Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961–1963, Volume
XIV, Berlin Crisis, 1961–1962
List of Abbreviations
- ABC, atomic,
biological, chemical
- ACDA/IR, Arms
Control and Disarmament Agency/Interpreting Branch
- AG, Attorney
General
- AP, Associated
Press
- APC, armored personnel
carrier
- ASAP, as soon as
possible
- ATC, Allied traffic
control
- ATO, Allied traffic
office
- AUS, active unit
status
- B, Office of the Under
Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
- B/FAC, Deputy
Coordinator for Foreign Assistance, Office of the Under Secretary of State
for Economic Affairs
- BASC, Berlin Air
Safety Center
- BERCON, Berlin
contingency
- BNA, Office of British
Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs,
Department of State
- CDU,
Christlich-Demokratische Union (Christian Democratic Union)
- CEMA, Council for
Economic Mutual Assistance
- CIA, Central
Intelligence Agency
- CINCEUR, Commander
in Chief, Europe
- CPSU, Communist Party
of the Soviet Union
- CVA, attack aircraft
carrier
- CVS, antisubmarine
warfare aircraft carrier
- DDR, Deutsche
Demokratische Republik (German Democratic Republic)
- Depcirtel,
Department of State circular telegram
- Dept,
Department
- Deptel, Department
of State telegram
- DM, Deutschemark
(German Mark)
- DOD, Department of
Defense
- ECE, Economic
Commission for Europe
- EDT, Eastern daylight
time
- Embtel, Embassy
telegram
- EUCOM, European
Command
- EUR, Bureau of
European Affairs, Department of State
- EUR/RA, Office of
European Regional Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of
State
- EUR/WE, Office of
Western European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of
State
- FDP, Freie
Demokratische Partei (Free Democratic Party)
- FedRep, Federal
Republic
- FonOff, Foreign
Office
- FRG, Federal Republic
of Germany
- FYI, for your
information
- G, Deputy Under
Secretary of State for Polictical Affairs
- GA, General
Assembly
- GDR, German Democratic
Republic
- GER, Office of German
Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
- G/PM, Deputy Assistant
Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs
- IAA, International
Access Authority
- ICC, International
Control Commission
- ICG, Interdepartmental
Coordinating Group
- ICJ, International
Court of Justice
- INR, Bureau of
Intelligence and Research, Department of State
- IO, Bureau of
International Organization Affairs, Department of State
- IS, International
Staff
- ISA, Office of the
Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
- IZT, interzonal
trade
- JCS, Joint Chiefs of
Staff
- JS, Joint Staff
- K, Khrushchev
- L/EUR, Assistant
Legal Adviser for European Affairs, Department of State
- MC, memorandum of
conversation
- MDA, Mutual Defense
Assistance
- MP, military
police
- MRBM, medium range
ballistic missile
- MRP, Mouvement
Republicain Populaire (French political party)
- NAC, North Atlantic
Council
- NATO, North Atlantic
Treaty Organization
- Niact, night action;
communications indicator requiring attention by the recipient at any hour of
the day or night
- NORAD, North
American Air Defense
- NSC, National Security
Council
- OECD, Organization
for Economic Cooperation and Development
- ourtel, our
telegram
- PAA, Pan American
(World) Airways
- PermRep, Permanent
Representative
- PMK, President’s
Meeting with Khrushchev
- POLAD, Political
Adviser
- Polto, series
indicator for telegrams from the Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization and European Regional Organizations
- PPS, Policy Planning
Council, Department of State
- QBAL, Quadripartite
Berlin airlift
- RA, Office of European
Regional Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
- reftel, reference
telegram
- Rep,
Representative
- reurtel, reference
your telegram
- RFE, Radio Free
Europe
- RG, Record Group
- RIAS, Rundfunk in
Amerikanischen Sektor (U.S. Radio in the American Sector of Berlin)
- S, Office of the
Secretary of State
- SAC, Strategic Air
Command
- SACEUR, Supreme
Allied Commander, Eurolpe
- SEATO, Southeast
Asia Treaty Organization
- Secto, series
indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State or his party to the
Department of State
- SED, Sozialistische
Einheitspartei Deutschlands (Socialist Unity Party of Germany)
- SHAPE, Supreme
Headquarters, Allied Powers, Europe
- S/O, Operations Center,
Office of the Secretary of State
- Sov, Soviet; Office of
Soviet Union Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of
State.
- SovDel, Soviet
Delegation
- S/P, Policy Planning
Council, Department of State
- SPD,
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (German Social Democratic
Party)
- S/S, Executive
Secretariat, Department of State
- STRAC, Strategic Air
Corps
- STRAF, Strategic Air
Force
- SU, Soviet Union
- tel, telegram
- Topol, series
indicator for telegrams to the Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization and European Regional Organizations
- Tosec, series
indicator for telegrams to the Secretary of State or his party from the
Department of State
- TTD, temporary travel
document
- U, Office of the Under
Secretary of State
- US/MC, United
States/memorandum of conversation
- UN, United
Nations
- UNGA, United Nations
General Assembly
- USAF(E), United
States Air Force (Europe)
- USAREUR, United
States Army, Europe
- USCOB, United States
Command(er), Berlin
- USDel, United States
Delegation
- USG, United States
Government
- USIA, United States
Information Agency
- Vopo, Volkspolizei
(Peoples’ Police)
- WE, Office of Western
European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
- WEU, Western European
Union
- WFM, Washington
Foreign Ministers (Meeting)
- WFTU, World
Federation of Trade Unions
- Z, Zulu time zone