Foreign Relations of the United States, 1977–1980, Volume
XXVI, Arms Control and Nonproliferation
Abbreviations and Terms
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ABM, anti-ballistic missile
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acce, accordance
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ACDA, Arms Control and Disarmament
Agency
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ACDA/D, Office of the Director,
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
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ACDA/DD, Office of the Deputy
Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
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ACDA/IR, Office of International
Relations, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
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ACIS, arms control impact
statement
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ADM, air-launched decoy
missile
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AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
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ALCM, air-launched cruise
missile
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alrey, already
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ARA, Bureau of Inter-American
Affairs, Department of State
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ASAT, anti-satellite
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ASD (A), Assistant Secretary of
Defense (Administration)
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ASD (I), Assistant Secretary of
Defense (Intelligence)
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ASD (SA), Assistant Secretary of
Defense (Systems Analysis)
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ATP, augmented test program
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ATR, advanced test reactor
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AWAC, airborne warning and
control
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backchannel, a method of
communication outside normal bureaucratic procedure; the White House, for
instance, used “backchannel” messages to pass the Department of State
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BW, biological (bacteriological)
warfare
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CAP, Carlos André Peréz
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CAT, conventional arms
transfers
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CBW, chemical and biological
(bacteriological) warfare
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CCD, Conference of the Committee on
Disarmament
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CIA, Central Intelligence
Agency
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CJCS, Chair, Joint Chiefs of
Staff
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CNEA,
Comisión Nacional de Energia Atómica (Argentine
Atomic Energy Commission)
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CPSU, Communist Party of the Soviet
Union
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CSCE, Conference on Security and
Cooperation in Europe
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CTB, comprehensive test ban
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CTBT, Comprehensive Test Ban
Treaty
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CV, Cyrus Vance
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CW, chemical weapons
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D, Office of the Deputy Secretary of
State
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DCI, Director of Central
Intelligence
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DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
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DD/P, Deputy Director for Plans,
Central Intelligence Agency
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Del, Delegate or Delegation
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Dept, Department
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Deptel, Department of State
telegram
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DG, Director General of the Foreign
Service, Department of State
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DIA, Defense Intelligence
Agency
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dissem, dissemination
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DOD, Department of Defense
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DOS, Department of State
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DPRC, Defense Program Review
Committee
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EEC, European Economic
Community
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EOB, Executive Office Building
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ER, enhanced radiation
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ERDA, Energy Research and
Development Agency
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ERW, enhanced radiation weapon
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EST, Eastern Standard Time
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EUR, Bureau of European Affairs,
Department of State
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EURATOM, European Atomic Energy
Community
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Exdis, exclusive
distribution
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FBR, fixed bed reactor
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FMS, foreign military sales
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FonMin, Foreign Ministry
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FonOff, Foreign Office
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FRC, Federal Records Center
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FRG, Federal Republic of
Germany
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FSO, Foreign Service Officer
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FSS, full-scope safeguards
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FY, fiscal year
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FYI, for your information
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GDR, German Democratic
Republic
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GOA, Government of Argentina
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GOA, Government of Australia
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GOB, Government of Brazil
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GOF, Government of France
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GOJ, Government of Japan
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GOP, Government of Pakistan
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HB, Harold Brown
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HEL, high-energy laser
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HEU, highly-enriched uranium
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HMG, Her Majesty’s Government
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HWR, heavy water reactor
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HWT, heavy water technology
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IAEA, International Atomic Energy
Agency
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IAWG, Interagency Working
Group
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ICBM, intercontinental ballistic
missile
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ICC, International Control
Commission
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INFCE, International Nuclear Fuel
Cycle Evaluation
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INR, Bureau of Intelligence and
Research, Department of State
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INR/DDC, Office of the Deputy
Director for Coordination, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department
of State
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INR/IL, Intelligence Liaison,
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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IOC, initial operating
capability
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IPMG, Interdepartmental
Political-Military Group
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IRBM, intermediate-range ballistic
missile
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IRG, Interdepartmental Regional
Group
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ISA, Office of International Security
Affairs, Department of Defense
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ISIS, internal seismic
installations
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ITAR, International Traffic in Arms
Regulations
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JCC, Joint Consultative
Committee
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JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
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JCSM, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Memorandum
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km, kilometers
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LANFZ, Latin American Nuclear Free
Zone
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LDC, least/lesser-developed
country
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LEU, low-enriched uranium
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Limdis, limited
distribution
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LMFBR, liquid metal fast breeder
reactor
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LRTNF, long-range theater nuclear
forces
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LTBT, Limited Test Ban Treaty
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MAD, mutual assured
destruction
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MANPADS, man-portable air-defense
systems
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MAP, Military Assistance
Program
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MBFR, Mutual Balanced Force
Reductions
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Mbr, Member
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MDW, mass destruction weapons
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ME, Middle East
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memcon, memorandum of
conversation
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MHV, miniature homing vehicle, a
two-stage anti-satellite missile
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MIRV, multiple
independently-targeted reentry vehicle
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MLF, multilateral force
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mm, millimeter
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MM, minuteman
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MOD, Ministry of Defence (UK)
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MR, Memorandum for the Record
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mtg, meeting
