Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume
XIV, Soviet Union, October 1971–May 1972
Abbreviations and Terms
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ABM, anti-ballistic missile
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ACDA, Arms Control and Disarmament
Agency
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AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
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AH,
Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
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AMB, ambassador
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AP, Associated Press
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ARE, Arab Republic of Egypt
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ARVN, Army of the Republic of
Vietnam
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ASAP, as soon as possible
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ASW, anti-submarine warfare
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B-52, all-weather, intercontinental,
strategic heavy bomber
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BDA, bombing damage assessment
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BH, Bob Haldeman
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BW, biological weapons
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C-130, high-wing, 4 turbo prop engine
aircraft used for rapid transportation of troops and/or equipment
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CBW, Convention on Biological
Weapons
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CC, Central Committee
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CCC, Commodity Credit
Corporation
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CDU, Christian Democratic Union
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CDU/CSU, Christian Democratic
Union/Christian Social Union
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CEQ, Council on Environmental
Quality
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CES, Conference on European
Security
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ChiCom(s), Chinese
Communist(s)
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CIA, Central Intelligence
Agency
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CIEP, Council on International
Economic Policy
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CIEPDM, Council on International
Economic Policy Decision Memorandum
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CIEPSM, Council on International
Economic Policy Study Memorandum
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CPD, series indicator for
communications sent by President Nixon while at Camp David
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CPSU, Communist Party of the Soviet
Union
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CSCE, Conference on Security and
Cooperation in Europe
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D, Democrat; also Anatoly F. Dobrynin
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DCI, Director of Central
Intelligence
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DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
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Dept, Department
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Deptel, Department of State
telegram
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Dissem, dissemination
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DMZ, demilitarized zone
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DOD, Department of Defense
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DOD/ISA, Office of International
Security Affairs, Department of Defense
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DOS, Department of State
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DRV, Democratic Republic of
Vietnam
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EC-121, unarmed, four-engine
propeller-driven reconnaissance aircraft
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Emb, Embassy Embtel, Embassy
telegram
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EOB, Executive Office Building
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ESC, European Security
Conference
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EST, Eastern Standard Time
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ETA, Estimated Time of Arrival
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EUR, Bureau of European Affairs,
Department of State
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EUR/SOV, Office of Soviet Union
Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs
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Exdis, Exclusive distribution
(extremely limited distribution)
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XIM (or Ex-Im), Export-Import Bank of
Washington
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FBI, Federal Bureau of
Investigation
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FDR,
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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FonMin, Foreign Minister
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FRG, Federal Republic of
Germany
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FUNK, National United Front of
Kampuchea
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FYI, for your information
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GDR, German Democratic Republic
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GM, General Motors Corporation
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GMT, Greenwich Mean Time
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GVN, Government of (South)
Vietnam
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HAK,
Henry Alfred Kissinger
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HAKTO, series indicator for messages
sent from Henry A. Kissinger while
away from Washington
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HEW, Department of Health, Education
and Welfare
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ICBM, intercontinental ballistic
missile
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IG, interdepartmental group
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INR, Bureau of Intelligence and
Research, Department of State
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INR/DRR/RSE, Office of Research
and Analysis for USSR and Eastern Europe,
Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
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INR/DRR/RSE/FP, Soviet Foreign
Affairs Division, Officer of Research and Analysis for USSR and Eastern Europe, Bureau of
Intelligence and Research, Department of State
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JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
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JFK, John Fitzgerald Kennedy
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K,
Kissinger
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KGB, Komitet gosudarstvennoy
bezopasnosti (State Security Committee)
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LBJ, Lyndon Baines Johnson
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LDX, Long Distance Xerography
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Limdis, Limited Distribution
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LP, liquefied petroleum
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MACV, United States Military
Assistance Command in Vietnam
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MARC, Modern ABM Radar Complex
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MBFR, Mutual and Balanced Force
Reductions
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ME, Middle East Memcon, memorandum of
conversation
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MFN, Most Favored Nation
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MIRV, multiple
independently-targetable reentry vehicle
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MR, Military Region (in Vietnam)
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MSR, Missile Site Radar
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NASA, National Aeronautics and Space
Administration
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NATO, North Atlantic Treaty
Organization
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NBC, National Broadcasting
Company
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NCA, National Capital Area
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NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern and South
Asian Affairs, Department of State
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Niact, night action, telegram
indicator requiring immediate action
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NIC, National Intelligence
Council
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NIE, National Intelligence
Estimate
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Nodis, No Distribution (other than
to persons indicated)
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Noforn, no foreign
distribution
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NPT, (Nuclear) Non-Proliferation
Treaty
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NSA, National Security Agency
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NSC, National Security Council
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NSC-IG, National Security Council
Interdepartmental Group
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NSDM, National Security Decision
Memorandum
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NSSM, National Security Study
Memorandum
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NVA, North Vietnamese Army
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NVN, North Vietnam
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OLPAR, Other Large Phased-Array
Radar
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OST, Office of Science and
Technology
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P, President
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PFIAB, President’s Foreign
Intelligence Advisory Board
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PM, Bureau of Politico-Military
Affairs, Department of State
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POL, petroleum, oil, and
lubricants
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POW, prisoner of war
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PR, public relations
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PRC, People’s Republic of China
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PRG, Provisional Revolutionary
Government (for South Vietnam)
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R, Republican
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Ref, reference
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Reftel, reference telegram
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RG, Record Group
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RN,
Richard Nixon
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ROK, Republic of Korea
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S, Office of the Secretary of State, or
Secretary
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SALT, Strategic Arms Limitation
Talks
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Septel, separate telegram
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SITTO, series indicator for messages
sent to Henry A. Kissinger while away
from Washington, especially during his secret trip to Moscow in April 1972,
when communications were routed through the Situation Room in the White
House
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SLBM, submarine-launched ballistic
missile
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Sov, Soviet
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SOV, Office of Soviet Union Affairs,
Bureau of European Affairs
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S/P, Policy Planning Staff, Department
of State
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SRG, Senior Review Group
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SU, Soviet Union
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SVN, South Vietnam
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TAC, Tactical Air Command
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TASS,
Telegrafnoe Agentstvo Sovetskogo Soyuza (Telegram
Agency of the Soviet Union)
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Telcon, telephone
conversation
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TOHAK, series indicator for messages
sent to Henry A. Kissinger while away
from Washington
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UAR, United Arab Republic
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UK, United Kingdom
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ULMS, Undersea Long-range Missile
System
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UN, United Nations
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UNSC, United Nations Security
Council
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US, United States
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USAF, United States Air Force
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USDEL, United States
Delegate/Delegation
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USIA, United States Information
Agency
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USIB, United States Intelligence
Board
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USS, United States Ship
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USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics
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USUN, United States Mission to the
United Nations in New York
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V, Vietnam
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VC, Vietcong
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VIP, very important person
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VN, Vietnam
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WH, White House
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WSAG, Washington Special Actions
Group
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WTE, series indicator for messages
sent from Henry A. Kissinger while
away from Washington, especially during his secret trip to Moscow in April
1972, when communications were routed through Kissinger’s airplane at an airport outside Moscow
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Z, Zulu Time (Greenwich Mean
Time)