Foreign Relations of the United States, 1977–1980, Volume
XIII, China
Abbreviations and Terms
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ACDA, Arms Control and Disarmament
Agency
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ADB, Asian Development Bank
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AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
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AID, Agency for International
Development
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AIT, American Institute in
Taiwan
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ALCM, air launched cruise
missile
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ALPHA, channel for classified
information during the Carter Administration that permitted only principles
and their staff assistants to have routine access to documents so
designated
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AMB, ambassador
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AP, Associated Press
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ASEAN, Association of Southeast
Asian Nations
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ASW, anti-submarine warfare
(DOD)
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ATGM, anti-tank guided missile or
anti-tank guided munition
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Backchannel, a method of
communication outside normal bureaucratic procedure; the White House, for
example, used “backchannel” messages to bypass the Department of
State
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Beida (Bei-Da), Peking University
(Beijing Daxue)
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BEWT, Bureau of East-West
Trade
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C, Carter or Confidential
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CAAC, Civil Aviation Administration
of China
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CAB, Civil Aeronautics Board
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Capt, Captain
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CBS, Columbia Broadcasting
System
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CCC, Commodity Credit
Corporation
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CCK, Jiang Jingguo (Chiang
Ching-kuo)
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CCNAA, Coordination Council for
North American Affairs (Taiwan)
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CCP, Chinese Communist Party
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CCPIT, China Council for the
Promotion of International Trade
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CDC, Control Data Corporation
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CENTO, Central Treaty
Organization
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Cherokee, a special telegraphic
channel established for highly sensitive Department of State messages
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CIA, Central Intelligence
Agency
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CINCPAC, Commander in Chief,
Pacific Command
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CIVAIR, civil air (civilian
aviation)
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COCOM, Coordinating Committee for
Multilateral Export Controls
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Codel, Congressional
delegation
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Col, Colonel
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COMECON, Council for Mutual
Economic Assistance
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CPIFA, Chinese People’s Institute
of Foreign Affairs
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CSCE, Conference on Security and
Cooperation in Europe
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CTB, Comprehensive Test Ban
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CV, Cyrus Vance
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D, Office of the Deputy Secretary of
State
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DA, David Aaron
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DCI, Director of Central Intelligence
(CIA)
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DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission, United
States Embassy
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DIA, Defense Intelligence
Agency
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DIS or DISS, dissemination
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DK, Democratic Kampuchea
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DOD, Department of Defense
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DOD/ISA, Office of the Assistant
Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Department of
Defense
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DOE, Department of Energy
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DOS, Department of State
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DPRK, Democratic People’s Republic
of Korea (North Korea)
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DR, Dual Representation (UN) or Daily
Report to the President
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Dragon, US ATGM
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DRV, Democratic Republic of Vietnam
(North Vietnam)
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E, Bureau of Economic Affairs,
Department of State
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EA, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific
Affairs, Department of State
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EA/P, Public Affairs Advisor, Bureau
of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
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EA/PRCM, Office of People’s
Republic of China and Mongolia Affairs, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific
Affairs, Department of State
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EA/ROC, Republic of China Office,
Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
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EA/VLC, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia
Office, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
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EPA, Environmental Protection
Agency
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ER, Office of Economic Research,
Central Intelligence Agency or Executive Registry, Central Intelligence
Agency
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ESC, European Security
Conference
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EST, Eastern Standard Time
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EXDIS, exclusive distribution
(indicates extremely limited dissemination)
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Exlm or Eximbank, Export and Import Bank
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FAC, foreign assets control
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FBIS, Foreign Broadcast Information
Service
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FMS, foreign military sales
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FONMIN, Foreign Minister
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FRC, Federal Records Center
(US)
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FRG, Federal Republic of Germany
(West Germany)
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FT, foreign trade
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FY, fiscal year
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FYI, for your information
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GA, General Assembly (UN)
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GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs
and Trade
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GNP, gross national product
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GOJ, government of Japan
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GONT, the government on
Taiwan
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GROC, government of the Republic of
China
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GSP, Generalized System of
Preferences
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GVN, government of Vietnam
(South)
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HB, Harold Brown
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HEW, Department of Health, Education,
and Welfare
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HFAC, House Foreign Affairs
Committee
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HIRC, House (of Representatives)
International Relations Committee
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HOT, French ATGM
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H.R., House Resolution
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IAEA, International Atomic Energy
Agency
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IBM, International Business
Machines
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IBRD, International Bank for
Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
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ICA, International Communication
Agency
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ICBM, intercontinental ballistic
missile
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ICRC, International Committee of the
Red Cross
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IDA, International Development
Association (World Bank)
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IFI, International Financial
Institutions
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IG, Interdepartmental Group
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IMF, International Monetary
Fund
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INFO, information
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INER, Institute of Nuclear Energy
Research (Taiwan)
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INR, Bureau of Intelligence and
Research, Department of State
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INR/EAP, East Asia and the
Pacific, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
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INTEL, intelligence
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IO, Bureau of International
Organization Affairs, Department of State
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IOC, International Olympic
Committee
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IR, infrared
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ISA, Bureau of International Security
Affairs, Department of Defense
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ITA, Industry and Trade
Administration
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ITAC, Interagency Textile
Administrative Committee
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JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
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JCSM, Joint Chiefs of Staff
memorandum
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JEC, U.S.-China Joint Economic
committee
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JTM, Jessica Tuchman Mathews
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Kfir, an Israeli
fighter-bomber
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KLM, Khmer Liberation Movement
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KMT, Kuomintang (Nationalist Party,
ROC), also called the Guomindang (GMD)
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L, Office of the Legal Adviser,
Department of State
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LANDSAT, Land Remote-Sensing
Satellite
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LIMDIS, limited distribution (see
also EXDIS)
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LDC, less developed country
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LO, liaison office
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LTA, The Long Term
Arrangement/Agreement on Cotton Textiles
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LTC, Lieutenant Colonel
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M, Deputy Under Secretary for
Management (Department of State)
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MB, megabyte
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MBFR, Mutual and Balanced Force
Reductions
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McA, Eugene V. McAuliffe
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MDT, Mutual Defense Treaty
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ME, Mideast
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MFA, Multifiber Agreement or Ministry
of Foreign Affairs (PRC)
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MFN, most favored nation
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MHD, magnetohydrodynamic
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MIA, missing in action
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Milan, a Greek ATGM
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MIRV, multiple independently
targetable reentry vehicle
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MMT, million metric tons
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MO, Michel Oksenberg
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MOD, Minister of Defense
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MOFA, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs
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MST, Mutual Security Treaty
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MTN, Multilateral Trade
Negotiations
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NASA, National Aeronautics and Space
Administration
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NATO, North Atlantic Treaty
Organization
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NCUSCT, National Council for
U.S.-China Trade
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NE, northeast
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NEA, National Endowment for the
Arts
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NEH, National Endowment for the
Humanities
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NIAM, National Intelligence
Analytical Memorandum
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NIE, National Intelligence
Estimate
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NNPA, Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Act
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NODIS, no distribution
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NIO, National Intelligence
Officer
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NOTAL, not all (telegram A,
referenced in telegram B, was not sent to all the recipients of telegram
B)
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NPC, National People’s
Congress
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NPT, Nonproliferation Treaty
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NSA, National Security Agency
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NSNA, New China News Agency
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NSC, National Security Council
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NSDM, National Security Decision
Memorandum
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NW, northwest
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OASD/ISA, Office of the Assistant
Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
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OAU, Organization of African
Unity
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OCI, Office of Current Intelligence,
Central Intelligence Agency
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OECD, Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development
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OES, Bureau of Oceans and
International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Department of
State
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OJCS, Office/Organization of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff
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OMB, Office of Management and
Budget
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ONE, Office of National Estimates,
Central Intelligence Agency
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OPIC, Overseas Private Investment
Corporation
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OSD, Office of the Secretary of
Defense
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OSTP, Office of Science and
Technology Policy
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OTH, over the horizon (radar)
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P, Office of the Under Secretary for
Political Affairs, Department of State
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P and I, privileges and
immunities
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P&R, performance and
resources
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PACOM, Pacific Command
(U.S.)