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mws, megawatts
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MX, missile experimental
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NAC, North Atlantic Council
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NASA, National Aeronautics and Space
Administration
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NATO, North Atlantic Treaty
Organization
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NCA, National Command
Authority
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negative security assurance, pledge
not to use nuclear weapons against Non-Nuclear Weapon States that signed the
Non-Proliferation Treaty
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NGO, non-governmental
organization
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NIE, National Intelligence
Estimate
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NNPA, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act
(1978)
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NNWS, Non-Nuclear Weapon
States
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Nodis, no distribution
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NPG, Nuclear Planning Group
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NPT, Non-Proliferation Treaty
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NRC, Nuclear Regulatory
Commission
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NRP, National Reconnaissance
Program
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NSA, National Security Agency
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NSC, National Security Council
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NSCID, National Security Council
Intelligence Directive
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NSDM, National Security Decision
Memorandum
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NSF, National Science
Foundation
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NSG, Nuclear Suppliers Group
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NTM, national technical means
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NUF, non-use of Force
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NWFZ, nuclear weapons free
zone
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NWS, Nuclear Weapon States
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O, Deputy Under Secretary of State for
Administration
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O/DDI, Office of the Deputy Director
for Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
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OAS, Organization of American
States
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OASD, Office of the Assistant
Secretary of Defense
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OASD, ISA, Office of the
Assistant Secretary of Defense, International Security Affairs
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OASD, SA, Office of the Assistant
Secretary of Defense, Systems Analysis
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OES, Bureau of Oceans and Scientific
and Environmental Affairs, Department of State
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OMB, Office of Management and
Budget
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ONE, Office of National
Estimates
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OPANAL, Organization for the
Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America
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OSD, Office of the Secretary of
Defense
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OSI, Office of Scientific
Intelligence
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OSI, on-site inspection
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OST, Office of Science and
Technology
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P.L., Public Law
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para, paragraph
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PCW, Paul C. Warnke
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PD, Presidential Directive
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PermRep, Permanent
Representative
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PM, Bureau of Politico-Military
Affairs, Department of State
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PM/ISP, Office of International
Security Policy and Planning, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs,
Department of State
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PMG, Politico-Military Group
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PNE, peaceful nuclear
explosion
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Polad, political adviser
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PRC, People’s Republic of
China
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PRC, Policy Review Committee
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PrepCom, Preparatory
Committee
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Pres, President
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PRM, Presidential Review
Memorandum
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PSAC, President’s Science Advisory
Committee
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PU, plutonium
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R&D, research and
development
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RB, reduced blast
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RDT&E, research, development,
test, and evaluation
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Ref or Reftel, reference
telegram
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Rep, Representative
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Res, Resolution
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RG, Record Group
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rpt, repeat
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RPV, remotely piloted vehicle
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RW, radiological weapons
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RWE, Ralph W. Earle
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S, Office of the Secretary of
State
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S/P, Policy Planning Council or Staff,
Department of State
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S/PC, Planning and Coordination
Staff, Department of State
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S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department
of State
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S/S–I, Information Section, Executive
Secretariat, Department of State
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SAC, Strategic Air Command
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SAG, South African Government
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SAGSI, Standing Advisory Group on
Safeguards Implementation
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SALT, Strategic Arms Limitation
Talks
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SAM, surface to air missile
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SC, Security Council
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SCC, Special Coordination
Committee
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SCI, Office of International
Scientific and Technological Affairs, Department of State
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SCICOUNS, Scientific
Counselor
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SEA, Southeast Asia
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SecDef, Secretary of
Defense
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Secto, backchannel message from
Secretary of State
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SELA,
Sistema Económico Latinoamericano
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Septel, separate telegram
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SFRC, Senate Foreign Relations
Committee
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SIG, Senior Interdepartmental
Group
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SNIE, Special National Intelligence
Estimate
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SNM, special nuclear materials
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SOP, standard operating
procedure
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SOV, Office of Soviet Union Affairs,
Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
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SS–20, Soviet intermediate-range
ballistic missile
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SSM, surface-to-surface
missile
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SSOD, Special Session on
Disarmament
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SU, Soviet Union
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SYG, Secretary General
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T, Bureau of Security Assistance,
Science, and Technology, Department of State
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TASS,
Telegrafnoye Agentsvo Sovetskogo Soiuza (Telegraph
Agency of the Soviet Union)
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Telcon, telephone
conversation
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TIAS, Treaties and Other
International Acts Series
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TNF, Theater Nuclear Forces
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TS, top secret
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TTBT, Threshold Test Ban
Treaty
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UK, United Kingdom
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UN, United Nations
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UNCTAD, United Nations Conference
on Trade and Development
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UNDC, United Nations Disarmament
Commission
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UNGA, United Nations General
Assembly
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UNSYG, Secretary General, United
Nations
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URENCO, Uranium Enrichment Company
(UK)
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US, United States
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USAEC, United States Atomic Energy
Commission
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USG, United States Government
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USINT, United States Interest
Section in Cuba
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USNATO, United States Mission to
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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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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WDC, World Disarmament
Conference
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Z, Zulu time (Greenwich Mean
Time)