Abbreviations and Terms

• ADF, Arab Deterrent Force
• AID, Agency for International Development
• AIPAC, American-Israel Public Affairs Committee
• Amb, Ambassador
• AmEmbassy, American Embassy
• AMOCO, American Oil Company
• AMX–30, French-designed battle tank
• APC, Armored Personnel Carrier
• AWACS, Airborne Warning and Control Systems
• C–130, U.S. military transport aircraft with four engines
• C–141, U.S. strategic airlifter
• CBU, Cluster Bomb Unit
• CBU–71, U.S.-designed cluster bomb
• Cherokee, a telegraphic distribution channel for the eyes only messages between the Secretary of State and an Ambassador
• CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
• CIP, Center for International Policy
• Codel, Congressional delegation
• conf, conference
• DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
• Dept, Department
• DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency
• DMC, Democratic Movement for Change (Israeli political party)
• DMZ, demilitarized zone
• DOD, Department of Defense
• EC, European Community
• EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• EUR/SOV, Office of Soviet Union Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• Exdis, exclusive distribution
• F–4, U.S. long-range supersonic fighter jet
• F–5E, U.S. light tactical fighter
• F–15, U.S. all-weather tactical fighter
• F–16, U.S. multi-role jet fighter
• FBIS, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
• FLN, Front de Libération Nationale (National Liberation Front)
• FMS, Foreign Military Sales
• FNU, first name unknown
• FonMin, Foreign Minister
• FY, Fiscal Year
• FYI, for your information
• GA, General Assembly
• GE, General Electric
• GMT, Greenwich Mean Time
• GOE, Government of Egypt
• GOI, Government of Israel
• GOL, Government of Lebanon
• HIRC, House International Relations Committee
• IDA, International Development Association
• IDF, Israel Defense Force
• IL–76, Soviet airlifter with four engines
• ILMAC, Israel-Lebanon Military Armistice Commission
• IMF, International Monetary Fund
• INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• INR/RNA, Office of Research and Analysis for Near East and South Asia, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• JC, Jimmy Carter
• JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• Limdis, limited distribution
• ME, Middle East
• memcon, memorandum of conversation
• MEPC, Middle East Peace Conference
• MFA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• MIG, Soviet fighter aircraft
• NAC, North Atlantic Council
• NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• NEA/EGY, Office of Egyptian Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• NEA/IAI, Office of Israel and Arab-Israel Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• NEA/UAR, Office of United Arab Republic Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• Niact, Needs Immediate Action
• NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
• Nodis, no distribution
• Noforn, No Foreign Dissemination
• NRP, National Religious Party (Israel)
• NSC, National Security Council
• NSDM, National Security Decision Memorandum
• O/A, on or about
• OAU, Organization of African Unity
• ODDI, Office of the Deputy Director of Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
• OMB, Office of Management and Budget
• OPEC, Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
• OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
• PA, People’s Assembly (Egypt)
• PDRY, People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen
• PL, Public Law
• PLO, Palestine Liberation Organization
• PM, Prime Minister
• PNC, Palestine National Council
• PRC, Policy Review Committee
• Pres, President
• PriMin, Prime Minister
• PRM, Presidential Review Memorandum
• reftel, reference telegram
• RG, Record Group
• S, Secret; Secretariat of the Department of State
• SA–7, Soviet-designed shoulder-launched surface-to-air missile
• SAG, Saudi Arabian Government
• SALT, Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
• SAM, surface-to-air missile
• SC, Security Council
• SecDel, Secretary’s delegation
• SecGen, Secretary General
• Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State or his delegation to the Department of State
• septel, separate telegram
• SFM, Sinai Field Mission
• SI, Socialist International
• Sov, Soviet
• S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
• S/S-O, Deputy Duty Officer, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
• SSA, Security Supporting Assistance
• T–54, Soviet-designed battle tank
• T–55, Soviet-designed battle tank
• T–62, Soviet-designed battle tank
• T–72, Soviet-designed battle tank
• Tosec, series indicator for telegrams from the Department of State to the Secretary of State or his delegation
• TOW, Tube-Launched Optically-Tracked Wire-to-Command Link
• TS, Top Secret
• UAE, United Arab Emirates
• UK, United Kingdom
• UN, United Nations
• UNEF, United Nations Emergency Force
• UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
• UNIFIL, United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
• UNRWA, United Nations Relief and Works Agency
• UNSC, United Nations Security Council
• UNSYG, United Nations Secretary General
• UNTSO, United Nations Truce Supervisory Organization
• US, United States
• USA, United States of America
• USDel, United States Delegation
• USNATO, U.S. Mission to NATO
• USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• USUN, United States Mission at the United Nations
• VIP, very important person
• VP, Vice President
• WH, White House
• WJC, World Jewish Congress