Abbreviations and Terms

• ABM, anti-ballistic missile
• ACDA, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
• 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
• CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
• CINCLANT, Commander in Chief, Atlantic
• CL, classified
• Comite, committee
• CPR, Chinese People’s Republic
• 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
• 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
• Dissem, dissemination
• DOD, Department of Defense
• E, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
• EA, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
• ELR, Elliot L. Richardson
• EOB, Executive Office Building
• ESC, European Security Conference
• EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• Exdis, exclusive distribution
• FDP, Free Democratic Party of Federal Republic of Germany
• FRG, Federal Republic of Germany
• 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
• GA, General Assembly
• 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
• MBFR, Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions
• ME, Middle East
• MFN, Most Favored Nation
• MIRV, Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicle
• 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
• Nodis, no distribution (other than to persons indicated)
• Noforn, not releasable to foreign nationals
• NPT, Non Proliferation Treaty
• NSC, National Security Council
• NSC/OCB, National Security Council, Operations Coordinating Board
• NSDM, National Security Decision Memorandum
• NSSM, National Security Study Memorandum
• NVA/VC, North Vietnamese Army/Viet Cong
• OASD/ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
• OAS, Organization of American States
• OMB, Office of Management and Budget
• OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
• P, President
• Para, paragraph
• PDB, President’s Daily Brief
• PFIAB, President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
• 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
• RG, Record Group; 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
• SecDef, Secretary of Defense
• Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State while away from Washington
• Septel, separate telegram
• SFRC, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
• SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate
• SOV, Soviet; Office of Soviet Union Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• SOVGOV, Soviet Government
• S/PC, Planning and Coordination Staff, Department of State
• SPD, Social Democratic Party of Federal Republic of Germany
• SRG, Senior Review Group
• S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
• SVN, South Vietnam
• TASS, Telegraphnoe Agentsvo Sovietskogo Soiuza (Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union)
• Tosec, series indicator for telegrams to the Secretary of State while away from Washington
• TS, Top Secret
• U, Office of the Under Secretary of State
• UNGA, United National General Assembly
• USC, Under Secretaries Committee
• USG, United States Government
• USIA, United States Information Agency
• USIB, United States Intelligence Board
• USIS, United States Information Service
• USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• USUN, United States Mission to the United Nations
• VC/NVA, Viet Cong/North Vietnamese Army
• VP, Verification Panel
• WSAG, Washington Special Action Group