Foreign Relations, 1977–1980, Volume XVII, Horn of Africa,
Part 1
Abbreviations and Terms
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ACSI, Assistant Chief of
Staff for Intelligence
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AF, Bureau of African Affairs,
Department of State
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AF/E, Office of Eastern and
Southern African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of
State
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AID, Agency for International
Development
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AID–HEW, Agency for
International Development, Health Extension Workers
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APC, Armored Personnel
Carrier
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ARA, Bureau of Inter-American
Affairs, Department of State
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ASAP, as soon as
possible
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ASW, anti-submarine
warfare
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C, confidential
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CA, covert action
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CD, Charles Duncan
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CE, Corps of Engineers
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CIA, Central Intelligence
Agency
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CENTO, Central Treaty
Organization
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CINCPAC, Commander in
Chief, Pacific Command
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COM, Chief of Mission
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COMIDEASTFOR,
Commander, Middle East Forces
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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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DAO, Defense Attaché
Office
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DCI, Director of Central
Intelligence
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DD, U.S. Navy destroyer
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DDG, U.S. Navy guided missile
destroyer
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D/HA, Coordinator for Human
Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, Office of the Deputy Secretary of
State
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DIA, Defense Intelligence
Agency
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dip, diplomatic
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DirGen, Director
General
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DJ, David Jones
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DN, David Newsom
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DNI, Director of Naval
Intelligence
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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
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DOI, date of
information
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DOJ, Department of
Justice
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DOS, Department of
State
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EA, Bureau of East Asian and
Pacific Affairs, Department of State
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EDT, Eastern Daylight
Time
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EDU, Ethiopian Democratic
Union
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ELF, Eritrean Liberation
Front
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EPLF, Eritrean People’s
Liberation Front
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EPMG, Ethiopian Provisional
Military Government
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EPRP, Ethiopian People’s
Revolutionary Party
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EUR, Bureau of European
Affairs, Department of State
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EUR/SOV, Office of Soviet
Union Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of
State
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FBIS, Foreign Broadcast
Information Service
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FF, U.S. Navy fast
frigate
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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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GB, George Brown
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GDR, German Democratic
Republic
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GMT, Greenwich Mean
Time
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GROG, Government of the
Region of the Ogaden
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GSDR, Government of the
Somali Democratic Republic
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H, Bureau of Congressional
Relations, Department of State
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HB, Harold Brown
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HIRC, House International
Relations Committee
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IG, Inspector General
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IIM, Interagency Intelligence
Memorandum
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ILO, International Labour
Organization
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IMET, International Military
Education and Training
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IMF, International Monetary
Fund
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INR, Bureau of Intelligence
and Research, Department of State
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IO, Bureau of International
Organization Affairs, Department of State
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IO/UNP, Office of United
Nations Political Affairs, Bureau of International Organization
Affairs, Department of State
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ISA, Office of the Assistant
Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
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JCS, Joint Chiefs of
Staff
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JW, John Wickham
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MAAG, Military Assistance
Advisory Group
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MAC, Military Airlift
Command
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MAP, Military Assistance
Program
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MBFR, Mutual and Balanced
Force Reductions
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McG, David McGiffert
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MilAtt, Military
Attaché
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MOFA, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs
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NAM, Non-Aligned
Movement
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NAMRU, Navy Medical
Research Unit
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NAVCOMMU, Naval
Communication Unit
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NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern
Affairs, Department of State
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NIO, National Intelligence
Officer
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NSA, National Security
Agency
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NSC, National Security
Council
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OAU, Organization of African
Unity
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OMB, Office of Management and
Budget
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OSD, Office of the Secretary
of Defense
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P, Office of the Under
Secretary of State for Political Affairs
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PDB, President’s Daily
Brief
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PDRY, People’s Democratic
Republic of Yemen (South Yemen)
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PL–480, Public Law 480,
also known as Food for Peace
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PM, Bureau of
Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State
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PMAC, Provisional Military
Administrative Council (also known as the Derg or Dirg)
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PMGE, see EPMG
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PNG, persona non grata
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POL, petroleum, oil,
lubricants
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POMOA, Provisional Office
for Mass Organizational Affairs
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PRC, People’s Republic of
China; Policy Review CommitteePRM, Presidential Review
Memorandum
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S, Office of the Secretary of
State; secret
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SALF, Somali Abo Liberation
Front
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SALT, Strategic Arms
Limitation Talks
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SAM, surface-to-air
missile
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SAWG, Special Activities
Working Group
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SCC, Special Coordination
Committee
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Secto, series indicator for
telegrams from the Secretary of State
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SFRC, Senate Foreign
Relations Committee
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SIGINT, signals
intelligence
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S/P, Policy Planning Staff,
Department of State
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S/S, Executive Secretariat,
Department of State
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S/S-O, Operations Center,
Department of State
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ST, Stansfield Turner
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TFAI, French Territory of
the Afars and Issas (Territoire Français des Afars et des Issas),
present day Djibouti
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TPLF, Tigrayan People’s
Liberation Front (Ethiopian political party
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U, unclassified
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UK, United Kingdom
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UNECA, United Nations
Economic Commission for Africa
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UNHCR, United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees
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UNITA, União Nacional para
a Independência Total de Angola (National Union for the Total
Independence of Angola)
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UNSC, United Nations
Security Council
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USCINCEUR, United
States Commander in Chief, Europe
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USG, United States
Government
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USIA, United States
Information Agency
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USINT, United States
Interests Section
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USIS, United States
Information Service
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USNATO, United States
Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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USUN, United States Mission
to the United Nations
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USSR, Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics
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WH, William Harrop
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WSLF, Western Somali
Liberation Front
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Z, zulu time
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ZAPU, Zimbabwe African
People’s Union
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ZB, Zbigniew Brzezinski
