Abbreviations and Terms

• AA/PRR, Office of Private Resources (AID)
• ACQ, acquired
• AD, Acción Democrática (Democratic Action Party), Venezuela
• ADDO, Assistant Deputy Director for Operations, Central Intelligence Agency
• ADDP, Assistant Deputy Director for Plans, Central Intelligence Agency
• AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
• AFL–CIO, American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations
• AFTAC, Air Force Technical Applications Command
• AID, Agency for International Development
• AIFLD, American Institute for Free Labor Development
• AMA, American Medical Association
• AP, Associated Press
• APRA, Alianza Popular Revolucionario Americana (Popular Revolutionary Alliance), Peru
• ARA, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
• ARA/BC, Office of Bolivia-Chile Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
• ARMA, Army Attaché
• Backchannel, a method of communication outside normal bureaucratic procedure; the White House, for instance, used “backchannel” messages to bypass the Department of State
• C–130, high-wing, 4-turboprop-engine aircraft used for rapid transportation of troops and/or equipment
• CAP, Compañía Acero Pacifica (Pacific Steel Company), Chilean National Steel Company
• CAS, controlled American source
• CASP, Country Analysis and Strategy Plan
• CCC, Commodity Credit Corporation
• CS, Clandestine Services
• CECLA, Comisión Especial de Coordinación Latinoamericana (Special Latin American Coordinating Commission)
• CEN, National Executive Committee of the Partido Radical (Radical Party)
• CESEC, Centro de Estudios Socio-Economicos, polling agency
• CG, Commanding General
• CG, Consul General
• CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
• CIAP, Comité Inter-Americano de la Alianza para Progreso (Inter-American Committee of the Alliance for Progress) to the Inter-American Economic and Social Council
• CIEP, Corporación Instituto de Educación Popular (Institute for Popular Education); also Council for International Economic Policy
• CINC, Commander-in-Chief
• CINCSO, CINCSOUTH, Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Southern Command (U.S. Navy)
• CLA, Council for Latin America
• CNO, Chief of Naval Operations
• CODELCO, Corporación del Cobre (Copper Corporation of Chile)
• COMUSNAVSO, Commander, U.S. Navy, Southern Command
• COPEC, Compañía de Petróleos de Chile (Chilean Petroleum Company)
• COPEI, Comité Organizado por Elecciones Independientes (Social Christian Party), Venezuela
• CORFO, Corporación de Fomento (National Development Bank)
• COS, Chief of Station
• CUT, Central Unitaria Trabajadores de Chile (Confederation of Trade Unions)
• D, Deputy Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
• DAO, Defense Attaché Office
• DATT, Defense Attaché
• DCI, Director of Central Intelligence
• DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
• DDCI, Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
• DDO, Deputy Director for Operations, Central Intelligence Agency
• DDP, Deputy Director for Plans, Central Intelligence Agency
• DefAtt, Defense Attaché
• DI, Departamento de Investigaciones (Department of Investigations), Chile; also Directorate for Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
• DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency
• Dissem, Dissemination
• DO, Directorate of Operations, Central Intelligence Agency
• DOI, Date of Information
• DOD, Department of Defense
• DP, Directorate of Plans, Central Intelligence Agency
• E, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
• E&E, Emergency and Evacuation
• Embtel, Embassy telegram
• E/ORF, Office of International Resources and Food Policy, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
• ETA, estimated time of arrival
• ETD, estimated time of departure
• Exdis, Exclusive Distribution
• EX–IM, Export-Import Bank
• F–5, twin engine, supersonic light tactical fighter with one or two crew members
• FAA, Federal Aviation Administration; Foreign Assistance Act
• FACh, Fuerza Aérea de Chile (Chilean Air Force)
• FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation
• FMS, Foreign Military Sales
• FonMin, ForMin, Foreign Minister
• FRAP, Frente de Acción Popular (Popular Action Front)
• FRC, Federal Records Center
• FSO, Fund for Special Operations (Inter-American Development Bank)
• FY, Fiscal Year
• G–10, Group of Ten (Belgium, Canada, Federal Republic of Germany, France, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States)
• GA, General Assembly of the United Nations
• GM, General Motors
• GOC, Government of Chile
• golpe , coup
