Office of the Historian

List of Abbreviations

    • A, airgram
    • ABC, American Broadcasting Company
    • ABM, anti-ballistic missile
    • ABNCP, airborne command posts
    • ACDA, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
    • ACDA/D, Office of the Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
    • ACDA/DD, Office of the Deputy Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
    • ACDA/IR, International Relations Bureau, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
    • ACDA/ST, Science and Technology Bureau, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
    • ACE, Allied Command, Europe
    • ACEP, Advisory Committee on Export Policy
    • ADM, atomic demolition munitions
    • AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
    • AEDS, Atomic Energy Detection System
    • AF, Air Force
    • AF, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
    • AFTAC, Air Force Technical Applications Center
    • AICBM, anti-intercontinental ballistic missile
    • AID, Agency for International Development
    • ALBM, air-launched ballistic missile
    • ANZUS, Australia-New Zealand-United States (treaty organization)
    • AP, Associated Press
    • ARA, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
    • ASW, anti-submarine warfare
    • B, Office of the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
    • BAOR, British Army on the Rhine
    • BBC, British Broadcasting Corporation
    • BDSA, Business and Defense Services Administration, Department of Commerce
    • BIP, Bureau of International Programs, Department of Commerce
    • BMEWS, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System
    • BNA, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
    • BNSP, basic national security policy
    • BOB, Bureau of the Budget
    • BOMARC, Boeing-Michigan Aeronautical Test Center missile
    • Busec, series indicator for telegrams from the Department of State to the Mission to the European Communities
    • C, Office of the Counselor, Department of State
    • CA, circular airgram
    • CAP, series indicator for telegrams from the White House; Common Agricultural Policy
    • CBR, chemical, biological, and radiological warfare
    • CEA, Council of Economic Advisers
    • Cedto, series indicator for telegrams from Paris to the Department of State relating to OECD matters
    • CENTO, Central Treaty Organization
    • CEP, circular error probable
    • CF, Central Files
    • CG, circular airgram; Consultative Group
    • ChiCom, Chinese Communist
    • CI, Counter-Insurgency (Special Group)
    • CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
    • CINCNORAD, Commander in Chief, North American Air Defense Command
    • CINCPAC, Commander in Chief, Pacific
    • CINCSAC, Commander in Chief, Strategic Air Command
    • CJCS, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
    • CIA, Central intelligence Agency
    • CINCEUR, Commander in Chief, Europe
    • CM, Chairman’s Memorandum
    • CNO, Chief of Naval Operations
    • COCOM, Coordinating Committee of the Paris Consultative Group (CG)
    • COMIBOL, CMB, Corporacion Minera de Bolivia (Mining Corporation of Bolivia)
    • CONUS, Continental United States
    • CP, Contracting Party or Parties
    • CPR, Chinese People’s Republic
    • CSAF, Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force
    • CSD, Commodities Division, Office of International Resources, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
    • CST, Central Standard Time
    • CU, Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs
    • CW, chemical warhead; chemical warfare
    • CY, calendar year
    • D, Democrat; Office of the Deputy Administrator, Agency for International Development
    • DAC, Development Assistance Committee
    • DAG, Development Assistance Group
    • DASA, Defense Atomic Support Agency
    • DC, Disarmament Commission (United Nations)
    • DCI, Director of Central Intelligence
    • Depcirtel, Department of State circular telegram
    • DEW, distant early warning
    • DGZ, Designated Ground Zero
    • DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency
    • Disto, series indicator for telegrams from the United States Delegation to the Eighteen-Nation Disarmament Committee in Geneva to the Department of State
    • DLF, Development Loan Fund
    • DM, D mark, Deutschemark
    • DOD, Department of Defense
    • DOS, Department of State
    • DPM, draft Presidential memoranda
    • DSTP, Director of Strategic Target Planning
    • E, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
    • EA, Office of East Asian Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
    • Ecbus, series indicator for telegrams from the Mission to the European Communities to the Department of State
    • ECD, Economic Defense Division, Office of International Resources, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
    • ECM, electronic countermeasures
    • ECONAD, Committee of Economic Advisers (NATO)
    • ECOSOC, United Nations Economic and Social Council
    • ECRB, Export Control Review Board
    • ED, Economic Development Division, Office of International Financial and Development Affairs, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
    • EE, East European; Office of Eastern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
    • EEC, European Economic Community
    • EFTA, European Free Trade Association
    • EMA, European Monetary Agreement
    • ENDC, Eighteen-Nation Disarmament Committee
    • E.O., Executive Order
    • EPC, European Political Community
    • EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
    • EXIM, Eximbank, Export-Import Bank
    • EXSEC, Executive Secretariat
    • FAC, Office of the Deputy Coordinator for Foreign Assistance, Office of the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
    • FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations
    • FAZ, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
    • FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation
    • FBM, forward-based missile
    • FE, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
    • FN, International Finance Division, Office of International Financial and Development Affairs, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
    • FODAG, Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations
    • FonMin, Foreign Minister
    • FonOff, Foreign Office
    • FRB, Federal Reserve Board
    • FRC, Federal Records Center (Washington National Records Center)
    • FRG, Federal Republic of Germany
    • FSD, Fuels Division, Office of International Resources, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
    • FSE, Fuels and Energy Division, Office of International Resources, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
    • FY, fiscal year
    • FYI, for your information
    • G, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
    • GA, United Nations General Assembly
    • GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
    • GCD, general and comprehensive disarmament
    • GCI, ground controlled interception
    • GDR, German Democratic Republic
    • GER, Office of German Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
    • GNP, gross national product
    • GOI, Government of Iran
    • GOJ, Government of Japan
    • G/PM, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs
    • GRC, Government of the Republic of China
    • GSA, General Services Administration
    • H. Rept., House of Representatives Report
    • H. Res., House of Representatives Resolution
    • H.R., House of Representatives
    • HEW, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
    • HMG, Her Majesty’s Government
    • IAC, Intelligence Advisory Committee
    • IAEA, International Atomic Energy Agency
    • IAIAS, Inter-American Institute of Agricultural Sciences (Costa Rica)
    • IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
    • ICA, International Cooperation Administration
    • ICAC, International Cotton Advisory Committee
    • ICBM, Intercontinental ballistic missile
    • ICE, Index of Combat Effectiveness
    • ICF, Index of Comparative Firepower
    • ICFEP, Interdepartmental Committee of Under Secretaries on Foreign Economic Policy
    • IDA, International Development Association
    • IDB, Inter-American Development Bank
    • IDD, International Development Decade
    • IDY, International Development Year
    • IL, International List (of embargoed goods)
    • ILO, International Labor Organization, United Nations
    • IMF, International Monetary Fund
    • INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
    • IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
    • IR, intermediate-range
    • IRBM, intermediate-range ballistic missile
    • ISA, Office of International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
    • JCAE, Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
    • JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
    • JCSM, Joint Chiefs of Staff Memorandum
    • JSCAP, Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan
    • JSOP, Joint Strategic Operations Plan
    • JSTPS, Joint Strategic Target Planning Staff
    • KT, kiloton
    • LA, Bureau for Latin America, Agency for International Development
    • LAS, long-range assistance strategy
    • LDC, less developed country
    • LOC, line of communication
    • 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
    • MC, memorandum of conversation
    • MDC, Mutual Defense Control Staff, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
    • MFN, most favored nation
    • MITI, Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Japan
    • MLF, Multilateral Force
    • MM, Minuteman
    • MMT, Military Mobile Training Team
    • MOD, Ministry of Defense
    • MRBM, medium-range ballistic missile
    • MSA, Mutual Security Assistance
    • MSP, Mutual Security Program
    • MSTS, Military Sea Transportation Service
    • MT, megaton
    • NAC, National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Problems
    • NAP, non-aggression pact
    • NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    • NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
    • NE, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
    • NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
    • NESA, Bureau for Near East and South Asia, Agency for International Development
    • NESC, Net Evaluation Subcommittee
    • NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
    • NM, nautical mile
    • NMCC, National Military Command Center
    • NOA, new obligational authority
    • NORAD, North American Air Defense Command
    • NSA, National Security Agency
    • NSAM, National Security Action Memorandum
    • NSC, National Security Council
    • NSTL, National Strategic Target List
    • Nusup, telegram indicator from the Department of State to the Delegation to the Geneva Conference on the Discontinuance of Nuclear Weapon Tests
    • O, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Administration
    • OAS, Organization of American States
    • OASD, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense
    • OC, Office of Communications, Department of State; Operating Committee of the Advisory Committee on Export Policy (ACEP)
    • OCB, Operations Coordinating Board
    • OCDM, Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
    • OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
    • OEEC, Organization for European Economic Cooperation
    • OEP, Office of Emergency Planning
    • OES, Office of International Economic and Social Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
