Abbreviations and Terms
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- ACDA, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
- AI, Amnesty International
- AF, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
- AFR/SW, Office of Sahel and Francophone West Africa Affairs, Agency for International Development
- AFN, Office of North African Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
- AID, Agency for International Development
- APC, armored personnel carrier
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- CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
- CINCEUR, Commander in Chief, European Command
- CINCUSAFE, Commander in Chief, United States Air Forces in Europe
- CINCUSNAVEUR, Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces in Europe
- COMSIXTHFLT, Commander, U.S. Navy Sixth Fleet
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- DATT, Defense Attaché
- DI, Directorate of Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
- DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency
- DIRNSA, Director, National Security Agency
- DOC, Department of Commerce
- DOD, Department of Defense
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- EUCOM, United States European Command
- Exdis, Exclusive Distribution
- EXIM, Export-Import Bank
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- FLN, National Liberation Front, Algeria
- FMS, Foreign Military Sales
- FonMin, Foreign Minister
- FonOff, Foreign Office
- FRG, Federal Republic of Germany
- FY, fiscal year
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- GIRM, Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
- GNP, gross national product
- GOA, Government of Algeria
- GOE, Government of Egypt
- GOI, Government of Italy
- GOM, Government of Morocco
- GOT, Government of Tunisia
- GSP, Generalized System of Preferences
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- H, Bureau of Congressional Relations, Department of State
- HFAC, House Foreign Affairs Committee
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- ICA, International Communication Agency
- ICJ, International Court of Justice
- ILO, International Labor Organization
- INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
- IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
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- JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
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- L, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
- LARG, Libyan Arab Republic Government
- Limdis, Limited Distribution
- LNG, liquefied natural gas
- LOU, Limited Official Use
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- MAC, Military Airlift Command
- MFA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- MOFA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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- NAM, Non-Aligned Movement
- NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
- NEA/AFN, Office of North African Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
- Niact, Night Action
- NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
- Nodis, No Distribution
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- OAS, Organization of American States
- OAU, Organization of African Unity
- OBE, overtaken by events
- OMB, Office of Management and Budget
- OPIC, Overseas Private Investment Corporation
- OPEC, Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
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- PFLP, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
- PL, Public Law
- PL 480, Food for Peace (formally Public Law 83–480, Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954)
- PLO, Palestine Liberation Organization
- PM, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State
- POLAD, political adviser
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- reftel, reference telegram
- RMAF, Royal Moroccan Air Force
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- SAC, Strategic Air Command
- SC, Security Council (United Nations)
- SecDef, Secretary of Defense
- SecGen, Secretary General
- septel, separate telegram
- SPLAJ, Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
- SWAPO, Southwest Africa People’s Organization
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- UK, United Kingdom
- UN, United Nations
- UNSC, United Nations Security Council
- US, United States
- USAF, United States Air Force
- USDA, United States Department of Agriculture
- USDOCOSOUTH, United States Document Officer, Allied Forces South Europe
- USG, United States Government
- USINT, United States Interests Section
- USNMR SHAPE, United States National Military Representative to Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers Europe
- USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- USUN, United States Mission to the United Nations
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- VOA, Voice of America