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