    • OFD, Office of International Financial and Development Affairs, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
    • OFE, Office of International Finance and Economic Analysis, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
    • OIA, Office of International Affairs, Department of the Treasury
    • OIF, Office of International Finance, Department of the Treasury
    • OPEC, Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
    • OPNAV, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
    • OR, Office of International Resources Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
    • OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
    • OT, Office of International Trade, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
    • OTC, Organization for Trade Cooperation
    • P.L., Public Law
    • PACCS, Post-Attack Command and Control System
    • Polto, series indicator for telegrams from the Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations to the Department of State
    • PPC, Policy Planning Council, Department of State
    • PPS, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State
    • PRC, People’s Republic of China
    • PSI, pounds per square inch
    • R&D, research and development
    • RA, Office of European Regional Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
    • RAF, Royal Air Force
    • RCT, Regimental Combat Team
    • RD, Restricted Data
    • RDT&E, Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation
    • REA, Office of Inter-American Regional Economic Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
    • ResDel, resident delegation
    • RG, Record Group
    • RO, Regional Office
    • ROAD, Reorganization Objective, Army Division
    • ROK, Republic of Korea
    • ROW, risk of war
    • RPE, Office of Political-Economic Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
    • RPM, Office of NATO and Atlantic Political-Military Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
    • S, Office of the Secretary of State
    • SAC, Strategic Air Command
    • SACEUR, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
    • SAGE, semi-automatic ground environment system
    • SAM, surface-to-air missile
    • SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
    • Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State or his delegation to the Department of State
    • SG, Standing Group
    • SHAPE, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers, Europe
    • SIOP, Single Integrated Operational Plan
    • SLAM, Supersonic Low Altitude Missile
    • SLBM, submarine-launched ballistic missile
    • SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate
    • SONJ, Standard Oil of New Jersey
    • SOSUS, Sound Surveillance Undersea System
    • SOV, Office of Soviet Union Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
    • SovDel, Soviet delegation
    • S/P, Policy Planning Council, Department of State
    • SRG, Strategic Resources Group
    • S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
    • SSBN, ballistic missile nuclear submarine
    • SSN, nuclear attack submarine
    • STP, Strategic Target Planning
    • STRAC, U.S. Strategic Air Command
    • SUNFED, Special United Nations Fund for Economic Development
    • Supnu, telegram indicator from the Delegation to the Geneva Conference on the Discontinuance of Nuclear Weapon Tests to the Department of State
    • SYG, United Nations Secretary-General
    • TA, Trade Agreements Division, Office of International Trade, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
    • TAC, Tactical Air Command
    • Tanto, series indicator for telegrams from the United States delegation to the GATT conference in Geneva to the Department of State
    • TB, Test Ban
    • Todis, series indicator for telegrams from the Department of State to the U.S. Delegation to the Eighteen-Nation Disarmament Committee in Geneva
    • Topol, series indicator for telegrams from the Department of State to the Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations
    • Tosec, series indicator for telegrams from the Department of State to the Secretary of State or his delegation
    • Totan, series indicator for telegrams from the Department of State to the United States delegation to the GATT conference in Geneva
    • TPC, Trade Policy Committee
    • U, Office of the Under Secretary of State; unclassified; uranium
    • UAR, United Arab Republic
    • UK, United Kingdom
    • UKDel, United Kingdom Delegation
    • UN, United Nations
    • UNCTAD, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
    • UNDA, United Nations Development Authority
    • UNDC, United Nations Disarmament Commission
    • UNDD, United Nations Development Decade
    • UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
    • UNP, Office of United Nations Political Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
    • UNSC, United Nations Security Council
    • UNTA, United Nations Technical Assistance Program
    • UPI, United Press International
    • USA, United States Army
    • USAF, United States Air Force
    • USDA, United States Department of Agriculture
    • USDel, United States Delegation
    • USG, United States Government
    • USIA, United States Information Agency
    • USIB, United States Intelligence Board
    • USMC, United States Marine Corps
    • USOM, United States Operations Mission
    • USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
    • UST, United States Treaties and Other International Agreements
    • USUN, United States Mission to the United Nations
    • VOA, Voice of America
    • VTOL, vertical takeoff and landing
    • WH, White House
    • WHO, World Health Organization
    • WP, Working Party
    • WSEG, Weapons Systems Evaluation Group
    • WST, Office of West Coast Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State