Abbreviations and Terms

    • AAA, Alianza Anticomunista Argentina (Argentine Anticommunist Alliance)
    • ACDA, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
    • AD, Acción Democrática (Democratic Action), Venezuelan political party
    • Adm., Admiral
    • AECA, Arms Export Control Act
    • AF, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
    • AI, Amnesty International
    • AID, Agency for International Development
    • AMCIT, American citizen
    • ANAPO, Alianza Nacional Popular (National Popular Alliance), Colombian political party
    • APC, armored personnel carrier
    • APRA, Alianza Popular Revolucionaria Americana (American Popular Revolutionary Alliance), Peru
    • Apristas, members of APRA
    • ARA, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
    • ARA/ECA, Office of East Coast Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
    • ARA/LA/EP, Ecuador and Peru, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
    • ARA/LA, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State; Bureau for Latin America, Agency for International Development
    • ARA/LA/APU, Office of Argentine, Paraguayan, and Uruguayan Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State; Office of Argentine, Paraguayan, and Uruguayan Affairs, Bureau for Latin America, Agency for International Development
    • ARA/MGT/FM, Financial Management Division, Office of Management, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
    • ARD, accelerated rural development
    • ARENA, Aliança Renovadora Nacional (National Renewal Alliance), Brazilian political party
    • ARMA, U.S. Army Attaché
    • ASAP, as soon as possible
    • BA, Buenos Aires
    • BAF, Brazilian Air Force
    • B/D, barrels per day
    • Brig. Gen., Brigadier General
    • Carros de as alto, assault vehicles
    • CASP, Country Analysis and Strategy Paper
    • CAT, Comisión asesora del transporte (Transport Assessment Commission) Colombia
    • CCC, Commodity Credit Corporation
    • CGT, General Confederation of Workers
    • CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
    • CIAP, Comité Interamericana de Alianza para el Progreso (Inter-American Committee for the Alliance for Progress)
    • CIEC, Conference on International Economic Cooperation
    • CIEP, Council on International Economic Policy
    • CIES, Consejo Interamericano Económico y Social (Inter-American Economic and Social Council), Organization of American States
    • CINC, Commander in Chief
    • CINCSO, Commander in Chief, Southern Command
    • CNT, Convención Nacional de Trabajadores (National Workers’ Convention), Uruguay
    • COB, close of business
    • CODEL, Congressional Delegation
    • CONFADENA, Confederación de las Fuerzas Armadas de la Nación (Confederation of the Armed Forces of the Nation), Bolivia
    • COM, Chief of Mission
    • COMUSCINCSO, Chief of Mission, USCINCSO
    • CONATON, Argentine Drug Policy Coordinating Board
    • CONGEN, Consulate-General
    • COPEI, Comité de Organización Politica Electoral Independiente (Committee of Independent Electoral Political Organization) Venezuelan political party
    • CPD, Congressional Presentation Document
    • CRA, continuing resolution
    • CSAF, Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force
    • CT, Country Team
    • CUT, Central Unitaria de Trabajadores (Unitary Organization of Workers), Chilean labor organization
    • CVP, cost, value, profit
    • CY, calendar year
    • D, Democrat; Deputy Secretary of State
    • DA, Department of the Army
    • DAO, Defense Attaché Office
    • DAS, Departamento Administrativa de Seguidad (Administrative Security Department), Colombia
    • DATT, Defense Attaché
    • DC, developed country
    • DCI, Director of Central Intelligence
    • DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
    • DDI, Deputy Director of Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
    • DDO, Deputy Director of Operations, Central Intelligence Agency
    • DEA, Drug Enforcement Administration
    • DEFATT, Defense Attaché
    • D/HA, Coordinator for Humanitarian Affairs, Department of State
    • D/HA/ORM, Office of the Coordinator for Refugee and Migration Affairs, Department of State
    • D/HR, Deputy Coordinator for Human Rights, Department of State
    • DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency
    • DINA, Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional, National Intelligence Directorate, Chile
    • Dissem, dissemination
    • D/LOS, Staff Director, NSC Interagency Task Force on Law of the Sea
    • DOD, Department of Defense
    • DOD/ISA, Bureau of International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
    • DOD/OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
    • Dols, Dollars
    • E, Bureau of Economic Affairs Department of State
    • EA, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
