Abbreviations and Terms

• • AAI, Africa-America Institute
  • ABC, American Broadcasting Company
  • AC/D or AC&D, arms control and disarmament
  • ACDA, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
  • ACLU, American Civil Liberties Union
  • ACTION, federal agency created by the merger of VISTA and the Peace Corps
  • ACYPL, American Council of Young Political Leaders
  • admin., administrative
  • AF, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
  • AF or ICA/AF, Office of the Director for African Affairs, International Communication Agency
  • AFL–CIO, American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations
  • AGUSA, U.S. International Communication Agency’s “Agriculture USA” Exhibit
  • AHA, American Historical Association
  • AIC, Agency for International Communication (proposed name for the International Communication Agency)
  • AID, Agency for International Development
  • AIDSAT, international applications demonstration (demonstration of the capabilities of the ATS–6 satellite, undertaken by the Agency for International Development)
  • ALA, American Library Association
  • ALSC, Association for Library Service to Children (division of the American Library Association)
  • Amb., ambassador
  • AMIDEAST, American Friends of the Middle East (non-profit organization)
  • Amparts, American Participants (cultural exchanges)
  • ANPA, American Newspaper Publishers Association
  • AP, Associated Press
  • APSA, American Political Science Association
  • AR or ICA/AR, Office of the Director for American Republics Affairs, International Communication Agency
  • ARA or ARA/LA, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State/Bureau for Latin America, Agency for International Development
  • ARBA, American Revolution Bicentennial Administration
  • ARBC, American Revolution Bicentennial Commission
  • ARS, Africa Regional Services (source of French language programs for Public Affairs sections at U.S. embassies in Africa)
  • ASAP, as soon as possible
  • ASEAN, Association of South East Asian Nations
  • ASNE, American Society of Newspaper Editors
  • ATS–6, Applications Technology Satellite-6
• • B–1, American long-range bomber
  • BA, Bachelor of Arts
  • BBC, British Broadcasting Corporation
  • BFS, Board of Foreign Scholarships
  • BIB, Board for International Broadcasting
  • BJ, Barry Jagoda
  • BNC, bi-national center (USIS)
• • CA, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Department of State; also circular airgram (USIA)
  • CACAR, Central America and the Caribbean
  • CAO, cultural affairs officer
  • CAT, Conventional Arms Transfer
  • CB, Charles Bray
  • CBS, Columbia Broadcasting System
  • Cc, carbon copy
  • CCD, Conference of the Committee on Disarmament
  • CD, Christine Dodson
  • CF, confidential file
  • CGIAR, Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
  • Ch, chair
  • CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
  • CIEC, Conference on International Economic Cooperation
  • CIES, Council for International Exchange of Scholars
  • CINCPAC or USCINCPAC, Commander in Chief, Pacific Command
  • CITW:TWIC, Columbus in the World: The World in Columbus (Columbus, Ohio-based research study)
  • CM, Circular Message (USIA)
  • COB, close of business
  • COM, chief of mission
  • COMSAT, communication satellite
  • Cong., Congress; also Congressman
  • CP, cultural presentation
  • CPP, Country Plan Program
  • CPR, Chinese People’s Republic (People’s Republic of China)
  • CSC, Committee on Scholarly Communication
  • CSCE, Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe
  • CTB, Comprehensive Test Ban
  • CTW, Children’s Television Workshop
  • CU, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State
  • CU/EE, Office of Eastern European Programs, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State
  • CU/EX, Office of the Executive Director, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State
  • CU/OPP, Office of Policy and Plans, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State
  • CULCON, U.S.-Japan Conference on Cultural and Educational Exchange
  • CV, Cyrus Vance
  • Cy, copy
  • CYO, Committee of Youth Organizations
• • D, Office of the Deputy Secretary of State; also, Democrat
  • D or ICA/D, Office of the Director, International Communication Agency
  • D/CT, Office for Combating Terrorism, Office of the Deputy Secretary of State
  • D/HA, Coordinator for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, Office of the Deputy Secretary of State
  • D/S or ICA/D/S, Executive Secretariat, Office of the Director, International Communication Agency
  • D/SO or ICA/D/SO, Operations Center, Executive Secretariat, Office of the Director, International Communication Agency
  • DA, David Aaron
  • DBS, direct broadcast satellite
  • DCM, deputy chief of mission
  • Dept., Department
  • Distrib., distribution
  • DOD, Department of Defense
  • DSCS II, Defense Communications Satellites
  • DFL, Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor party
  • DM, Deutsche Mark
• • EA, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
  • EA or ICA/EA, Office of the Director for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, International Communication Agency
  • EB, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State
