Office of the Historian

Abbreviations and Terms

  • 113 Committee, a committee of EC member state representatives who advise the Community on trade negotiations
  • ABM, anti-ballistic missile; anti-ballistic missile defense system
  • ACDA, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
  • ACLANT, Allied Command, Atlantic
  • AD 70, Alliance Defense Problems for the 1970s (NATO study)
  • AFM, Armed Forces Movement (Movimento das Forças Armadas) (Portugal)
  • AID, Agency for International Development
  • ASAP, as soon as possible
  • ASD, Assistant Secretary of Defense
  • ASD/I&L, Assistant Secretary of Defense, Installation and Logistics
  • ASD/ISA, Assistant Secretary of Defense, International Security Affairs
  • ASW, anti-submarine warfare
  • ATAF, Allied Tactical Air Force
  • ATSD/AE, Assistant to the Secretary of Defense, Atomic Energy
  • B, billion
  • Benelux, Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg
  • BIS, Bank for International Settlements
  • BOAC, British Overseas Airways Corporation
  • BOP, balance of payments
  • Counselor, Department of State
  • C3, command, control, and communications
  • CAP, Common Agricultural Policy
  • CDC, Control Data Corporation
  • CDS, Partido do Centro Democrático e Social (Democratic Social Center Party) (Portugal)
  • CDU, Christlich Demokratische Union (Christian Democratic Union) (Federal Republic of Germany)
  • CEA, Council of Economic Advisers
  • Cherokee, a telegraphic channel for the exchange of eyes only messages between the Secretary of State and an Ambassador
  • CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
  • CIAO, Civil International Aviation Organization
  • CIEC, Conference on International Economic Cooperation
  • CIEP, Council on International Economic Policy
  • CIEPDM, Council on International Economic Policy Decision Memorandum
  • CIEPSM, Council on International Economic Policy Study Memorandum
  • CINCEUR, Commander-in-Chief, European Command
  • CINCLANT, Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Command; Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Forces
  • CINCUSAFE, Commander-in-Chief, United States Air Force, Europe
  • CINCUSAREUR, Commander-in-Chief, United States Army, Europe
  • CINCUSNAVEUR, Commander-in-Chief, United States Navy, Europe
  • COCOM, Coordinating Committee on Export Controls
  • COMICEDEFOR, Commander, United States Forces, Iceland; Commander, Iceland Defense Force
  • CRTC, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
  • CSCE, Conference for Security and Cooperation in Europe
  • D, Democrat; Democratic
  • DCI, Director of Central Intelligence
  • DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
  • DDI, Deputy Director of Intelligence
  • DDO, Deputy Director of Operations
  • DDR&E, Directorate of Defense Research and Engineering, Department of Defense
  • DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency
  • DOD, Department of Defense
  • DOT, Department of Transportation
  • DPC, Defense Planning Committee
  • DPQ, Defense Planning Questionnaire
  • DPRC, Defense Program Review Committee
  • DRP, Defense Review Panel
  • EA, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
  • EB, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State
  • EB/IFD/OMA, Office of Monetary Affairs, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State
  • EB/ITP, International Trade Policy, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State
  • EB/ITP/OT, Office of International Trade, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State
  • EC, European Communities
  • EDIP, European Defense Improvement Program
  • EEC, European Economic Community
  • EFTA, European Free Trade Association
  • EOB, Old Executive Office Building
  • EPA, Environmental Protection Agency
  • EPB, Economic Policy Board
  • ERDA, Energy Research and Development Administration
  • ESF, Exchange Stabilization Fund
  • EUCOM, European Command
  • EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • EUR/CAN, Office of Canadian Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • EUR/CE, Office of Central European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • EUR/IB, Office of Iberian Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • EUR/NE, Office of Northern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • EUR/P, Public Affairs Adviser, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • EUR/RPE, Office of OECD, European Community, and Atlantic Political-Economic Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • EUR/RPM, Office of NATO and Atlantic Political-Military Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • EUR/SE, Office of Southern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • EUR/WE, Office of Western European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • EXIM, EX–IM, Export-Import Bank
  • FCO, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (United Kingdom)
  • FEA, Federal Energy Administration
  • FONMIN, Foreign Minister
  • FRELOC, Fast Relocation from France
  • FRG, Federal Republic of Germany
  • FY, fiscal year
  • G–5, Group of Five (Federal Republic of Germany, France, Japan, United Kingdom, United States)
  • G–10, Group of Ten (Belgium, Canada, Federal Republic of Germany, France, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States)
  • G–77, Group of 77 (group of developing countries established at the conclusion of the first United National Conference on Trade and Development in 1964)
  • GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
  • GE, General Electric
  • GOI, Government of Iceland
  • GOP, Government of Portugal
  • GOVT, government
  • GSP, Generalized System of Preferences
  • H, Bureau of Congressional Relations, Department of State
  • HAK, Henry Alfred Kissinger
  • HAKTO, designation for a message sent from Kissinger
  • IAEA, International Atomic Energy Agency
  • IBM, International Business Machines
  • ICBM, intercontinental ballistic missile
  • ICCS, International Commission of Control and Supervision
  • ICNAF, International Commission for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries
  • ICSC, International Commission for Supervision and Control
  • IDF, Icelandic Defense Force
  • IEA, International Energy Agency
  • IMF, International Monetary Fund
  • INAC, Irish Northern Aid Committee
  • INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
  • INR/DDC/OIL, Office of Intelligence Liaison, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
  • INR/RES, Office of Research and Analysis for Europe and the Soviet Union, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
  • IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
  • IRA, Irish Republican Army
  • ISA, International Security Affairs
  • ITC, International Trade Commission
  • JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • L, Legal Adviser, Department of State
  • LDC, less developed country
  • LOC, line of communication
  • M, Deputy Under Secretary of State for Management
  • MAC, Military Airlift Command
  • MBFR, Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions
  • MC–14/3, Overall Strategic Concept for the Defense of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO document)
  • MC–161, General Intelligence Estimate (NATO document)
  • Memcon, memorandum of conversation
  • MFA, Movimento das Forças Armadas (Armed Forces Movement) (Portugal)
  • MIRV, multiple independently targeted reentry vehicle
  • MOD, Minister of Defense; Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
  • MPLA, Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola)
  • MRV, multiple reentry vehicle
  • MTN, multilateral trade negotiations
  • NAC, North Atlantic Council
  • NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  • NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
  • NEA/IAI, Office of Israel and Arab-Israel Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State
  • NEA/PAB, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
  • NIACT, needs immediate action
  • Nodis, no distribution
  • Noforn, no foreigners
  • NORAD, North American Aerospace Defense Command
  • NORAID, Irish Northern Aid Committee
  • NORTHAG, Northern Army Group, Central Europe
  • NPG, Nuclear Planning Group
  • NPT, Non-Proliferation Treaty
  • NSAM, National Security Action Memorandum
  • NSC, National Security Council
  • NSDM, National Security Decision Memorandum
  • NSSM, National Security Study Memorandum
  • OAG, Operations Advisory Group
  • OASD/ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, International Security Affairs
  • OBE, overtaken by events
  • OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
  • OMB, Office of Management and Budget
  • OPEC, Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
  • OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
  • OSD/PA&E, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Program Analysis and Evaluation
  • Para, paragraph
  • PCP, Partido Comunista Português (Portuguese Communist Party)
  • Permrep, permanent representative
  • PM, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State
  • PM, Prime Minister
  • PM/AE, Office of Atomic Energy and Aerospace, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State
  • PM/ISP, Office of International Security Policy, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State
  • PM/NPO, Office of Nuclear Policy and Operations, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State
  • POW, prisoner of war
  • PPD, Partido Popular Democrático (People’s Democratic Party) (Portugal)
  • PQ, Parti Québécois (Quebec Party) (Canada)
  • PRC, People’s Republic of China
  • PSBR, public sector borrowing requirement
  • PSI, Partito Socialista Italiano (Italian Socialist Party)
  • PSP, Partido Socialista Português (Portuguese Socialist Party)
  • QTE, quote
  • R, Republican
  • R&D, research and development
  • Reftel, reference telegram
  • Rep, representative
  • RPT, repeat
  • RV, reentry vehicle
  • SACEUR, Supreme Allied Commander Europe
  • SACLANT, Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic
  • SALT, Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
  • SDLP, Social Democratic and Labour Party (Northern Ireland)
  • SECDEF, Secretary of Defense
  • SECSTATE, Secretary of State
  • SECTO, designation for a message sent from the Secretary of State
  • Septel, separate telegram
  • SIOP, Single Integrated Operations Plan
  • SLBM, submarine-launched ballistic missile
  • SNECMA, Société Nationale d’Étude de Construction de Moteurs d’Aviation (National Company for the Design and Construction of Aviation Engines) (France)
  • SOSUS, sound surveillance system
  • S/PC, Planning and Coordination Staff, Department of State
  • SPD, Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (Social Democratic Party) (Federal Republic of Germany)
  • SRG, Senior Review Group
  • S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
  • SST, supersonic transport
  • STR, Office of the Special Trade Representative
  • SYG, Secretary General
  • Telcon, telephone conversation
  • TOHAK, designation for a message sent to Kissinger
  • TOSEC, designation for a message sent to the Secretary of State
  • UK, United Kingdom
  • UNCTAD, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
  • UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
  • UNQTE, unquote
  • US, United States
  • USAF, United States Air Force
  • USCINCEUR, United States Commander-in-Chief, European Command
  • USCINCLANT, United States Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Command
  • USDA, United States Department of Agriculture
  • USDEL, United States Delegation
  • USDELMC, United States Delegation to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Military Committee
  • USG, United States Government
  • USLO SACLANT, United States Liaison Officer, Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic
  • USNATO, United States Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • USNMR SHAPE, United States National Military Representative, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers, Europe
  • USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
  • USUN, United States Mission to the United Nations
  • WINTEX, winter exercise
  • WSAG, Washington Special Actions Group