Foreign Relations of the United States, 1977–1980, Volume IX,
Arab-Israeli Dispute, August 1978–December 1980, Second, Revised Edition
Abbreviations and Terms
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- ACDA, Arms
Control and Disarmament Agency
- ADF, Arab
Deterrent Force
- AF, Air
Force
- AID, Agency
for International Development
- Ammo,
ammunition
- AMOCO,
American Oil Company (Standard Oil Company)
- AMVIP,
American Very Important Person
- AO, area of
operations
- APC, armored
personnel carrier
- Art.,
article
-
- Backchannel, a method of communication outside
normal bureaucratic procedure; the White House, for instance, used
“backchannel” messages to bypass the Department of State
- BEQ, bachelor
enlisted quarters
- BOQ, bachelor
officers’ quarters
- Bpd., barrels
per day
-
- C, Jimmy
Carter; Confidential
- CD, Camp
David; Christine Dodson
- CDA, Camp
David Accords
- Cherokee, a telegraphic distribution channel for
the Eyes Only messages between the Secretary of State and an
Ambassador
- CIA, Central
Intelligence Agency
- CIP,
Commodity Import Program
- CJCS,
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Codel,
Congressional delegation
- Col.,
Colonel
- ConGen,
Consul General; Consulate General
- CONUS,
Contiguous United States
- CV, Cyrus
Vance
- Cy, Cyrus
Vance
-
- D, Deputy
Secretary of State; Office of the Deputy Secretary of State
- DA, David
Aaron
- DAS, Deputy
Assistant Secretary
- DCI, Director
of Central Intelligence
- DCM, Deputy
Chief of Mission
- DefMin,
Defense Minister
- DEM, David E.
McGiffert
- DOD,
Department of Defense
- dols,
dollars
- DPO, deputy
principal officer
- DSAA,
Defense Security Assistance Agency
-
- EB, Bureau of
Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State
- EB/ORF/FSE, Division of Fuels and Energy, Office of
International Resources, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs,
Department of State
- EC, European
Community
- ER, evening
report
- EUR, 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/RPE/EEC, European Economic Community Affairs,
Office of OECD, European Community and Atlantic Political-Economic
Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
- EW, Ezer
Weizman
- Exdis,
exclusive distribution
-
- FAO, Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- FMS, Foreign
Military Sales
- FonMin,
Foreign Minister
- FY, fiscal
year
- FYDP,
Five-Year Defense Program
- FYI, for your
information
-
- Gen,
General
- GNP, gross
national product
- GOE,
Government of Egypt
- GOI,
Government of Israel
- GOJ,
Government of Jordan
- GOL,
Government of Lebanon
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- HASC, House
Armed Services Committee
- HB, Harold
Brown
- Helos,
helicopters
- HHS, Harold
H. Saunders
- HO, Henry
Owen
- HRH, His
Royal Highness
-
- ICA,
International Communication Agency
- ICJ,
International Court of Justice
- IDF, Israel
Defense Forces
- IG (also I-G),
inter-agency group; Interdepartmental Group
- IMF,
International Monetary Fund
- INOC,
Israeli National Oil Company
- INR, Bureau
of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
- INR/DDC,
Deputy Director for Coordination, Bureau of Intelligence and
Research, Department of State
- INR/RNA,
Office of Research and Analysis for the Near East and South Asia,
Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
- INR/RNA/NE, Near East Division, Office of Research
and Analysis for the Near East and South Asia, Bureau of
Intelligence and Research, Department of State
- Intsum,
intelligence summary
- IO, Bureau of
International Organization Affairs, Department of State; Indian
Ocean
- IO/UNP,
Office of UN Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs,
Department of State
-
- J, Jimmy
Carter
- JC, Jimmy
Carter
- JCS, Joint
Chiefs of Staff
-
- LAF, Lebanese
Armed Forces
- LD, Leslie
Denend
- L/NEA,
Assistant Legal Adviser for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs,
Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
- LOA, letter
of agreement
- LOC, lines of
communication
-
- m.,
million
- MAP, Military
Assistance Program
- MB, Menachem
Begin
- MD, Moshe
Dayan
- Memcon,
memorandum of conversation
- Memrec,
memorandum for the record
- MFA, Ministry
for Foreign Affairs
- Milcon,
military construction
- MOA,
Memorandum of Agreement
-
- NAC, North
Atlantic Council
- NAM,
Non-Aligned Movement