  • EC or USEC, European Community
  • ECA or ICA/ECA, Associate Directorate for Educational and Cultural Affairs, International Communication Agency
  • ECA/A or ICA/ECA/A, Academic Programs, Associate Directorate for Educational and Cultural Affairs, International Communication Agency
  • ECA/FL or ICA/ECA/FL, Libraries, Cultural Centers and Resources, Associate Directorate for Educational and Cultural Affairs, International Communication Agency
  • ECA/I or ICA/ECA/I, Office of Institutional Relations, Associate Directorate for Educational and Cultural Affairs, International Communication Agency
  • ECA/IC or ICA/ECA/IC, Cultural Presentations Division, Office of Institutional Relations, Associate Directorate for Educational and Cultural Affairs, International Communication Agency
  • ECA/IP or ICA/ECA/IP, Private Sectors Program Division, Office of Institutional Relations, Associate Directorate for Educational and Cultural Affairs, International Communication Agency
  • ECA/PPE or ICA/ECA/PPE, Policy, Planning and Evaluation staff, Associate Directorate for Educational and Cultural Affairs, International Communication Agency
  • ECON, economic section of an embassy
  • EDC, European Defense Community
  • ED.D., Doctorate of Education
  • EE, Eastern Europe
  • EPK, Eugene P. Kopp
  • ERDA, Energy Research and Development Administration
  • ERW, enhanced radiation warhead
  • EST, Eastern Standard Time
  • ETV, educational television
  • EU or ICA/EU, Office of the Director for European Affairs, International Communication Agency
  • EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • EUR/CE, Office of Central European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • EUR/EX, Executive Office, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • EUR/SOV, Office of Soviet Union Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • Excom, Executive Committee (USIA)
  • EXDIS, exclusive distribution
• • 4–H, youth organization administered by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture of the Department of Agriculture (the four H’s are head, heart, hands, health)
• • FAA, Foreign Assistance Act, also, Federal Aviation Administration
  • FAO, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
  • FBIS, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
  • FOAA, Foreign Relations Authorization Act
  • FCC, Federal Communications Commission
  • Fed., federal
  • FltSatCom, Fleet Satellite Communications System, U.S. Navy
  • ForMin, foreign minister
  • FRG, Federal Republic of Germany
  • FSIO, Foreign Service Information Officer
  • FSO, Foreign Service Officer
  • FY, fiscal year
  • FYI, for your information
• • G–7, Group of 7 (Canada, France, Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, United States)
  • G–77, Group of 77 (group of developing countries established at the conclusion of UNCTAD in 1964)
  • GA, United Nations General Assembly
  • GAO, General Accounting Office
  • GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
  • GDP, gross domestic product
  • GMT, Greenwich Mean Time
  • GOM, Government of Mexico
  • GNP, gross national product
  • GS, Gary Sick
  • GSP, generalized system of preferences
• • H, Bureau of Congressional Relations, Department of State
  • HA, Bureau of Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, Department of State
  • HEW or DHEW, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
  • HFS or HS, Harold F. Schneidman
  • HHH, Hubert Horatio Humphrey
  • HIRC, House International Relations Committee
  • HRCG, Human Rights Coordinating Group (Department of State)
• • I or USIA/I, Office of the Director, United States Information Agency
  • I/R or USIA/I/R, Office of the Assistant Director, Public Information, United States Information Agency
  • I/SO or USIA/I/SO, Operations Center, Executive Secretariat, Office of the Director, United States Information Agency
  • I/SS or USIA/I/SS, Secretariat Staff, Executive Secretariat, Office of the Director, United States Information Agency
  • IAA or USIA/IAA, Office of the Assistant Director, Africa, United States Information Agency
  • IBS or USIA/IBS, Office of the Assistant Director, Broadcasting Service, United States Information Agency
  • ICA or USICA, United States International Communication Agency
  • ICBM, intercontinental ballistic missile
  • ICRC, International Committee of the Red Cross
  • ICS or USIA/ICS, Office of the Assistant Director, Information Center Service, United States Information Agency
  • IDA, International Development Association
  • IDCA, International Development Cooperation Agency
  • IEA or USIA/IEA, Office of the Assistant Director, East Asia and Pacific, United States Information Agency
  • IEU or USIA/IEU, Office of the Assistant Director, Europe, United States Information Agency
  • IFAD, International Fund for Agricultural Development
  • IFC, International Finance Corporation
  • IFI, international financial institution
  • IIE, Institute of International Education
  • IISR, Institute for International Social Research
  • ILA or USIA/ILA, Office of the Assistant Director, Latin America, United States Information Agency
  • IMF, International Monetary Fund
  • IMV or USIA/IMV, Office of the Assistant Director, Motion Pictures and Television Service, United States Information Agency
