Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume
XXXII, SALT I, 1969–1972
Abbreviations and Terms
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AAM, air-to-air missile
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ABM, anti-ballistic missile
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ACDA, Arms Control and Disarmament
Agency
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ACDA/D, Office of the Director, Arms
Control and Disarmament Agency
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ACDA/DD, Office of the Deputy
Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
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ACDA/IR, International Relations
Bureau, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
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AD, assured destruction
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AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
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AG, Attorney General
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AP, Associated Press
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ARA, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs,
Department of State
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ASA, anti-submarine aircraft
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ASD (A), Assistant Secretary of
Defense (Administration)
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ASD (I), Assistant Secretary of
Defense (Intelligence)
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ASD (SA), Assistant Secretary of
Defense (Systems Analysis)
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ASM, air-to-surface missile
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ASW, antisubmarine warfare
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backchannel, a method of
communication outside normal bureaucratic procedure; the White House, for
instance, used “backchannel”
messages to bypass the Department of State
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BOB, Bureau of the Budget
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BMD, ballistic missile defense
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BMEWS, ballistic missile early
warning system
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BNSP, basic national security
policy
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BR, biological (bacteriological)
research
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BRDP, Blue Ribbon Defense
Panel
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BW, biological (bacteriological)
warfare
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CASP, Country Analysis and Strategy
Paper
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CBW, chemical and biological
(bacteriological) warfare
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CC–CPSU, Central Committee,
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
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CCD, Conference of the Committee on
Disarmament
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CCP, Consolidated Cryptologic
Program
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CDIP, Consolidated Defense
Intelligence Program
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CEA, Council of Economic
Advisers
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CIA, Central Intelligence
Agency
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CIEP, Council on International
Economic Policy
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CIP, Consolidated Intelligence
Program
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CL, classified
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COMINT, communications
intelligence
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Comite, committee
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COMSEC, communications
security
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CONUS, Continental United
States
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CPR, Chinese People’s Republic
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CPSU, Communist Party of the Soviet
Union
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CTB, Comprehensive Test Ban
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CW, chemical warfare
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CY, calendar year
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D/DCI/IC, Deputy to the Director of
Central Intelligence for the Intelligence Community
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D/DCI/NIPE, Deputy to the
Director of Central Intelligence for National Intelligence Programs
Evaluation
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DEFCON, defense readiness
condition
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D/INR, Director, Bureau of
Intelligence and Research, Department of State
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D/NRO, Director, National
Reconnaissance Office
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DCI, Director of Central
Intelligence
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DCID, Director of Central
Intelligence Directive
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DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
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DD/P, Deputy Director for Plans,
Central Intelligence Agency
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DD/S&T, Deputy Director for
Science and Technology, Central Intelligence Agency
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DDC, Office of the Deputy Director for
Coordination, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of
State
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DDCI, Deputy Director of Central
Intelligence
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DDI, Deputy Director for Intelligence,
Central Intelligence Agency
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DDO/IMS, Deputy Director for
Operations/Information Management Staff, Central Intelligence Agency
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DDR&E, Director of Defense
Research and Engineering, Department of Defense
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Del, delegate
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Dept, Department
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Deptel, Department of State
telegram
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DG, Director General of the Foreign
Service, Department of State
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DIA, Defense Intelligence
Agency
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DIRNSA, Director, National Security
Agency
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DIS, Defense Investigative
Service
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Dissem, dissemination
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DOD, Department of Defense
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Dog House Radars, large
phased array radars deployed near Moscow at Naro-Fominsk that functioned
much like the Perimeter Acquisition Radar of the U.S. Sentinel/Safeguard ABM
system.
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DOS, Department of State
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DPRC, Defense Program Review
Committee
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E, Bureau of Economic Affairs,
Department of State; John Ehrlichman
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ELINT, electronic
intelligence
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ELR,
Elliot L. Richardson
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ENDC, Eighteen-Nation Disarmament
Committee
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ENDC/CCD, Eighteen-Nation
Disarmament Committee Conference of the Committee on Disarmament
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Endo-atmospheric
penetration
aid,type
of interceptor that distinguishes a target in the endo-atmospheric
range
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EOB, Executive Office Building
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EPA, Environmental Protection
Agency
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EST, Eastern Standard Time
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EUR, Bureau of European Affairs,
Department of State
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EURATOM, European Atomic Energy
Community
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Exdis, exclusive distribution
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Exo-atmospheric
penaid,type
of interceptor that distinguishes a target in the exo-atmospheric
range.
