Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume
XXVI, Arab-Israeli Dispute, 1974–1976
Abbreviations and Terms
- addee,
addressee
- AF, Bureau of African
Affairs, Department of State
- AID, Agency for
International Development
- Amb,
Ambassador
- APC, Armored
Personnel Carrier
- backchannel, a
method of communication outside normal bureaucratic procedure; the Nixon
White House, for instance, used backchannel messages to bypass the
Department of State
- BBC, British
Broadcasting Corporation
- C–5A, military
transport aircraft designed to carry troops and heavy cargo
- CA, circular
airgram
- CBU, Cluster Bomb
Unit
- CENTO, Central
Treaty Organization
- CIA, Central
Intelligence Agency
- COMINT,
Communications Intelligence
- COMSEC,
Communications Security
- CRA, Continuing
Resolution Authority
- CSCE, Commission on
Security and Cooperation in Europe
- Del,
Delegation
- DIA, Defense
Intelligence Agency
- Dissem,
dissemination
- DOD, Department of
Defense
- E and E, emergency
and evacuation
- ECM, electronic
countermeasures
- EEC, European
Economic Community
- ELINT, Electronic
Signals Intelligence
- EOB, Executive Office
Building
- ERDA, Energy
Research and Development Administration
- EXCOM, Executive
Committee
- Exdis, Exclusive
Distribution (extremely limited distribution)
- F–4, Phantom II
Fighter Bomber
- FLIR, Forward
Looking Infrared Radiometer
- Foxbat, NATO
codename for the Soviet MIG–25 fighter jet
- FROG, Free Rocket
over Ground, Soviet artillery rocket
- FMS, Foreign Military
Sales
- GNP, Gross National
Product
- GOE, Government of
Egypt
- GOI, Government of
Israel
- GOJ, Government of
Jordan
- GOL, Government of
Lebanon
- GOS, Government of
Syria
- Hakto, series
indicator for telegrams sent by Henry Kissinger
- Hawk, surface-to-air
missile
- ICAO, International
Civil Aviation Organization
- ICRC, International
Committee of the Red Cross
- IDF, Israel Defense
Force
- IMF, International
Monetary Fund
- INR, Bureau of
Intelligence and Research, Department of State
- INR/RNA/NE, Office of
Research and Analysis for Near East and South Asia, Near East Division,
Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
- J, Under Secretary of
State for Political Affairs
- JCS, Joint Chiefs of
Staff
- Lance, mobile field
artillery tactical missile
- Limdis, Limited
Distribution
- LGB, laser guided
bomb
- LOU, Limited Official
Use
- LST, Tank Landing
Ship (formally defined as Landing Ship, Tank)
- M–48, U.S. Army tank
used extensively in Vietnam
- M–60, machine
gun
- MEPC, Middle East
Peace Conference
- MFA, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs
- MFN, Most Favored
Nation
- ME, Middle East
- MEPC, Middle East
Peace Conference
- MIG–23, Soviet
fighter jet
- NATO, North Atlantic
Treaty Organization
- NEA, Bureau of Near
Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State; after April 27, 1974,
Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs
- NEA/ARN, Country
Director for Lebanon, Jordan, Syrian Arab Republic, and Iraq Affairs, Bureau
of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
- NEA/ARP, Country
Director for Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Yemen, and Aden Affairs, Bureau of Near
Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
- NEA/EGY, Country
Director for Egyptian Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian
Affairs, Department of State
- NEA/IAI, Country
Director for Israel and Arab-Israeli Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and
South Asian Affairs, Department of State
- NEA/RA, Office of
Regional Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department
of State
- NEA/SYR, Country
Director for Syian Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs,
Department of State
- NIE, National
Intelligence Estimate
- Nodis, no
distribution (other than to persons indicated)
- Noforn, no foreign
dissemination
- NSA, National
Security Agency
- NSC, National
Security Council
- NSDM, National
Security Decision Memorandum
- NSSM, National
Security Study Memorandum
- OAPEC, Organization
of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries
- OAU, Organization of
African Unity
- OPEC, Organization
of Petroleum Exporting Countries
- OV–1D, surveillance
airplane
- PFLP, Popular Front
for the Liberation of Palestine
- PL–480, Public Law
480
- PLA, Palestine
Liberation Army
- PLO, Palestine
Liberation Organization
- PM, Prime
Minister
- PNG, persona non
grata
- POW, prisoner of
war
- PRC, People′s
Republic of China
- reftel, reference
telegram
- Rep(s),
Representative(s)
- Res,
Resolution
- RG, Record
Group
- RN, Richard
Nixon
- rpt, repeat
- S, Office of the
Secretary of State
- SA–7, Soviet portable
and shoulder-fired surface to air missile
- SALT, Strategic Arms
Limitation Treaty
- SAM, surface-to-air
missile
- SCUD,
surface-to-surface missile system
- SG, Secretary
General
- Secto, series
indicator for telegrams sent by the Secretary of State
- septel, separate
telegram
- SFRC, Senate Foreign
Relations Committee
- SIGINT, Signals
Intelligence
- SNIE, Special
National Intelligence Estimate
- SR–71, U.S. Air
Force jet known as the Blackbird; a successor to the U–2, gathering
intelligence at high altitude
- SRG, Senior Review
Group; Special Review Group
- S/S, Executive
Secretariat, Department of State
- S/S–O, Operations
Center, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
- TASS, Soviet news
agency
- Tohak, series
indicator for telegrams to Henry Kissinger
- Tosec, series
indicator for telegrams to the Secretary of State
- TOW, Tube-launched,
Optically Tracked, Wire Guided (Anti-Tank Missile System)
- U, Office of the
Under Secretary of State
- UJA, United Jewish
Appeal
- UK, United
Kingdom
- UN, United
Nations
- UNDOF, United
Nations Disengagement Observer Force
- UNEF, United Nations
Emergency Force
- UNESCO, United
Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
- UNGA, United Nations
General Assembly
- UNRWA, United
Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near
East
- UNTSO, United
Nations Truce Supervision Organization
- USIS, United States
Information Service
- USNATO, United
States Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- USSR, Union of
Soviet Socialist Republics
- USUN, United States
Mission to the United Nations
- VOA, Voice of
America
- WH, White House
- WSAG, Washington
Special Actions Group