Abbreviations and Terms

• ABM, Anti-Ballistic Missile
• AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
• AF, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
• AID, Agency for International Development
• BLS, Botswana, Lesotho, and Swaziland
• BOSS, Bureau for State Security (South Africa)
• C, Confidential
• CA, circular airgram
• CENTO, Central Treaty Organization
• CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
• CINCEUR, Commander-in-Chief, European Command
• CINCLANT, Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Fleet
• CIEP, Council on International Economic Policy
• Codel, Congressional Delegation
• ConGen, Consulate General
• CU, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State
• DCI, Director of Central Intelligence
• DDO, Deputy Director for Operations, Central Intelligence Agency
• DOD, Department of Defense
• DOS, Department of State
• EATP, East African Training Program
• EC–9, the nine European Community countries
• EPB, Economic Policy Board
• ERDA, Energy Research and Development Administration
• EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• Exdis, exclusive distribution
• EXIM, Export-Import Bank
• FAZ, Forces Armées Zaïroises (Zairian Armed Forces)
• FCO, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Government of the United Kingdom
• FEA, Federal Energy Administration
• FLEC, Frente para a Libertação do Enclave de Cabinda (Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda)
• FMS, foreign military sales
• FNLA, Frente Nacional de Libertação de Angola (National Front for the Liberation of Angola)
• FonSec, Foreign Secretary
• FRELIMO, Frente de Libertação de Moçambique (Liberation Front of Mozambique)
• FRG, Federal Republic of Germany
• FSO, Foreign Service officer
• FY, fiscal year
• GA, General Assembly (of the United Nations)
• GDP, Gross Domestic Product
• GE, General Electric
• GNP, Gross National Product
• GOB, Government of Botswana
• GOF, Government of France
• GOM, Government of Mozambique
• GOP, Government of Portugal
• GPRM, Government of the People’s Republic of Mozambique
• GRAE, Govêrno Revolucionário de Angola no Exílio (Revolutionary Government of Angola in Exile)
• HAK, Henry A. Kissinger
• Hakto, series indicator for telegrams sent by Kissinger when away from Washington
• HHE, household effects
• HMG, Her Majesty’s Government
• HNP, Herstigte Nasionale Party van Suid Afrika (Reconstituted National Party of South Africa)
• IAEA, International Atomic Energy Agency
• IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
• ICJ, International Court of Justice
• IG, Interdepartmental Group
• IMF, International Monetary Fund
• INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• INR/IL, Intelligence Liaison, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• INS, Immigration and Naturalization Service
• IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
• ISA, Office of International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
• J, Office of the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
• JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• L, Legal Adviser, Department of State
• LAW, Light Anti-tank Weapon
• Limdis, limited distribution
• MAC, Military Airlift Command
• MAP, Military Assistance Program
• MiG, Soviet-built fighter aircraft
• MP, member of parliament
• MPLA, Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola)
• NAC, North Atlantic Council, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• NASA, National Aeronautic and Space Administration
• NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• NIBMAR, No Independence Before Majority Rule
• NIC, National Intelligence Council
• Nocontract, not releasable to contractors/consultants
• Nodis, no distribution
• Noforn, no foreign dissemination
• Notal, not received by all addressees (telegram B, referenced in telegram A, was not sent to all recipients of telegram A)
• NPT, Non-Proliferation Treaty
• NSC, National Security Council
• NSDM, National Security Decision Memorandum
• NSSM, National Security Study Memorandum
• NUSAS, National Union of South African Students
• OAS, Organization of American States
• OAU, Organization of African Unity
• OEP, Office of Emergency Preparedness
• OES, Bureau of Oceans and International Scientific Affairs, Department of State
• OMB, Office of Management and Budget
• ONA, Overseas National Airways
• OPAG, Operations Advisory Group
• OPIC, Overseas Private Investment Corporation
• Orcon, dissemination and extraction of information controlled by originator
• OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
• PAIGC, Partido Africano da Independéncia da Guiné e Cabo Verde (African Party for the Independence of Portuguese Guinea and Cape Verde)
• PCP, Partido Communista Português (Portuguese Communist Party)
• PEFCO, Private Export Funding Corporation
• PL, public law
• PM, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Department of State
• POLAD, Political Adviser
• PPD, Partido Popular Democrático (Democratic People’s Party)
• PRC, People’s Republic of China
• PriMin, Prime Minister
• reftel, reference telegram
• RG, Record Group
• RH, Rhodesian dollar
• rpt, repeat
• RTTY, Radio Teletype
• S/S–I, Information Management Section, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
• SA, South Africa
• SA–7, low altitude, surface to air missile
• SADF, South African Defense Force
• SAG, South African Government
• SAR, South African Republic
• SARG, Syrian Arab Republic Government
• SASP, Southern African Students Program
• SC, Security Council (of the United Nations)
• SCA, Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs, Department of State
• Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State (or his delegation) to the Department of State
• septel, separate telegram
• SR–71, “Blackbird,” long range strategic reconnaissance aircraft
• SRG, Senior Review Group
• SWA, South West Africa
• SWAPO, South West Africa People’s Organization
• SYG, Secretary General
• TA, Terrorism Act
• TAAG, Transportes Aéreos de Angola (Angolan Airlines)
• TDY, Temporary Duty
• Tosec, series indicator for telegrams from the Department of State to the Secretary of State (or his delegation)
• TOW, Tube-Launched Optically-Tracked Wire-Guided missile
• TS, Top Secret
• U, Unclassified
• U–2, high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft
• UBLS, University of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland
• UDI, Unilateral Declaration of Independence
• UK, United Kingdom
• UKG, United Kingdom Government
• UN, United Nations
• UNCTAD, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
• UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
• UNHCR, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
• UNICEF, United Nations Children’s Fund (United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund)
• UNIP, United National Independence Party (Zambia)
• UNITA, União Nacional para e Independéncia Total de Angola (National Union for the Total Independence of Angola)
• UNSC, United Nations Security Council
• USG, United States Government
• USIA, United States Information Agency
• USIS, United States Information Service (overseas name for USIA)
• USN, United States Navy
• USUN, United States Mission to the United Nations
• USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• WATTS, Wide Area Telecommunication/Telephone Service
• WH, White House
• Z, Zulu, time designator on White House, State Department, and Defense Department messages/cables based on Greenwich Mean Time
• ZANU, Zimbabwe African Nationalist Union
• ZAPU, Zimbabwe African People’s Union
• ZIPA, Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army