Abbreviations and Terms

• • ABA, American Bar Association
  • ABC, American Broadcasting Company
  • ABM, anti-ballistic missile
  • ACDA, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
  • ADB, Asian Development Bank; also African Development Bank
  • Adm., admiral
  • Admin., administrator
  • Adv., advisor
  • AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
  • AEI, American Enterprise Institute
  • AEPRP, African Economic Policy Reform Program
  • AF, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
  • AFL–CIO, American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations
  • AG, Attorney General
  • AID, Agency for International Development
  • AIDS, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
  • AIT, American Institute in Taiwan
  • ALCM, air-launched cruise missile
  • Amb., ambassador
  • AMH, Alexander Meigs Haig
  • ANC, African National Congress
  • ANZUS, Australia-New Zealand-United States (security treaty)
  • AP, Associated Press
  • APNSA, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
  • APPV, approved
  • APRA, Alianza Popular Revolucionaria Americana (American Popular Revolutionary Alliance), Peru
  • ARA, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
  • ARDE, Alianza Revolucionaria Democrática (Democratic Revolutionary Alliance), Nicaragua
  • ARENA, Alianza Republicana Nacionalista (National Republican Alliance), El Salvador
  • ASAT or ASW, anti-satellite weapon or talks
  • ASEAN, Association of Southeast Asian Nations
  • ASNE, American Society of Newspaper Editors
  • ATBMs, anti-tactical ballistic missiles
  • AVF, All-Volunteer Force
  • AW, Allen Wallis
  • AWACS, Advanced/Airborne Warning and Control System
• • B, billion
  • B–1, U.S. long-range bomber
  • B–52, all weather, intercontinental, strategic heavy bomber
  • Backfire, Soviet long-range bomber
  • BDM, Braddock, Dunn & McDonald (U.S. technical services firm)
  • Benelux, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg
  • BIB, Board for International Broadcasting
  • Blackjack, bomber
  • BMD, ballistic missile defense
  • Brig., Brigadier
  • BW, biological weapons
• • C, Counselor of the Department of State
  • C3 or C3 , command, control, communications
  • C–130, high-wing, 4 turbo prop engine aircraft used for rapid transportation of troops and/or equipment
  • Cab., cabinet
  • CARE, Cooperative for American Relief Everywhere
  • CARICOM, Caribbean Community and Common Market
  • CBC, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
  • CBI, Caribbean Basin Initiative
  • CBM, confidence-building measures
  • CBS, Columbia Broadcasting System
  • CBW, chemical and biological warfare; also chemical and biological weapons
  • CCC, Commodity Credit Corporation
  • CCD, Conference of the Committee on Disarmament
  • CD, Committee on Disarmament (United Nations)
  • CDE, Conference on Disarmament in Europe
  • CDU, Christlich Demokratische Union (Christian Democratic Union), Federal Republic of Germany
  • CEM, Clayton E. McManaway
  • CEMA, Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
  • CENTO, Central Treaty Organization
  • CEO, chief executive officer
  • CH, Charles Hill
  • Charter 77, informal association of Czech dissidents and their signed manifesto deploring the repression of human rights in Czechoslovakia
  • CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
  • CINCAD, Commander in Chief, Aerospace Defense Command
  • CINCLANT, Commander in Chief, Atlantic Command
  • CINCMAC, Commander in Chief, Military Airlift Command
  • CINCPAC, Commander in Chief, Pacific Command
  • CINCSAC, Commander in Chief, Strategic Air Command
  • CINCUNC, Commander in Chief, United Nations Command
  • CINCUSAFE, Commander in Chief, U.S. Air Forces Europe
  • CINCUSAREUR, Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Europe
  • CINCUSNAVEUR, Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces Europe
  • CMC, Commandant, United States Marine Corps
  • CNN, Cable News Network
  • CNO, Chief of Naval Operations
  • COB, close of business
  • COCOM, Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls
  • Codel, congressional delegation
  • Col., colonel
  • COMECON, Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
  • Con., concurrent
  • Contadora Group, Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela, and Panama
  • Contras, term used by Sandinistas to refer to guerrilla forces fighting against them
  • Corp, corporation
  • CORRTEX, Continuous Reflectrometry for Radius Versus Time Experiments (a hydro-dynamic yield measurement for nuclear testing)
  • CP or CLP, Colin L. Powell
  • CPAC, Conservative Political Action Conference
  • CPSU, Communist Party of the Soviet Union
  • CRS, Catholic Relief Services
  • CSA, Chief of Staff, United States Army
  • CSAF, Chief of Staff, United States Air Force
  • CSCE, Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe
  • CSIS, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Georgetown University
  • CSU, Christlich-Soziale Union (Christian Social Union), Federal Republic of Germany
  • CTW, Cuban Troop Withdrawal
  • CW, chemical weapons or warfare
  • CW or CWW, Caspar W. Weinberger
• • D, Office of the Deputy Secretary of State; also Democrat
  • DA, development assistance
  • DCL, Direct Communications Link (“hotline”)
  • DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
  • Dep, deputy
  • Dep. Sec., Deputy Secretary
  • Dept., Department
  • DFL, Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party
  • Dir., director
  • Dist, distribution, distributed
  • DM, Deutche Mark
  • DNA, Deoxyribonucleic acid
  • DNC, Democratic National Committee
  • DOD, Department of Defense
  • DOD/ISP, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy
  • DOE, Department of Energy
  • DPC, Defense Planning Committee (NATO); also Domestic Policy Council
  • DPRK, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
• • E, Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
  • EA or EAP, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
  • EAL, Ethiopian Air Lines
  • EAP/J, Office of Japanese Affairs, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
  • EB, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State
  • EC, European Community
  • EC–121, unarmed, four engine propeller-driven reconnaissance aircraft
  • ECSC, European Coal and Steel Community
  • EE, Eastern Europe
  • EEC, European Economic Community
  • EITCA, Economic, Industrial, Technical Cooperation Agreement
  • Emboffs, embassy officials
  • ENDC, Eighteen Nation Disarmament Conference
  • EOB, Executive Office Building
  • EPC, Economic Policy Council
  • EPCOT, Experimental Planned Community of Tomorrow (a component of Disney World)
  • EPG, Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group
  • EPI, Economic Policy Initiative for Africa
  • ERW, enhanced radiation weapon
  • ESF, Economic Support Fund
  • ET, emerging technologies
  • EU, European Union
  • EUR, Bureau of European Affairs (later European and Canadian Affairs), Department of State
  • EUR/CE, Office of Central European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs (later European and Canadian Affairs), Department of State
  • EUR/EE/HU, Desk Officer for Hungary, Office of Eastern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs (later European and Canadian Affairs), Department of State
  • EUR/EEY, Office of Eastern European and Yugoslav Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs (later European and Canadian Affairs), Department of State
  • EUR/NE, Office of Northern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs (later European and Canadian Affairs), Department of State
  • EUR/RPE, Office of OECD, European Community and Atlantic Political-Economic Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs (later European and Canadian Affairs), Department of State
  • EUR/RPM, Office of Security and Political Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs (later European and Canadian Affairs), Department of State
  • EUREKA [project], European Research Coordination Agency
  • Ex, executive
  • EXIM, Export-Import Bank
• • F–5, light, supersonic fighter aircraft
  • F–15, USAF twin-engine, tactical fighter
  • F–16, USAF multirole fighter aircraft
  • F–18, USN/USMC twin-engine, multirole fighter aircraft
  • F–111, USAF supersonic, medium range tactical attack aircraft
  • FAIM, Foreign Affairs Information Management system (Department of State)
  • FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • FC or FCC, Frank Carlucci
  • FCC, Federal Communications Commission
  • FCO, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, United Kingdom
  • FDN, Fuerza Democrática Nicaraguense (Nicaraguan Democratic Force)
  • FDR, Franklin Delano Roosevelt; also Frente Democrático Revolucionario (Revolutionary Democratic Front), El Salvador
  • FEMA, Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • FFPr, Food for Progress
  • FLS, Front Line States
  • FMLN, (Frente) Farabundo Martí de Liberación Nacional (Farabundo Marti National Liberation [Front]), El Salvador
  • FMS, foreign military sales
  • FON, freedom of navigation
  • For., foreign
  • FRELIMO, Frente de Libertacao de Mocambique (Front for the Liberation of Mozambique)
  • FRG, Federal Republic of Germany
  • FSI, Foreign Service Institute, Department of State
  • FSLN, Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (Sandinista National Liberation Front), Nicaragua
  • FSO, foreign service officer
  • FSP, Food Stamp Program
  • FTA, free trade agreement; also free trade area
  • FY, fiscal year
  • FYDP, Five-Year Defense Program
  • FYI, for your information
• • G–7, Group of 7 (Canada, Federal Republic of Germany, France, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, United States)
