Abbreviations and Terms

• • ACDA, United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
  • ACDA/IR/AT, Arms Transfer Division, Bureau for International Relations, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
  • AD, Abu Dhabi
  • ADDF, Abu Dhabi Defense Force
  • ADG, Abu Dhabi Government
  • AF, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
  • AF/E, Office of East African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
  • AID, Agency for International Development
  • AID/NESA (AA/NESA), Bureau for Near East and South Asia, Agency for International Development
  • AID/OPS, Office of Public Safety, Agency for International Development
  • AIM–9, “Sidewinder” air-to-air missile
  • Amb, Ambassador
  • AmEmb, U.S. Embassy
  • AP, Associated Press
  • APC, armored personnel carrier
  • ARAMCO, Arabian American Oil Company
  • ARP, see NEA/ARP
  • ASAP, as soon as possible
  • ASD, Assistant Secretary of Defense
  • ASD/ISA, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
  • Asst, Assistant
  • ASW, anti-submarine warfare
  • AWACS, Airborne Warning and Control System
• • BBC, British Broadcasting Company
  • BDF, Bahrain Defense Force
  • BG, Brigadier General
  • BMP, Soviet armored personnel carrier (Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty)
  • BP, British Petroleum
  • BPC, British Petroleum Company
  • BSO, Black September Organization
• • C, Counselor, Department of State
  • CDR, Commander
  • CENTO, Central Treaty Organization (Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States)
  • Church Subcommittee, Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities chaired by Frank Church
  • CHUSMTM, Commander of the United States Military Training Mission to Saudi Arabia, headquartered at Dharan
  • CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
  • CINCEUR, Commander in Chief, U.S. Forces, Europe
  • CINCPAC, Commander in Chief, U.S. Forces, Pacific
  • CINCUSNAVEUR, Commander in Chief, U.S. Navy, Europe
  • CJCS, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • CNO, Chief of Naval Operations, U.S. Navy
  • COB, close of business
  • COE, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  • COMIDEASTFOR, Commander, Middle East Force
  • COML, Commercial/Military Section (U.S. Embassy)
  • CONUS, continental United States
  • CPO, Central Planning Organization (Saudi Arabia)
  • CS Army, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army
  • CV; CVA, Fleet Aircraft Carrier (U.S. Navy)
  • CY, calendar year
• • D, Office of the Deputy Secretary of State
  • DAEN, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  • DAO, Defense Affairs Officer
  • DASD, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
  • DATT, Defense Attaché
  • DCI, Director of Central Intelligence
  • DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
  • DDCI, Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
  • DEA, Drug Enforcement Agency
  • DepSec, Deputy Secretary
  • DepSecDef, Deputy Secretary of Defense
  • Dept., Department of State
  • DG, Diego Garcia
  • DI/OCI, Director of Intelligence, Office of Current Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
  • DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency
  • dissem, dissemination
  • DIVENGR, Division Engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  • DOD, Department of Defense
  • DOD/ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
  • DOD/ISA/NESA, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs
  • DOD/JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Department of Defense
  • DOD/OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
  • DOD/OSD/COMP, Comptroller, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense
  • DOD/OSD/GC, General Counsel, Office of the Secretary of Defense
  • DOD/OSD/ISA (DOD/ISA), Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
  • DSAA, Defense Security Assistance Agency
• • E, Office of the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
  • E/P, Political-Economic Affairs Section, U.S. Embassy
  • EB, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State
  • EB/FSE, Office of Fuels and Energy, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State
  • EC, European Community
  • ECON, Economic Affairs Section (U.S. Embassy)
  • Emb, Embassy
  • EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • EUR/SOV, Office of Soviet Union Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • Exdis, exclusive distribution only
  • EXIM, Export/Import Bank of the United States
• • FAA, Federal Aviation Administration
