Abbreviations and Terms

  • AADC, Area Air Defense Commander
  • ABM, anti-ballistic missile
  • Ack-ack, anti-aircraft artillery
  • AID, Agency for International Development
  • AIM, U.S. Army Mission in Iran/Military Assistance Advisory Group
  • Amb, Ambassador
  • API, American Petroleum Institute
  • ARAMCO, Arabian-American Oil Company
  • ARMISH/MAAG, U.S. Army Mission in Iran/Military Assistance Advisory Group
  • ASD/ISA, Assistant Secretary of Defense, International Security Affairs
  • Atty, attorney
  • BNDD, Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, Department of Justice
  • BP, British Petroleum
  • BPI, Ba’ath Party of Iraq
  • CENTO, Central Treaty Organization
  • CFP, Compagnie Francaise des Paroles
  • CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
  • CINCEUR, Commander in Chief, U.S. Forces, Europe
  • CINCMEAFSA, Commander in Chief, Middle East/South Asia and Africa South of the Sahara
  • CINCSTRIKE, Commander in Chief, Strike Command
  • CINCUSNAVEUR, Commander in Chief, U.S. Navy, Europe
  • CIS, Confederation of Iranian Students
  • ConGen, Consul General
  • COMECON, Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
  • COMINT, communications intelligence
  • COMIDEASTFOR, Commander, Middle East Forces Cons, Consulate
  • CONUS, continental United States
  • CPI, Communist Party of Iraq
  • CSAF, Chief of Staff, United States Air Force
  • CT, Country Team
  • CU, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State
  • CY, calendar year
  • DASD, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
  • DCI, Director of Central Intelligence
  • DDCI, Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
  • Dept, Department of State
  • Deptel, Department of State telegram
  • DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency
  • Dissem, dissemination
  • DOD, Department of Defense
  • DOD/ISA, Department of Defense, International Security Affairs
  • DOD/ISA/NESA, Department of Defense, International Security Affairs, Office of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs
  • DOS, Department of State
  • E, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
  • ELINT, electronic intelligence
  • Emb, embassy
  • Embtel, embassy telegram
  • ERAP, Entreprise de Recherches et d’Activites Petrolieres
  • EUCOM, European Community
  • Exdis, Exclusive Distribution (acronym indicating extremely limited distribution or dissemination)
  • EXIM, Export-Import Bank
  • FAA, Federation of Arab Amirates
  • FBIS, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
  • FMS, foreign military sales
  • FonMin, Foreign Minister
  • FonOff, Foreign Office
  • FSO, Foreign Service Officer
  • FSS, Foreign Service Spouse
  • FY, fiscal year
  • GAO, General Accounting Office
  • GENMISH, U.S. Mission to the Iranian Gendarmerie
  • GNP, gross national product
  • GOI, Government of Iran
  • GOI, Government of Iraq
  • G/PM, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State
  • HCR, High Commissioner for Refugees
  • HFAC, House Foreign Affairs Committee
  • HIM, His Imperial Majesty
  • HK, the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs, Henry Kissinger
  • IAS, Iran-America Society
  • IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
  • ID, Iraqi Dinars
  • IDF, Israeli Defense Force
  • IDP, Internal Defense Plan (Iran)
  • IFC, International Finance Corporation IIA, Imperial Iranian Army
  • IIAF, Imperial Iranian Air Force IIF, Imperial Iranian Forces
  • IMF, International Monetary Fund INOC, Iraq National Oil Company
  • INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
  • INR/RNA, Office of Research and Analysis for Near East and South Asia, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
  • IO, Bureau of International Organization, Department of State
  • IPC, Iraq Petroleum Company
  • IRG, Interdepartmental Regional Group
  • ISA, Iranian Students Association
  • JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • JCSM, Joint Chiefs of Staff Memorandum
  • JSOP, Joint Strategic Objectives Plan
  • KDP, Kurdish Democratic Party
  • LimDis, Limited Distribution
  • MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
  • MAP, Military Assistance Program
  • ME, Middle East
  • MEMCON, memorandum of conversation
  • MIDEASTFOR, Middle East Forces
  • NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
  • NEA/IRN, Office of Iranian Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
  • NEAINE, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
  • NEA/NR, Office of Near Eastern, South Asian Regional Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
  • NIE, National Intelligence Estimate NIOC, National Iranian Oil Company
  • NoDis, no distribution
  • NoForn, no foreign dissemination
  • NPT, Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty
  • NRM, National Resistance Movement (Kurdish)
  • NSA, National Security Agency
  • NSAM, National Security Action Memorandum
  • NSC, National Security Council
  • NSCIG/NEA, National Security Council Interdepartmental Group for Near East and South Asia
  • NSDM, National Security Decision Memorandum
  • NSSM, National Security Study Memorandum
  • OAPEC, Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries
  • ODASD/ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
  • OBE, overtaken by events
  • OCI, Office of Current Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
  • ODDI, Office of the Deputy Director of Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
  • OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
  • OER, Office of Economic Research, Central Intelligence Agency
  • OMB, Office of Management and Budget, Department of State
  • ONE, Office of National Estimates, Central Intelligence Agency
  • OPEC, Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
  • OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
  • OSD/ISA, Office of the Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
  • OTR, Office of Technical Research, Central Intelligence Agency
  • PlanOrg, Plan Organization, Iranian state agency charged with promoting economic development
  • PM, PRIMIN, Prime Minister
  • PM/MAS, Office of Military Assistance and Sales, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State
  • PRSY, People’s Republic of Southern Yemen
  • RAF, Royal Air Force
  • RCC, Revolutionary Command Council, Ba’athist Government in Iraq
  • REF, reference
  • Reftel, reference telegram
  • Rep, representative
  • RN, President Richard Nixon
  • RPT, repeat
  • SAM, surface to air missile
  • SAMAA, Special Assistant for Military Assistance Affairs, Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • SAVAK, Farsi language acronym for Iranian National Bureau of Security and Intelligence (Sazman-i Ittili’at va Amniyat-i Kishvar)
  • SECDEF, Secretary of Defense
  • SC, Security Council (UN)
  • SCS, Supreme Commander’s Staff
  • SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
  • SECDEF, Secretary of Defense
  • SECNAV, Secretary of the Navy Secy, Secretary of State
  • SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate
  • SOV, Soviet
  • S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
  • STRATCOM, Strategic Command
  • TAFT, Technical Assistance Field Team
  • U, Office of the Under Secretary of State, Department of State
  • UAD, United Arab Emirates
  • UAR, United Arab Republic
  • UK, United Kingdom
  • UN, United Nations
  • UNHCR, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
  • UNSC, United Nations Security Council
  • UNSEC, Under Secretary
  • UNSYG, United Nations Secretary General
  • USAF, United States Air Force
  • USG, United States Government
  • USIA, United States Information Agency
  • USINT, United States Interests Section, Baghdad, Iraq
  • USIS, United States Information Services USN, United States Navy
  • USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
  • USUN, United States Mission to the United Nations
  • VP, Vice President
  • VIP(S), Very Important Person(s)