Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume
XXVII, Iran; Iraq, 1973–1976
Abbreviations and Terms
- AADC, Area Air
Defense Commander
- AAPSO, Afro-Asian
Peoples’ Solidarity Organization
- ABM, anti-ballistic
missile
- A/C, aircraft
- ACDA, Arms Control
and Disarmament Agency
- ADCM, Acting Deputy
Chief of Mission
- AEC, Atomic Energy
Commission
- AFL–CIO, American
Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations
- AFRT, Armed Forces
Radio and Television
- AID, Agency for
International Development
- Amb,
Ambassador
- AMST, Advanced
Medium STOL Aircraft
- API, American
Petroleum Institute
- ARAMCO,
Arabian-American Oil Company
- ARMISH/MAAG,
U.S. Army Mission in Iran/Military Assistance Advisory Group
- ARN, see
NEA/ARN
- ASD/ISA, Assistant
Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
- ASPR, Armed Services
Procurement Regulation
- ASW, anti-submarine
warfare
- AWACS, Airborne
Warning and Control System
- b/d, barrels per
day
- BP, British
Petroleum
- B/P, balance of
payments
- BPC, Basra Petroleum
Company
- BPD, barrels per
day
- BPI, Ba’ath Party of
Iraq
- BSO, Black September
Organization
- CAB, Civil
Aeronautics Board
- CCC, Commodity Credit
Corporation
- CEA, Council of
Economic Advisers
- CENTO, Central
Treaty Organization
- CFP, Compagnie
Française des Petroles
- CIA, Central
Intelligence Agency
- CIEP, Council on
International Economic Policy
- CINCEUR,
Commander in Chief, European Command
- CINCPAC,
Commander in Chief, Pacific Command
- CINCUSNAVEUR, Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces,
Europe
- CIS, Confederation of
Iranian Students
- CJCS, Chairman,
Joint Chiefs of Staff
- CNO, Chief of Naval
Operations
- COB, close of
business
- ConGen, Consul
General
- COMECON, Council
for Mutual Economic Assistance
- COMIDEASTFOR, Commander, Middle East Forces
- COMINT,
communications intelligence
- Cons,
Consulate
- COS, Chief of
Station
- CPI, Communist Party
in Iraq
- D, Office of the Deputy
Secretary of State
- DCI, Director of
Central Intelligence
- DCM, Deputy Chief of
Misson
- DDCI, Deputy
Director of Central Intelligence
- DDO, Deputy Director
for Operations, Central Intelligence Agency
- DefRepIran,
Defense Representative, Iran
- Dept, Department of
State
- Deptel, Department
of State telegram
- Depto, series
indicator for telegrams from the Deputy Secretary of State
- DIA, Defense
Intelligence Agency
- DirGen, Director
General
- dissem,
dissemination
- DOD, Department of
Defense
- DOD/ISA, Office of
the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
- DOD/ISA/NESA,
Office of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, International Security
Affairs, Department of Defense
- DOS, Department of
State
- DSAA, Defense
Security Assistance Agency
- E, Office of the Under
Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
- EB, Bureau of Economic
and Business Affairs, Department of State
- EB/ORF/FSE,
Division of Fuels and Energy, Office of International Resources and Food
Policy, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State
- ECM, electronic
countermeasure
- ELINT, electronic
intelligence
- Emb, Embassy
- EmbOff, Embassy
officer
- Embtel, Embassy
telegram
- ERDA, Energy
Research and Development Agency
- Exdis, exclusive
distribution (acronym indicating extremely limited distribution or
dissemination)
- EXIM, Export-Import
Bank
- FAA, Foreign
Assistance Act
- FAO, Food and
Agriculture Organization (UN)
- FBI, Federal Bureau
of Investigation
- FBIS, Foreign
Broadcast Information Service
- FEA, Federal Energy
Administration
- FMS, foreign military
sales
- FNLA, National
Liberation Front of Angola
- FNU, first name
unknown
- FonMin, Foreign
Minister; Foreign Ministry
- FonOff, Foreign
Office
- ForMin, Foreign
Minister; Foreign Ministry
- FRG, Federal Republic
of Germany
- FY, fiscal year
- GAO, General
Accounting Office
- GDP, gross domestic
product
- GNP, gross national
product
- GOB, Government of
Bahrain
- GOI, Government of
Iran
- GOI, Government of
Iraq
- GSP, Generalized
System of Preferences
- HAK, Henry A.
