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