• Gosplan, State Committee for Planning of the Soviet Union
• HAK, Henry A. Kissinger
• HQS, Headquarters
• IADB, Inter-American Defense Board
• IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
• IDB, Inter-American Development Bank
• IFI, International Financial Institutions
• IMF, International Monetary Fund
• INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• INR/DDC, Deputy Director of Coordination, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• INR/IL, Office of Intelligence Liaison, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• IPC, International Petroleum Company
• ISA, Office of International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
• ITT, International Telephone and Telegraph
• JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• K, Kissinger
• LA, Latin America
• LAN, Linea Aérea Nacional (National Airline of Chile)
• L/ARA, Office of the Legal Adviser for Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
• LATAM, Latin America
• Limdis, limited distribution
• MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
• MAP, Military Assistance Program
• MAPEX, Military assistance program excess
• MAPU, Movimiento de Acción Popular Unitario (United Popular Action Movement)
• MFA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• MilAid, Military Aid
• MilGroup, MilGrp, Military Group
• MIMEX, Major item material excess
• MinAgric, Minister of Agriculture
• MinDefense, Minister of Defense
• MinEcon, Minister of Economy
• MinInt, Minister of Interior
• MinJust, Minister of Justice
• MIR, Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria (Revolutionary Left Movement)
• MRII, Movimiento Radical Izquierda Independiente (Independent Radical Movement of the Left)
• NAC, National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Policies
• NARA, National Archives and Records Administration
• NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• NCO, non-commissioned officer
• NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
• Nodis, No Distribution
• Non-com, non-commissioned officer
• NSA, National Security Agency
• NSC, National Security Council
• NSDM, National Security Decision Memorandum
• NSF, National Science Foundation
• NSSM, National Security Study Memorandum
• NYT, The New York Times
• OAS, Organization of American States
• OBE, overtaken by events
• OMB, Office of Management and Budget
• ONE, Office of National Estimates, Central Intelligence Agency
• OPIC, Overseas Private Investment Corporation
• para, paragraph
• PCCh, Partido Comunista de Chile (Chilean Communist Party)
• PDC, Partido Demócrata Cristiano (Christian Democratic Party)
• PDR, Partido Demócrata Radical (Radical Democratic Party)
• PIR, Partido Izquierda Radical (Radical Party of the Left)
• PL, Public Law
• P&L, Patria y Libertad (Fatherland and Liberty), Chilean right-wing political-military organization
• PN, Partido Nacional (National Party)
• POL, political affairs and relations in the Department of State Central Files
• PR, Partido Radical (Radical Party)
• PS, Partido Socialista (Socialist Party)
• PSD, Partido Socialista Demócrata (Socialist Democrat Party)
• RCA, Radio Corporation of America
• reftel, reference telegram
• RG, Record Group
• RTAC, Regional Technical Assistance Center
• septel, separate telegram
• SFRC, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
• SIDUCAM, Sindicato Independiente de Union de Carnionistas (Private Truck Owners’ Confederation)
• SIMEX, Secondary material excess
• sitrep, Situation Report
• SLC, Special Letter of Credit
• SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate
• SOUTHCOM, United States Army, Southern Command
• SRG, Senior Review Group
• Todep, indicator for telegrams to the Deputy Secretary of State
• UN, United Nations
• UNCTAD, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
• UNDP, United Nations Development Program
• UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
• UNITAS, annual U.S.-South American naval exercise
• UP, Unidad Popular (Chilean coalition of Communists, socialists, and leftists)
• USAF, United States Air Force
• USCINCSO, United States Commander-in-Chief, Southern Command
• USG, United States Government
• USIA, United States Information Agency
• USIS, United States Information Service
• USN, United States Navy
• USP, Union Socialista Popular (Popular Socialist Union)
• USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• VOA, Voice of America
• WH, Western Hemisphere
• WHD, Western Hemisphere Division, Directorate of Operations, Central Intelligence Agency
• WSAG, Washington Special Actions Group
• Z, Zulu (Greenwich Mean) Time