Foreign Relations of the United States, 1955–1957, National
Security Policy, Volume XIX
List of Abbreviations
- A, airgram; Army
- AEC, Atomic Energy
Commission
- AEW, Aircraft early
warning; airborne electronic warfare
- AF, Air Force
- ASM, air-to-surface
missile
- BOMARC,
Boeing-Michigan Aeronautical Test Center missile; U.S. Air Force
surface-to-air delta winged area defense missile
- CEA, Council of
Economic Advisers
- CIA, Central
Intelligence Agency
- CINCLANT,
Commander in Chief, Atlantic
- CINCPAC, Commander
in Chief, Pacific
- CINCONAD,
Commander in Chief, Continental Air Defense Command
- CONAD, Continental
Air Defense Command
- CW, chemical warfare;
chemical warhead
- DEW, distant early
warning
- DOD, Department of
Defense
- ECM, electronic
countermeasures
- EDC, European Defense
Community
- ELINT, electronic
intelligence
- EUR/RPM, Office of
Regional Political and Military Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs,
Department of State
- FBI, Federal Bureau of
Investigation
- FCDA, Federal Civil
Defense Administration
- FY, fiscal year
- GNP, gross national
product
- IAC, Intelligence
Advisory Committee
- ICA, International
Cooperation Administration
- ICBM,
inter-continental ballistic missile
- ICIS,
Interdepartmental Committee on Internal Security
- IIC, Interdepartmental
Intelligence Conference
- INR, Bureau of
Intelligence and Research, Department of State
- IOC, initial operation
capability
- IRBM,
intermediate-range ballistic missile
- ISA, Office of the
Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
- JCS, Joint Chiefs of
Staff
- KT, kilotons (upper
case = yield)
- MAAG, Military
Assistance Advisory Group
- MIG,
A.I. Mikoyan i M.I. Gurevich (Soviet fighter aircraft
named for designers Mikoyan and Gurevich)
- N, Navy; nuclear-powered
ship
- NATO, North Atlantic
Treaty Organization
- NESC, Net Evaluation
Subcommittee
- NIE, National
Intelligence Estimate
- n.m., nautical
mile
- NOA, new obligational
authority
- NSC, National Security
Council; NATO Supply Center
- NSCID, National
Security Council Intelligence Directive
- OCB, Operations
Coordinating Board
- ODM, Office of Defense
Mobilization
- OSD, Office of the
Secretary of Defense
- PB, Planning Board
(National Security Council)
- PCG, Planning
Coordination Group, Operations Coordinating Board
- PPS, Policy Planning
Staff, Department of State
- R and D, research
and development
- RCA, Radio Corporation
of America
- ROK, Republic of
Korea
- S, Office of the
Secretary of State
- S/P, Policy Planning
Staff, Department of State
- S/S, Executive
Secretariat, Department of State
- SAC, Strategic Air
Command
- SACLANT, Supreme
Allied Commander, Atlantic
- SAGE, semi-automatic
ground environment system
- SEATO, Southeast
Asia Treaty Organization
- SHAEF, Supreme
Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Forces
- SHAPE, Supreme
Headquarters, Allied Powers, Europe
- SNIE, Special
National Intelligence Estimate
- SUSAC, Soviet Union
Strategic Air Command
- TCP, Technological
Capabilities Panel
- USA, United States of
America; United States Army
- USAF, United States
Air Force
- USMC, United States
Marine Corps
- USN, United States
Navy
- USSR, Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics