Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961–1963, American
Republics; Cuba 1961–1962; Cuban Missile Crisis and Aftermath, Volumes X/XI/XII,
Microfiche Supplement
List of Abbreviations
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- AA, aircraft
artillery
- AAA,
anti-aircraft artillery
- AAM,
air-to-air missiles
- Abn Div,
Airborne division
- ACDA, Arms
Control and Disarmament Agency
- ACSI,
Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence
- AEC, Atomic
Energy Commission
- AEW, Aircraft
Early Warning Station
- AEW&C
Det, Airborne Early Warning and Control
Detachment
- AF, Bureau of
African Affairs, Department of State
- AFB, Air
Force Base
- AFCIN, Air
Force Intelligence
- AFL–CIO,
American Federation of Labor–Congress of Industrial
Organizations
- A–4D,
Skyhawk, U.S. single engine turbojet attack aircraft
- AFP, Alliance
for Progress
- AFTF, Air
Force Task Force
- AG, Attorney
General
- AID, Agency
for International Development
- AJOC,
Alternative Joint Communications Center (Air Force)
- AJR,
Asociation de Juventud Rebelde (Association of Rebel Youth)
- ALTCOMLANT, Alternate Commander, Atlantic
(Navy)
- Amb.,
Ambassador
- ammo,
ammunition
- amphib,
amphibious
- ANG, Air
National Guard
- AR, American
Republics
- ARA, Bureau
of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
- ARA/CCA,
Office of the Coordinator for Cuban Affairs, Bureau of
Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
- ARA/CMA,
Office of Caribbean and Mexican Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American
Affairs, Department of State
- ARA/RPA,
Office of Inter-American Regional Political Affairs, Bureau of
Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
- ARC, American
Red Cross
- Armd Cav
Regt, Armored Cavalry Regiment
- ARS, aerial
reconnaissance and security
- ASAP, as
soon as possible
- ASW,
Anti-Submarine Warfare
- AWOL, absent
without leave
-
- BLT,
Battalion Landing Team
- Bn,
battalion
- Brig Hq.,
Brigade Headquarters
- BW/CW,
Biological Warfare/Chemical Warfare
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- CA, Central
America
- CAB, Civil
Aeronautics Board
- CAP, Combat
Air Patrol
- CCA, Office
of the Coordinator of Cuban Affairs
- CEF, Cuban
Expeditionary Force
- CENTO,
Central Treaty Organization
- CF, Central
Files of the Department of State
- CGCONARC, Commanding General, Continental Army
Command
- CGUSACARIB, Commanding General, U.S. Army,
Caribbean
- CGUSARLANT, Commanding General, U.S. Army,
Atlantic
- CGUSCONARC, Commanding General, U.S. Continental
Army Command
- ChiCom,
Chinese Communist
- CI,
counter-intelligence; counter insurgency
- CIA, Central
Intelligence Agency
- CINCAFLANT, Commander in Chief, U.S. Air Force,
Atlantic
- CINCARIB, Commander in Chief, U.S. Army,
Caribbean
- CINCARLANT, Commander in Chief, U.S. Army,
Atlantic
- CINCEUR,
Commander in Chief, U.S. Forces, Europe
- CINCLANT, Commander in Chief, U.S. Forces,
Atlantic
- CINCLANTFLT, Commander in Chief, Atlantic
Fleet
- CINCONAD, Commander in Chief, Continental Air
Defense Command
- CINCPAC,
Commander in Chief, Pacific
- CINCSTRIKE, Commander in Chief, Strike
Command
- CJTF,
Commander, Joint Task Force
- CMA, Office
of Caribbean and Mexican Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs,
Department of State
- CMC,
Commandant, United States Marine Corps
- CNO, Chief of
Naval Operations
- C.O.,
Commanding Officer
- COAS,
Council of the Organization of American States
- COCOM,
Coordinating Committee of the Paris Consultative Group of
Nations
- COMAFTASKOR, Commander, Air Force Task
Force
- COMANTDEFCOM, Commander, Antilles Defense
Command
- COMCARIBSEAFRON, Commander, Caribbean Sea
Frontier
- COMFAIRJAX, Commander, Fleet Air, Jacksonville,
Florida
- COMINT,
Communications Intelligence
- COMJTF,
Commander, Joint Task Force
- COMKWESTFOR, Commander, Key West Forces
- COMNAVBASE
