Abbreviations

• ABM, anti-ballistic missile
• ACDA, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
• ADB, Asian Development Bank
• ADC, aide-de-camp
• AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
• AFS, Afghanis, Afghan currency
• AID, Agency for International Development
• AID/ASIA/NE, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Bureau for Asia, Agency for InternationalDevelopment
• AID/GC, Office of the General Counsel, Agency for International Development
• AID/NESA, Bureau for Near East and South Asia, Agency for International Development
• AID/PPC, Office of Program and Policy Coordination, Agency for International Development
• AID/PRI/DRD, Disaster Relief Division, Office for Private Overseas Programs, Agency forInternational Development
• AICC, All India Congress Committee
• AL, Awami League (Pakistan)
• Amb, Ambassador
• AMCITS, American citizens
• A/OC/T, Bureau of Administration, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Communications,
• Communications Center, Department of State
• A/OPR/RS, Bureau of Administration, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Operations,
• Records Services Division, Department of State
• AP, Associated Press
• APC, armored personnel carrier
• ARMATT, Army Attaché
• ASAP, as soon as possible
• BBC, British Broadcasting Corporation
• BD, Bangladesh
• BDG, Bangladesh Government
• B/G, Brigadier General
• BNDD, Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, Department of Justice
• BOB, Bureau of the Budget
• BSF, Indian Border Security Force
• CCC, Commodity Credit Corporation
• CCD, Conference of the Committee on Disarmament
• CENTO, Central Treaty Organization
• CF, contingency funds
• Chicom(s), Chinese Communist(s)
• CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
• CIA/ONE, Central Intelligence Agency, Office of National Estimates
• CINC, Cabinet Committee for International Narcotics; Commander in Chief
• CINCARPAC, Commander in Chief, Army, Pacific
• CINCMEAFSA, Commander in Chief, Middle East, South Asia and Africa South of the Sahara
• CINCPAC, Commander in Chief, Pacific
• CINCPACAF, Commander in Chief, Pacific Air Force
• CINCPACFLT, Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet
• CINCSTRIKE, Commander in Chief, Strike Command
• CINCUSAFE, Commander in Chief, United States Air Forces in Europe
• CL, commercial list
• CND, United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs
• COMECON, Council on Mutual Economic Assistance
• CONGEN, Consulate General
• CONTO, series indicator for telegrams sent from John Connally while outside of Washington
• CPM, Communist Party Madras
• CPI, Communist Party of India
• CTB, Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
• CWC, Congress [Party] Working Committee, India
• DAC, Democratic Action Committee, Pakistan
• DATT, Defense Attaché
• DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
• DEA, Department of External Affairs, India
• DefSec, Defense Secretary
• del, delegate; delegation
• Dept, Department
• Deptel, telegram from the Department of State
• DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency
• Dissem, dissemination
• DL, development loan
• DMZ, demilitarized zone
• DOD, Department of Defense
• DOD/ISA, Department of Defense, International Security Affairs
• DOD/ISA/NESA, Department of Defense, International Security Affairs, Office of Near Easternand South Asian Affairs
• DRV, Democratic Republic of Vietnam
• DSAA, Defense Security Assistance Agency
• E, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
• E/IFD, International Finance and Development, Bureau of Economic Affairs
• E/IFD/ODF, Office of Development Finance, International Finance and Development, Bureau ofEconomic Affairs
• EA, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
• EA/VN, Office of the Vietnam Working Group, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs
• EBR, East Bengal Regiment
• ECAFE, United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and Far East
• ECOSOC, United Nations Economic and Social Council
• EEC, European Economic Community
• ELINT, electronic intelligence
• ENDC, Eighteen-Nation Disarmament Committee, Geneva
• Emb, Embassy
• Emboff, Embassy officer
• EP, East Pakistan
• EPADC, East Pakistan Development Corporation
• EPCAF, East Pakistan Civil Armed Force
• EPR, East Pakistan Rifles
• EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• EUR/SOV, Office of Soviet Union Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs
• Exdis, Exclusive Distribution (extremely limited distribution)
• Ex-Im, Export Import Bank of Washington
• FAO, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
• FCO, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, United Kingdom
• FDR, Franklin D. Roosevelt
• FFW, Food for Work
• FMS, Foreign Military Sales
• FODAG, United States Mission to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture
• FonMin, Foreign Minister
• FonSec, Foreign Secretary
• FPREPORT, Foreign Policy Report
• FRG, Federal Republic of Germany
• FSL, Foreign Service Local
• FY, fiscal year
• FYI, for your information
• GA, United Nations General Assembly
• GAO, General Accounting Office
• GBD, Government of Bangladesh
• GMT, Greenwich Mean Time
• GNP, gross national product
• GOBD, Government of Bangladesh
• GOEP, Government of East Pakistan
• GOI, Government of India
• GON, Government of Nigeria
• GOP, Government of Pakistan
• GOT, Government of Turkey
• H, Bureau of Congressional Relations, Department of State
• HAK, Henry A. Kissinger
• HEW, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
• HMG, Her Majesty's Government, United Kingdom
• HRH, His Royal Highness
• IA, Indian Army
• IAEA, International Atomic Energy Agency
• IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, World Bank
• ICAO, International Civil Aviation Organization
• ICBM, Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
• ICC, International Control Commission
• ICRC, International Committee, Red Cross
• IDA, International Development Association
• IFY, Indian Fiscal Year
• IG, Inspector General
• IMF, International Monetary Fund
• INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• INR/DDC, Directorate for Coordination, Bureau of Intelligence and Research
• INR/DRR/RNA, Office of Research and Analysis for Near East and South Asia, Directorate for
• Regional Research, Bureau of Intelligence and Research
• INR/DRR/RSE, Office of Research and Analysis for USSR and Eastern Europe, Directorate for
• Regional Research, Bureau of Intelligence and Research
• INR/DRR/RSG, Office of Strategic and General Research, Directorate for Regional Research,Bureau of Intelligence and Research
• INR/IL, Office of Intelligence Liaison, Bureau of Intelligence and Research
• IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
• IO/UNP, Office of United Nations Political Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs
• IRBM, Intermediate-range Ballistic Missile
• ISID, Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate (Indian and Pakistani equivalent of CIA)
• IST, Indian Standard Time
• J, Office of the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
• JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• JP, Justice Party, Pakistan
• J/PM, Office of Politico-Military Affairs in the Office of the Under Secretary of State for PoliticalAffairs
• kg, kilogram
• LDC, less developed country
• Limdis, Limited Distribution
• LTG, Lieutenant General
• MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
• MAC, Military Assistance Command
• MAI, Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation, Afghanistan
• MAP, Military Assistance Program
• MB, Mukti Bahini (People's Brotherhood, East Pakistani guerrilla force)
• MCH, Ministry of Children's Health
• ME, Middle East
• MEA, Ministry of External Affairs
• MFA, Minister/Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• MIDEASTFOR, Middle East Forces
• MIL, military
• MINAG, Ministry of Agriculture
• MINPLAN, Ministry of Planning
• Misoff, Mission officer
• ML, Muslim League; military list
• MLA, Martial Law Administrator/Administration, Pakistan
• MNA, Member of the National Assembly, Pakistan
• MP, Member of Parliament
• MPA, Member of Provisional Assembly, East Pakistan
• MPH, Ministry of Public Health
• MPW, Ministry of Public Works
• MT, metric ton
• NAC, North Atlantic Council
• NAP, National Awami Party, Pakistan
• NAP/L, National Awami Party, Left, East Pakistan
• NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• NBC, National Broadcasting Company
• NDF, National Democratic Front, Pakistan
• NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• NEA/INC, Country Director for India, Ceylon, Nepal, and Maldive Islands, Bureau of Near Easternand South Asian Affairs
• NEA/INS, Country Director for India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Maldive Islands, Bureau of NearEastern and South Asian Affairs
• NEA/PAB, Country Director for Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh, Bureau of Near Easternand South Asian Affairs
• NEA/PAF, Country Director for Pakistan and Afghanistan, Bureau of Near Eastern and SouthAsian Affairs
• NEA/RA, Office of the Director of Regional Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern, and South AsianAffairs
• NEFA, Northeast Frontier Agency
• NESA, Bureau for Near East and South Asia, Agency for International Development
• NGO, non-governmental organization
• NI, Nizam-E-Islam (Pakistani political party)
• Niact, night action, telegram indicator requiring immediate action
• NIC, National Intelligence Council
• NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
• NLF, National Liberation Front
• Nodis, No Distribution (other than to persons indicated)
• Noforn, no foreign dissemination
