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