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PARA, paragraph
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PCH, Philip C. Habib
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PD, Presidential Directive
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PDM, programmed depot
maintenance
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PFT, Peace and Friendship
Treaty
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PGM, precision-guided munition
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PL, Public Law
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PLA, People’s Liberation Army
(PRC)
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PLO, Palestine Liberation
Organization
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PM, Prime Minister or Bureau of
Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State
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PM/SAS, Office of Security
Assistance and Sales, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of
State
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PNE, peaceful nuclear
explosion
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POL, political or petroleum, oil, and
lubricants
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POLAD, Political Advisor
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POW, prisoner of war
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PRC, People’s Republic of China or
Policy Review Committee (NSC)
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PRCLO, People’s Republic of China
Liaison Office (Washington)
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PRCMUN, People’s Republic of China
Mission to the UN
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PRES, the President
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PRM, Presidential Review
Memorandum
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R&D, research and
development
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REFTEL, reference telegram
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REP, representative
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RES, resolution (UN)
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RG, record group (National Archives
and Records Administration)
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RI, Rick Inderfurth
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RNC, Republican National
Committee
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ROC, Republic of China
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ROCAF, Republic of China Air
Force
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ROK, Republic of Korea (South
Korea)
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RP, Office of Regional and Political
Analysis, Central Intelligence Agency
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RPT, repeat
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RVN, Republic of Vietnam (South
Vietnam)
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RWK, Robert W. Komer
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S, Office of the Secretary of State or
Secret
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S/P, Policy Planning Staff, Department
of State
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S&T, science and
technology
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SALT, Strategic Arms Limitation
Talks or Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty
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SAS, Office of Security Assistance
and Sales
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SC, Security Council (UN)
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SCA, Bureau of Security and Consular
Affairs, Department of State
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SCC, Special Coordination (also
sometimes Coordinating) Committee
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SCI, Bureau of International
Scientific and Technological Affairs, Department of State; also sensitive
compartmentalized information
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SEA, Southeast Asia
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SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty
Organization
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SECDEF, Secretary of
Defense
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Sec/S, Secretary of State
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SECTO, from the Secretary of State
(used for telegrams from the Secretary or his party while he is on
travel)
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SEPTEL, separate telegram
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SFRC, Senate Foreign Relations
Committee
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SIG, Senior Interdepartmental Group
(NSC)
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SLOC, Strategic Lines of
Communication
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SPECAT, special category (message
requiring special handling)
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SRV, Socialist Republic of
Vietnam
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S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department
of State
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STADIS, distribution within the
Department of State only
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STR, Special Trade
Representative
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SYG, Secretary General (UN)
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T, Office of the Under Secretary for
Security Assistance, Science and Technology, Department of State
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TASS, Telegraph Agency of the Soviet
Union
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TDC, Taiwan Defense Command
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TDP, Trade and Development
Program
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TNF, Theater Nuclear Forces
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TOSEC, to the Secretary of State
(used for telegrams to the Secretary while he is on travel)
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TOW, tube-launched optically-tracked
wire-guided missile
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TRA, Taiwan Relations Act
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TRR, Taiwan Research Reactor
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TS, Top Secret
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TV, Television
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TVA, Tennessee Valley
Authority
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U, Office of the Under Secretary of
State
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UK, United Kingdom
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UN, United Nations
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UNC, United Nations Command
(Korea)
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UNICEF, United Nations
International Children’s Emergency Fund (United Nations Children’s
Fund)
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UNGA, United Nations General
Assembly
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UNITA, National Union for Total
Independence of Angola (Uniao Nacional para a Independencia Total de
Angola)
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UPl, United Press
International
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USA, United States Army
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USAF, United States Air Force
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USDA, United States Department of
Agriculture
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USG, United States Government
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USGS, United States Geological
Survey
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USLO, United States Liaison Office
(Beijing)
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USN, United States Navy
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USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics
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USTR, United States Trade
Representative
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USUN, United States Mission to the
United Nations
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VBB, meeting involving Vance, Brown,
and Brzezinski
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VN, Vietnam
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Voyager, a backchannel means of
communication that circumvented the Department of State by sending messages
to the White House
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VP, Vice President
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WH, White House
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WR, Weekly Report to the
President
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WRM, war reserve materiél
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Z, Zulu time (Greenwich Mean
Time)
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ZB, Zbigniew Brzezinski