Foreign Relations of the United States, 1977–1980, Volume VI,
Soviet Union
Abbreviations and Terms
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ABM, anti-ballistic missile
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AC, alternating current
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ACDA, U.S. Arms Control and
Disarmament Agency
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A/DCM, Assistant Deputy Chief of
Mission
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AD, Anatoly F. Dobrynin
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AF, Bureau of African Affairs,
Department of State
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AFL–CIO, American Federation of
Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
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AFSSO, Air Force Special Security
Office
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ALCM, air-launched cruise
missile
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Amcit, American citizen
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ANZUS, Australia, New Zealand,
United States Security Treaty
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APC, armored personnel carrier
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ARA, Bureau of Inter-American
Affairs, Department of State
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ARA/CCA, Office of Cuban Affairs,
Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
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ARPV, advanced remotely piloted
vehicle
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ASAP, as soon as possible
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ASAT, anti-satellite
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ASBM, air-to-surface ballistic
missile
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ASEAN, Association of Southeast
Asian Nations
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ASW, anti-submarine warfare
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A/SY, Office of the Deputy Assistant
Secretary of State for Security
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AWACS, Airborne Warning and Control
System
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backchannel, a method of
communication outside normal bureaucratic procedure; the White House, for
instance, used “backchannel” to bypass the Department of State
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BW, biological weapons
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BWC, Biological Weapons
Convention
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C, Carter; Office of the Counselor of
the Department of State
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CCC, Commodity Credit
Corporation
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CCD, Conference of the Committee on
Disarmament
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CEMA, Council for Mutual Economic
Assistance
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CIA, Central Intelligence
Agency
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CINCEUR, Commander-In-Chief,
European Command
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CINCLANT, Commander-In-Chief,
Atlantic Command
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CINCNORAD, Commander-In-Chief,
North American Aerospace Defense Command
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CINCPAC, Commander-In-Chief,
Pacific Command
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CINCSAC, Commander-In-Chief,
Strategic Air Command
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CM, cruise missile
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COB, close of business
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COCOM, Coordinating Committee for
Multilateral Export Controls
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Codel, Congressional
delegation
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COMNAVINTCOM, Commander,
Naval Intelligence Command
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CONUS, Continental United
States
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COS, Chief of Staff
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CPSU, Communist Party of the Soviet
Union
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CSCE, Commission on Security and
Cooperation in Europe
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CTB, Comprehensive Test Ban
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CW, chemical weapons
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D, Office of the Deputy Secretary of
State
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DA, David Aaron
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DAS, Deputy Assistant
Secretary
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DC, direct current
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DCI, Director of Central
Intelligence
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DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
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DEPTOFF, Department of State
Officer
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DIA, Defense Intelligence
Agency
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DOD, Department of Defense
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DRA, Democratic Republic of
Afghanistan
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DSB, Dresser Science Board
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DUSD/PP, Deputy Undersecretary of
Defense for Policy
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EA, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific
Affairs, Department of State
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EDT, Eastern Daylight Time.
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EEC, European Economic
Community
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EJC3, Director for Operations
Directorate, EUCOM Plans and Operations Center
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EM, Edmund Muskie
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EMBOFF, Embassy Officer
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ER, Office of Economic Research,
Central Intelligence Agency
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ERW, enhanced radiation weapon
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EUCOM, European Command
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EUR/EE, Office of Eastern European
Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
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EUR/RPM, Office of NATO and
Atlantic Political-Military Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department
of State
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EUR/SOV, Office of Soviet Union
Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
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EXDIS, exclusive
distribution
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FBI, Federal Bureau of
Investigation
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FBS, forward-based systems
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FCO, Foreign and Commonwealth
Office
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FMS & ESF, Foreign Military
Sale and Economic Support Fund
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FONOFF, Foreign Office
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FRG, Federal Republic of Germany
(West Germany)
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FSO, Foreign Service Officer
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FYI, for your information
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GBS, global broadcast system
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GDR, German Democratic Republic (East
Germany)
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GLCM, ground-launched cruise
missile
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GNP, gross national product
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GOK, Government of Kenya
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GSO, General Services Officer
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H, Bureau of Congressional Relations,
Department of State
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HA, Bureau of Human Rights and
Humanitarian Affairs, Department of State
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HMG, Her Majesty’s Government
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IAEA, International Atomic Energy
Agency
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IBM, International Business Machines
Corporation
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ICA, International Communication
Agency
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ICBM, intercontinental ballistic
missile
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IFI, international financial
institution
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INFCE, International Nuclear Fuel
Cycle Evaluation
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INR, Bureau of Intelligence and
Research, Department of State
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INR/PMT, Office of Research and
Analysis for Politico-Military Research, Bureau of Intelligence and
Research, Department of State
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INR/RAR, Office of Research and
Analysis for American Republics, Bureau of Intelligence and Research,
Department of State
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INR/RSE, Office of Research and
Analysis for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, Bureau of Intelligence and
Research, Department of State
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INS, Immigration and Naturalization
Service
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IO, Bureau of International
Organization Affairs, Department of State
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IO/UNP, Office of United Nations
Political Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department
of State
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IOC, International Olympic
Committee
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IOU, I owe you
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JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
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JDT, joint draft text
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JFK, John F. Kennedy Airport, New
York, New York
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KM, kilometer
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KOR, Committee in Defense of the
Workers (Poland)
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KTS, kilotons
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LAOOC, Los Angeles Olympic
Organizing Committee
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LDC, least developed country
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LDX, long distance xerography
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LOU, limited official use
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L/PM, Office of the Legal Adviser,
Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State
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LRTNF, long range theater nuclear
force
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MBFR, Mutual and Balanced Force
Reductions
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MDS, Marshall Shulman
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MEMCON, memorandum of
conversation
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MFA, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs
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MFN, most favored nation
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MHD, magnetohydrodynamic
channel
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MIA, missing in action
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MIRV, multiple independently
targeted re-entry vehicle
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MIT, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
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MLBM, mobile land-based
missile
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MPLA, Popular Movement for the
Liberation of Angola
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MUTS, military utility tests
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MW/CM, multiple warhead/cruise
missile
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NAM, non-aligned movement
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NATO, North Atlantic Treaty
Organization
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NBC, National Broadcasting
Company
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NCSJ, National Conference on Soviet
Jewry
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NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern and South
Asian Affairs, Department of State
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NEA/ARP, Office of Arabian
Peninsula Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs,
Department of State
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NEA/IAI, Israel and Arab-Israeli
Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of
State
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NEA/IWG, Interdepartmental Working
Group, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of
State
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NEA/PAB, Office of Pakistan,
Afghanistan and Bangladesh, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs,
Department of State
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NIACT, needs immediate
action
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NNFU, nuclear non-first use
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NOCONTRACT, not releasable to
contractors
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NODIS, no distribution
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NOFORN, not releasable to foreign
nationals
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NORAD, North American Aerospace
Defense Command
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NPT, Non-Proliferation Treaty
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NSA, National Security Agency
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NSC, National Security Council
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NSS, national security
strategy
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NTM, national technical means
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N.W., Northwest
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NYT,
The New York Times
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OAS, Organization of American
States
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OAU, Organization of African
Unity
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OMB, Office of Management and
Budget
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OPEC, Organization of the Petroleum
Exporting Countries
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ORCON, Originator’s Control
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P, Bureau of Political Affairs,
Department of State
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PAK, Pakistan
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PDRY, People’s Democratic Republic
of Yemen
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PERMREPS, Permanent
Representatives
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PLO, Palestine Liberation
Organization
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PM, Bureau of Politico-Military
Affairs, Department of State
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PM/DCA, Office of Disarmament and
Arms Control, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of
State
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PNE, peaceful nuclear
explosion
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PNG, persona non grata
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PRC, People’s Republic of China;
Policy Review Committee
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PRK, Democratic People’s Republic of
Korea
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PRM, Presidential Review
Memorandum
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PROPIN, proprietary information
involved
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R, Romeo time zone (Eastern Standard
Time)
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REFTEL, reference telegram
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REVCON, Review Conference
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RF, radio frequency
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RFE/RL, Radio Free Europe/Radio
Liberty
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RPM, regional and political
memorandum
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RPT, repeat
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RPV, remote-piloted vehicle
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RSFSR, Russian Soviet Federative
Socialist Republic
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RV, re-entry vehicle
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RW, radiological warfare
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S, Office of the Secretary of
State
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S/MS, Special Adviser to the
Secretary, Department of State
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S/P, Policy Planning Staff, Office of
the Secretary of State, Department of State
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S/S, Office of the Secretariat Staff,
Department of State
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S/S-I, Information Management Section
of the Office of the Secretariat Staff, Department of State
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S/S-O, Department Duty Officer,
Operations Center, Department of State
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SAG, Saudi Arabian Government
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SALT, Strategic Arms Limitation
Talks
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SAR, South African Republic
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SAWG, Special Actions Working
Group
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SC, Security Council (United
Nations)
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SCC, Special Coordination
Committee
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SEPTEL, separate telegram
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SFRC, Senate Foreign Relations
Committee
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SHAPE, Supreme Headquarters Allied
Powers, Europe
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SIGINT, signals
intelligence
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SLCM, surfaced-launched cruise
missile; submarine-launched cruise missile; and sea-launched cruise
missile
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SMUN, Soviet Mission at the United
Nations
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SNDV, strategic nuclear delivery
vehicle
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SPECAT, special category
message
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SRV, Socialist Republic of
Vietnam
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SSCI, Senate Select Committee on
Intelligence
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SSOD, Special Session on
Disarmament
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SU, Soviet Union
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SW, Office of Scientific and Weapons
Research, Central Intelligence Agency
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SWAPO, South West Africa People’s
Organization
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SY, Office of Security Affairs,
Department of State
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TASS, official Soviet news
agency
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TNF, theater nuclear forces
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TSO, Technical Security
Officer
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T.V., television
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UK, United Kingdom
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UN, United Nations
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UNK, unknown
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U.S., United States
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U.S.A., United States of
America
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USAF, United States Air Force
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USDA, United States Department of
Agriculture
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USDELMC, United States Delegation
to the NATO Military Committee
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USEUCOM, United States European
Command
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USG, United States Government
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USIB, United States Intelligence
Board
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USLOSACLANT, United States
Liaison Officer Supreme Allied Command, Atlantic
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USNATO, United States Mission at
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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USNMR, United States National
Military Representative
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USOC, United States Olympic
Committee
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USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics
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USUN, United States Mission at the
United Nations
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VAC, volts of alternating
current
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VDC, volts of direct current
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VOA, Voice of America
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WH, White House
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YAR, Yemen Arab Republic
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Z, Zulu Time Zone (Greenwich Mean
Time)