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F.R.
,
Federal Register
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FBA, forward based aircraft
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FBIS, Foreign Broadcast Information
Service
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FOBS, fractional orbital bombardment
missile systems
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FonMin, Foreign Ministry
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FonOff, Foreign Office
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FRC, Federal Records Center
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FRG, Federal Republic of
Germany
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FSO, Foreign Service Officer
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FY, fiscal year
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FYI, for your information
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G, Deputy Under Secretary of State for
Political Affairs
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GAC, General Advisory Committee on
Arms Control and Disarmament
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G/PM, Deputy Assistant Secretary of
State for Politico-Military Affairs
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GC, General Counsel
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H, Office of the Assistant Secretary of
State for Congressional Relations
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HAK,
Henry A. Kissinger
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Henhouse, Soviet large
phased-array, early warning radars
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HSD, hard site defense
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HUMINT, human intelligence
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IAEA, International Atomic Energy
Agency
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ICBM, inter-continental ballistic
missile
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ICC, International Control
Commission
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ICJ, International Court of
Justice
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IDA, Institute for Defense
Analysis
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IG, Interdepartmental Group
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IG/EUR, Interdepartmental Group for
Europe
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INR, Bureau of Intelligence and
Research, Department of State
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INR/DDC, Office of the Deputy
Director for Coordination, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department
of State
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INR/IL, Intelligence Liaison, 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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IOC, initial operational
capability
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IPMG, Interdepartmental
Political-Military Group
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IR, intermediate range ballistic
missile
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IRBM, intermediate range ballistic
missile
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IRG, Interdepartmental Regional
Group
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ISA, Office of International Security
Affairs, Department of Defense
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J/PM, Office of the Deputy Assistant
Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs
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JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
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K,
Kissinger
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L, Legal Adviser, Department of
State
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LANFZ, Latin American Nuclear Free
Zone
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Limdis, Limited Distribution
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LOC, lines of communication
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LTBT, Limited Test Ban Treaty
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M, Under Secretary of State for
Political Affairs, Department of State
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MARC, modern ABM radar complex
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MBFR, mutual balanced force
reductions
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Mbr, member
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ME, Middle East
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memcon, memorandum of
conversation
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MIRV, multiple independently-targeted
reentry vehicle
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Misoff, Mission Officer
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MM, Minuteman Missile, a land-based
ICBM deployed in hard silos
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MMIII, Minuteman III, improved
version of MM, capable of carrying MIRVs
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MLBM, modern large ballistic
missile
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MLF, multilateral force
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MR, memorandum for the record; medium
range ballistic missile
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MRBM, medium-range ballistic
missile
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MRV, multiple reentry vehicle
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MSR, missile site radar
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Mtg, meeting
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NAC, North Atlantic Council
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NAS, National Academy of
Sciences
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NASA, National Aeronautics and Space
Administration
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NATO, North Atlantic Treaty
Organization
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NCA, National Command Authority
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NIE, National Intelligence
Estimate
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NIRB, National Intelligence Resources
Board
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Nodis, no distribution
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Noforn, not releasable to foreign
nationals
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NPG,
NATO Nuclear Planning Group
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NPT, Non-Proliferation Treaty
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NRO, National Reconnaissance
Office
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NRP, National Reconnaissance
Program
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NSA, National Security Agency
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NSC, National Security Council
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NSC/OCB, National Security Council,
Operations Coordinating Board
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NSCID, National Security Council
Intelligence Directive
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NSDM, National Security Decision
Memorandum
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NSF, National Science
Foundation
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NSSM, National Security Study
Memorandum
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NUF, non-use of force
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O, Deputy Under Secretary of State for
Administration
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O/DDI, Office of the Deputy Director
for Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
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OAS, Organization of American
States
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OASD, ISA, Office of the Assistant
Secretary of Defense, International Security Affairs
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OASD, Office of the Assistant
Secretary of Defense
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OASD, SA, Office of the Assistant
Secretary of Defense, Systems Analysis
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OEP, Office of Emergency
Preparedness
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OLPARS, other large phased array
radars
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OMB, Office of Management and
Budget
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ONE, Office of National
Estimates
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OSD, Office of the Secretary of
Defense