GTMO, Commander, Naval Base, Guantanamo
- COMNAVTASKFOR, Commander, Naval Task
Force
- COMOR,
Committee on Overhead Reconnaissance
- COMSECONDFLT, Commander, Second Fleet
- COMSTS,
Commander, Sea Transportation Service
- COMTAC,
Commander, Tactical Air Command
- CONAD,
Continental Air Defense Command
- Contel,
Consulate telegram
- CONUS,
continental United States
- COSAC,
Commanding Officer, Strategic Air Command
- CRC, Consejo
Revolucionario Cubano, Cuban Revolutionary Council
- CTC,
Confederacion de Trabajadores Cubanos, Confederation of Cuban
Workers
- CTG,
Commander, Special Task Group
- CVA, attack
aircraft carrier
- CW, chemical
warfare
-
- DCI, Director
of Central Intelligence
- DCM, Deputy
Chief of Mission
- DD/P, Office
of the Deputy Director for Plans, Central Intelligence Agency
- DEFCON(s), Defense condition(s)
- Dels,
Delegations
- Depcirtel, Department of State circular
telegram
- Dept,
Department of State
- Deptel,
Department of State telegram
- DIA, Defense
Intelligence Agency
- DIO, District
Intelligence Officer
- DIRNSA,
Director, National Security Agency
- Div,
Division
- DLF,
Development Loan Fund
- DO,
destroyer
- DOD,
Department of Defense
- DOS,
Department of State
- DR, Directorio
Revolucionario, Revolutionary Directorate
- DRE,
Directorio Revolucionario Estudiantil, Student Revolutionary
Directorate
- DTG,
date-time group (date and exact time on telegrams)
- DZ, drop
zone
-
- ECE, Economic
Commission for Europe
- ECLA, United
Nations Council on Latin America
- ELINT,
electronic intelligence
- Embdes,
Embassy despatch
- Embtel,
Embassy telegram
- EMC,
electronic countermeasures
- Embtel,
Embassy telegram
- ETA,
estimated time of arrival
- EUR, Bureau
of European Affairs, Department of State
- EUR/BNA,
Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Bureau
of European Affairs, Department of State
- EUR/SOV,
Office of Soviet Union Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs,
Department of State
- EW, early
warning
- ExCom,
Executive Committee
- Eyes
Only, document to be read only by individuals with a
need-to-know
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- FA, Field
Artillery
- FAA, Federal
Aviation Agency
- FA Bn, Field
Artillery Battalion
- FBI, Federal
Bureau of Investigation
- FBIS,
Foreign Broadcast Information Service
- FMF, Fleet
Marine Force
- FMFLANT,
Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic
- fol,
following
- FonMin,
Foreign Minister
- FonOff,
Foreign Office
- FRC, Federal
Records Center
- FRO, Frente
Revolucionario Democratico, Democratic Revolutionary Front
- FROGS, Free
Over Ground tactical rockets (Soviet luna rockets)
- FY, fiscal
year
- FYI, for your
information
-
- G–2, Army
General Staff section dealing with intelligence at the divisional
level or higher
- GA, United
Nations General Assembly
- GNP, gross
national product
- GOA,
Government of Argentina
- GOB,
Government of Brazil; Government of Bolivia
- GOC,
Government of Cuba; Government of Chile; Government of Colombia;
Good Offices Committee
- GOCR,
Government of Costa Rica
- GOE,
Government of Ecuador
- GOES,
Government of El Salvador
- GOF,
Government of France
- GOG,
Government of Guatemala
- GOH,
Government of Haiti; Government of Honduras
- GOJ,
Government of Jamaica
- GOM,
Government of Mexico
- GOT,
Government of Turkey
- GOV,
Government of Venezuela
- govt,
government
- GSA, General
Services Administration
- GTI, Office
of Greek, Turkish, and Iranian Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs,
Department of State
- Gtmo,
Guantanamo
- Guat,
Guatemala
- GUS,
Government of the United States
-
- HEW,
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
- HMG, Her
Majesty’s Government
-
- IA,
Inter-American
- IA–ECOSOC, Inter-American Economic and Social
Council of the United Nations
- IADB,
Inter-American Development Bank
- ICA,
