Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume
E–5, Part 2, Documents on North Africa, 1969–1972
Abbreviations and Terms
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ADB, African Development Bank
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AF, Bureau of African Affairs,
Department of State
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AF/AFI, Office of Inter-African
Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
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AF/N, Office of Northern African
Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
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AF/RA, Office of Regional Affairs,
Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
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AFCM, Country Director for Central
Africa, Malagasy and Mauritius, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of
State
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AFCW, Country Director for West
Central Africa, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
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AFE, Office of Eastern and Southern
African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
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AFL-CIO, American Federation of
Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations
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AFP, Agence France Presse
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AFSE, Country Director for
Southeastern Africa, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
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AID, Agency for International
Development (also USAID)
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Amb, Ambassador
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Amcits, American citizens
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Amemb, American Embassy
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ANC, African National Congress or the
Congolese National Army
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AP, Associated Press
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APC, armored personnel carrier
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ASAP, as soon as possible
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BAC, British Aircraft
Corporation
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BNA, Office of British Commonwealth
and Northern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of
State
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BP, British Petroleum
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CA, circular airgram
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CAE, Congolese Air Force
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CAR, Central African Republic
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CAS, Controlled American Source
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ChiCom, Chinese Communist(s)
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ChiRep, Chinese representational
question
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CHMAAG, Chief, Military Assistance
Advisory Group
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CHMUSLO, Chairman, U.S. Liaison
Office
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CI, Counterinsurgency
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CIA, Central Intelligence
Agency
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CIA/DDP, Deputy Director for Plans,
Central Intelligence Agency
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CIB, Combined Intelligence
Board
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CINCEUR, Commander in Chief,
European Command
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CINCLANT, Commander in Chief,
Armed Forces, Atlantic
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CINCMEAFSA, Commander in Chief,
Middle East/South Asia and Africa South of the Sahara
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CINCSTRIKE/CINCMEAFSA, Commander in Chief, Strike Command;
Commander In Chief, Middle East, South Asia and Africa South of the
Sahara
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CINCUSAFE, Commander in Chief,
United States Air Force, Europe
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CINSTRIKE, Commander in Chief,
Strike Command
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CJCS, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of
Staff
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CO, Commanding Officer; Commonwealth
Office (Nigeria)
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COCOM, Coordinating Committee on
Export Controls
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COMNAVTRACOM, Commander,
Naval Training Command
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COMUSJTE, Commander, U.S. Joint
Task Force
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CONUS, continental United
States
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COREMO, Comite Revolucionario de
Mocambique (Revolutionary Committee of Mozambique)
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CPP, Convention’s People’s Party
(Ghana)
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CPR, Chinese People’s Republic
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CRO, Commonwealth Relations
Office
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CS, Chief of Staff
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CU, Bureau of Educational and Cultural
Affairs, Department of State
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CYDEF, Libyan gendarmerie
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DAO, Defense Attaché’s Office
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DATT, Defense Attaché
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DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
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DDP/AE, Deputy Director of Plans for
Africa, Central Intelligence Agency
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DefMin, Defense Minister
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Del, Delegation
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Depcirtel, Department of State
circular telegram
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Deptel, Department of State
telegram
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Deptoff, Department Officer
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DFA, Department of Foreign
Affairs
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DHC, District High Commissioner
(Nigeria)
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DIA, Defense Intelligence
Agency
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DOD, Department of Defense
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DOD, Department of Defense
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DOD/ISA, Office of the Assistant
Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
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DOS, Department of State
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DRC, Democratic Republic of the
Congo
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E, Office of the Assistant Secretary of
State for Economic Affairs
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E/ORF/FSE, Office of Fuels and
Energy, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
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ECA, Economic Commission for Africa
(ECOSOC)
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EEC, European Economic Community
(Common Market)
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ELF, Eritrean Liberation Front
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Emb, Embassy
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Emboff, Embassy officer
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Embtel, Embassy telegram
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EST, Eastern Standard Time
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ETA, estimated time of arrival
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EUCOM, European Command
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EUR, Bureau of European Affairs,
Department of State
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EUR/BMI, Office of British, Irish,
and Maltan Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
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EUR/FBX, Office of French and
Benelux Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
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EXDIS, executive distribution
only
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EXIMBANK, Export-Import
Bank
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FBIS, Foreign Broadcast Information
Service
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FM, Foreign Minister
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FMG, Federal Military Government
(Nigeria)
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FMS, Foreign Military Sales
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FNLA, Frente Nacional de Libertacao
de Angola (National Front for the Liberation of Angola)
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FonMin, Foreign Minister
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FonOff, Foreign Office
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FonSec, Foreign Secretary
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FPC, Federal Power Commission
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FRC, Federal Records Center
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FRELIMO, Frente de Libertacao de
Mocambique (Mozambique Liberation Front)