  • G–10, Group of 10 (Belgium, Canada, Federal Republic of Germany, France, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States)
  • G–77, Group of 77 (group of developing countries established at the conclusion of UNCTAD in 1964)
  • GAB, general agreements to borrow (IMF)
  • GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
  • GCC, Gulf Cooperation Council
  • GDR, German Democratic Republic
  • Gen., general
  • GI, general issue
  • GLCM, Ground-Launched Cruise Missile
  • GM, General Motors
  • GN, Global Negotiations
  • GNP, Gross National Product
  • GNZ, Government of New Zealand
  • GOC, Government of Canada
  • GOE, Government of Egypt
  • GOES, Government of El Salvador
  • GOF, Government of France
  • GOP, Government of Pakistan; also Grand Old Party (Republican Party)
  • GOR, Government of Romania
  • GOY, Government of Yugoslavia
  • GPS or GS, George P. Shultz
  • GSP, Generalized System of Preferences (U.S. trade)
• • H, Bureau of Congressional Relations (Legislative Affairs), Department of State
  • HFAC, House Foreign Affairs Committee
  • H.J. Res., House Joint Resolution
  • HLG, high level group
  • H.R., House Resolution
  • HREM, CSCE Human Rights Experts Meeting
  • HUD, Department of Housing and Urban Development
• • IAEA, International Atomic Energy Agency
  • IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
  • ICA, International Communication Agency
  • ICBM, intercontinental ballistic missile
  • ICDAIT, International Conference on Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
  • ICIDI, Independent Commission on International Development Issues (Brandt Commission)
  • ICJ, International Court of Justice
  • IDA, International Development Association
  • IDCA, International Development Cooperation Agency
  • IDF, Israeli Defense Force
  • IEA, International Energy Agency
  • IFALPA, International Federation of Airline Pilots Association
  • IFC, International Finance Corporation
  • IFI, international financial institutions
  • IG, interagency group
  • IISS, International Institute for Strategic Studies
  • IMET, International Military Education and Training
  • IMF, International Monetary Fund
  • INF, intermediate range nuclear force(s)
  • INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
  • Intel, intelligence
  • IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
  • IR, Minnesota Independent-Republican Party
  • IRS, Internal Revenue Service
  • ITT, International Telephone & Telegraph
• • JCC, Joint Commercial Commission
  • JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • JLP, Joint Logistics Planning
  • JMCL, Joint Military Communications Link
  • JP, John Poindexter
  • JPMG, Joint Political-Military Group
• • KAL, Korean Air Lines
  • KGB, Komitet Gosudarstvennyi Bezopasnosti (Soviet Committee for State Security)
  • KT, kiloton
• • L, Legal Adviser, Department of State
  • LAFTA, Latin American Free Trade Agreement
  • Landsat, land remote sensing satellite system
  • LDC, lesser developed country
  • LDP, Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
  • LDX, long distance xerography
  • LMO, legislative management officer, Bureau of Congressional Relations (Legislative Affairs), Department of State
  • LOS, Law of the Sea
  • LOU, Limited Official Use
  • LPAR, large phased-array radar
  • LRINF, Long-Range Intermediate Nuclear Forces
  • LRTNF, Long-Range Theatre Nuclear Forces
  • LSE, Lawrence S. Eagleburger
  • Lt. Gen., Lieutenant General
  • LTA, long-term agreement
• • M, Under Secretary of State for Management; million
  • MA, Michael Armacost
  • MAD, mutual assured destruction or mutually assured destruction
  • MAP, military assistance program
  • MBFR, Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions
  • MDB, Multilateral Development Bank
  • ME, Middle East
  • MEDO, Middle East Defense Organization
  • MFA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; also Multi Fiber Arrangement
  • MFN, most-favored nation
  • MFO, Multinational Force and Observers/Multilateral Force Observers (Sinai)
  • MiGs, Mikoyan i Gurevich (Soviet fighter aircraft)
  • Min., minister
  • MINITEL, Médium interactif par numérisation d’information téléphonique (interactive medium by digitalizing telephone information; French Videotex online service)
  • Minute Man III, intercontinental ballistic missile
  • MIRV, Multiple, Independently-Targeted Re-entry Vehicles
  • MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • MNF, multinational force
  • MOLINK, Moscow Link (Moscow-Washington Direct Communication Link or “hot line”)
  • MPLA, Movimento Popular para a Libertacao de Angola (People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola)
  • MX or M–X, missile experimental (intercontinental ballistic missile)
• • NAC, North Atlantic Council
  • NAM, Non-Aligned Movement
  • NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  • NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • NBC, National Broadcasting Company
  • NCND, neither confirm nor deny
  • NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
  • NEA/EX, Office of the Executive Director, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
  • NEA/IAI, Office of Israel and Arab-Israeli Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
  • NEA/RA, Office of Regional Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
  • NED, National Endowment for Democracy
  • NET, National Educational Television
  • NHAO, Nicaraguan Humanitarian Assistance Office
  • NICs, newly industrialized countries
  • NNA, neutral and non-aligned
  • NODIS, No Distribution
  • Notal, Not Received by All Addressees
  • NPA, New People’s Army (Philippines)
  • NPG, Nuclear Planning Group (NATO)
  • NPT, Non-Proliferation Treaty
  • NRM, National Resistance Movement (Mozambique)
  • NSC, National Security Council Staff
  • NSDD, National Security Decision Directive
  • NSG, Nuclear Suppliers’ Group
  • NSPG, National Security Planning Group
  • NSSD, National Security Study Directive
  • NST, Nuclear and Space Arms Talks
  • NUF, non-use of force
  • NYU, New York University
• • OAS, Organization of American States
  • OASD/PA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs
  • OAU, Organization of African Unity
  • OBE, overtaken by events
  • ODA, official development assistance
  • OECD, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
  • OECS, Organization of Eastern Caribbean States
  • OES, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Department of State
  • OMB, Office of Management and Budget
  • OMG, operational maneuver group
  • ONDCP, Office of National Drug Control Policy
  • OPD, White House Office of Policy Development
  • OPEC, Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
  • OPIC, Overseas Private Investment Corporation
  • OPTAD, Organization for Pacific Trade and Development
  • OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
  • OSD/MRA&L, Manpower, Reserve Affairs & Logistics, Office of the Secretary of Defense
  • OSD/PA&E, Program Analysis & Evaluation, Office of the Secretary of Defense
• • P, Office of the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
  • PA, Bureau of Public Affairs, Department of State
  • PA/HO, Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs, Department of State
  • PA/OAP, Office of Opinion Analysis and Plans, Bureau of Public Affairs, Department of State
  • PAFTA, Pacific Free Trade Area
  • PAFTAD, Pacific Trade and Development Conference
  • Pan Am, Pan American Airways
  • Para, paragraph
  • PBS, Public Broadcasting System
  • PCC, Pacific Cooperation Committee
  • PDRY, People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen
  • PEEC, Pacific Economic Cooperation Conference
  • PermRep, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations
  • PFIAB, President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
  • PIb, Pershing Ib missile
  • PII, Pershing II missile
  • P.L., Public Law
  • P.L.–480, Public Law 480; Food for Peace
  • PLO, Palestinian Liberation Organization
  • PM, Prime Minister; also Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State
  • PM/TMP, Office of Theater Military Policy, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State
  • PNE, peaceful nuclear explosion
  • PNET, Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty
  • Polads, political advisers
  • POW/MIA, prisoner of war/missing in action
  • PR, public relations
  • PRC, People’s Republic of China
  • PRE, Bureau for Private Enterprise, Agency for International Development
  • Pres., President
  • PRG, Policy Review Group
  • PW, Paul Wolfowitz
• • R, Republican
  • R & D, research and development
  • R. Adm., Rear Admiral
  • RAND, U.S. global policy think tank established in 1948; acronym stands for research and development
  • RC–135, U.S. reconnaissance aircraft
  • RCM, Robert C. McFarlane
  • RDF, rapid deployment force
  • RENAMO, Resistencia Nacional Mocambicana (Mozambican National Resistance)
  • Rep., representative
  • Rept., report
  • Res., resolution
  • Ret., retired
  • RFE/RL, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
  • RHS, Richard H. Solomon
  • RMK, Robert M. Kimmitt
  • ROK, Republic of Korea
  • ROKG, Republic of Korea Government
  • ROTC, Reserve Officers Training Corps
  • Rpt., repeat
  • RR, Ronald Reagan
  • RVA, Richard V. Allen
• • S, Office of the Secretary of State; Senate
  • SA–7, surface to air missile
  • S/NP, Ambassador at Large and Special Adviser to the Secretary of State on Non-Proliferation Policy and Nuclear Energy Affairs
  • S/P, Policy Planning Staff (Policy Planning Council during the mid-1980s), Department of State
  • S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
