Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961–1963, Volume X,
Cuba, January 1961–September 1962
Abbreviations
- AA, aircraft
artillery
- AAA, anti-aircraft
artillery
- AAM, air-to-air
missiles
- Abn Div, Airborne
division
- 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
- AFTF, Air Force Task
Force
- AJOC, Alternative
Joint Communications Center (Air Force)
- AJR, Asociation de
Juventud Rebelde (Association of Rebel Youth)
- ALTCOMLANT,
Alternate Commander, Atlantic (Navy)
- ammo,
ammunition
- amphib,
amphibious
- ANG, Air National
Guard
- 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
- 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
- CAB, Civil Aeronautics
Board
- CAP, Combat Air
Patrol
- CEF, Cuban
Expeditionary Force
- CENTO, Central
Treaty Organization
- 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
- CIA, Central
Intelligence Agency
- CINCARIB,
Commander in Chief, Caribbean
- CINCLANT,
Commander in Chief, 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
- COMSECONDFLT,
Commander, Second Fleet
- COMTAC, Commander,
Tactical Air command
- CONAD, Continental
Air Defense Command
- 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,
- DO, destroyer
- DD/P, Office of the
Deputy Director for Plans, Central Intelligence Agency
- 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
- Div, Division
- DIRNSA, Director,
National Security Agency
- DLF, Development Loan
Fund
- DOD, Department of
Defense
- 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
- ECM, electronic
countermeasures
- ELINT, Electronic
Intelligence
- ETA, estimated time of
arrival
- EUR, Bureau of
European Affairs, Department of State
- EUR/SOV, Office of
Soviet Union Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
- EW, early
warning
- FA, Field
Artillery
- FAA, Federal Aviation
Agency
- FA Bn, Field
Artillery Battalion
- FBI, Federal Bureau of
Investigation
- FMFLANT, Fleet
Marine Force, Atlantic
- FonMin, Foreign
Minister
- FonOff, Foreign
Office
- FRC, Federal Records
Center
- FRD, Frente
Revolucionario Democratico, Democratic Revolutionary Front
- 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
- GOA, Government of
Argentina
- GOB, Government of
Brazil
- GOC, Government of
Cuba
- GOC, Good Offices
Committee
- GOF, Government of
France
- govt,
government
- Gtmo,
Guantanamo
- Guat,
Guatemala
- GUS, Government of the
United States
- HEW, Department of
Health, Education and Welfare
- HP, horsepower
- HQ MC, Headquarters,
Marine Corps
- Hv Gun Bn, Heavy
Gun Battalion
- IA-ECOSOC,
Inter-American Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
- ICA, International
Cooperation Administration
- IDB, Inter-American
Development Bank
- ILO, International
Labor Organization
- 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
- IRM,
intermediate-range ballistic missile
- ISA, Office of
International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
- JCS, Joint Chiefs of
Staff
- JCSM, Joint Chiefs of
Staff Memorandum
- JTF, Joint Task
Force
- KLM, Royal Dutch
Airlines
- KOMAR, Soviet
missile-carrying patrol boat
- kts, knots, one
nautical mile per hour
- L, Office of the Legal
Adviser, Department of State
- LA, Latin
America
- LANTCOM, Atlantic
Fleet Command
- lat, latitude
- LCI, Landing Craft,
Infantry
- LCT, Landing Craft,
Tank
- LCU, Landing Craft,
Utility
- LCVP, Landing Craft,
Vehicle, Personnel
- long,
longitude
- LOU, Limited Official
Use
- LPH, Landing Platform
Helicopter
- LSD, Landing Ship,
Dock
- MAG, Marine Aviation
Group
- MAP, Military
Assistance Program
- MarCorps, Marine
Corps
- MATS, Military Air
Transport Service
- MDC, Movimiento
Democratico Cristiano, Christian Democratic Movement
- MEB, Marine
Expeditionary Brigade
- MEF, Marine
Expeditionary Force
- MFM, Meeting of
Foreign Ministers
- MIG, Russian-made
fighter aircraft
- mort., mortar
- MP, Member of
Parliament (British)
- MRBM, medium range
ballistic missile
- MRP, Movimiento
Revolucionario del Pueblo, Peopleʼs Revolutionary Movement
- MAR, Movimiento de
Recuperacion Revolucion, Movement To Recover the Revolution
- MSTS, Military Sea
Transport Service
- MTB, motor torpedo
boat
- 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
- NPIC, National
Photographic Interpretation Center
- NSA, National Security
Agency
- NSAM, National
Security Action Memorandum
- NSC, National Security
Council
- OARS, Ocean Area
Reconnaissance Satellite
- OAD, organization of
American States
- OASD, Office of the
Assistant Secretary of Defense
- OCB, Operations
Coordinating Board
- 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
- PM, paramilitary
- PNG, persona non
grata
- POE, Port of
Embarkation
- POL, petroleum, oil,
and lubricants
- POW, prisoner of
war
- Pres,
President
- PSP, Partido
Socialista Popular, Popular Socialist Party (Cuban Communist Party)
- PT, Motor Torpedo
Boat
- recco,
reconnaissance
- Reps,
Representatives
- R, Resolution;
Republican
- RLT, Regimental
Landing Team
- RPA, Office of
Inter-American Regional Political Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs,
Department of State
- SAC, Strategic Air
Command
- SACEUR, Supreme
Allied Commander, Europe
- SAM, surface-to-air
missile
- SATS, short airfield
for tactical support
- SC, United Nations
Security Council
- 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
- 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
- TF, Task Force
- TFS, Tactical Fighter
Squadron
- TG, Task Group
- T/O, Table of
Organization
- T/O&E, Table of
Organization and Estimates
- TRS, Tactical
Reconnaissance Squadron
- U, Office of the Under
Secretary of State
- 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
- 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 Organizations
- 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