Foreign Relations of the United States, 1958–1960, National
Security Policy; Arms Control and Disarmament, Volume III
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