List of Terms & Abbreviations

• A/ARMA, Assistant Army Attaché
• ADECO, Programa de Adiestramientode Extensionista en Comunicaciones
• ADDP, Assist Deputy Director of Plans, Central Intelligence Agency
• ADMIN, Administrative Section
• AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
• AID, U.S. Agency for International Development
• AIRA, Air Force Attaché
• ALCAN, Aluminum Company of Canada, Guyana
• ALCOA, Aluminum Company of America
• AMCONSUL, U.S. Consul
• Amcit, American Citizen
• AmEmbassy, American Embassy
• ARA, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs
• ARA/APU, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Office of Argentine, Paraguayan, and Uruguayan Affairs
• ARA/BC, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Office of Bolivian and Chilean Affairs
• ARA/BR, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Office of Brazilian Affairs
• ARA/CAR, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Office of Caribbean Affairs
• ARA/CCA, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Office of the Coordinator of Cuban Affairs
• ARA/CEN, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Office of Central American Affairs
• ARA/ECP, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Office of Regional Economic Policy
• ARA/EP, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Office of Ecuadorian and Peruvian Affairs
• ARA/LA, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Bureau for Latin America
• ARA/MEX, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Office of Mexican Affairs
• ARA/NC, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Office of North Coast Affairs
• ARA/NSC–IG, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Staff Director, National Security Council Interdepartmental Group
• ARA/PAN, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Office of Panamanian Affairs
• ARA/PLC, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Office of Policy and Coordination
• ARA/PPC, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Office of Policy Planning, Public and Congressional Affairs
• ASW, Anti-submarine Warfare
• BNDD, Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
• BOB, Bureau of the Budget
• C, Counselor, Secretary of State
• CACM, Central American Common Market
• CASP, Country Analysis and Strategy Paper
• CEA, Council of Economic Advisors
• CECLA, Comisión especial de coordinatión latinoamericana (Special Latin American Coordinating Committee)
• CEO, Chief Executive Officer
• CEP, Chile, Ecuador, and Peru; or Conference on Economic Progress
• CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
• CIAP, Comité Inter-Americano de la Alianza para el Progreso (Inter-American Committee of the Alliance for Progress)
• CIEP, Council on International Economic Policy
• CIEPDM, Council on International Economic Policy Decision Memorandum
• CINCLANT, Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Command
• CINCSOUTH, Commander-in-Chief, Southern Command
• CODESUR, Comsion para el Desarrollo del Sur de Venezuela (Commission for the Development of Southern Venezuela)
• COLPET, Colombian Petroleum Company
• COMANTDEFCOM, Commander, Antilles Defense Command
• COMCARIBSEAFRON, Commander, Caribbean Sea Frontier
• COMUSAFSO, Commander, U.S. Forces, Southern Command
• CONS, Consul, Conselor Section
• COPEI, Comité organizado por elecciones independientes (Committee of Independent Electoral Political Organization), Venezuela
• COPRIN, Control de Precios y Ingresos (Wage and Price Control Board), Uruguay
• D, Democrat; or Deputy Secretary of State
• DAS, Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad (Department of Administrative Security), Colombia; Deputy Assistant Secretary
• DASD–IA, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, International Security Affairs
• DATT, Defense Attaché
• DCI, Director of Central Intelligence
• DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
• DDCI, Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
• DDP, Deputy Director of Plans, Central Intelligence Agency
• DDP/WH, Deputy Director of Plans, Western Hemisphere Division, Central Intelligence Agency
• DE, Destroyer Escort
• DEFATT, Defense Attaché
• DEMBA, Demerara Bauxite Company, Guyana
• DepSecDef, Deputy Secretary of Defense
• DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency
• DOD, Department of Defense
• E, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
• E/A, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Administrative Office
• ECON, Economic Section
• EEC, European Economic Community
• EUR, Office of European Affairs, Department of State
• EX–IM, Export-Import Bank
• EXSEC, Executive Secretary
• FAR, Fuerzas Armadas Rebeldes (Rebel Armed Forces), Guatemala
• FAS, Foreign Agricultural Service
• FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation
• FBIS, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
• FMS, Foreign Military Sales
• FSI, Foreign Service Institute
• FY, Fiscal Year
• FYI, For Your Information
• G–2, U.S. Army or Marine Intelligence section at Division/Corps level
• GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
• GN, Guardia Nacional (National Guard), Panamá
• GOA, Government of Argentina
• GOB, Government of Bolivia; Government of Brazil
• GOC, Government of Colombia; Government of Cuba
• GOCR, Government of Costa Rica
• GODR, Government of the Dominican Republic
• GOE, Government of Ecuador
• GOES, Government of El Salvador
• GOG, Government of Guatemala; Government of Guyana
• GOH, Government of Haiti; Government of Honduras
• GOJ, Government of Jamaica
