Foreign Relations of the United States, 1977–1980, Volume
XXX, Public Diplomacy
Abbreviations and Terms
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AAI, Africa-America
Institute
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ABC, American Broadcasting
Company
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AC/D
or AC&D, arms control and disarmament
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ACDA, Arms Control and
Disarmament Agency
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ACLU, American Civil
Liberties Union
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ACTION, federal agency
created by the merger of VISTA and the Peace Corps
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ACYPL, American Council of
Young Political Leaders
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admin.,
administrative
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AF, Bureau of African Affairs,
Department of State
-
AF
or ICA/AF, Office of the Director for African Affairs,
International Communication Agency
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AFL–CIO, American
Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations
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AGUSA, U.S. International
Communication Agency’s “Agriculture USA” Exhibit
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AHA, American Historical
Association
-
AIC, Agency for International
Communication (proposed name for the International Communication
Agency)
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AID, Agency for International
Development
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AIDSAT, international
applications demonstration (demonstration of the capabilities of the
ATS–6 satellite, undertaken by the Agency for International
Development)
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ALA, American Library
Association
-
ALSC, Association for
Library Service to Children (division of the American Library
Association)
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Amb., ambassador
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AMIDEAST, American
Friends of the Middle East (non-profit organization)
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Amparts, American
Participants (cultural exchanges)
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ANPA, American Newspaper
Publishers Association
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AP, Associated Press
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APSA, American Political
Science Association
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AR
or ICA/AR, Office of the Director for American Republics
Affairs, International Communication Agency
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ARA
or ARA/LA, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of
State/Bureau for Latin America, Agency for International
Development
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ARBA, American Revolution
Bicentennial Administration
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ARBC, American Revolution
Bicentennial Commission
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ARS, Africa Regional Services
(source of French language programs for Public Affairs sections at
U.S. embassies in Africa)
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ASAP, as soon as
possible
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ASEAN, Association of South
East Asian Nations
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ASNE, American Society of
Newspaper Editors
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ATS–6, Applications
Technology Satellite-6
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B–1, American long-range
bomber
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BA, Bachelor of Arts
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BBC, British Broadcasting
Corporation
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BFS, Board of Foreign
Scholarships
-
BIB, Board for International
Broadcasting
-
BJ, Barry Jagoda
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BNC, bi-national center
(USIS)
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CA, Bureau of Consular
Affairs, Department of State; also circular airgram (USIA)
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CACAR, Central America and
the Caribbean
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CAO, cultural affairs
officer
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CAT, Conventional Arms
Transfer
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CB, Charles Bray
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CBS, Columbia Broadcasting
System
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Cc, carbon copy
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CCD, Conference of the
Committee on Disarmament
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CD, Christine Dodson
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CF, confidential file
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CGIAR, Consultative Group
on International Agricultural Research
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Ch, chair
-
CIA, Central Intelligence
Agency
-
CIEC, Conference on
International Economic Cooperation
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CIES, Council for
International Exchange of Scholars
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CINCPAC
or USCINCPAC, Commander in Chief, Pacific
Command
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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
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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
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CTW, Children’s Television
Workshop
-
CU, Bureau of Educational and
Cultural Affairs, Department of State
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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
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CV, Cyrus Vance
-
Cy, copy
-
CYO, Committee of Youth
Organizations
-
-
D, Office of the Deputy
Secretary of State; also, Democrat
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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
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DA, David Aaron
-
DBS, direct broadcast
satellite
-
DCM, deputy chief of
mission
-
Dept., Department
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Distrib.,
distribution
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DOD, Department of
Defense
-
DSCS II, Defense
Communications Satellites
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DFL, Minnesota
Democratic-Farmer-Labor party
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DM, Deutsche Mark
-
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EA, Bureau of East Asian and
Pacific Affairs, Department of State
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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
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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
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ECA/I
or ICA/ECA/I, Office of Institutional Relations, Associate
Directorate for Educational and Cultural Affairs, International
Communication Agency
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ECA/IC
or ICA/ECA/IC, Cultural Presentations Division, Office of
Institutional Relations, Associate Directorate for Educational and
Cultural Affairs, International Communication Agency
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ECA/IP
or ICA/ECA/IP, Private Sectors Program Division, Office of
Institutional Relations, Associate Directorate for Educational and
Cultural Affairs, International Communication Agency
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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
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EE, Eastern Europe
-
EPK, Eugene P. Kopp
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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
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EUR/SOV, Office of Soviet
Union Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of
State
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Excom, Executive Committee
(USIA)
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EXDIS, exclusive
distribution
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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)
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FAA, Foreign Assistance Act,
also, Federal Aviation Administration
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FAO, United Nations Food and
Agriculture Organization
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FBIS, Foreign Broadcast
Information Service
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FOAA, Foreign Relations
Authorization Act
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FCC, Federal Communications
Commission
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Fed., federal
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FltSatCom, Fleet
Satellite Communications System, U.S. Navy
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ForMin, foreign
minister
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FRG, Federal Republic of
Germany
-
FSIO, Foreign Service
Information Officer
-
FSO, Foreign Service
Officer
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FY, fiscal year
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FYI, for your
information
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G–7, Group of 7 (Canada,
France, Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom,
United States)
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G–77, Group of 77 (group of
developing countries established at the conclusion of UNCTAD in
1964)
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GA, United Nations General
Assembly
-
GAO, General Accounting
Office
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GATT, General Agreement on
Tariffs and Trade
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GDP, gross domestic
product
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GMT, Greenwich Mean
Time
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GOM, Government of
Mexico
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GNP, gross national
product
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GS, Gary Sick
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GSP, generalized system of
preferences
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H, Bureau of Congressional
Relations, Department of State
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HA, Bureau of Human Rights and
Humanitarian Affairs, Department of State
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HEW
or DHEW, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
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HFS
or HS, Harold F. Schneidman
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HHH, Hubert Horatio
Humphrey
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HIRC, House International
Relations Committee
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HRCG, Human Rights
Coordinating Group (Department of State)
-
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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
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I/SO
or USIA/I/SO, Operations Center, Executive Secretariat,
Office of the Director, United States Information Agency
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I/SS
or USIA/I/SS, Secretariat Staff, Executive Secretariat,
Office of the Director, United States Information Agency
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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
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ICBM, intercontinental
ballistic missile
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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
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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
-
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J
, or JC, Jimmy Carter
-
JER, John E. Reinhardt
-
JUSPAO, Joint U.S. Public
Affairs Office (South Vietnam)
-
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KGB, Komitet gosudarstvennoy
bezopasnosti (State Security Committee)
-
Komsomol, youth
division, Communist Party of the Soviet Union
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kw, kilowatt
-
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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
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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
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mm, millimeter
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MOU, memorandum of
understanding
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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
-
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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
-
-
-
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