• NPT, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
• NSA, National Security Agency
• NSAM, National Security Action Memorandum
• NSC, National Security Council
• NSCIC, National Security Council Intelligence Committee
• NSCIG/NEA, National Security Council Interdepartmental Group for the Near East and SouthAsia
• NSDM, National Security Decision Memorandum
• NSSM, National Security Study Memorandum
• NVN, North Vietnam
• NWFP, Northwest Frontier Province of Pakistan
• O/CT, Bureau of Administration, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Communications,Communications Center
• OASD/ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
• OBE, overtaken by events
• OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
• OEP, Office of Emergency Preparedness
• OMB, Office of Management and Budget
• OPIC, Overseas Private Investment Corporation
• OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
• PA, purchase authorization
• PAF, Pakistan Air Force
• PAK, Pakistan, Pakistani
• PAO, Public Affairs Officer
• PDM/AL, Pro-PDM Awami League (Pakistan political party)
• PDP, Pakistan Democratic Party
• PIA, Pakistan International Airlines
• PL, Public Law
• PM, Prime Minister
• PM, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State
• PM/AE, Office of Atomic Energy and Aero-Space, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs
• PM/MAS, Office of Military Assistance and Sales, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs
• PML, Pakistan Muslim Leagu
• PNE, Peaceful Nuclear Explosion
• POL, petroleum, oil, and lubricants
• POLAD, Political Adviser
• POLOFF, Political Officer
• POW, prisoner of war
• PPP, People's Party of Pakistan
• PR, Public Relations
• PRC, People's Republic of China
• PriMin, Prime Minister
• R&D, research and development
• RCD, Organization of Regional Cooperation for Development
• reftel, reference telegram
• rep(s), representative(s)
• res, resolution
• RG, record group
• RGA, Royal Government of Afghanistan
• S, Office of the Secretary of State
• S/PC, Planning and Coordination Staff, Department of State
• S/R, Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Refugee and Migration Affairs
• S/S, Executive Secretariat of the Department of State
• SALT, Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
• SAM, surface-to-air missile
• SCI, Bureau of International Scientific and Technological Affairs, Department of State
• SDR(s), Special Drawing Right(s)
• SEA, Southeast Asia
• SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
• Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State while away from Washington
• septel, separate telegram
• SFRC, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
• SIG, Senior Interdepartmental Group
• SIGINT, signals intelligence
• SITREP, situation report
• SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate
• Sov, Soviet
• SRG, Senior Review Group
• SVN, South Vietnam
• SYG, United Nations Secretary-General
• TA, technical assistance
• TASS, Telegraphnoye Agentstvo Sovyetskogo Soyuza (Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union)
• TDY, temporary duty
• Tosec, series indicator for telegrams sent to the Secretary of State while outside of Washington
• U, Office of the Under Secretary of State
• UAR, United Arab Republic
• UK, United Kingdom
• UKG, United Kingdom Government
• UN, United Nations
• UNCURK, United Nations Commission for the Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea
• UNEPRO, United Nations East Pakistan Relief Operation
• UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
• UNHCR, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
• UNICEF, United Nations Children's Fund
• UNMOGIP, United Nations Military Observer Group in Pakistan
• UNROD, United Nations Relief Operation in Dacca
• UNSC, United Nations Security Council
• UNSYG, United Nations Secretary-General
• US, United States
• USAF, United States Air Force
• USAFI, United States Air Force Intelligence
• USAFSS, United States Air Force Security Service
• USAID, United States Agency for International Development
• USCINCEUR, United States Commander in Chief, European Command
• USCINCMEAFSA, United States Commander in Chief, Middle East, South Asia, and Africa Southof the Sahara
• USDA, United States Department of Agriculture
• USG, United States Government
• USIA, United States Information Agency
• USIB, United States Intelligence Board
• USINFO, United States Information Service
• USIS, United States Information Service (overseas branches of USIA)
• USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• UST, United States Treaty
• USUN, United States Mission to the United Nations in New York
• VC, Vietcong
• VOA, Voice of America
• VOLAGS, voluntary agencies
• VP, Vice President
• WESTPAC, Commander, Western Pacific
• WFP, World Food Program
• WH, White House
• WSAG, Washington Special Actions Group