Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume
XXXI, Foreign Economic Policy, 1973–1976
Abbreviations and Terms
ACP, African,
Caribbean, and Pacific countries
ADB, Asian Development
Bank
AFL–CIO, American
Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations
AID, Agency for
International Development
B/D, barrels per
day
BIS, Bank for
International Settlements
BOP, balance of
payments
BP, British
Petroleum
BTN, Brussels Tariff
Nomenclature
C–20, Committee of 20
(Committee on Reform of the International Monetary System)
CAP, Common
Agricultural Policy
CARE, Cooperative for
Assistance and Relief Everywhere
CARITAS, Carias
Internationalis (Catholic relief and development organization)
CCC, Commodity Credit
Corporation
CDU, Christian
Democratic Union (Federal Republic of Germany)
CEA, Council of
Economic Advisers
CGFPI, Consultative
Group on Food Production and Investment
CGIAR, Consultative
Group on International Agricultural Research
CIA, Central
Intelligence Agency
CIEC, Conference on
International Economic Cooperation
CIEP, Council on
International Economic Policy
CIEPDM, Council on
International Economic Policy Decision Memorandum
CIEPSM, Council on
International Economic Policy Study Memorandum
CIF, cost, insurance,
and freight
COB, close of
business
COLC, Cost of Living
Council
COMECON, Council
for Mutual Economic Assistance
CPCC, Commodity
Policy Coordinating Committee
CPI, consumer price
index
CPR, Chinese People's
Republic
CSCE, Conference for
Security and Cooperation in Europe
D, Democrat;
Democratic
DC, developed
country
D-mark,
deutschmark
DISC, Domestic
International Sales Corporation
DM, deutschmark
DOD, Department of
Defense
d.v., deo volente (God
willing)
E, Office of the Under
Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
EB, Bureau of Economic
and Business Affairs, Department of State
EC, European
Community
ECOSOC, United
Nations Economic and Social Council
EEC, European Economic
Community
EFTA, European Free
Trade Association
EOB, Executive Office
Building
EPB, Economic Policy
Board
EUR, Bureau of
European Affairs, Department of State
EUR/CE, Office of
Central European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of
State
Exdis, exclusive
distribution only
EXIM; EX-IM,
Export-Import Bank
FAA, Foreign
Assistance Act
FAO, Food and
Agriculture Organization (United Nations)
FEA, Federal Energy
Administration
FR, Federal
Reserve
FRB, Federal Reserve
Board
FRG, Federal Republic
of Germany
FY, fiscal year
G–5, Group of Five
(Federal Republic of Germany, France, Japan, United Kingdom, United
States)
G–10, Group of Ten
(Belgium, Canada, Federal Republic of Germany, France, Italy, Japan,
Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States)
G–77, Group of 77,
group of developing countries established at the conclusion of the first
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development in 1964
GAB, General Agreement
to Borrow
GAO, Government
Accountability Office
GATT, General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GDP, gross domestic
product
GNP, gross national
product
GOF, Government of
France
GOJ, Government of
Japan
GPS, George P. Shultz
GSA, General Services
Administration
GSP, Generalized
System of Preferences
HAK, Henry A. Kissinger
Hakto, designation
for a message or telegram from Henry
Kissinger
IDA, International
Development Association
IDB, Inter-American
Development Bank
IEA, International
Energy Agency
IEP, International
Energy Program
IFAD, International
Fund for Agricultural Development
IFC, International
Finance Corporation
IFI, international
financial institution
IFPRI, International
Food Policy Research Institute
IFRG, International
Food Review Group
IFSS, International
Fertilizer Supply Scheme
ILO, International
Labor Organization
IMF, International
Monetary Fund
IMG, International
Monetary Group
IO, Bureau of
International Organization Affairs, Department of State
IRB, International
Resources Bank
ISAC, Industry Sector
Advisory Committee
ITC, International
Trade Commission
IWA, International
Wheat Agreement
IWC, International
Wheat Council
JFY, Japanese fiscal
year
LDC, less developed
country
LDP, Liberal
Democratic Party (Japan)
LDX, long distance
xerography
Limdis, limited
distribution
LOS, Law of the
Sea
MAP, Military
Assistance Program
MASF, Military
Assistance Services Funded
MBFR, Mutual and
Balanced Force Reductions
memcon, memorandum
of conversation
MFA, Multifiber
Arrangement
MFN, most favored
nation
MMBD, millions of
barrels per day
MNC, multinational
corporation
MNE, multinational
enterprise
MSA, most seriously
affected countries
MSP, minimum safeguard
price
MTN, multilateral
trade negotiations
Niact, Night
action
NIEO, New
International Economic Order
Nodis, no
distribution
NSDM, National
Security Decision Memorandum
NSSM, National
Security Study Memorandum
NTB, non-tariff
barrier
NTM, Non-Tariff
Measures Group (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade)
OAPEC, Organization
of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries
OAS, Organization of
American States
OBE, overtaken by
events
OCS, outer continental
shelf
OECD, Organization
for Economic Cooperation and Development
OMA, orderly marketing
agreement
OMB, Office of
Management and Budget
OPEC, Organization of
Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPIC, Overseas
Private Investment Corporation
PAV, Paul A. Volcker
Permrep, permanent
representative
P.L. 480, Public Law
480
PRC, People's Republic
of China
Prepcom,
preparatory committee
Prepcon,
preparatory conference
QR, quantitative
restriction
Quadriad,
economic advisory body consisting of the Secretary of the Treasury, the
Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, the Chairman of the Federal
Reserve System Board of Governors, and the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget
R, Republican
R&D, research and
development
reftel, reference
telegram
reps,
representatives
rpt, repeat
S, Office of the
Secretary of State
S/PC, Planning and
Coordination Staff, Department of State
S/S, Executive
Secretariat, Department of State
SALT, Strategic Arms
Limitation Talks
SEC, Securities and
Exchange Commission
Secto, series
indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State while away from
Washington
Septel, separate
telegram
SDR, Special Drawing
Rights (International Monetary Fund)
SEC, Securities and
Exchange Commission
SPD, Social Democratic
Party (Federal Republic of Germany)
SRG, Senior Review
Group
Stabex, Système de
Stabilisation des Recettes d'Exportation (European Community)
Stadis,
distribution only within the Department of State
STR, Office of the
Special Trade Representative
SYG, Secretary
General
telcon, telephone
conversation
TNC, Trade
Negotiations Committee (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade)
Tohak, designation
for a telegram or message sent to Henry
Kissinger
Tosec, series
indicator for telegrams to the Secretary of State while away from
Washington
TRA, Trade Reform
Act
TUC, Trades Union
Congress
UNCTAD, United
Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNDP, United Nations
Development Programme
UNGA, United Nations
General Assembly
UNICEF, United
Nations Children's Fund
USDA, United States
Department of Agriculture
USDel, United States
Delegation
USEC, United States
Mission to the European Community
USG, United States
Government
USNATO, United
States Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
USOECD, United
States Mission to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development
USUN, United States
Mission to the United Nations
VAT, value-added
tax
VRA, voluntary
restraint agreement
W&M, Ways and Means
Committee, House of Representatives
