Abbreviations and Terms
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- 113 Committee, a committee of EC member state representatives who advise the Community on trade negotiations
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- 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
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- B, billion
- Benelux, Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg
- BIS, Bank for International Settlements
- BOAC, British Overseas Airways Corporation
- BOP, balance of payments
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- H, Bureau of Congressional Relations, Department of State
- HAK, Henry Alfred Kissinger
- HAKTO, designation for a message sent from Kissinger
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- 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
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- JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
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- L, Legal Adviser, Department of State
- LDC, less developed country
- LOC, line of communication
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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)
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- QTE, quote
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- R, Republican
- R&D, research and development
- Reftel, reference telegram
- Rep, representative
- RPT, repeat
- RV, reentry vehicle
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- 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
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- Telcon, telephone conversation
- TOHAK, designation for a message sent to Kissinger
- TOSEC, designation for a message sent to the Secretary of State
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- 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
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- WINTEX, winter exercise
- WSAG, Washington Special Actions Group