International Cooperation Administration
- ICBM,
intercontinental ballistic missile
- ICRC,
International Committee of the Red Cross
- IDB,
Inter-American Development Bank
- ILA,
International Longshoreman’s Association
- ILO,
International Labor Organization
- IL–28,
Soviet jet light bomber
- Inf Bde,
Infantry Brigade
- info,
information
- INR, Bureau
of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
- INS,
Immigration and Naturalization Service, Department of Justice
- IO, Bureau of
International Organization Affairs, Department of State
- IO/UNP,
Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Bureau of
International Organization Affairs, Department of State
- IRBD,
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World
Bank)
- IRBM,
intermediate-range ballistic missile
- Ironbark, special information handling channel for
intelligence generated by Colonel Oleg Penkovsky
- ISA, Office
of International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
-
- JCS, Joint
Chiefs of Staff
- JCSM, Joint
Chiefs of Staff memorandum
- JTF, Joint
Task Force
- JURE,
Revolutionary Junta
-
- KLM, Royal
Dutch Airlines
- KOMAR,
Soviet missile carrying patrol boat
- kts,
knots, one nautical mile per hour
- KW,
kilowatt
-
- L, Office of
the Legal Adviser, Department of State
- LA, Latin
America
- LAAM, light
antiaircraft missile
- LAFTA,
Latin American Free Trade Association
- LANTCOM,
Atlantic Fleet Command
- lat,
latitude
- LCI, landing
craft, infantry
- LCT, landing
craft, tank
- LCU, landing
craft, utility
- LCVP,
landing craft, vehicle, personnel
- LICROSS,
League of International Red Cross Societies
- long,
longitude
- LOU, Limited
Official Use
- LPH, Landing
Platform Helicopter
- LS, Division
of Language Services, Department of State
- LSD, landing
ship, deck
- LST, landing
ship, tank
-
- MAAG,
Military Assistance Advisory Group
- MAG, Marine
Aviation Group
- MAP, Military
Assistance Program
- MAR,
Movimiento de Recuperacion Revolucion, Movement To Recover the
Revolution
- MarCorps, Marine Corps
- MATS,
Military Air Transport Service
- MC, memorandum
of conversation
- MDC,
Movimiento Democratico Cristiano, Christian Democratic
Movement
- MEB, Marine
Expeditionary Brigade
- MEF, Marine
Expeditionary Force
- MFA, Ministry
of Foreign Affairs
- MFM, Meeting
of Foreign Ministers
- MIG,
Soviet-made fighter aircraft
- MLF,
multilateral force
- mort.,
mortar
- MP, Member of
Parliament (British)
- MRBM,
medium-range ballistic missile
- MRP,
Movimiento Revolucionario del Pueblo, People’s Revolutionary
Movement
- MSTS,
Military Sea Transport Service
- MTB, motor
torpedo boat
- mtg,
meeting
-
- NAC, North
Atlantic Council
- NAD, Naval
Air Detachment
- NAS, Naval
Air Station
- NATO, North
Atlantic Treaty Organization
- NavAide,
Naval Aide
- NDU, National
Defense University
- NEA, Bureau
of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
- niact,
night action, telegram indicator requiring immediate action
- Nic,
Nicaragua
- NIE, National
Intelligence Estimate
- nm, nautical
miles
- Noforn, no
foreign distribution
- NORAD,
North American Air Defense Command
- NPIC,
National Photographic Interpretation Center
- NRO, National
Reconnaissance Office
- NSA, National
Security Agency
- NSAM,
National Security Action Memorandum
- NSC, National
Security Council
- NSF, National
Security Files
- NY, New
York
- NYFRC, New
York Federal Records Center
-
- OAD,
Organization of American States
- OARS, Ocean
Area Reconnaissance Satellite
- OAS,
Organization of American States
- OASD, Office
of the Assistant Secretary of Defense
- OCB,
Operations Coordinating Board
- OCI, Office
of Current Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
- OD, operating
directive
- OECD,
Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development
- OEP, Office
of Emergency Planning
- ONE–OCI,
Office of National Estimates/Office of Current Intelligence