  • INA or USIA/INA, Office of the Assistant Director, North Africa, Near East, and South Asia, United States Information Agency
  • INFCE, International Nuclear Fuel Cycle Evaluation
  • INM, Bureau for International Narcotics Matters, Department of State
  • INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
  • INSAT, Government of India’s domestic communications satellite system
  • Intelsat, International Telecommunications Satellite Organization
  • IO, information officer, United States Information Agency; also, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
  • IOA or USIA/IOA, Office of the Assistant Director, Administration and Management, United States Information Agency
  • IOC, International Olympic Committee
  • IOM or USIA/IOM, Office of Management, United States Information Agency
  • IOP or USIA/IOP, Office of Policy and Plans (changed to Planning and Program Direction in late 1977), United States Information Agency
  • IOP/G or USIA/IOP/G, Policy Guidance Staff, Office of Policy and Plans, United States Information Agency
  • IOP/M or USIA/IOP/M, Media Reaction Staff, Office of Policy and Plans, United States Information Agency
  • IOP/P or USIA/IOP/P, Planning and Program Advisory Staff, Office of Policy and Plans, United States Information Agency
  • IOP/R or USIA/IOP/R, Office of Research, Office of Policy and Plans, United States Information Agency
  • IOR or USIA/IOR, Office of Research, United States Information Agency
  • IOR/DIS, Data Index System, Office of Research, United States Information Agency
  • IPI, International Press Institute
  • IPS or USIA/IPS, Office of the Assistant Director, Press and Publications, United States Information Agency
  • IPT or USIA/IPT, Office of the Assistant Director, Personnel and Training, United States Information Agency
  • IREX, International Research and Exchanges Board
  • ISRO, Indian Space Research Organization
  • ITU, International Telecommunication Union
  • IV, International Visitors (cultural exchanges)
  • IVS, International Visitors Service
  • IYC, UN International Year of the Child
• • J , or JC, Jimmy Carter
  • JER, John E. Reinhardt
  • JUSPAO, Joint U.S. Public Affairs Office (South Vietnam)
• • KGB, Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti (State Security Committee)
  • Komsomol, youth division, Communist Party of the Soviet Union
  • kw, kilowatt
• • LA, Latin America
  • LBJ, Lyndon Baines Johnson
  • LDC, lesser developed country
  • LIMDIS, limited distribution
  • LOS, Law of the Sea
• • M, Deputy Under Secretary of State for Management
  • M/MO, Management Operations, Department of State
  • M–X, missile experimental; intercontinental ballistic missile
  • M.A., Master of Arts
  • Mags., magazines
  • MBFR, Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions
  • MECEA, Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (Fulbright-Hays Act)
  • MinEd., Ministry of Education
  • MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • mm, millimeter
  • MOU, memorandum of understanding
  • Mtg., meeting
• • NAACP, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
  • NAC, North Atlantic Council
  • NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  • NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • NBC, National Broadcasting Company
  • NCIV, National Council for International Visitors
  • NDEA, National Defense Education Act of 1958
  • NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State; also National Endowment for the Arts
  • NEA or ICA/NEA, Office of the Director for North African, Near Eastern, and South Asian Affairs, International Communication Agency
  • NEH, National Endowment for the Humanities
  • NET, National Educational Television network
  • NGO, non-governmental organization
  • NIH, National Institutes of Health
  • NODIS, no distribution
  • NP, nuclear non-proliferation
  • NPT, nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
  • NSC, National Security Council
  • NSF, National Science Foundation
  • NSSM, National Security Study Memorandum
• • O/A, oversize attachment
  • OAS, Organization of American States
  • OAU, Organization of African Unity
  • OBE, overtaken by events
  • ODA, official development assistance
  • OE, Office of Education, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
  • OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
  • OES, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Department of State
  • OMB, Office of Management and Budget
  • OPEC, Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
  • OTP, Office of Telecommunications Policy (White House)
• • P, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs; also, President
  • P&C, press and culture (either refers to counselor for press and cultural affairs or section of embassy)
  • PA, Bureau of Public Affairs, Department of State
  • PA/M, Office of Plans and Management, Bureau of Public Affairs, Department of State
  • PAA, Public Affairs Adviser, Department of State
  • Pak, Pakistan
  • PAO, public affairs officer
  • Para, paragraph
  • PARM, Policy Analysis Resource Memorandum
  • PBS, Public Broadcasting Service
  • PD, Presidential Determination or Directive
  • PER, Bureau of Personnel, Department of State