• GOM, Government of Mexico
• GON, Government of Nicaragua
• GOP, Government of Peru; Government of Panama
• GOV, Government of Venezuela
• H, Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Department of State
• IA, Inter-American; or Institutional Act
• IA5, Fifth Institutional Act, Brazil
• IA–ECOSOC, Inter-American Economic and Social Council, Organization of American States
• IAPC, Inter-American Peace Committee
• IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
• ICA, International Coffee Agreement
• ICRC, International Committee of the Red Cross
• IDB, Inter-American Development Bank
• IDC, Information Dominance Center
• IG, Inter-Agency Group
• IL, Intelligence Liaison
• IMF, International Monetary Fund
• IMPC, International Minerals Processing Congress
• INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• INR/RAR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Office of Research and Analysis for American Republics
• IO, International Organizations, Department of State
• IPC, International Petroleum Company (Peru)
• IPMG, Interdepartmental Political Military Group
• ISA, Office of International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
• IT&T, International Telephone and Telegraph
• JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• L, Legal Advisor, Department of State
• LA, Latin America
• LAFTA, Latin American Free Trade Agreement
• LDC, less-developed country
• LOS, Law of the Sea
• L/SPA, Legal Advisor for Special Political Function, Department of State
• LTA, Long-Term Arrangement Regarding International Trade in Cotton Textiles
• M113, U.S. Army Armored Personnel Carriers
• MAP, Military Assistance Program
• MIMEX/SIMEX, Major Item Material Excess/Secondary Insurance Market Exchange
• MINMINES, Minister of Mines
• MILGRP, Military Group
• MLN, Movimiento de Liberación Nacional (National Liberation Movement), Guatemala
• MOD, Minister of Defense
• MPD, Movimiento Popular Dominicano (Dominican Popular Movement)
• NAC, National Advisory Council
• NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• NIC, National Intelligence Council
• NIO, National Intelligence Officer, Central Intelligence Agency
• NPS, National Party of Suriname
• NSA, National Security Advisor; National Security Agency
• NSC, National Security Council
• NSC–IG/ARA, National Security Council Interdepartmental Group for Inter-American Affairs
• NSC–U, National Security Council, Under Secretaries Committee
• NSC U/DM, National Security Council, Under Secretaries Committee Decision Memorandum
• NSDM, National Security Decision Memorandum
• NSSM, National Security Study Memorandum
• OAS, Organization of American States
• OASD, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense
• OCI, Office of Current Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
• OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
• OEP, Office of Emergency Preparedness
• OJCS, Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
• OMB, Office of Management and Budget
• OPIC, Overseas Private Investment Corporation
• P, Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs
• Para, Paragraph
• PCT, Partido Conservador Tradicional, Nicaragua
• PDC, Partido Democratico Christiana (Christian Democrats), Chile and Uruguay
• PGT, Partido Guatemalteco de Trabajo (Guatemalan Worker’s Party)
• PJG, Pueblo Junto Gobierno (United People’s Government of Panama)
• PL, Public Law
• PLN, National Liberation Party, Costa Rica; Partido Liberal Nacional, Nicaragua
• POL/ECON/COMM, Political Section, Economic Section, Commercial Section,
• POL, Political
• POLAD, Political Advisor
• PNC, People’s National Congress, Guyana
• PNP, Peoples’ National Party, Jamaica and Suriname
• PNR, Partido Nacional Republicano (National Republic Party), Paraguay and Venezuela
• PPP, People’s Progressive Party, Guyana
• PRD, Partido Revolucionario Dominicano (Dominican Revolutionary Party)
• PSC, Partido Social Christiano (Social Christian Party), Nicaragua
• PX, Post Exchange
• RAR, Office of Research and Analysis, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• Reftel, Reference Telegram
• ROCAP, Regional Office for Central America and Panama, Agency for International Development
• S, Office of the Secretary
• S/PC, Planning and Coordination Staff, Office of the Secretary
• S/S, Executive Secretariat
• SAFC, Senate Armed Forces Committee
• SC, Security Council (United Nations)
• SecDef, Secretary of Defense
• SIC, Servicio de Inteligencia de Colombia (Colombian Intelligence Service)
• S/FW, Special Assistant to the Secretary for Fisheries and Wildlife
• SPCC, Southern Peru Copper Company
• SRG, Senior Review Group
• STADIS, State Distribution Only
• STR, Special Trade Representative
• STRATCOM, Strategic Command
• Subs, (in substance)
• U, Undersecretary
• UF, United Front (Guyana)
• UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
• UNSC, United Nations Security Council
• UP, Unidad Popular, Chile
• USAID, see AID
• USCINCSO, U.S. Commander in Chief, Southern Command
• USDAO, U.S. Defense Attaché Officer
• USG, United States Government
• USIA, United States Information Agency
• USIB, United States Intelligence Board
• USIS, United States Information Service
• USOAS, Permanent Mission of the United States of America to the Organization of American States
• USSOUTHCOM, U.S. Southern Command
• USUN, U.S. Mission at the United Nations
• VIP, Very Important Person
• VHP, United Hindu Party, Suriname
• VOA, Voice of America
• VP, Vice President
• WH, White House; or Western Hemisphere Division, Central Intelligence Agency
• WHCA, White House Communications Agency