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