Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume
XXVII, Iran; Iraq, 1973–1976
Abbreviations and Terms
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AADC, Area Air
Defense Commander
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AAPSO, Afro-Asian
Peoples’ Solidarity Organization
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ABM, anti-ballistic
missile
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A/C, aircraft
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ACDA, Arms Control
and Disarmament Agency
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ADCM, Acting Deputy
Chief of Mission
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AEC, Atomic Energy
Commission
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AFL–CIO, American
Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations
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AFRT, Armed Forces
Radio and Television
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AID, Agency for
International Development
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Amb,
Ambassador
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AMST, Advanced
Medium STOL Aircraft
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API, American
Petroleum Institute
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ARAMCO,
Arabian-American Oil Company
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ARMISH/MAAG,
U.S. Army Mission in Iran/Military Assistance Advisory Group
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ARN, see
NEA/ARN
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ASD/ISA, Assistant
Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
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ASPR, Armed Services
Procurement Regulation
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ASW, anti-submarine
warfare
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AWACS, Airborne
Warning and Control System
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b/d, barrels per
day
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BP, British
Petroleum
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B/P, balance of
payments
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BPC, Basra Petroleum
Company
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BPD, barrels per
day
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BPI, Ba’ath Party of
Iraq
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BSO, Black September
Organization
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CAB, Civil
Aeronautics Board
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CCC, Commodity Credit
Corporation
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CEA, Council of
Economic Advisers
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CENTO, Central
Treaty Organization
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CFP, Compagnie
Française des Petroles
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CIA, Central
Intelligence Agency
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CIEP, Council on
International Economic Policy
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CINCEUR,
Commander in Chief, European Command
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CINCPAC,
Commander in Chief, Pacific Command
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CINCUSNAVEUR, Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces,
Europe
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CIS, Confederation of
Iranian Students
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CJCS, Chairman,
Joint Chiefs of Staff
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CNO, Chief of Naval
Operations
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COB, close of
business
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ConGen, Consul
General
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COMECON, Council
for Mutual Economic Assistance
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COMIDEASTFOR, Commander, Middle East Forces
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COMINT,
communications intelligence
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Cons,
Consulate
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COS, Chief of
Station
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CPI, Communist Party
in Iraq
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D, Office of the Deputy
Secretary of State
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DCI, Director of
Central Intelligence
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DCM, Deputy Chief of
Misson
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DDCI, Deputy
Director of Central Intelligence
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DDO, Deputy Director
for Operations, Central Intelligence Agency
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DefRepIran,
Defense Representative, Iran
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Dept, Department of
State
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Deptel, Department
of State telegram
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Depto, series
indicator for telegrams from the Deputy Secretary of State
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DIA, Defense
Intelligence Agency
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DirGen, Director
General
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dissem,
dissemination
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DOD, Department of
Defense
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DOD/ISA, Office of
the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
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DOD/ISA/NESA,
Office of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, International Security
Affairs, Department of Defense
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DOS, Department of
State
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DSAA, Defense
Security Assistance Agency
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E, Office of the Under
Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
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EB, Bureau of Economic
and Business Affairs, Department of State
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EB/ORF/FSE,
Division of Fuels and Energy, Office of International Resources and Food
Policy, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State
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ECM, electronic
countermeasure
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ELINT, electronic
intelligence
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Emb, Embassy
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EmbOff, Embassy
officer
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Embtel, Embassy
telegram
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ERDA, Energy
Research and Development Agency
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Exdis, exclusive
distribution (acronym indicating extremely limited distribution or
dissemination)
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EXIM, Export-Import
Bank
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FAA, Foreign
Assistance Act
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FAO, Food and
Agriculture Organization (UN)
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FBI, Federal Bureau
of Investigation
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FBIS, Foreign
Broadcast Information Service
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FEA, Federal Energy
Administration
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FMS, foreign military
sales
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FNLA, National
Liberation Front of Angola
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FNU, first name
unknown
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FonMin, Foreign
Minister; Foreign Ministry
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FonOff, Foreign
Office
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ForMin, Foreign
Minister; Foreign Ministry
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FRG, Federal Republic
of Germany
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FY, fiscal year
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GAO, General
Accounting Office
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GDP, gross domestic
product
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GNP, gross national
product
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GOB, Government of
Bahrain
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GOI, Government of
Iran
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GOI, Government of
Iraq
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GSP, Generalized
System of Preferences
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HAK, Henry A.
