Abbreviations
- ADB, Asian Development Bank
- AF, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
- AFDB, African Development Bank
- AID, Agency for International Development
- ARA, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
- ASP, American Selling Price
- BIS, Bank for International Settlements
- BOB, Bureau of the Budget
- BOP, balance of payments
- C, Counselor, Department of State
- C-20, Committee of 20 (forum to develop proposals on international monetary reform)
- CAP, Common Agricultural Policy
- CEA, Council of Economic Advisers
- CECLA, Special Committee for Latin American Coordination
- CESC, Conference on European Security and Cooperation
- CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
- CIEP, Council on International Economic Policy
- CIEPDM, CIEP Decision Memorandum
- CIEPSM, CIEP Study Memorandum
- COCOM, Coordinating Committee on Export Controls
- CY, calendar year
- D, Deputy Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
- DAC, Development Assistance Committee
- DCI, Director of Central Intelligence
- DISC, Domestic International Sales Corporation
- DOC, Department of Commerce
- DOD, Department of Defense
- E, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
- EA, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
- EC, European Community
- ECONCOM, U.S.-Japan Economic Committee
- EDIP, European Defense Improvement Program
- EEC, European Economic Community
- EFTA, European Free Trade Association
- EUR, Bureau of European and Canadian Affairs, Department of State
- FDIP, Foreign Direct Investment Program
- FMS, Foreign Military Sales
- FOB, free on board
- FonOff, Foreign Office
- FRB, Federal Reserve Board
- FRC, Federal Records Center
- FRG, Federal Republic of Germany
- FSO, Fund for Special Operations
- FY, fiscal year
- G-10, Group of Ten (United States, Canada, Japan, UK, France, Netherlands, Belgium, the FRG, Italy, Sweden, plus Switzerland as an observer)
- GAB, General Agreement to Borrow
- GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
- GNP, Gross National Product
- GOJ, Government of Japan
- GSA, General Services Administration
- H, Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Department of State
- HFAC, House Foreign Affairs Committee
- IA-ECOSOC, Inter-American Economic and Social Council
- IADB, Inter-American Development Bank
- IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
- IDA, International Development Association
- IDB, Inter-American Development Bank
- IET, Interest Equalization Tax
- IFI, International Financial Institution
- IMF, International Monetary Fund
- IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
- IPC, International Petroleum Company
- J, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
- JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
- L, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
- LDC, less-developed country
- LDX, term for classified fax used to pass messages between Washington agencies
- LOS, Law of the Sea
- MAP, Military Assistance Program
- MBFR, Mutual and Balanced Force Reduction
- MITI, Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Japan)
- MOFA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)
- NAC, National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Policies
- NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
- NSC, National Security Council
- NSDM, National Security Decision Memorandum
- NSSM, National Security Study Memorandum
- NTB, Non-Tariff Barrier
- OAS, Organization of American States
- OASIA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs
- OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
- OEP, Office of Emergency Preparedness
- OFID, Office of Industrial Nations, Department of the Treasury
- OIN, Office of Industrial Nations, Department of the Treasury
- OMB, Office of Management and Budget
- OPEC, Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
- OPIC, Overseas Private Investment Corporation
- OPRED, Operation Reduction
- PADM, Policy Analysis Decision Memorandum
- PAHO, Pan American Health Organization
- PARA, Policy Analysis and Resource Allocation.
- PASM, Policy Analysis Study Memorandum
- PL, Public Law
- REDCOSTE, Reduction of Costs in Europe
- RG, NSC Review Group
- RG, Record Group
- SACEUR, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
- SCCN, Special Committee for Consultation and Negotiation)
- SDP, Social Democratic Party (Germany)
- SDR, Special Drawing Rights
- SFRC, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
- SOFA, Status of Forces Agreement
- SRG, NSC Senior Review Group
- SPCC, Southern Peru Copper Company
- S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
- STR, Special Trade Representative or Special Representative for Trade Negotiations
- TFID, Task Force on International Development
- U, Under Secretary of State
- UN, United Nations
- UNCTAD, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
- UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
- UR, Uruguay Round of Trade under GATT auspices
- USC, NSC Under Secretaries Committee
- USDA, United States Department of Agriculture
- USIA, United States Information Agency
- USEC, United States Mission to the European Economic Communities in Brussels
- USOECD, United States Mission to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
- USUN, United States Mission to the United Nations in New York
- VFCR, Voluntary Foreign Credit Program