- NATO, North
Atlantic Treaty Organization
- NEA, Bureau
of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
- NEA/ARN,
Office of Lebanon, Jordan, Syrian Arab Republic, and Iraq Affairs,
Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of
State
- NEA/EGY,
Office of Egypt Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian
Affairs, Department of State
- NEA/IAI,
Office of Israel and Arab-Israeli Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern
and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
- NEA/RA,
Office of Regional Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian
Affairs, Department of State
- Niact,
telegram indicator requiring immediate action
- NIO/NESA,
National Intelligence Officer for Near East and South Asia, Central
Intelligence Agency
- Nm, nautical
mile
- Nodis, no
distribution
- Noforn,
not releasable to foreign nationals
- Notal, not
received by all addressees
- NPT,
Non-Proliferation Treaty
- NRP, National
Religious Party (Israel)
- NSA, National
Security Agency
- NSC, National
Security Council
-
- OASD/ISA
(NESA), Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs,
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International
Security Affairs, Department of Defense
- Ofc,
office
- OMB, Office
of Management and Budget
- OMC, Office
of Military Cooperation
- Opns,
operations
- OSD, Office
of the Secretary of Defense
-
- P, Under
Secretary of State for Political Affairs; Office of the Under
Secretary of State for Political Affairs; President.
- P&D,
planning and design
- PAO, public
affairs officer
- para,
paragraph
- PDRY,
People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen)
- PG, Persian
Gulf
- PLO,
Palestine Liberation Organization
- PM, Bureau of
Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State; Prime
Minister
- PNC,
Palestinian National Council
- POL,
petroleum, oil, lubricants
- Pr.,
President
- PRC, People’s
Republic of China; Policy Review Committee; Presidential Review
Committee
- PriMin,
Prime Minister
-
- RDF, rapid
deployment force
- Reftel,
reference telegram
- RG, record
group; Robert Gates
- RH, Robert
Hunter
- RO/RO, roll
on/roll off
- Rpt,
repeat
-
- S, Secretary of
State; Office of the Secretary of State
- SA, Saudi
Arabia
- S/AA,
Ambassador at Large, Department of State
- SAG, Saudi
Arabian Government
- SAM,
surface-to-air missile
- SARG, Syrian
Arab Republic Government
- SASC, Senate
Armed Services Committee
- SC, Security
Council; Susan Clough
- SCC, Special
Coordination Committee
- SecDef,
Secretary of Defense
- Secto,
series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State
- Septel,
separate telegram
- SFM, Sinai
Field Mission
- SGA,
Self-governing authority
- SISN,
Personal Representative of the President
- SNIE,
Special National Intelligence Estimate
- Spt.,
support
- Sqd,
squadron
- S/S, Office of
the Secretariat Staff, Department of State
- SSM, Sinai
Support Mission
- S/S-O,
Operations Center, Office of the Secretariat Staff, Department of
State
- Stadis,
Department of State distribution only
-
- Tac,
tactical
- Telcon,
telephone conversation
- Tosec,
series indicator for telegrams sent to the Secretary of State
-
- UAE, United
Arab Emirates
- UAR, United
Arab Republic
- UN, United
Nations
- UNDP, United
Nations Development Programme
- UNEF, United
Nations Emergency Force
- UNGA, United
Nations General Assembly
- UNHCR,
(Office of) United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- UNICEF,
United Nations Children’s Fund
- UNIFIL,
United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
- UNSC, United
Nations Security Council
- UNTSO,
United Nations Truce Supervision Organization
- U.S., United
States
- USA, United
States Army
- USAF, United
States Air Force
- USDEL,
United States delegation
- USEC, United
States Mission to the European Community
- USG, United
States Government
- USINT,
United States Interests Section
- USLO, United
States Liaison Office
- USMTM, U.S.
Mililary Training Mission
- USN, United
States Navy
- USSR, Union
of Soviet Socialist Republics
- USUN, United
States Mission to the United Nations
-
- VBB,
Vance-Brown-Brzezinski
- VP, Vice
President
-
- WB/G, West
Bank/Gaza
- WQ, William
Quandt
-
-
- Z, Zulu Time
(Greenwich Mean Time)
- ZB, Zbigniew
Brzezinski
- ZBB,
zero-based budgeting
- Zbig.,
Zbigniew Brzezinski