Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume
E–6, Documents on Africa, 1973–1976
Abbreviations and Terms
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ACDA, Arms Control and Disarmament
Agency
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AF, Bureau of African Affairs,
Department of State
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AF/C, Office of Central African
Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
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AF/AFI, Office of Inter-African
Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
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AF/CM, Country Director for Central
Africa, Malagasy and Mauritius, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of
State
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AF/CW, Country Director for West
Central Africa, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
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AF/E, Office of Eastern and Southern
African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
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AF/RA, Office of Regional Affairs,
Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
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AFCC, Armed Forces Coordinating
Committee (Ethiopia)
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AFDB, African Development Bank
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AID, Agency for International
Development
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AMCIT, American citizen
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APIL, African People’s Independence
League
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ASW, Anti-Submarine Warfare
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BNA, Office of British Commonwealth
and Northern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of
State
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B/P, Balance of Payments
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BSO, Black September
Organization
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BP, British Petroleum
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CAR, Central African Republic
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CCD, Conference of the Committee on
Disarmament
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CIA, Central Intelligence
Agency
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CILSS,
Comité Inter-Etate pour la Lutte contre la Sécheresse au
Sahel (Interstate Committee for the Fight against the Drought in
the Sahel Region)
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CINCEUR, Commander-in-chief,
Europe
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CINCUSNAVEUR,
Commander-in-chief, U.S. Naval Forces, Europe
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CJCS, Chairman, Joint Chief of
Staff
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CNO, Chief naval officer
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COMIDEASTFOR, Commander,
Middle East Forces
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COMNAVTEL, Commander, Naval
Telecommunications Command
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DAC, Development Assistance Committee
of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
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DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
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DIA, Defense Intelligence
Agency
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DIRG, Ethiopian Military Junta (see
EPMG)
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DIRNSA, Director of the National
Security Agency
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DOD, Department of Defense
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EB, Bureau of Economic and Business
Affairs, Department of State
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ECA,Economic Commission for Africa
(United Nations)
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ELF, Eritrean Liberation Front
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Emboff, Embassy Officer
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EPMG, Ethiopian Provisional Military
Government
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EPRP, Ethiopian People’s
Revolutionary Party
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EUR, Bureau of European Affairs,
Department of State
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Exdis, Exclusive Distribution
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EXIM, Export-import
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FAA, Foreign Assistance Act
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FAO, Food and Agricultural
Organization (United Nations)
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FCO, Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
United Kingdom
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FLEC, Front of Liberation of the
State of Cabinda
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FMG, Federal Military Government
(Nigeria)
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FMS, Foreign Military Sales
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FMSA, Foreign Military Sales
Act
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FNLA,
Front National de Libération de l’Angola (National
Front for the Liberation of Angola)
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FRELIMO, Mozambique Liberation
Front
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FRG, Federal Republic of
Germany
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FROLINAT,
Front de la Liberation Nationale (National Liberation
Front, Chad)
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GOF, Government of France
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GOIC, Government of the Ivory
Coast
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GOK, Government of Kenya
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GOP, Government of Portugal
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GOS, Government of Sudan
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GOU, Government of Uganda
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GOZ, Government of Zaire
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GRAE, Government in Exile
(Angola)
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GRB, Government of the Republic of
Burundi
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GSDR, Government of the Somali
Democratic Republic
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H, Bureau of Legislative Affairs,
Department of State
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HAK, Henry A. Kissinger
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HFAC, House (of Representatives)
Foreign Affairs Committee
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HICOM, High Commissioner
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HIM, His Imperial Majesty (Ethiopia’s
Haile Selassie)
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HM, His Majesty
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HMG, Her Majesty’s Government
(UK)
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HQ, Headquarters
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IBRD, International Bank for
Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
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ICFTU, International Confederation
of Free Trade Unions
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ICJ, International Court of
Justice
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ICRC, International Committee of the
Red Cross
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IDA, International Development
Association
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IEG, Imperial Ethiopian
Government
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IEGF, Imperial Ethiopian Government
Forces
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IFAD, International Fund for
Agricultural Development
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IMF, International Monetary
Fund
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INR, Bureau of Intelligence and
Research, Department of State
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INR/DDC, Deputy Director for
Coordination, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of
State
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INR/RAF, Office of Research and
Analysis for Africa, 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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IRG, Interdepartmental Regional
Group
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IRG/AF, Interdepartmental Regional
Group, Africa
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ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary
of Defense for International Security Affairs
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JANAF, Joint Army, Navy, Air
Force
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JCA, Joint Church Aid
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JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
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JCSM, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Memorandum
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JTF, Joint Task Force
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KANU, Kenya African National
Union
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L, Office of the Legal Adviser,
Department of State
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L/AF, Office of the Assistant Legal
Adviser for African Affairs, Department of State
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LDC, Lesser Developed Country
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LGTA, General League of Angolan
Workers
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L/UNA, Assistant Legal Adviser for
United Nations Affairs, Department of State
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M, Office of the Under Secretary of
State for Management
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MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory
Group
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MAP, Military Assistance
Program
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MATS, Military Air Transport
Service
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MFA,
Movimento das Forças Armadas (Armed Forces Movement,
Portugal)
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MIG, A.I. Mikoyan-M.I. Gurevich
(Soviet fighter aircraft named for designers Mikoyan and Gurevich)
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MilGovs, Military
Governments
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MinDef, Minister of Defense
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MinExtAff, Minister of External
Affairs