Kissingrer
- Hakto, series
indicator for telegrams from Henry Kissinger
- Hawk, surface-to-air
guided missile
- HFAC, House Foreign
Affairs Committee
- HIM, His Imperial
Majesty
- HK, Henry
Kissinger
- IAS, Iran-America
Society
- Ibex, U.S.-Iranian
project to build observation and listening posts in Iran
- IBRD, International
Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
- ICCS, International
Commission for Control and Supervision (Vietnam)
- ICHR, Iranian
Committee on Human Rights
- ICP, Iraqi Communist
Party
- ID, Iraqi dinar
- IG, Inspector
General
- IIA, Imperial Iranian
Army
- IIAF, Imperial
Iranian Air Force
- IIF, Imperial Iranian
Forces
- IIGF, Imperial
Iranian Ground Forces
- IIN, Imperial Iranian
Navy
- ILO, International
Labor Organization
- IMF, International
Monetary Fund
- inf, infantry
- INOC, Iraq National
Oil Company
- INR, Bureau of
Intelligence and Research, Department of State
- INR/RNA, Office of
Research and Analysis for Near East and South Asia, Bureau of Intelligence
and Research, Department of State
- IO, Bureau of
International Organization Affairs, Department of State
- IPC, Iraq Petroleum
Company
- IRN, see
NEA/IRN
- IRS, Internal Revenue
Service
- ISA, Iranian Students
Association
- ISA, Office of the
Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
- ITAR, International
Traffic in Arms Regulation
- J–2, Directorate for
Intelligence, Joint Staff
- JCS, Joint Chiefs of
Staff
- KDP, Kurdish
Democratic Party
- LDC, less developed
country
- Limdis, limited
distribution
- L/NEA, Office of the
Assistant Legal Adviser for Near East Affairs
- LNG, liquefied
natural gas
- L/O, Letter of
Offer
- LOA, Letter of
Agreement; Letter of Acceptance
- LTG, Lieutenant
General
- MAAG, Military
Assistance Advisory Group
- MAP, Military
Assistance Program
- MBFR, Mutual and
Balanced Force Reductions
- ME, Middle East
- memcon, memorandum
of conversation
- MFA, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs
- MFN, most favored
nation
- MG, Major
General
- MIDEASTFOR,
Middle East Force
- MilAtt, Military
Attaché
- MinDef, Minister
of Defense; Ministry of Defense
- MLG, Military Liaison
Group
- MPLA, People’s
Movement for the Liberation of Angola
- MW, megawatts
- NASA, National
Aeronautics and Space Administration
- 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/ARP, Office of
Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Yemen, and Aden Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and
South Asian Affairs, Department of State
- NEA/IRN, Office of
Iranian Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department
of State
- NEA/NE, Office of
Near Eastern Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs,
Department of State
- NEA/NR, Office of
Near Eastern, South Asian Regional Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South
Asian Affairs, Department of State
- NEA/RA, Office of
Regional Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department
of State
- NFZ,
nuclear-free-zone
- NIC, National
Intelligence Council
- NIE, National
Intelligence Estimate
- NIOC, National
Iranian Oil Company
- NIRT, National
Iranian Radio and Television
- Nodis, no
distribution
- Noforn, no foreign
dissemination
- Notal, not to all
addresses
- NPT, Nuclear
Nonproliferation Treaty
- NRM, National
Resistance Movement (Kurdish)
- NSA, National
Security Agency
- NSAM, National
Security Action Memorandum
- NSC, National
Security Council
- NSDM, National
Security Decision Memorandum
- NSSM, National
Security Study Memorandum
- OAPEC, Organization
of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries
- OASD/ISA, Office
of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security
Affairs
- OBE, overtaken by
events
- OCI, Office of
Current Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
- ODDI, Office of the
Deputy Director of Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
- OECD, Organization