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FRG, Federal Republic of
Germany
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FY, fiscal year
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FYI, for your information
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GA, United Nations General
Assembly
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GDRC, Government of the Democratic
Republic of Congo
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GNP, Gross National Product
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GOA, Government of Algeria
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GOB, Government of Burundi
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GOC, Government of the Congo
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GOF, Government of France
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GOG, Government of Ghana
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GOI, Government of Italy
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GOIC, Government of Ivory Coast (Cote
d’Ivoire)
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GOK, Government of Kenya
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GOL, Government of Libya
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GOM, Government of Morocco
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GON, Government of Nigeria
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GOP, Government of Portugal
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GOR, Government of Rhodesia,
Government of Rwanda
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GOS, Government of Senegal
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GOT, Government of Tunisia
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GOU, Government of Uganda
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GOUV, Government of Upper Volta
(Haute Volta)
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GRAE, Angolan Revolutionary
Government in Exile
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GRC, Government of the Republic of
China
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GRZ, Government of the Republic of
Zambia
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GSR, Government of the Somali
Republic
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GURTZ, Government of the United
Republic of Tanzania
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HICOM, High Commissioner
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HIM, His Imperial Majesty
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HM, His Majesty
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HMG, Her Majesty’s Government
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HQ, Headquarters
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IBRD, International Bank for
Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
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ICFTU, International Confederation
of Free Trade Unions
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ICJ, International Court of
Justice
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ICRC, International Committee of the
Red Cross
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IDA, International Development
Association
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IEG, Imperial Ethiopian
Government
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IEGF, Imperial Ethiopian Government
Forces
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IG/AF, National Security Council
Interdepartmental Group on Africa
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IMF, International Monetary
Fund
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INR, Bureau of Intelligence and
Research, Department of State
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INR/DDC, Deputy Director for
Coordination, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of
State
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INR/RAF, Office of Research and
Analysis for Africa, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of
State
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IRG, Interdepartmental Regional
Group
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IRG/AF, Interdepartmental Regional
Group, Africa
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ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary
of Defense for International Security Affairs
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JANAF, Joint Army, Navy, Air
Force
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JCA, Joint Church AID, USA
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JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
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JCSM, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Memorandum
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JTF, Joint Task Force
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KANU, Kenya African National
Union
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L, Office of the Legal Adviser,
Department of State
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L/AF, Office of the Assistant Legal
Adviser for African Affairs, Department of State
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L/C, Office of the Assistant Legal
Adviser for International Claims, Department of State
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L/E, Office of the Assistant Legal
Adviser for Economic Affairs, Department of State
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L/UNA, Assistant Legal Adviser for
United Nations Affairs, Department of State
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LARA, Libyan Arab Republic
Army
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LARAF, Libyan Arab Republic Air
Force
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LARG, Libyan Arab Republic
Government
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LDC, Less Developed Country
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LGTA, General League of Angolan
Workers
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LIMDIS, limited distribution
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LNG, liquefied natural gas
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LNOC, Libyan National Oil
Corporation
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M, Office of the Under Secretary of
State for Political Affairs
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MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory
Group
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MAP, Military Assistance
Program
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MATS, Military Air Transport
Service
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MDRA, Mouvement Democratique pour le
Renouveau Algerien, Algerian opposition party
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Memcon, memorandum of
conversation
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MIG, A. I. Mikoyan I M. I. Gurevich
(Soviet fighter aircraft named for designers Mikoyan and Gurevich)
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MilGovs, Military
Governments
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MinDef, Minister of Defense
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MinExtAff, Minister of External
Affairs
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MinInfo, Minister of Information
(Ethiopia)
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MLS, Military Liaison Section/Staff,
U.S. mission in Libya
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MOD, Minister of Defense
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MPLA, Movimento Popular de Libertacao
de Angola (Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola)
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MUFA, Libyan Ministry of Unity and
Foreign Affairs
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MUSLO, Moroccan-U.S. Liaison
Office
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NAACP, National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
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NASA, National Aeronautics and Space
Administration
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NEA/UAR, Office of United Arab
Republic Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department
of State
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NEP, North Eastern Province
(Somalia)
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NER, North East Region (Kenya)
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NFD, Northern Frontier District
(Kenya)
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NIE, National Intelligence
Estimate
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NLC, National Liberation Council
(Ghana)
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NMG, National Military Government
(Nigeria)
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NODIS, no distribution
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Noforn, No Foreign
Dissemination
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NOTAL, not received by all
addressees
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NPP, National Policy Paper
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NSA, National Security Agency
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NSAM, National Security Action
Memorandum
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NSC, National Security Council
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OASD/ISA, Office of the Assistant
Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
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OAU, Organization of African