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OSI, Office of Scientific
Intelligence; on site inspection
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OST, Office of Science and
Technology
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P, Bureau of Public Affairs, Department
of State
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P, President
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P.L., public law
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PAR, perimeter acquisition
radar
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Para, paragraph
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PDB, President’s Daily Brief
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Pen aids, penetration aids
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PFIAB, President’s Foreign
Intelligence Advisory Board
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PHOTINT, photo intelligence
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PM, Bureau of Politico-Military
Affairs, Department of State
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PM/ISP, Office of International
Security Policy and Planning, Bureau of Politico-Military
Affairs, Department of State
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PMG, Politico-Military Group
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PNE, peaceful nuclear explosion
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Polad, political adviser
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Poseidon C–3, submarine
launched ballistic missile designed to carry twice the payload of the
Polaris A–3 with improved accuracy
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PPBS, Planning-Programming-Budgeting
System
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PRC, People’s Republic of China
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Pres, President
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PSAC, President’s Science Advisory
Committee
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R&D, research and
development
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RDT&E, research, development,
test, and evaluation
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reftel, reference telegram
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RG, record group; review group
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RMN,
Richard M. Nixon
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RN,
Richard M. Nixon
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RV, reentry vehicle
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S, Office of the Secretary of
State
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S/P, Policy Planning Council or Staff,
Department of State
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S/PC, Planning and Coordination Staff,
Department of State
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S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department
of State
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S/S–I, Information Section, Executive
Secretariat, Department of State
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SAC, Strategic Air Command
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SALT, Strategic Arms Limitation
Talks
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SAM, Surface to Air Missile
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SBBM, sea-based ballistic
missile
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SC, Security Council
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SCI, Office of International
Scientific and Technological Affairs, Department of State
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SEA, Southeast Asia
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SecDef, Secretary of Defense
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Septel, separate telegram
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SFRC, Senate Foreign Relations
Committee
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SG, Safeguard
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SIG, Senior Interdepartmental
Group
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SIGINT, signals intelligence
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SIPRI, Stockholm International Peace
Research Institute
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Skybolt, air-launched ballistic
missile
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SL, submarine launcher
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SLBM, submarine launched ballistic
missile
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SLCM, submarine launched cruise
missile
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SNIE, Special National Intelligence
Estimate
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SOP, standard operating
procedure
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SOSUS, sound surveillance undersea
system
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SOV, Office of Soviet Union Affairs,
Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State; Country Director, Soviet
Union, Bureau of European Affairs
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SRG, Senior Review Group
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SS–9, Soviet ICBM the high accuracy of which made it a threat to U.S. ICBMs
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SS–11, Soviet ICBM; Soviet counterpart to the U.S. Minuteman system in quantity, size, and
purpose, believed effective only against soft targets
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SSBN, nuclear ballistic missile
submarine
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SSN, nuclear submarine
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SSR, Soviet Socialist Republic
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SU, Soviet Union
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SUBROC, submarine rocket
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SWWA, Stop-Where-We-Are proposal of
the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency on SALT
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SYG, Secretary General, United
Nations
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Tallin, a system of radars and
interceptors believed to have had ballistic missile defense capabilities.
Named for the Estonian capital where it first appeared
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TASS, Telegrafnoye Agentsvo
Sovetskogo Soiuza (Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union)
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TEL,
transporter-erector-launcher
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TIAS, Treaties and other
International Acts Series
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Titan, a family of weapons and the
first U.S. two-stage ICBM and first underground silo-based ICBM
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Try Add Radars, mechanically
steered battle-management missile guidance radars; A component of the Moscow
ABM-system
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TS, Top Secret
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U, Office of the Under Secretary of
State; Under Secretary of State
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U/SM, Under Secretaries
Memorandum
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UK, United Kingdom
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ULM, undersea long range
missile
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UN, United Nations
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UNGA, United Nations General
Assembly
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US, United States
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USA, United States Army
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USAEC, United States Atomic Energy
Commission
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USAF, United States Air Force
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USC,
NSC Under Secretaries Committee
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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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USIS, United States Information
Service
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USMC, United States Marine
Corps
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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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VOA, Voice of America
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VP, Verification Panel
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WDC, World Disarmament
Conference
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Z, Zulu time (Greenwich mean
time)