Abbreviations

• ACDA, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
• ACU, Afghan Construction Unit
• AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
• AEDS, Atomic Energy Detection Station
• AID, Agency for International Development
• AID/A, Office of the Administrator, Agency for International Development
• AID/NESA, Agency for International Development/Bureau for Near East and South Asia
• Amb, Ambassador
• APC, armored personnel carrier
• ASA, Afghan Student Association
• ASAP, as soon as possible
• BNA, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• BOQ, Bachelor Officers Quarters
• BuRec, Bureau of Reclamation (Afghanistan)
• CA, circular airgram
• CAAG, Civil Air Advisory Group
• CAP, Civil Air Project
• CARE, Cooperatives for American Relief Everywhere, Inc.
• CAS, Controlled American Source
• CCC, Commodity Credit Corporation
• CENTO, Central Treaty Organization
• CFL, Cease-Fire Line
• CGUSAMC, Commanding General, U.S. Air Materiel Command
• ChiCom, Chinese Communist(s)
• CHMAAG, Chief, Military Assistance Advisory Group
• CHUSMSMI, Chief, U.S. Military Supply Mission to India
• CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
• CIB, Central Intelligence Bureau (India)
• CINCEUR, Commander in Chief, Europe
• CINCMEAFSA, Commander in Chief, Middle East/South Asia and Africa South of the Sahara
• CINCPAC, Commander in Chief, Pacific
• CINCSTRIKE, Commander in Chief, Strike Command
• CIR, Canada India Reactor
• CJCS, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• COMSAT, Communications Satellite Corporation
• CONUS, Continental United States
• CRO, Commonwealth Relations Office (UK)
• CT, Country Team
• CUSASEC MAAG Chief, U.S. Army Section, Military Advisory Group
• CY, calendar year
• DAO, Defense Attaché Office
• DATT, Defense Attaché
• DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
• DepSecDef, Deputy Secretary of Defense
• Deptel, Department of State telegram
• DGS, Director General of Security (India)
• DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency
• DOD, Department of Defense
• DOD/ISA, Department of Defense, International Security Affairs
• Embtel, Embassy telegram
• ESSGA, Emergency Special Session of the General Assembly (United Nations)
• EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• Exdis, exclusive distribution (acronym indicating extremely limited distribution or dissemination)
• EXIM, Export-Import Bank
• FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization (UN)
• FCI, Fertilizer Corporation of India
• FE, Far East; Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
• FinMin, Finance Minister
• FonMin, Foreign Minister
• FonOff, Foreign Office
• FonSec, Foreign Secretary
• FRC, Federal Records Center
• FRG, Federal Republic of Germany
• FY, fiscal year
• FYI, for your information
• G–2, Army Intelligence
• GNP, Gross National Product
• GOA, Government of Afghanistan
• GOB, Government of Belgium
• GOI, Government of India
• GOJ, Government of Japan
• GON, Government of Nigeria
• GOP, Government of Pakistan
• GOT, Government of Turkey
• G/PM, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs
• GRC, Government of the Republic of China
• GROMET, code name for Indian rain augmentation project initiated at the end of 1966
• HICOM, High Commissioner
• HIQ, Herat-Islam-Qala Road (Afghanistan)
• HMG, Her Majesty’s Government
• HVA, Helmand Valley Authority
• IAF, Indian Air Force
• IB, Intelligence Bureau (India)
• IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
• ICC, International Commodity Clearinghouse
• IDA, International Development Association
• IMF, International Monetary Fund
• INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
• IRBM, Intermediate range ballistic missile
• ISID, Indian equivalent of CIA
• JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• JCSM, Joint Chiefs of Staff Memorandum
• LDC, less developed countries
• Limdis, Limited Distribution (acronym indicating very limited distribution or dissemination)
• L/NEA, Assistant Legal Adviser for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• M, Office of the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
• MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
• MAP, Military Assistance Program
• MEA, Minister of External Affairs
• MFA, Minister of Foreign Affairs
• MIG, A.I. Mikoyan i M.I. Gurevich (Soviet fighter aircraft named for designers Mikoyan and Gurevich)
• Min, Minister
• MinAg, Minister of Agriculture
• MinFin, Minister of Finance
• MinInt, Minister of the Interior
• MinPlan, Minister of Planning
• MK, Morrison-Knudson, Inc.
• MLF, multilateral force
• MOD, Minister of Defense
• MP, Member of Parliament; Madhya Pradesh, a state in India
• MRBM, medium-range ballistic missile
• NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• NEA/INC, Office of India, Nepal, and Ceylon Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• NEA/NR, Office of Near Eastern, South Asian Regional Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• NEA/PAF, Office of Pakistan-Afghanistan Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• NEA/SOA, Office of South Asian Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
• Nodis, No dissemination or distribution (other than to persons indicated)
• Noforn, no foreign dissemination (acronym indicating that the document may not be disseminated to any foreigner, either in the U.S. or overseas)
• Notal, not received by all addressees
• NPT, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
• NSA, National Security Agency
• NSAM, National Security Action Memorandum
• NSC, National Security Council
• NSCIG/NEA, National Security Council Interdepartmental Group for Near East and South Asia
• NVN, North Vietnam
• NYT, New York Times
• OASD/ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
• OAU, Organization of African Unity
• ODDI, Office of the Directorate of Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
• ODR, Office of the U.S. Defense Representative, India; succeeded the U.S. Military Supply Mission in 1967
• OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
• PA, Purchase Authorization
• PAF, Pakistan Air Force
• Pak, Pakistan; Pakistani
• Pindi, abbreviated form of Rawalpindi
• P.L., Public Law
• PM, Prime Minister
• POL, petroleum, oil, and lubricants
• POLAD, Political Adviser
• PriMin, Prime Minister
• RCA, Radio Corporation of America
• reftel, reference telegram
• reps, representatives
• RG, Record Group
• RGA, Royal Government of Afghanistan
• SAM, surface to air missiles
• SC, Security Council (UN)
• SEA, Southeast Asia; Office of Southeast Asian Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
• SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
• SecGen, Secretary-General (UN)
• Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State to the Department of State
• septel, separate telegram
• SFRC, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
• SIG, Senior Interdepartmental Group
• SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate
• SOA, Office of South Asian Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• SOV, Soviet(s); also, Office of Soviet Union Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
• SVN, South Vietnam
• SYG, Secretary-General (UN)
• TD, Tashkent Declaration
• Tosec, series indicator for telegrams from the Department of State to the Secretary of State
• TTK, initials of T.T. Krishnamachari, Indian Minister of Economic and Defense Coordination
• UAR, United Arab Republic
• UK, United Kingdom
• UN, United Nations
• UNCTAD, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
• UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
• UNIPOM, United Nations India-Pakistan Observation Mission
• UNMOGIP, United Nations Military Observer Group for India and Pakistan
• UNSC, United Nations Security Council
• UP, Uttar Pradesh, a state in India
• UPI, United Press International
• USAF, United States Air Force
• USDA, United States Department of Agriculture
• USDel, United States Delegation
• USG, United States Government
• USIA, United States Information Agency
• USIB, United States Intelligence Board
• USIS, United States Information Service (overseas branches of USIA)
• USMSMI, United States Military Supply Mission to India
• USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• UST, United States Treaties and Other International Agreements
• USUN, United States Mission to the United Nations
• UW, unconventional warfare
• VOA, Voice of America
• VP, Vice President
• WAPDA, Water and Power Development Authority of West Pakistan
• WH, White House