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