Unity
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OCAM, Organization Commune Africaine
et Malagache (African-Malagasy Common Organization)
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OCI, Office of Current Intelligence,
Central Intelligence Agency
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ODMA, Office of the Director of
Military Assistance, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International
Security Affairs
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OECD, Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development
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OEP, Office of Emergency
Planning
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OMB, Office of Management and Budget,
Executive Office of the President
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ONE, Office of National Estimates,
Central Intelligence Agency
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OSD, Office of the Secretary of
Defense
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OSD/ISA, Office of the Secretary of
Defense for International Security Affairs
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P, Office of the Assistant Secretary of
State for Public Affairs
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PL, Public Law
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PAC, Pan African Congress
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PADM, Policy Analysis Decision
Memorandum
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PAO, Public Affairs Officer,
Department of State
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PARA, Policy Analysis and Recommended
Action Review
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PASM, Policy Analysis Study
Memorandum
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PC, Peace Corps
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PCC/ZAPU, Peoples’ Caretaker
Council/Zimbabwe African Peoples’ Union
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PM, Prime Minister or Bureau of
Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State
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PM/ISO, Office of International
Security Operations, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of
State
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PM/ISP, Office of International
Security Policy and Planning, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs,
Department of State
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PM/MAS, Office of Military
Assistance and Sales, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of
State
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PNG, persona non grata
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POL, petroleum, oil, lubricants
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PriMin, Prime Minister
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PSD, Destourian Socialist Party,
ruling political party of Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba
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RAF, Royal Air Force
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RCC, Revolutionary Command Council,
Libyan revolutionary government
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Reftel, reference telegram
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Reps, representatives
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RF, Rhodesian Front
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RG, Record Group
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RPT, repeat
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RSA, Republic of South Africa
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RTV, Radio and Television
International, Inc.
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S, Office of the Secretary of
State
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S/P, Counselor and Chairman of the
Policy Planning Council, Department of State
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S/PC, Planning and Coordination Staff,
Department of State
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S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department
of State
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SA, South Africa
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SAG, South African Government
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SC RES, Security Council
Resolution
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SC, United Nations Security
Council
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Secto, series indicator for
telegrams from the Secretary of State (or his delegation) to the Department
of State
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Septel, separate telegram
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SIG, Senior Interdepartmental
Group
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SITREP, situation report
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SMC, Supreme Military Council
(Nigeria)
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SNIE, Special National Intelligence
Estimate
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SRG, Southern Rhodesia
Government
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STRATCOM, Strategic
Command
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STRIKECOM, Strike Command
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STRIKEOPS, Strike
Operations
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SWA, South West Africa
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SWAPO, South West Africa People’s
Organization
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SYG, Secretary-General
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SYL, Somali Youth League
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Tosec, series indicator for
telegrams from the Department of State to the Secretary of State (or his
delegation)
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U, Office of the Under Secretary of
State
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UAMCE, Union for African and
Malagasy Economic Cooperation
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UDENAMO, Uniao Democratica
Nacional de Mocambique (Democratic National Union of Mozambique)
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UK, United Kingdom
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UKG, United Kingdom Government
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ULC, United Labour Congress
(Nigeria)
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UN, United Nations
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UNCTAD, United Nations Conference
on Trade and Development
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UNDP, United Nations Development
Program
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UNECA, United Nations Economic
Commission for Africa
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UNGA, United Nations General
Assembly
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UNITA, Uniao Nacional para e
Independencia Total de Angola (National Union for the Total Independence of
Angola)
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UNP, Office of United Nations
Political Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department
of State
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UNRep, United Nations
Representative
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UNSC, United Nations Security
Council
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UNSYG, United Nations
Secretary-General
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UPA, Uniao das Populacoes de Angola
(Union of Angolan Peoples)
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UPC, Ugandan Peoples’ Congress
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UPGA, United Progressive Grand
Alliance (Nigeria)
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URTZ, United Republic of
Tanzania
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USAF, United States Air Force
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USDA, United States Department of
Agriculture
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USG, United States Government
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USIA, United States Information
Agency
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USIS, United States Information
Service
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USLOT, Military Assistance Program
for Tunisia
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USN, United States Navy
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USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics
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UST, United States Treaties and Other
International Agreements
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USUN, United States Mission to the
United Nations
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VOA, Voice of America
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VOLAGs, volunteer agencies
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VP, Vice President
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WH, White House
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WHO, World Health Organization
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WTD, weapons training
detachment
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Z, Zulu, Greenwich Mean Time (for
Department of State telegrams)
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ZANU, Zimbabwe African Nationalist
Union
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ZAPU, Zimbabwe African People’s
Union