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