- OP, Office of
the Chief of Naval Operations; operations plan
- OPLAN,
operations plan
- OSD, Office
of the Secretary of Defense
-
- P, Bureau of
Public Affairs, Department of State
- PAA, Pan
American Airways
- PACOM,
Pacific Command
- PC, Patrol
Craft, Submarine chaser
- P.L.–480,
Public Law 480, Food for Peace
- PM, Prime
Minister; paramilitary
- PNG, persona
non grata
- POE, port of
embarkation
- POL,
petroleum, oil, and lubricants
- Polto,
series indicator for telegrams from the U.S. Permanent
Representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and
European Regional Organizations to the Department of State
- POW, prisoner
of war
- Pres,
President
- PSP, Partido
Socialista Popular, Popular Socialist Party (Cuban Communist
Party)
- PT, motor
torpedo boat
-
- R, resolution;
Republican
- re,
regarding
- recco,
reconnaissance
- reps,
representatives
- res,
resolution
- RLT,
Regimental Landing Team
-
- SA, Sterling
Area
- SA–2, Soviet
surface-to-air missile (SAM)
- SAC,
Strategic Air Command
- SACEUR,
Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
- SAM,
surface-to-air missile
- SAR, search
and rescue
- SATS, short
airfield for tactical support
- SC, Security
Council of the United Nations
- SCCS,
Special Consultative Committee on Security (OAS)
- SEATO,
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
- SecDef,
Secretary of Defense
- SecNav,
Secretary of the Navy
- Secto,
series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State or his
party to Washington
- SIGINT,
Signals Intelligence
- SNIE,
Special National Intelligence Estimate
- S/O,
Operations Center, Department of State
- Sov,
Soviet
- S/P Policy
Planning Council/Staff
- S/S, Executive
Secretariat, Department of State
- SS–4, Soviet
medium-range ballistic missile
- SS–5, Soviet
intermediate-range ballistic missile
- SSM,
surface-to-surface missile
- Stat.,
United States Statutes at Large
- SW, surface
warfare
- SYG,
Secretary General of the United Nations
-
- TAC, Tactical
Air Command
- TAD, Tactical
Air Defense
- TAF, Tactical
Air Force
- TASS,
Telegraphnoye Agentstvo Sovyetskogo Soyuza (Telegraph Agency of the
Soviet Union)
- TCS, Tactical
Control Squadron
- telcon,
telephone conversation
- TF, Task
Force
- TFS, Tactical
Fighter Squadron
- TG, Task
Group
- T/O, Table of
Organization
- T/O&E,
Table of Organization and Estimates
- Topol,
series indicator for telegrams to the U.S. Permanent Representative
to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- TRS, Tactical
Reconnaissance Squadron
-
- U, Office of
the Under Secretary of State
- U–2, U.S.
high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft
- UAR, United
Arab Republic
- UDT,
Underwater Demolition Team
- UDU,
Underwater Demolition Unit
- UK, United
Kingdom
- UN, United
Nations
- UNESCO–ECLA, United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization–Economic Commission for Latin
America
- UNGA, United
Nations General Assembly
- UNMIS,
United Nations Mission
- UNSC, United
Nations Security Council
- UR, Unidad
Revolucionario (Cuban political movement)
- urtel, your
telegram
- USA, United
States Army
- USAF, United
States Air Force
- USDel,
United States Delegation
- USG, United
States Government
- USIA, United
States Information Agency
- USIB, United
States Intelligence Board
- USMC, United
States Marine Corps
- USN, United
States Navy
- USRO, United
States Mission to European Regional Organization in Paris
- USS, United
States Ship
- USSR, Union
of Soviet Socialist Republics
- USSTRICOM, United States Strike Command
- UST, United
States Treaties and other International Agreements
- USUN, United
States Mission to the United Nations
- UW,
unconventional warfare
-
- VOA, Voice of
America
- VS, Search
Plane; Shore-based Search Squadron
-
- WH, White
House
- W/T, wireless
transmitter
- WNRC,
Washington National Records Center