    • EB, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State
    • EB/ICD, Office of International Commodities, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State
    • EC, European Community
    • ERDA, Energy Research and Development Administration
    • ERP, Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo (Revolutionary Army of the People), Argentine guerrilla group
    • ESMACO, Estado Mayor Conjunto de las Fuerzas Armadas
    • EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
    • EX–IM, Export-Import Bank
    • F–2, Colombian Intelligence Service
    • FAA, Foreign Assistance Act
    • FAC, Fuerzas Armadas de Colombia (Colombian Armed Forces)
    • FACH, Chilean Air Force
    • FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation
    • FFB, Federal Financing Bank
    • FMS, Foreign Military Sales
    • FNU, first name unknown
    • FOIA, Freedom of Information Act
    • FONOFF, Foreign Office
    • FORMIN, Foreign Minister
    • FPA, Fisherman’s Protective Act
    • FPN, Frente Popular Nacionalista (Popular Nationalistic Front), Banzer’s ruling coalition, Bolivia
    • FSO, Foreign Service Officer; Fund for Special Operations
    • FRG, Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany)
    • FY, fiscal year
    • G–2, U.S. Army or Marine Intelligence at Division/Corps level
    • GA, General Assembly (United Nations)
    • GAO, Government Accounting Office
    • GC, Guardia Civil (Peru)
    • GCOB, Government of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas
    • GDP, gross domestic product
    • Gen., General
    • GNS, Guyana National Service
    • GOA, Government of Argentina
    • GOB, Government of Brazil; Government of Bolivia
    • GOC, Government of Chile; Government of Columbia
    • GOG, Government of Guatemala
    • GOM, Government of Mexico
    • GOP, Government of Peru
    • GOU, Government of Uruguay
    • GOV, Government of Venezuela
    • GSP, Generalized System of Preferences
    • GSA, General Services Administration
    • GSP, Generalized System of Preferences
    • H, Bureau of Congressional Relations, Department of State
    • HAK, Henry A. Kissinger
    • HAKTO, Telegram from Kissinger
    • HIRC, House International Relations Committee
    • HR, human rights
    • HRC, Human Rights Commission
    • IA, Inter-American Region, Bureau of International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
    • IA–5, Fifth Institutional Act (Brazil)
    • IADB, see IDB
    • IA/DSAA, International Affairs, Defense Security Assistance Agency
    • IA/ECOSOC, Inter-American Economic and Social Council
    • IAHRC, Inter-American Human Rights Commission
    • IBA, International Bauxite Association
    • IBD, see IDB
    • IBEC, International Basic Economy Corporation
    • IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
    • ICA, International Coffee Agreement
    • ICCS, International Commission of Control and Supervision
    • ICJ, International Commission of Jurists; International Court of Justice
    • ICRC, International Committee of the Red Cross
    • ICSID, International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes
    • IDB, Inter-American Development Bank
    • IDC, Information Dominance Center
    • IFI, international financial institutions
    • IG, Intergovernmental Group
    • IM, Intelligence Memorandum
    • IMC, International Mining Company, Colombia
    • IMF, International Monetary Fund
    • INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
    • INR/DDC, Deputy Director for Coordination, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
    • INR/IL, Intelligence Liaison, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
    • INR/RAR, Office of Research and Analysis for American Republics, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
    • IO, Bureau of International Organizations Affairs, Department of State
    • IRB, International Resource Bank
    • ISA, International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
    • JBUSMC, Joint Brazilian-U.S. Military Commission
    • JBUSDC, Joint Brazilian-U.S. Defense Commission
    • JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
    • L, Legal Adviser, Department of State
    • LA, Latin America
    • LAFTA, Latin American Free Trade Area
    • L/ARA, Assistant Legal Adviser for Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
    • LAS, Latin American States
    • LIMDIS, limited distribution
    • LDC, less developed country
    • LOS, Law of the Sea
    • LS, Language Services Division, Department of State
    • M, Deputy Under Secretary for Management
    • MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
    • Maj., Major
    • Maj. Gen., Major General
    • MAP, Military Assistance Program
    • MAP–T, MAP Training Program
    • MAPU, Movimiento de Acción Popular Unitaria (Popular Unitary Action Movement), Chilean political organization
    • MDB, Movimento Democráctico Brasileiro (Brazilian Democratic Movement), Brazilian political party