  • PGM or ICA/PGM, Associate Directorate for Programs, International Communication Agency
  • PGM/D or ICA/PGM/D, Office of Program Coordination and Development, Associate Directorate for Programs, International Communication Agency
  • PGM/E or ICA/PGM/E, Director, Exhibits Service, Associate Directorate for Programs, International Communication Agency
  • PGM/G or ICA/PGM/G, Policy Staff, Associate Directorate for Programs, International Communication Agency
  • PGM/P or ICA/PGM/P, Press and Publications Service, Associate Directorate for Programs, International Communication Agency
  • PGM/R or ICA/PGM/R, Office of Research and Evaluation, Associate Directorate for Programs, International Communication Agency
  • PGM/REU or ICA/PGM/REU, Europe Research, Office of Research and Evaluation, Associate Directorate for Programs, International Communication Agency
  • PGM/RL or ICA/PGM/RL, Agency Library, Office of Research and Evaluation, Associate Directorate for Programs, International Communication Agency
  • PGM/T or ICA/PGM/T, Television and Film Service, Associate Directorate for Programs, International Communication Agency
  • PH, Paul Henze
  • P.L., public law
  • PLO, Palestine Liberation Organization
  • PM, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State
  • POC, Problems of Communism (USIA/USICA publication)
  • POL, political section of an embassy
  • PPP, post project proposal; also program priority paper
  • PRC, People’s Republic of China
  • PRCM, Office of People’s Republic of China and Mongolian Affairs, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
  • PRM, Presidential Review Memorandum
  • PVO, private voluntary organization
• • Q&A, question-and-answer
• • R, Republican
  • R&D, research and development
  • RDP, Robert D. Putnam
  • Ref, reference
  • Reftel, reference telegram
  • Reforger, return of forces to Germany
  • Rep., Representative
  • Res, resolution
  • RFE/RL, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
  • RG, Record Group
  • RH, Robert Hunter
  • RI, Frederick (Rick) Inderfurth
  • RL, Radio Liberty
  • RMS, Resource Management System (USIA)
  • ROK or ROKG, Republic of Korea/Republic of Korea Government
  • RP, Office of Refugee Programs, Department of State; also Robert Pastor
  • RSC, Rosalynn Smith Carter; also Regional Service Center (USIA)
• • S, Office of the Secretary of State; also, Senate
  • S/P, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State
  • S/PRS, Office of Press Relations, Office of the Secretary, Department of State
  • S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
  • S/S-O, Operations Staff, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
  • SACOHRD, South Asian Committee on Human Rights and Development
  • SALT, Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty
  • SAT, satellite
  • SCA, Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs, Department of State
  • SCC, Special Coordination (or Coordinating) Committee
  • SCI, science attaché
  • SE, Southeast
  • Sec, Secretary
  • Sen, Senator
  • SFRC, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
  • SITE, Satellite Instructional Television Experiment (India)
  • SLBM, submarine-launched ballistic missile
  • SOP, standard operating procedure
  • SSOD, UN Special Session on Disarmament
  • STADIS, distribution within the Department of State only
  • Stat., statute
  • SX–70, type of Polaroid camera
• • TASS, Telegrafnoe Agenstvo Sovetskogo Soyuza (Telegram Agency of the Soviet Union)
  • TLC, Trilateral Commission
  • Telex, switched network of teleprinters
  • TL, Tony Lake
  • TNF, theater nuclear forces
  • TV, television
• • UAE, United Arab Emirates
  • UK, United Kingdom
  • UN, United Nations
  • UNCTAD, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
  • UNDP, United Nations Development Programme
  • UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
  • UNGA, United National General Assembly
  • UNICEF, United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund
  • UPI, United Press International
  • US, United States
  • USA, United States Army; also United States of America
  • USAC/IECA, United States Advisory Commission on International Educational and Cultural Affairs
  • USACI or IAI/S, United States Advisory Commission on Information
  • U.S.C., United States Code
  • USEC, United States Mission to the European Community
  • USG, United States Government
  • USIA, United States Information Agency
  • USIS, United States Information Service
  • USLO, United States Liaison Office (Beijing)
  • USN, United States Navy
  • USOC, United States Olympic Committee
  • USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
  • UTC, Temps Universel Coordonné (Coordinated Universal Time)
• • V–E, Victory in Europe Day
  • VIP, very important person
  • VISTA, Volunteers in Service to America
  • VOA, Voice of America
  • VPS, Visitor Program Service
  • VTR, video tape recording
• • WAC, World Affairs Council
  • WARC, World Administrative Radio Conference
  • WATCH, Washington Association for Children and Television
  • WC, Warren Christopher
  • WH, White House
  • Wireless File, daily news service supplied to the field by USIA/USICA
  • WR, Weekly Report
• • Z, Zulu (Greenwich Mean Time)
  • ZB, Zbigniew Brzezinski
  • ZBB, zero-based budgeting