Abbreviations and Terms

• • AAP, Anglo-American Plan/Proposals
  • AF, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
  • AF/S, Office of Southern African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
  • AG, Administrator-General (Namibia)
  • AID, Agency for International Development
  • Amb., Ambassador
  • Amcit, American citizen
  • ANC, African National Council
  • APC, all parties conference
  • APM, all parties meeting
• • BBC, British Broadcasting Corporation
  • BP, British Petroleum
• • CCC, Commodity Credit Corporation
  • CENTO, Central Treaty Organization
  • CG, Contact Group
  • CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
  • COM, Chief of Mission
• • DAO, Defense Attaché Office
  • DATT, Defense Attaché
  • DCI, Director of Central Intelligence
  • DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
  • Dels, delegates
  • DFA, Department of Foreign Affairs
  • DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency
  • Dissem, dissemination
  • DOD, Department of Defense
  • DOE, Department of Energy
  • DOS, Department of State
  • DTA, Democratic Turnhalle Alliance
• • EC, Executive Council (Rhodesia)
  • ERDA, Energy Research and Development Administration
  • Exdis, exclusive distribution
  • EXIM, Export-Import Bank
• • FAPLA, Forças Armadas Populares de Libertação de Angola (People’s Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola)
  • FCO, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (United Kingdom)
  • FED, Federal Reserve
  • FL, Front Line
  • FLEC, Frente Nacional de Libertação do Enclave de Cabinda (National Front for the Liberation of Angola)
  • FNLA, Frente Nacional de Libertação de Angola (National Front for the Liberation of Angola)
  • FonMin, Foreign Minister
  • FRG, Federal Republic of Germany
  • FY, fiscal year
• • GC, Governing Council
  • GM, General Motors
  • GMT, Greenwich mean time
  • GNP, gross national product
  • GOA, Government of Angola
  • GOI, Government of Israel
  • GOF, Government of France
  • Govt, government
  • GRPA, Governo da República Popular de Angola (Government of the People’s Republic of Angola)
• • HEW, health, education, and welfare
  • HMG, Her Majesty’s Government
• • IAEA, International Atomic Energy Agency
  • IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  • ICJ, International Court of Justice
  • INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
  • ILO, International Labor Organization
  • IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
  • IRS, Internal Revenue Service
  • ISA, International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
• • JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• • LEU, low-enriched uranium
• • MPLA, Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola)
• • NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • NMCC, National Military Command Center
  • NNF, Namibia National Front
  • Nodis, no distribution
  • Noforn, no foreign dissemination
  • NPT, Non-Proliferation Treaty
  • NRC, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
  • NSC, National Security Council
  • NSDM, National Security Decision Memorandum
• • OAU, Organization of African Unity
  • OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
  • OMB, Office of Management and Budget
  • OPEC, Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
• • PAC, Pan-Africanist Congress
  • PD, Presidential Decision
  • PF, Patriotic Front (Rhodesia)
  • PM, Prime Minister
  • PNG, persona non grata
  • PRC, Presidential Review Committee
  • PRM, Presidential Review Memorandum
• • RC, Resident Commissioner (Rhodesia)
  • REF, referenced telegram
  • Reps, representatives
  • RG, record group
  • rpt, repeat
• • S/S, Office of the Secretariat Staff, Department of State
  • SAG, South African Government
  • SALT, Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
  • Sasol, Energy and chemical company, based in Johannesburg, South Africa
  • SCC, Special Coordination (Coordinating) Committee
  • SEAP, Southeast Asia and the Pacific
  • Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State (or his delegation) to the Department of State
  • septel, separate telegram
  • SR, special representative (Namibia)
  • SWA, Southwest Africa
  • SWAPO, Southwest Africa People’s Organization
  • SYG, Secretary General
• • Tosec, series indicator for telegrams from the Department of State to the Secretary of State (or his delegation)
• • U.K., United Kingdom
  • U.N., United Nations
  • U.S., United States
  • UANC, United African National Council
  • UCOR, Uranium Enrichment Corporation of South Africa
  • UNDel, United Nations delegation
  • UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
  • UNHCR, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
  • UNITA, União Nacional para e Independência Total de Angola (National Union for the Total Independence of Angola)
  • UNSC, United Nations Security Council
  • UNSR, United Nations Special Representative
  • UNSYG, United Nations Secretary General
  • UNTAG, United Nations Transition Assistance Group
  • USAF, United States Air Force
  • USIA, United States Information Agency
  • USIS, United States Information Service
  • USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
  • USUN, United States Mission to the United Nations
• • VOA, Voice of America
• • WEO, Western Europe and others
  • WEOG, Western Europe and other group governments
  • WH, White House
• • Z, Zulu (Greenwich Mean Time)
  • Z/R, Zimbabwe/Rhodesia
  • ZANLA, Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army
  • ZANU, Zimbabwe African Nationalist Union
  • ZAPU, Zimbabwe African People’s Union
  • ZDF, Zimbabwe Development Fund
  • ZIPA, Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army
  • ZNA, Zimbabwe National Army
  • ZUPO, Zimbabwe United People’s Organization