    • MFM, Meeting of Foreign Ministers
    • MID, Argentine Political Party
    • MIG, Soviet Military Aircraft Design Bureau
    • MILGROUP, or MILGP, military group
    • MIR, Movimiento Izquierda Revolucionario (Leftist Revolutionary Movement), political organization in Chile
    • MNR, Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario (National Revolutionary Movement), Bolivian political party
    • MOD, Ministry of Defense
    • MPLA, Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola)
    • MTN, Multilateral Trade Negotiations
    • MTT, mobile training teams
    • MVD, Montevideo
    • NAC, National Advisory Council
    • NAM, Non-Aligned Movement
    • NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
    • NIACT, night action; needs immediate attention
    • NIC, National Intelligence Council
    • NIO, National Intelligence Office/Officer
    • NPT, Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty
    • NODIS, no distribution
    • NOFORN, not releasable to foreign nationals
    • NOTAL, not received by all addressees
    • NSA, National Security Advisor; National Security Agency
    • NSC, National Security Council
    • NSC–IG/ARA, National Security Council Interdepartmental Group for Inter-American Affairs
    • NSDM, National Security Decision Memorandum
    • NSSM, National Security Study Memorandum
    • OAS, Organization of American States
    • OASGA, General Assembly (Organization of American States)
    • ODC, Office of Defense Cooperation
    • OECD, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
    • OES, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Department of State
    • OMB, Office of Management and Budget
    • OPEC, Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
    • OPIC, Overseas Private Investment Corporation
    • OPR/LS, Language Services, Office of Protocol
    • OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
    • P, Under Secretary for Political Affairs, Department of State
    • P&A, price and availability
    • PADES, Economic Development Project for the Southern Regions
    • PCU, Partido Comunista de Uruguay (Communist Party of Uruguay)
    • PDC, Partido Democrática Christiana (Christian Democratic Party), Chilean political party
    • PL, Public Law
    • PM, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State
    • POL, Political Section
    • POLAD, Political Advisor
    • POM, Program Objectives Memorandum
    • Prepcon, Preparatory Conference
    • PRC, People’s Republic of China
    • PRIMIN, Prime Minister
    • PSD, Argentina (political party)
    • Reftel, reference telegram
    • S, Office of the Secretary of State
    • SEC, Securities and Exchange Commission
    • SECDEF, Secretary of Defense
    • SECGEN, Secretary General
    • SECTO, telegram from the Secretary of State while on travel
    • SELA, Sistema Económica de Latinoamérica (Latin American Economic System)
    • S/NM, Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Narcotics Matters
    • S/P, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State
    • S/PRS, Office of Press Relations, Office of the Secretary of State, Department of State
    • SRG, Senior Review Group
    • SFRC, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
    • SOUTHCOM, Southern Command
    • S/S, Office of the Secretariat Staff, Department of State
    • SSC, Senate Select Committee
    • TELCON, telephone conversation
    • TIPO, (Weapon for Bol, Feb 20 76 BOL)
    • TOHAK, telegram to Kissinger
    • TOSEC, telegram to the Secretary of State while on travel
    • TOW, tube-launched, optically tracked, wire-guided missile
    • TNE, transnational enterprise
    • TRA, Trade Reform Act
    • UCR, Unión Cívica Radical (Radical Civic Union), Argentina
    • UN, United Nations
    • UNCTAD, United Nations Commission on Trade and Development
    • UNESCO, United Nations Educational and Social Council
    • UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
    • UNHCR, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
    • UNHRC, United Nations Human Rights Commission
    • UNIDO, United Nations Industrial Development Organization
    • UNITAS, annual maritime exercises conducted within the U.S. Southern Command
    • USAID, see AID
    • USAFSO, United States Foreign Service Officer
    • USARSO, United States Army Forces, Southern Command
    • USCINCSO, see CINCSO
    • USDAO, see DAO
    • USDEL, United States Delegation
    • USG, United States Government
    • USIA, United States Information Agency
    • USIB, United States Intelligence Board
    • USN, United States Navy
    • USSOUTHCOM, see SOUTHCOM
    • USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
    • USUN, United States Mission to the United Nations
    • VAdm, Vice Admiral
    • WOLA, Washington Office on Latin America
    • WH, Western Hemisphere
    • Z, Zulu (Greenwich) Mean time