  • Fatah, Yassir Arafat-led faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization; Palestine Homeland Libearation Movement (Harekat at-Takrir al-Wataniyyeh al-Falastiniyyeh)
  • FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • FCO, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (United Kingdom)
  • FEO, Far East Office
  • FLO, Foreign Liaison Office (Saudi Arabia)
  • FMC, Food Machinery Corporation
  • FMS, Foreign Military Sales Program
  • FNMA, Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae)
  • FonMin, Foreign Minister
  • FonOff, Foreign Office (United Kingdom); Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • FRB, Federal Reserve Board
  • FRG, Federal Republic of Germany
  • FY, fiscal year
  • FYI, for your information
• • GDP, gross domestic product
  • GMT, Greenwich mean time
  • GNP, gross national product
  • GOB, Government of Bahrain
  • GOI, Government of Israel; Government of Iran; Government of India; Government of Iraq
  • GOJ, Government of Jordan
  • GOK, Government of Kuwait
  • GOO, Government of Oman
  • GOQ, Government of Qatar
  • GSA, Government of Saudi Arabia
• • H, Office of Congressional Relations, Department of State
  • HAK, Henry Kissinger
  • HMG, Her Majesty’s Government (United Kingdom)
  • HRH, His Royal Highness
• • IAEA, International Atomic Energy Agency
  • IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  • IDF, Israeli Defense Forces
  • IEA, International Energy Agency
  • IG (IRG), Interdepartmental Review Group
  • IMF, International Monetary Fund
  • INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
  • INR/DRR/RNA/ME, Office of Research and Analysis for Near East and South Asia, Middle East Division, Directorate for Regional Research, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
  • IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
  • IO/UNP, Office of United Nations Political Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
  • IRN, see NEA/IRN
  • ISA, see DOD/OSD/ISA
• • JAA, Jordanian Arab Army
  • JCS, see DOD/JCS
• • L, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
  • L/NEA, Assistant Legal Adviser for Near Eastern Affairs, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
  • L/PM, Assistant Legal Adviser for Politico-Military Affairs, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
  • LAW, M72 light anti-tank/anti-armor weapon
  • LCU, landing craft utility
  • LDC, lesser developed country
  • Limdis, limited distribution only
  • LOA, Letter of Offer & Acceptance
  • LOS, Law of the Sea
  • LOU, limited official use
  • LTC, Lieutenant Colonel
  • LTG, Lieutenant General
• • MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
  • MAP, Military Assistance Program
  • ME, Middle East
  • MED, Mediterranean region
  • MEF, see MIDEASTFOR
  • MemCon, memorandum of conversation
  • MFA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • MG (MGen), Major General
  • MICV, mechanized infantry combat vehicle
  • MIDEASTFOR, Middle East Force, U.S. Navy, stationed at Bahrain
  • MiG, Mikoyan-Gurevich (Soviet Aircraft Design Bureau); Soviet aircraft designation
  • MinDef, Minister of Defense
  • MinPet, Minister for Petroleum
  • MinState, Minister of State
  • MODA, Ministry of Defense & Aviation (Saudi Arabia)
  • MOU, Memorandum of Understanding
  • MTG, meeting
• • NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
  • NEA/ARN, Office of Lebanon, Jordan, Syrian Arab Republic, and Iraq Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
  • NEA/ARP, Office of Arabian Peninsula Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
  • NEA/EX, Executive Office, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
  • NEA/IAI, Office of Arab-Israel Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
  • NEA/INS, Office of India, Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
  • NEA/IRN, Office of Iran Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
  • NEA/RA, Office of Regional Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
  • NEASA, Near Eastern Area/South Asia, Department of Defense
  • Niact, night action
  • NIC, National Intelligence Council
  • NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
  • Nodis, no distribution
  • Noforn, no foreign distribution
  • NPT, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
  • NSA, National Security Agency
  • NSC, National Security Council
  • NSDM, National Security Decision Memorandum
  • NSSM, National Security Study Memorandum
  • NUF, National Union Front (PDRY)
• • OAPEC, Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries
  • OASD, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense
  • OBE, overtaken by events
  • OCI, Office of Current Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
  • ODDI, Office of the Deputy Director of Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
  • ODI, Office of the Director of Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
  • OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
  • OER, Office of Economic Research, Central Intelligence Agency
  • OPEC, Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
  • OPR, Office of Political Research, Central Intelligence Agency
  • OPS, Office of Public Safety, Agency for International Development
  • ORCON, dissemination and extraction of information controlled by originator
  • OSD, see DOD/OSD
• • P, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
  • PARA, Office of Program Analysis and Resource Allocation
  • PDASD, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
  • PDRY, People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen
  • PermRep, Permanent Representative (United Nations)
  • PetroMin, Minister of Petroleum
  • PFLO, Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman
  • PFLOAG, Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman and the Arab Gulf
  • PLO, Palestine Liberation Organization
  • PM, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State
  • PM, Prime Minister
  • PM/ISA, Office of International Security Affairs, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State
  • PM/MC, Office of Munitions Control, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State
  • PM/SAS, Office of Security Assistance and Sales, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State
  • POL, Political Section (U.S. Embassy)
  • POL/MIL, Political, Military Affairs Section (U.S. Embassy)
  • PRC, People’s Republic of China
• • Qte, quote
• • RA, see NEA/RA
  • RADM, Rear Admiral
  • RAF, Royal Air Force
  • reftel, reference telegram
  • RG, Record Group
  • ROC, Republic of China
  • ROK, Republic of Korea
  • rpt, repeat; report
  • RSAF, Royal Saudi Air Force
  • RSNF, Royal Saudi Naval Force
• • S, Secret; Office of the Secretary of State
  • S/S, Executive Secretariat, Office of the Secretary of State
  • SA, Saudi Arabia
  • SAA, Saudi Arabia Army
  • SAAF, Saudi Arabia Air Force
  • SAG, Government of Saudi Arabia
  • SAM, surface-to-air missile
  • SAMP, Saudi Arabia Mobility Program
  • SANG, Saudi Arabia National Guard
  • SAVAK, National Bureau of Security and Intelligence (Iran)
  • SEC, Securities and Exchange Commission
  • SecDef, Secretary of Defense
  • SecState, Secretary of State
  • SECNAV, Secretary of the Navy
  • Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State to the Department of State
  • septel, separate telegram
  • SFRC, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
  • SitRep, situation report
  • SNEP, Saudi Naval Expansion Program
  • SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate
  • SRG, Senior Review Group
  • Stadis, Department of State distribution only
  • SYG, Secretary General (United Nations)
• • T, Office of the Under Secretary of State for Security Assistance
  • telcon, telephone conversation
  • ToHAK, series indicator for telegrams to Secretary of State Kissinger
  • Tosec, series indicator for telegrams from the Department of State to the Secretary of State
  • TOW, tube-launched, optically tracked, wire-guided missile
  • TS, Top Secret
• • U, Unclassified
  • U.K., United Kingdom
  • U.S., United States
  • UAE, United Arab Emirates
  • UAEG, United Arab Emirates Government
  • UK, United Kingdom
  • UN, United Nations
  • UNFDAC, United Nations Fund for Drug Abuse Control
  • UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
  • Unqte, unquote
  • UNRWA, United Nations Relief and Works Agency
  • USAF, United States Air Force
  • USAID, see AID
  • USC, Under Secretaries Committee
  • USCINCEUR, United States Commander in Chief, Europe
  • USEUCOM, United States European Command
  • USG, United States Government
  • USIB, United States Intelligence Board
  • USIS, United States Information Service
  • USLOK, United States Liaison Office, Kuwait
  • USMTM, United States Military Training Mission; see also CHUSMTM
  • USN, United States Navy
  • USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics or Soviet Union
  • USUN, United States Mission to the United Nations
• • VCNO, Vice-Chief, Naval Operations, U.S. Navy
  • VPWG, Verification Panel Working Group
• • WH, White House
  • WSAG, Washington Special Actions Group
• • YAR, Yemen Arab Republic
  • YARG, Yemen Arab Republic Government
• • Z, Zulu time (Greenwich mean time)