Kissingrer
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Hakto, series
indicator for telegrams from Henry Kissinger
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Hawk, surface-to-air
guided missile
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HFAC, House Foreign
Affairs Committee
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HIM, His Imperial
Majesty
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HK, Henry
Kissinger
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IAS, Iran-America
Society
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Ibex, U.S.-Iranian
project to build observation and listening posts in Iran
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IBRD, International
Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
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ICCS, International
Commission for Control and Supervision (Vietnam)
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ICHR, Iranian
Committee on Human Rights
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ICP, Iraqi Communist
Party
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ID, Iraqi dinar
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IG, Inspector
General
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IIA, Imperial Iranian
Army
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IIAF, Imperial
Iranian Air Force
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IIF, Imperial Iranian
Forces
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IIGF, Imperial
Iranian Ground Forces
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IIN, Imperial Iranian
Navy
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ILO, International
Labor Organization
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IMF, International
Monetary Fund
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inf, infantry
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INOC, Iraq National
Oil Company
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INR, Bureau of
Intelligence and Research, Department of State
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INR/RNA, Office of
Research and Analysis for Near East and South Asia, Bureau of Intelligence
and Research, Department of State
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IO, Bureau of
International Organization Affairs, Department of State
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IPC, Iraq Petroleum
Company
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IRN, see
NEA/IRN
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IRS, Internal Revenue
Service
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ISA, Iranian Students
Association
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ISA, Office of the
Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
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ITAR, International
Traffic in Arms Regulation
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J–2, Directorate for
Intelligence, Joint Staff
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JCS, Joint Chiefs of
Staff
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KDP, Kurdish
Democratic Party
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LDC, less developed
country
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Limdis, limited
distribution
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L/NEA, Office of the
Assistant Legal Adviser for Near East Affairs
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LNG, liquefied
natural gas
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L/O, Letter of
Offer
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LOA, Letter of
Agreement; Letter of Acceptance
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LTG, Lieutenant
General
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MAAG, Military
Assistance Advisory Group
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MAP, Military
Assistance Program
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MBFR, Mutual and
Balanced Force Reductions
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ME, Middle East
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memcon, memorandum
of conversation
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MFA, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs
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MFN, most favored
nation
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MG, Major
General
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MIDEASTFOR,
Middle East Force
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MilAtt, Military
Attaché
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MinDef, Minister
of Defense; Ministry of Defense
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MLG, Military Liaison
Group
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MPLA, People’s
Movement for the Liberation of Angola
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MW, megawatts
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NASA, National
Aeronautics and Space Administration
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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
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NEA/ARN, Office of
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, Office of
Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Yemen, and Aden Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and
South Asian Affairs, Department of State
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NEA/IRN, Office of
Iranian Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department
of State
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NEA/NE, Office of
Near Eastern Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs,
Department of State
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NEA/NR, Office of
Near Eastern, South Asian Regional 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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NFZ,
nuclear-free-zone
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NIC, National
Intelligence Council
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NIE, National
Intelligence Estimate
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NIOC, National
Iranian Oil Company
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NIRT, National
Iranian Radio and Television
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Nodis, no
distribution
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Noforn, no foreign
dissemination
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Notal, not to all
addresses
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NPT, Nuclear
Nonproliferation Treaty
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NRM, National
Resistance Movement (Kurdish)
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NSA, National
Security Agency
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NSAM, National
Security Action Memorandum
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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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OASD/ISA, Office
of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security
Affairs
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OBE, overtaken by
events
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OCI, Office of
Current Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
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ODDI, Office of the
Deputy Director of Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
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OECD, Organization
for Economic Cooperation and Development
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OER, Office of
Economic Research, Central Intelligence Agency
