Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961–1963, Volume XI,
Cuban Missile Crisis and Aftermath
List of Abbreviations
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AAA, anti-aircraft
artillery
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ACDA, Arms Control
and Disarmament Agency
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AEC, Atomic Energy
Commission
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AFB, Air Force
Base
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A-4D, Skyhawk, U.S.
single engine turbojet attack aircraft
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AG, Attorney
General
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AID, Agency for
International Development
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Amb.,
Ambassador
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AR, American
Republics
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ARA, Bureau of
Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
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ARC, American Red
Cross
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CAP, Combat Air
Patrol
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CCA, Office of the
Coordinator of Cuban Affairs
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CI,
counter-intelligence
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CIA, Central
Intelligence Agency
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CINCAFLANT,
Commander in Chief, U.S. Air Force, Atlantic
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CINCARLANT,
Commander in Chief, U.S. Army, Atlantic
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CINCEUR, Commander
in Chief, U.S. Forces, Europe
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CINCLANT,
Commander in Chief, U.S. Forces, Atlantic
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CINCSTRIKE,
Commander in Chief, Strike Command
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COCOM, Coordinating
Committee of the Paris Consultative Group of Nations
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COMOR, Committee on
Overhead Reconnaissance
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COMSTs, Commander,
Sea Transportation Service
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CRC, Consejo
Revolucionario Cubano, Cuban Revolutionary Council
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CVA, attack aircraft
carrier
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DCI, Director of
Central Intelligence
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DEFCON(s), Defense
condition(s)
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Deptel, Department
of State telegram
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DOD, Department of
Defense
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DRE, Directorio
Revolucionario Estudiantil, Student Revolutionary Directorate
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DTG, date-time group
(date and exact time on telegrams)
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ELINT, electronic
intelligence
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Embtel, Embassy
telegram
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EMC, electronic
countermeasures
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EUR, Bureau of
European Affairs, Department of State
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EUR/BNA, Office of
British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Bureau of European
Affairs, Department of State
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ExCom, Executive
Committee
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Eyes Only,
document to be read only by individuals with a need-to-know
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FBI, Federal Bureau of
Investigation
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FBIS, Foreign
Broadcast Information Service
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FMF, Fleet Marine
Force
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fol, following
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FRC, Federal Records
Center
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FROGS, free over
ground tactical rockets (Soviet luna rockets)
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FYI, for your
information
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GNP, gross national
product
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GOC, Good Offices
Committee
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GOT, Government of
Turkey
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GSA, General Services
Administration
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GTI, Office of Greek,
Turkish, and Iranian Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of
State
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HEW, Department of
Health, Education, and Welfare
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HMG, Her Majesty’s
Government
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ICBM,
intercontinental ballistic missile
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ICRC, International
Committee of the Red Cross
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ILA, International
Longshoreman’s Association
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IL-28, Soviet jet
light bomber
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IO, Bureau of
International Organization Affairs, Department of State
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IRBM,
intermediate-range ballistic missile
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Ironbark, special
information handling channel for intelligence generated by Colonel Oleg
Penkovsky
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ISA, Office of
International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
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JCS, Joint Chiefs of
Staff
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JCSM, Joint Chiefs of
Staff memorandum
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JURE, Revolutionary
Junta
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KOMAR, Soviet
missile carrying PT boats
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KW, kilowatt
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LAAM, light
antiaircraft missile
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LICROSS, League of
International Red Cross Societies
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LS, Division of
Language Services, Department of State
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LST, landing ship,
tank
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MC, memorandum of
conversation
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MEB, Marine
Expeditionary Brigade
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MFA, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs
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MIG, Soviet-made
fighter aircraft
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MLF, multilateral
force
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MRBN, medium-range
ballistic missile
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MSTS, Military Sea
Transport Service
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mtg, meeting
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NAC, North Atlantic
Council
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NATO, North Atlantic
Treaty Organization
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NEA, Bureau of Near
Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
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niact, night action,
telegram indicator requiring immediate action
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NIE, National
Intelligence Estimate
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NORAD, North
American Air Defense Command
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NPIC, National
Photographic Interpretation Center
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NRO, National
Reconnaissance Office
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NSAM, National
Security Action Memorandum
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NSC, National Security
Council
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NY, New York
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NYFRC, New York
Federal Records Center
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OAS, Organization of
American States
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OASD, Office of the
Assistant Secretary of Defense
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OCI, Office of Current
Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
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OD, operating
directive
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OECD, Organization of
Economic Cooperation and Development
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OEP, Office of
Emergency Planning
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ONE/OCI, Office of
National Estimates/Office of Current Intelligence
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OP, Office of the Chief
of Naval Operations; operations plan
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OPLAN, operations
plan
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OSD, Office of the
Secretary of Defense
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PAA, Pan American
Airways
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PM, Prime
Minister
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POL, petroleum, oil,
and lubricants
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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
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re, regarding
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reps,
representatives
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res, resolution
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RLG, Royal Lao
Government
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RPM, Office of
Atlantic Political and Military Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs,
Department of State
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SA, Sterling
Area
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SA-2, Soviet suface to
air missile (SAM)
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SAC, Strategic Air
Command
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SACEUR, Supreme
Allied Commander, Europe
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SAM, surface-to-air
missile
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SAR, search and
rescue
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SC, Security Council of
the United Nations
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SCCS, Special
Consultative Committee on Security (OAS)
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SEATO, Southeast
Asia Treaty Organization
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SNIE, Special
National Intelligence EstimateS/P Policy Planning Council/Staff
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S/S
, Executive Secretariat, Department of
State
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SS-4, Soviet
medium-range ballistic missile
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SS-5, Soviet
intermediate-range ballistic missile
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SYG, Secretary General
of the United Nations
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TAC, Tactical Control
Squadron
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TASS, Telegraphnoye
Agentstvo Sovyetskogo Soyuza (Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union
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telcon, telephone
conversation
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Topol, series
indicator for telegrams to the U.S. Permanent Representative to the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations
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U-2, U.S. high-altitude
reconnaissance aircraft
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UAR, United Arab
Republic
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UDT, Underwater
Demolition Team
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UK, United
Kingdom
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UN, United
Nations
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UNMIS, United
Nations Mission
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urtel, your
telegram
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USAF, United States
Air Force
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USG, United States
Government
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USIA, United States
Information Agency
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USIB, United States
Intelligence Board
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USMC, United States
Marine Corps
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USN, United States
Navy
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USRO, United States
Mission to European Regional Organizations in Paris
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USSR, Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics
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USUN, United States
Mission at the United Nations
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VOA, Voice of
America