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MinInfo, Minister of
Information
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MOD, Ministry of Defense (UK)
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MPLA,
Movimento Popular de Libertacao de Angola (Popular
Movement for the Liberation of Angola)
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MTAT, Military Technical Advisory
Team (Zaire)
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NAACP, National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
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NAG, Non-Aligned Group
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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 Affairs,
Department of State
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NEP, North Eastern Province
(Somalia)
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NER, North East Region (Kenya)
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NFD, Northern Frontier District
(Kenya)
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NFZ, Nuclear Free Zone
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NIE, National Intelligence
Estimate
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NIO, National Intelligence
Office
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NLC, National Liberation Council
(Ghana)
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NMG, National Military Government
(Nigeria)
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Noforn, No Foreign
Dissemination
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NOTAL, not received by all
addressees
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NPP, National Policy Paper
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NPZ, Non-proliferation zone
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NSA, National Security Agency
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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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OASD/ISA, Office of the Assistant
Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
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OAU, Organization of African
Unity
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OCAM,
Organization Commune Africaine et Malagache
(African-Malagasy Common Organization)
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OCI, Office of Current Intelligence,
Central Intelligence Agency
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ODMA, Office of the Director of
Military Assistance, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International
Security Affairs
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OECD, Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development
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OEP, Office of Emergency
Planning
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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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OPIC, Overseas Private Investment
Corporation
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OSD, Office of the Secretary of
Defense
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P, Office of the Assistant Secretary of
State for Political Affairs
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PA, Office of the Assistant Secretary
of State for Public Affairs
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PAC, Pan African Congress
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PAIGC, African Party for the
Independence of Portuguese Guinea and the Cape Verde Islands
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PC, Peace Corps
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PDRY, People’s Democratic Republic of
Yemen
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PCC/ZAPU, People’s Caretaker
Council/Zimbabwe African People’s Union
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P.L., Public Law
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PLO, Palestine Liberation
Organization
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PM, Bureau of Political-Military
Affairs, Department of State
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PMAC, Provisional Military
Administrative Council (Ethiopia)
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PNG, persona non grata
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POL, petroleum, oil, lubricants
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PRC, People’s Republic of China
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PriMin, Prime Minister
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RAF, Royal Air Force
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Reftel, reference telegram
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Reps, representatives
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RF, Rhodesian Front
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RG, Record Group
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RSA, Republic of South Africa
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RTV, Radio and Television
International, Inc.
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S, Office of the Secretary of
State
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SDRs, Special Drawing Rights
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SFRC, Senate Foreign Relations
Committee
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Secto, series indicator for
telegrams from the Secretary of State (or his delegation) to the Department
of State
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Septel, separate telegram
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SIG, Senior Interdepartmental
Group
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SIGINT, Signals Intelligence
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SITREP, Situation Report
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SMC, Supreme Military Council
(Nigeria)
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SNIE, Special National Intelligence
Estimate
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S/P, Counselor and Chairman of the
Policy Planning Council, Department of State
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SRC, Supreme Revolutionary Council
(Somalia)
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SRG, Senior Review Group
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S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department
of State
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STRATCOM, Strategic
Command
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STRIKECOM, Strike Command
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STRIKEOPS, Strike
Operations
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SWA, South West Africa
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SWAPO, South West Africa People’s
Organization
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SYG, Secretary-General
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SYL, Somali Youth League
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Tenneco, Tennessee Division of the
Chicago Corporation
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TFAI,
Territoire Francais des Afars et Issas (French
Territories of Affars and Issas)
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Tosec, series indicator for
telegrams from the Department of State to the Secretary of State (or his
delegation)
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U, Office of the Under Secretary of
State
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UAMCE, Union for African and
Malagasy Economic Cooperation
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UDENAMO,
Uniao Democratica Nacional de Mocambique (Democratic
National Union of Mozambique)
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UK, United Kingdom
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UKG, United Kingdom Government
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ULC, United Labour Congress
(Nigeria)
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UN, United Nations
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UNCTAD, United Nations Conference
on Trade and Development
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UNDP, United Nations Development
Program
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UNECA, United Nations Economic
Commission for Africa
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UNGA, United Nations General
Assembly
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UNITA,
Uniao Nacional para e Independencia Total de Angola
(National Union for the Total Independence of Angola)
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UNP, Office of United Nations
Political Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department
of State
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UNRep, United Nations
Representative
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UNSC, United Nations Security
Council
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UNSYG, United Nations
Secretary-General
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UPA,
Uniao das Populacoes de Angola (Union of Angolan
Peoples)
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UPC, Ugandan People’s Congress
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UPGA, United Progressive Grand
Alliance (Nigeria)
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URTZ, United Republic of
Tanzania
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USAF, United States Air Force
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USCINCEUR, U.S. Commander in
Chief, Europe
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USDA, United States Department of
Agriculture
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USG, United States Government
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USIA, United States Information
Agency
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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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UST, United States Treaties and Other
International Agreements
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USUN, United States Mission to the
United Nations
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VOA, Voice of America
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VOLAGs, volunteer agencies
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VP, Vice President
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WH, White House
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WHO, World Health Organization
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W(A)SAG, Washington Special Actions
Group
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Z, Zulu, Greenwich Mean Time (for
Department of State telegrams)
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ZAMISH, U.S. Military Mission
(Zaire)