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OES, Bureau of Oceans
and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Department of
State
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OMB, Office of
Management and Budget
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ONE, Office of
National Estimates, Central Intelligence Agency
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OPEC, Organization
of Petroleum Exporting Countries
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OSD, Office of the
Secretary of Defense
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P, Bureau of Public
Affairs, Department of State
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P&A, price and
availability
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PA&E, Office
of Program Analysis and Evaluation, Department of Defense
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PDRY, People’s
Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen)
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Peace Shield, radar
and air defense system
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PFLO, Popular Front
for the Liberation of Oman
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PFLOAG, Popular
Front for the Liberation of the Occupied Arab Gulf
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PM, Bureau of
Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State
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PM, Prime
Minister
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PM/MAS, Office of
Military Assistance and Sales, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs,
Department of State
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PNE, peaceful nuclear
explosion
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PNG, persona non
grata
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POLAD, Political
Adviser
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PolCouns,
Political Counselor
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PR, public
relations
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PRC, People’s
Republic of China
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PriMin, Prime
Minister
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PRSY, People’s
Republic of Southern Yemen
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RADM, Rear
Admiral
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RCC, Revolutionary
Command Council, Ba’athist Government in Iraq
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R&D, research
and development
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ref, reference
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reftel, reference
telegram
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Rep,
Representative
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RG, Record
Group
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RNA, see
INR/RNA
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rpt, repeat
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S, Office of the
Secretary of State
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SALT, Strategic Arms
Limitation Talks
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SAM, surface to air
missile
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SAMAA, Special
Assistant for Military Assistance Affairs, Joint Chiefs of Staff
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SAPRC, Security
Assistance Program Review Committee
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SAVAK, Iranian
National Bureau of Security and Intelligence (Sazman-i Ittili’at va
Amniyat-i Kishvar in Farsi)
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SC, Security Council
(UN)
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SCA, Bureau of
Security and Consular Affairs, Department of State
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Scud, tactical
ballistic missile
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SEATO, Southeast
Asia Treaty Organization
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SecDef, Secretary
of Defense
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Secto, series
indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State
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Secy, Secretary of
State
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Seek Sentry,
Iranian air defense program of ground-based, long-range surveillance
radars
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Seek Switch,
program to modernize the Iranian military and civilian telecommunications
system
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SFRC, Senate Foreign
Relations Committee
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SNM, special nuclear
material
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Sov, Soviet
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SRG, Senior Review
Group
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S/S, Executive
Secretariat, Department of State
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Stadis, Department
of State distribution only
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T, Office of the Under
Secretary of State for Security Assistance
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TAFT, Technical
Assistance Field Team
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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 missile
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U, Office of the Under
Secretary of State
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UAE, United Arab
Emirates
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UAR, United Arab
Republic
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UEA, Uranium
Enrichment Associates
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UK, United
Kingdom
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UN, United
Nations
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UNEF, United Nations
Emergency Force
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UNGA, United Nations
General Assembly
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UNHCR, United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
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UNITA, National
Union for the Total Independence of Angola
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UNSC, United Nations
Security Council
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UnSec, Under
Secretary
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UNSYG, United
Nations Secretary General
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USAF, United States
Air Force
-
USC, Under
Secretaries Committee
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USCINCEUR,
Commander in Chief, United States European Command
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USG, United States
Government
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USIA, United States
Information Agency
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USIB, United States
Intelligence Board
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USINT, United
States Interests Section, Baghdad, Iraq
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USIS, United States
Information Service
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USN, United States
Navy
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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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VIP(s), very
important person(s)
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VP, Vice
President
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WE, Western
Europe
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WFC, World Food
Conference
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YAR, Yemen Arab
Republic