Abbreviations and Terms

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• • ACDA, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
  • ADM, air-launched decoy missile
  • AFL–CIO, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
  • AID, Agency for International Development (United States)
  • ANZUS, Australia, New Zealand, United States (treaty organization)
  • ASEAN, Association of Southeast Asian Nations
  • AWACS, Airborne Warning and Control System
  • Alcoa, Aluminum Company of America
• • BACKFIRE, Backfire bomber
  • B–1, B–1 bomber
• • CBM, Confidence-building measures
  • CDE, Conference on Disarmament in Europe
  • CDU, Christian Democratic Union (Federal Republic of Germany)
  • CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
  • CIEC, Conference on International Economic Cooperation
  • CINCUSAFE, Commander in Chief, United States Air Forces in Europe
  • CINCUSAREUR, Commander in Chief, U.S. Army, Europe
  • COCOM, Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls
  • COMICEDEFOR, Commander, United States Forces, Iceland
  • CSCE, Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe
  • CSU, Christian Social Union (Federal Republic of Germany)
  • CTB, Comprehensive Test Ban
• • D, Democrat
  • DCI, Director of Central Intelligence
  • DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
  • DM, deutschmark
  • DOD, Department of Defense
  • DPC, Defense Policy Committee
• • EC, European Community
  • EDC, European Defense Community
  • EMS, European Monetary System
  • ERW, Enhanced Radiation Weapon
  • EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • Euratom, European Atomic Energy Community
  • EUR/CE, Office of Central European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • EUR/NE, Office of North European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • EXIM, Export-Import Bank of the United States
• • FAA, Federal Aviation Administration
  • FDP, Free Democratic Party (Federal Republic of Germany)
  • FDR, Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  • FIRA, Foreign Investment Review Agency (Canada)
  • FM, Foreign Minister
  • FMS, Foreign Military Sales
  • FonMin, Foreign Minister
  • FRG, Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany)
  • FY, fiscal year
• • G–7, Group of Seven (Canada, Federal Republic of Germany, France, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, United States)
  • GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
  • GDR, German Democratic Republic (East Germany)
  • GLCM, ground-launched cruise missile
  • GNP, Gross National Product
  • GOC, Government of Canada
  • GOI, Government of Iceland
  • GON, Government of Norway
  • GOP, Government of Pakistan
  • GOS, Government of Sweden
• • IAEA, International Atomic Energy Agency
  • ICA, International Communication Agency
  • ICAO, International Civil Aviation Organization
  • ICBM, Intercontinental ballistic missile
  • IDA, International Development Association
  • IDF, Iceland Defense Force
  • IEA, International Energy Agency
  • IJC, International Court of Justice
  • ILO, International Labor Organization
  • IMF, International Monetary Fund
  • INFCE, International Nuclear Fuel Cycle Evaluation
  • IOC, International Olympic Committee
  • ISA, Bureau of International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
• • JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• • LOS, Law of the Sea
  • LTDP, Long Term Defense Program
  • LRTNF, Long-Range Theatre Nuclear Forces
• • MBRF, Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions
  • MFA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • MILCON, Military construction
  • MIRV, Multiple independently targeted re-entry vehicle
  • MMT, Million metric tons
  • MOU, Memorandum of Understanding
  • MTN, Multilateral Trade Negotiations
• • NAC, North Atlantic Council
  • NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • NCS, National Communications System, Office of the Secretary of Defense
  • NDP, New Democratic Party (Canada)
  • NEB, National Energy Board
  • NEP, National Energy Program
  • NFAC, National Foreign Assessment Center
  • NORAD, North American Aerospace Defense Command
  • NPG, Nuclear Planning Group
  • NPT, Non-Proliferation Treaty
  • NSC, National Security Council
  • NSDM, National Security Decision Memorandum
  • NNW free zone, Nordic nuclear weapon free zone
  • NWFZ, Nuclear weapon free zone
• • OAS, Organization of American States
  • OECD, Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development
  • OPEC, Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
  • OTRAG, Orbital Transport and Rockets, Inc.
• • PA, Peoples Alliance
  • PD, Presidential Directive
  • PermRep, Permanent Representative
  • PLO, Palestine Liberation Organization
  • PM, Prime Minister
  • POMCUS, Prepositioned materiel configured in unit sets
  • PQ, Quebec Party (Canada)
  • PRC, People’s Republic of China; Policy Review Committee
• • QTE, Quote
• • R, Republican
  • R&D, Research and development
  • RCMP, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
  • Ref, Reference
  • Refetl, Reference telegram
  • RPT, Repeat
  • RV, Re-entry vehicle
• • SACEUR, Supreme Allied Command, Europe
  • SALT, Strategic Arms Limitation Talks/Treaty
  • SCC, Special Coordination Committee
  • Secto, series indicator for telegrams sent from the Secretary of State to the Department while the Secretary is away from the Department
  • Septel, separate telegram
  • SFRC, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
  • SHAPE, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers, Europe
  • SLCM, Submarine-launched cruise missile
  • SOFO, Special Operations Field Office (U.S. Army, West Berlin)
  • SPD, Social Democratic Party (West Germany)
  • SSA, Security supporting assistance
  • SU, Soviet Union
• • TNF, Theater Nuclear Forces
  • Tosec, series indicator for telegrams sent from the Department to the Secretary of State while the Secretary is away from the Department
• • UK, United Kingdom
  • UN, United Nations
  • UNCTAD, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
  • UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
  • UNIFIL, United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
  • UNQTE, unquote
  • USCINCEUR, United States Commander in Chief, European Command
  • USDEL, U.S. Delegation
  • USG, United States Government
  • USNATO, United States Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • USNMR, United States Military Representative
  • USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
  • USSS, United States Secret Service
  • USTR, Office of the Special Trade Representative, U.S.
• • WG, Working group