(U.S.)
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GRC, Government of the Republic of
China on Taiwan
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GRUNK, Gouvernement Royal d’Union
Nationale du Kampuchéa (Cambodia)
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GVN, Government of Vietnam
(South)
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HAK, Henry A. Kissinger
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HK, Hong Kong, also initials for
Henry Kissinger
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HQ, headquarters
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IAEA, International Atomic Energy
Agency
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IBRD, International Bank for
Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
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ICC, International Control
Commission
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ICCS, International Commission of
Control and Supervision
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IG, Interdepartmental Group
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IMF, International Monetary
Fund
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INFO, information
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INR, Bureau of Intelligence and
Research, Department of State
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INR/EAP, Bureau of Intelligence and
Research, East Asia and the Pacific, Department of State
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INTEL, intelligence
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IO, Bureau of International
Organization Affairs, Department of State
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IO/UNP, Bureau of International
Organization Affairs, Office of United Nations Political Affairs
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IQ, important question (UN)
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IRBM, intermediate range ballistic
missile
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ISA, Bureau of International Security
Affairs, Department of Defense
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ITAC, Interagency Textile
Administrative Committee
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J, Under Secretary for Political
Affairs, Department of State
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JAEC, Japanese Atomic Energy
Commission
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JCRR, Joint Commission on Rural
Reconstruction (ROC)
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JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
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JCSM, Joint Chiefs of Staff
memorandum
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JDA, Japanese Defense Agency
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JGLO, Japanese Government Liaison
Office, Ryukyu Islands
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JHH, John Herbert Holdridge
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JSDF, Japanese Self-Defense
Forces
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JSP, Japanese Socialist Party
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KMT, Kuomintang (Nationalist Party,
ROC), also called the Guomindang
(GMD)
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L, Office of the Legal Adviser,
Department of State
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LDP, Liberal Democratic Party
(Japan)
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LIMDIS, limited distribution (see
also EXDIS)
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LO, liaison office
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LTA, The Long Term
Arrangement/Agreement on Cotton Textiles
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M, Deputy Under Secretary of State for
Management
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MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory
Group
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MAP, Military Assistance/Aid
Program
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MBFR, Mutual and Balanced Force
Reductions
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MFA, Multifiber Agreement
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MFN, Most Favored Nation
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MIA, missing in action
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MITI, Ministry of International Trade
and Industry (Japan)
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MOD, minister of defense
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MPLA, Popular Movement for the
Liberation of Angola (Movimento Popular de Libertacao de Angola)
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MST, Mutual Security Treaty
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NATO, North Atlantic Treaty
Organization
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NIE, National Intelligence
Estimate
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NLF, National Liberation Front
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NODIS, no distribution (other than
to persons indicated)
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NOFORN, no foreign
dissemination
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NOTAL, not to all
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NPT, Nonproliferation Treaty
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NSA, National Security Agency
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NSC, National Security Council
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NSDM, National Security Decision
Memorandum
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NSSM, National Security Study
Memorandum
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OASD/ISA, Office of the Assistant
Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
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OBE, overtaken by events
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OCI, Office of Current Intelligence
(CIA)
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OECD, Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development
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OMB, Office of Management and
Budget
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O&M, operation and maintenance
(DOD)
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ONE, Office of National Estimates
(CIA)
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OPIC, Overseas Private Investment
Corporation
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OSD, Office of the Secretary of
Defense
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OUSD, Office of the Under Secretary
of Defense
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PACAF, Pacific Air Force
(U.S.)
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PACOM, Pacific Command (U.S.)
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PARA, paragraph
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PFIAB, President’s Foreign
Intelligence Advisory Board
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PLA, People’s Liberation Army (PRC)
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PM, Bureau of Politico-Military
Affairs, Department of State; also Prime Minister
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POL, political
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PRC, People’s Republic of China
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PRCLO, People’s Republic of China
Liaison Office (Washington)
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PRES, the President
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PRG, Provisional Revolutionary
Government
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PriMin, Prime Minister
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QR, Quota Restriction
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QTE, quote
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REFTEL, reference telegram
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REP, representative
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RES, resolution (UN)
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RET’D, returned (indicates when the
President finished reading a document)
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RG, record group (National Archives and
Records Administration)
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RN, Richard Nixon
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RNC, Republican National
Committee
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ROC, Republic of China on Taiwan (see
also GRC)
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ROCAF, Republic of China Air
Force
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ROK, Republic of Korea (South
Korea)
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RPT, repeat
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RVN, Republic of Vietnam (South
Vietnam)
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S, Office of the Secretary of
State
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SALT, Strategic Arms Limitation
Talks
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SC, Security Council (UN)
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SCA, Bureau of Security and Consular
Affairs, Department of State
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SCI, Bureau of International
Scientific and Technological Affairs, Department of State; also sensitive
compartmentalized information
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SEA, Southeast Asia
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SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty
Organization
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SECDEF, Secretary of Defense
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SECTO, from the Secretary of State
(used for telegrams from the Secretary or his party while he is on
travel)
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SECY, Secretary of State
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SECY GEN, Secretary General
(UN)
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SEPTEL, separate telegram
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SIG, Senior Interdepartmental Group
(NSC)
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SNIE, Special National Intelligence
Estimate
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SOF(A), Status of Forces
(Agreement)
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S/P, Policy Planning Staff, Department
of State
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SRG, Senior Review Group (NSC)
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S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department
of State
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SUBPAC, Submarine Force, United
States Pacific Fleet
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SVN, South Vietnam
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TDY, Temporary Duty
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TOSEC, to the Secretary of State
(used for telegrams to the Secretary while he is on travel)
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TOSIT, to the White House Situation
Room
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TS, Top Secret
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TV, television
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U, Office of the Under Secretary of
State
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UK, United Kingdom
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UN, United Nations
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UNC, United Nations Command
(Korea)
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UNCTAD, United Nations Conference
on Trade and Development
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UNCURK, United Nations Commission
for the Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea
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UNESCO, United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization
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UNGA, United Nations General
Assembly
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UNITA, National Union for Total
Independence of Angola (Uniao Nacional para a Independencia Total de
Angola)
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UNQTE, unquote
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UPI, United Press International
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USA, United States Army
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USAF, United States Air Force
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USFY, United States fiscal
year
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USG, United States Government
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USIA, United States Information
Agency
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USIB, United States Intelligence
Board
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USIS, United States Information
Service
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U-S/M, Under Secretaries’
memorandum
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USN, United States Navy
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USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics
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USUN, United States Mission to the
United Nations
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VN, Vietnam VOA, Voice of America VP,
Vice President
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WESTPAC, Western Pacific
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WH, White House
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WNRC, Washington National Records
Center
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Z, Zulu time (Greenwich Mean
Time)