List of Abbreviations

• ACA, Allied Control Authority
• APC, armored personnel carrier
• ATC, Allied traffic control
• AUA, Austrian Airlines
• AV, Aviation Bureau, Department of State
• BASC, Berlin Air Safety Center
• BERCON/MARCON, Berlin contingency/maritime contingency
• BQD, Berlin Quadripartite Document
• BTF, Berlin Task Force
• CDU, Christlich-Demokratische Union (Christian Democratic Union)
• CEMA, Council for Economic Mutual Assistance
• ChiComs, Chinese Communists
• CINC, Commander in Chief
• CINCEUR, Commander in Chief, Europe
• CINCLANT, Commander in Chief, Atlantic
• CINCUSEUR, Commander in Chief U.S. Army, Europe
• DDR, Deutsche Demokratische Republik (German Democratic Republic)
• Deptel, Department of State telegram
• DM, Deutschemark (German Mark)
• EE, Eastern Europe
• EEC, European Economic Community
• EFTA, European Free Trade Area
• EmbOff, Embassy officer
• Embtel, Embassy telegram
• ENDC, Eighteen-Nation Disarmament Committee
• EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• EUR/SOV, Office of Soviet Union Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• Exdis, exclusive distribution
• FDP, Freie Demokratische Partei (Free Democratic Party)
• FedRep, Federal Republic
• FonMin, Foreign Ministry
• FonOff, Foreign Office
• FRG, Federal Republic of Germany
• FYI, for your information
• G/B, Germany/Berlin
• G/PM, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Political/Military Affairs
• GA, General Assembly
• GDR, German Democratic Republic
• GER, Office of German Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• GSFG, Group of Soviet Forces in Germany
• HQ, headquarters
• IAA, International Acces Authority
• ICBM, intercontinental ballistic missile
• INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• ISA, Office of International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
• IZT, interzonal trade
• JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• JCSM, Joint Chiefs of Staff memorandum
• JSSC, Joint Strategic Survey Council
• K, Khrushchev
• L, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
• Limdis, limited distribution
• L/S, Bureau of Language Services, Department of State
• M, Office of the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
• memcon, memorandum of conversation
• MFA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• MLF, multilateral force
• MOD, Ministry of Defense
• MRBM, medium-range ballistic missile
• mytel, my telegram
• NAC, North Atlantic Council
• NAP, nonaggression pact
• NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State
• Niact, Night action, communications indicator requiring attention by the recipient at any hour of the day or night
• NSAM, National Security Action Memorandum
• OAS, Organisation de l’Armee Secrete (Secret Army Organization)
• OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
• OSD/ISA, Office of International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
• PET, President’s European trip
• POLAD, political adviser
• Polto, series indicator for telegrams from the Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations
• R/PM (RPM), Office of Atlantic Political and Military Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• reftel, reference telegram
• 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, Europe
• SACLANT, Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic
• S/B, Office of the Special Assistant to the Secretary of State
• SecDel MC, Secretary’s delegation memorandum of conversation
• Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State while away from Washington
• SED, Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands (Socialist Unity Party of Germany)
• septel, separate telegram
• SET/MC, Secretary’s European Trip/memorandum of conversation
• SHAPE, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers, Europe
• SHLO, SHAPE Liaison Office
• SOV, Soviet; Office of Soviet Union Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• SPD, Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (German Social Democratic Party)
• S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
• SYG, Secretary-General
• TASS, Telegraphnoe Agentsvo Sovietskogo Soiuza (Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union)
• TB, Test Ban
• 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 while away from Washington
• TTD, temporary travel document
• U, Office of the Under Secretary of State
• UKMLM, United Kingdom Military Liaison Mission
• UN, United Nations
• UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
• USAFE, United States Air Force, Europe
• USAREUR, United States Army, Europe
• USCINCEUR, United States Commander in Chief, Europe
• USCOB, United States Command(er), Berlin
• USG, United States Government
• USIA, United States Information Agency
• USIB, United States Intelligence Board
• USRO, Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations
• USUN, United States Mission to the United Nations
• Vopo, Volkspolizei (Peoples’ Police)
• WE, Office of Western European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• WM, war memorial