List of Abbreviations

• ABM, anti-ballistic missile system
• AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
• AFOAT, Air Force Assistant for Atomic Energy
• AFOAT–1, surface and air burst nuclear test detection system
• AFTAC, Air Force Technical Applications Center
• AICBM, anti-intercontinental ballistic missile system
• ALBM, air-launched ballistic missile
• ARPA, Advanced Research Projects Agency
• ASW, antisubmarine warfare
• BMEWS, ballistic missile early warning system
• BOB, Bureau of the Budget
• BOMARC, surface-to-air anti-aircraft missile
• BW, biological warfare
• Cahto, series indicator for telegrams from Secretary of State Herter when away from Washington
• CEA, Council of Economic Advisers
• CEG, Comparative Evaluation Group
• CEP, circular error, probable—a measure of missile accuracy
• CF, Conference Files
• CFEP, Council on Foreign Economic Policy
• CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
• CONUS, Continental United States
• CRAF, Civil Reserve Air Fleet
• CVA, conventionally powered aircraft carrier
• CVAN, nuclear powered aircraft carrier
• CW, chemical warfare
• Del, delegation
• Denuc, series indicator for telegrams from the Delegation to the Geneva Conference on the Discontinuance of Nuclear Weapon Tests
• Deptel, Department of State telegram
• DEW line, distant early warning air defense installations in northern Canada
• DOD, Department of Defense
• DOS, Department of State
• Dynasoar, rocket-launched long-range space glider project
• ECM, electronic countermeasures
• ELINT, intelligence from intercepted electromagnetic signals
• EURATOM, European Atomic Agency
• FAA, Federal Aviation Administration
• FY, fiscal year
• GAO, General Accounting Office
• HE, high explosive
• IAEA, International Atomic Energy Agency
• ICBM, intercontinental ballistic missile
• IDO, International Disarmament Organization
• IGY, International Geophysical Year
• INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
• IOC, initial operating capability
• IRBM, intermediate-range ballistic missile
• ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary for International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
• JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• JSOP, Joint Strategic Operations Plan
• JSPS, Joint Strategic Planning Staff
• JSTPS, Joint Strategic Target Planning Staff
• KT, kiloton
• M, Office of the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
• MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
• MAP, Military Assistance Program
• MATS, Military Air Transport Service
• MRBM, medium-range ballistic missile
• MSP, Mutual Security Program
• MT, megaton
• NAC, North Atlantic Council
• NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• Niact, night action; communications indicator requiring attention by the recipient at any hour
• NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
• n.m., nautical mile
• NOA, new obligational authority
• Noforn, no foreign dissemination
• NORAD, North American Air Defense Command
• NSA, National Security Agency
• NSC, National Security Council
• NSTPS, National Strategic Target Planning Staff
• NTL, national target list
• Nusup, series indicator for telegrams from the Department of State to the Delegation to the Geneva Conference on the Discontinuance of Nuclear Weapon Tests
• OCB, Operations Coordinating Board
• OEEC, Organization for European Economic Cooperation
• OCDM, Office of Civilian Defense Mobilization
• ODM, Office of Defense Mobilization
• ONR, Office of Naval Research
• OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
• PACOM, Pacific Command
• P.L., Public Law
• Q–1, a seismic measure of magnitude
• R&D, research and development
• reftel, reference telegram
• RG, Record Group
• S, Office of the Secretary of State
• SAC, Strategic Air Command
• SACEUR, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
• S/AE, Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Atomic Energy Affairs
• S&L, supply and logistics
• Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State or his delegation to the Department of State
• SIOP, Single Integrated Operational Plan
• SLAM, supersonic low-altitude missile
• SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate
• SOR, Specific Operating Requirement aircraft (long-range jet powered cargo aircraft)
• S/P, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State
• S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
• STRAC, Strategic Army Corps
• Supnu, series indicator for telegrams from the
• Tocah, series indicator for telegrams to Secretary of State Herter when away from Washington
• Tosec, series indicator for telegrams to the Secretary of State or his delegation
• UK, United Kingdom
• UN, United Nations
• UNDC, United Nations Disarmament Commission
• USA, United States Army
• USAF, United States Air Force
• USDel, United States Delegation
• USIA, United States Information Agency
• USMC, United States Marine Corps
• USN, United States Navy
• USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• VELA, project designed to improve detection of nuclear tests
• VOA, Voice of America
• WSEG, Weapons System Evaluation Group