Abbreviations and Terms

• ABM, Anti-Ballistic missile
• ACDA, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
• AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
• AF, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
• AG, Attorney General
• AID, Agency for International Development
• ARA, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
• ARVN, Army of the Republic of (South) Vietnam
• ASD (A), Assistant Secretary of Defense (Administration)
• ASD (I), Assistant Secretary of Defense (Intelligence)
• ASD (SA), Assistant Secretary of Defense (Systems Analysis)
• ASW, antisubmarine warfare
• BALPA, Balance of Payments Reduction Program
• BOB, Bureau of the Budget
• BRDP, Blue Ribbon Defense Panel
• CASP, Country Analysis and Strategy Paper
• CCC, Contingency Coordinating Committee
• CCP, Consolidated Cryptologic Program
• CDIP, Consolidated Defense Intelligence Program
• CEA, Council of Economic Advisers
• CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
• CIEP, Council on International Economic Policy
• CINCPAC, Commander in Chief, Pacific
• CIP, Consolidated Intelligence Program
• CL, classified
• Comite, committee
• COMSEC, communications security
• CPM, Country Programming Memorandum
• CPR, Chinese People’s Republic
• CS, Clandestine Services
• CSS, Central Security Service
• DCI, Director of Central Intelligence
• DCID, Director of Central Intelligence Directive
• DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
• DDC, Office of the Deputy Director for Coordination, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• DDCI, Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
• D/DCI/IC, Deputy to the Director of Central Intelligence for the Intelligence Community
• D/DCI/NIPE, Deputy to the Director of Central Intelligence for National Intelligence Programs Evaluation
• DDI, Deputy Director for Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
• DDO/IMS, Deputy Director for Operations/Information Management Staff, Central Intelligence Agency
• DD/P, Deputy Director for Plans, Central Intelligence Agency
• DDR&E, Director of Defense Research and Engineering, Department of Defense
• DD/S&T, Deputy Director for Science and Technology, Central Intelligence Agency
• DE, destroyer escort
• Del, delegate
• DG, Director General of the Foreign Service, Department of State
• DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency
• D/INR, Director, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• DIRNSA, Director, National Security Agency
• DIS, Defense Investigative Service
• Dissem, dissemination
• D/NRO, Director, National Reconnaissance Office
• DOD, Department of Defense
• DPRC, Defense Program Review Committee
• E, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State; John Ehrlichman
• EA, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
• ELR, Elliot L. Richardson
• EOB, Executive Office Building
• EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• Exdis, exclusive distribution
• F.R., Federal Register
• FSO, Foreign Service Officer
• FSR, Foreign Service Reserve officer
• FSS, Foreign Service Staff officer
• FY, fiscal year
• FYI, for your information
• G, Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
• GS, General Schedule
• GVN, Government of (South) Vietnam
• H, Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations
• HAK, Henry A. Kissinger
• HEW, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
• IG, Interdepartmental Group
• IG/EUR, Interdepartmental Group for Europe
• INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• INR/DDC, Office of the Deputy Director for Coordination, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• INR/IL, Intelligence Liaison, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
• IRBM, Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missile
• IRG, Interdepartmental Regional Group
• ISA, Office of International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
• JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• J/PM, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs
• JRC, Joint Reconnaissance Center
• K, Kissinger
• L, Legal Adviser of the Department of State
• LIG, Legislative Interdepartmental Group
• M, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Department of State
• MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
• MACV, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
• MAP, Military Assistance Program
• MASF, Military Assistance Sales Fund
• MBFR, Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions
• Mbr, member
• ME, Middle East
• MFN, Most Favored Nation
• MIRV, Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicle
• Misoff, Mission Officer
• MR, Memorandum for the Record
• Mtg, meeting
• NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• NCO, Non-Commissioned Officer
• NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
• NIPE, National Intelligence Programs Evaluation
• NIRB, National Intelligence Resources Board
• NK, North Korea
• NMCC, National Military Command Center
• NODIS, no distribution
• Noforn, not releasable to foreign nationals
• NPIC, National Photographic Interpretation Center
• NRO, National Reconnaissance Office
• NRP, National Reconnaissance Program
• NSAM, National Security Action Memorandum
• NSC, National Security Council
• NSCID, National Security Council Intelligence Directive
• NSC/OCB, National Security Council, Operations Coordinating Board
• NSDM, National Security Decision Memorandum
• NSF, National Science Foundation
• NSSM, National Security Study Memorandum
• NVA/VC, North Vietnamese Army/Viet Cong
• O, Deputy Under Secretary of State for Administration
• OASD/ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
• OEP, Office of Emergency Preparedness
• OMB, Office of Management and Budget
• ONE, Office of National Estimates
• OPRED, Overseas Personnel Reductions
• OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
• OSI, Office of Scientific Intelligence
• OST, Office of Science and Technology
• P, President
• Para, paragraph
• PDB, President’s Daily Brief
• PFIAB, President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
• PHOTINT, photo intelligence
• P.L., Public Law
• PM, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State
• PM/ISP, Office of International Security Policy and Planning, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State
• PMG, Politico-Military Group
• Polad, Political Adviser
• PPBS, Planning-Programming-Budgeting System
• Pres, President
• PSAC, President’s Science Advisory Committee
• R&D, research and development
• RDT&E, research, development, test, and evaluation
• RG, Record Group, or Review Group
• RMN, Richard M. Nixon
• RN, Richard Nixon
• S, Office of the Secretary of State
• SAC, Strategic Air Command
• SALT, Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
• SCA, Service Cryptologic Agency
• SecDef, Secretary of Defense
• Septel, separate telegram
• SFRC, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
• SIG, Senior Interdepartmental Group
• SIGINT, signals intelligence
• SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate
• SOP, standard operating procedure
• S/PC, Planning and Coordination Staff, Department of State
• SRG, Senior Review Group
• S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
• STR, Special Trade Representative
• SVN, South Vietnam
• TDCS, series indicator used for CIA clandestine service reports received by telegram or teletype
• TO&E, table of organization and equipment
• TS, Top Secret
• U, Office of the Under Secretary of State
• USC, Under Secretaries Committee
• USG, United States Government
• USIA, United States Information Agency
• USIB, United States Intelligence Board
• USIS, United States Information Service
• U/SM, Under Secretaries Memorandum
• USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• USUN, United States Mission to the United Nations
• VC/NVA, Viet Cong/North Vietnamese Army
• VP, Verification Panel
• VSSG, Vietnam Special Studies Group
• WHCA, White House Communications Agency
• WPR, William P. Rogers
• WSAG, Washington Special Action Group