for Economic Cooperation and Development
- OER, Office of
Economic Research, Central Intelligence Agency
- OES, Bureau of Oceans
and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Department of
State
- OMB, Office of
Management and Budget
- ONE, Office of
National Estimates, Central Intelligence Agency
- OPEC, Organization
of Petroleum Exporting Countries
- OSD, Office of the
Secretary of Defense
- P, Bureau of Public
Affairs, Department of State
- P&A, price and
availability
- PA&E, Office
of Program Analysis and Evaluation, Department of Defense
- PDRY, People’s
Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen)
- Peace Shield, radar
and air defense system
- PFLO, Popular Front
for the Liberation of Oman
- PFLOAG, Popular
Front for the Liberation of the Occupied Arab Gulf
- PM, Bureau of
Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State
- PM, Prime
Minister
- PM/MAS, Office of
Military Assistance and Sales, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs,
Department of State
- PNE, peaceful nuclear
explosion
- PNG, persona non
grata
- POLAD, Political
Adviser
- PolCouns,
Political Counselor
- PR, public
relations
- PRC, People’s
Republic of China
- PriMin, Prime
Minister
- PRSY, People’s
Republic of Southern Yemen
- RADM, Rear
Admiral
- RCC, Revolutionary
Command Council, Ba’athist Government in Iraq
- R&D, research
and development
- ref, reference
- reftel, reference
telegram
- Rep,
Representative
- RG, Record
Group
- RNA, see
INR/RNA
- rpt, repeat
- S, Office of the
Secretary of State
- SALT, Strategic Arms
Limitation Talks
- SAM, surface to air
missile
- SAMAA, Special
Assistant for Military Assistance Affairs, Joint Chiefs of Staff
- SAPRC, Security
Assistance Program Review Committee
- SAVAK, Iranian
National Bureau of Security and Intelligence (Sazman-i Ittili’at va
Amniyat-i Kishvar in Farsi)
- SC, Security Council
(UN)
- SCA, Bureau of
Security and Consular Affairs, Department of State
- Scud, tactical
ballistic missile
- SEATO, Southeast
Asia Treaty Organization
- SecDef, Secretary
of Defense
- Secto, series
indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State
- Secy, Secretary of
State
- Seek Sentry,
Iranian air defense program of ground-based, long-range surveillance
radars
- Seek Switch,
program to modernize the Iranian military and civilian telecommunications
system
- SFRC, Senate Foreign
Relations Committee
- SNM, special nuclear
material
- Sov, Soviet
- SRG, Senior Review
Group
- S/S, Executive
Secretariat, Department of State
- Stadis, Department
of State distribution only
- T, Office of the Under
Secretary of State for Security Assistance
- TAFT, Technical
Assistance Field Team
- Tohak, series
indicator for telegrams to Henry Kissinger
- Tosec, series
indicator for telegrams to the Secretary of State
- TOW, tube-launched,
optically-tracked, wire-guided missile
- U, Office of the Under
Secretary of State
- UAE, United Arab
Emirates
- UAR, United Arab
Republic
- UEA, Uranium
Enrichment Associates
- UK, United
Kingdom
- UN, United
Nations
- UNEF, United Nations
Emergency Force
- UNGA, United Nations
General Assembly
- UNHCR, United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- UNITA, National
Union for the Total Independence of Angola
- UNSC, United Nations
Security Council
- UnSec, Under
Secretary
- UNSYG, United
Nations Secretary General
- USAF, United States
Air Force
- USC, Under
Secretaries Committee
- USCINCEUR,
Commander in Chief, United States European Command
- USG, United States
Government
- USIA, United States
Information Agency
- USIB, United States
Intelligence Board
- USINT, United
States Interests Section, Baghdad, Iraq
- USIS, United States
Information Service
- USN, United States
Navy
- USSR, Union of
Soviet Socialist Republics
- USUN, United States
Mission to the United Nations
- VIP(s), very
important person(s)
- VP, Vice
President
- WE, Western
Europe
- WFC, World Food
Conference
- YAR, Yemen Arab
Republic