  • S/S–I, Information Management Section, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
  • S/S–O, Duty Officer, Operations Center, Department of State
  • SS–4, Soviet medium-range ballistic missile
  • SS–20, Soviet intermediate-range ballistic missile
  • S.A., Saudi Arabia
  • SACEUR, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
  • SAG, South African Government; also Screen Actors Guild
  • SALT, Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty or Talks
  • SAM, surface-to-air missiles
  • SCG, Special Consultative Group (NATO)
  • S. Con. Res., Senate Concurrent Resolution
  • SCP, system concept paper
  • SCUD, Soviet missile
  • SDI, Strategic Defense Initiative
  • SDIO, Strategic Defense Initiative Organization
  • SEC, Securities and Exchange Commission
  • Sec. or Secy, Secretary
  • SecDef, Secretary of Defense
  • Secto, series indicator for telegrams sent from the Secretary of State
  • Sen., Senator
  • SFRC, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
  • SHAPE, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
  • SI, Socialist International
  • SIG, senior interdepartmental group
  • Sit., situation
  • S.J. Res., Senate Joint Resolution
  • SLBM, sea-launched ballistic missile; submarine-launched ballistic missile
  • SLCM, sea-launched cruise missile; submarine-launched cruise missile
  • SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate
  • Solidarnosc, National Committee of Solidary (Polish Solidarity movement)
  • SOTU, State of the Union address
  • SPD, Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (Social Democratic Party of [West] Germany)
  • SRINF, Short-Range Intermediate Nuclear Forces
  • SSBN, ballistic missile submarine
  • SSOD, UN Special Session on Disarmament
  • STABEX, earnings stabilization fund (as specified by the 1975 Lomé Convention)
  • START, Strategic Arms Reduction Talks
  • Stat., statute
  • SU, Soviet Union
  • SWAPO, South West Africa People’s Organization
  • SYG, Secretary-General
• • T, Under Secretary of State for Security Assistance, Science, and Technology
  • TASS, Telegraphonye Agentstvo Sovyetskovo Soyuza (Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union)
  • TNF, theater nuclear forces
  • Todep, series indicator for telegrams sent to the Deputy Secretary of State while away from Washington
  • Topol, series indicator for telegrams sent to the Under Secretary for Political Affairs from the Department while the Under Secretary is away from the Department
  • TORs, terms of reference
  • Tosec, series indicator for telegrams sent to the Secretary of State while away from Washington
  • Triad, three legs of the U.S. nuclear deterrent: ICBMs, SLBMs, and long-range strategic bombers
  • Trident, submarine
  • TTBT, Threshold Test Ban Treaty
  • TV, television
  • TWA, Trans World Airlines
• • U–2, U.S. high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft
  • UAW, United Automobile Workers
  • UCLA, University of California Los Angeles
  • UK, United Kingdom
  • UN, United Nations
  • UNCNRSE, United Nations Conference on New and Renewable Sources of Energy
  • UNCTAD, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
  • UNDP, United Nations Development Programme
  • UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
  • UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
  • UNICEF, United Nations Children’s Fund
  • UNIFIL, United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
  • UNITA, National Union for the Total Independence of Angola
  • UNO, Unidad Nicaraguense Opositora (Nicaraguan resistance)
  • UNSC, United Nations Security Council
  • UNSYG, United Nations Secretary-General
  • UPI, United Press International
  • URNG, National Revolutionary Union, Guatemala
  • U.S., United States
  • USA, United States Army
  • USAF, United States Air Force
  • U.S.C., United States Code
  • USCINCCENT, United States Commander in Chief, Central Command
  • USCINCEUR, United States Commander in Chief, European Command
  • USCINCRED, United States Commander in Chief, Readiness Command
  • USCINCSO, United States Commander in Chief, Southern Command
  • USDA, United States Department of Agriculture
  • USDOCOSOUTH, United States Documents Officer, Allied Forces, Southeastern Europe
  • USG, United States Government
  • USIA, United States Information Agency
  • USIA–P/G, Planning and Guidance Staff, Associate Director for Programs, United States Information Agency
  • USN, United States Navy
  • USNAMRSHAPE, United States National Military Representative, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
  • USOC, United States Olympic Committee
  • USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
  • UST, United States Treaty
  • USTR, United States Trade Representative
  • USUN, United States Mission to the United Nations
  • UTC, United Technologies Corporation
• • V–E, Victory in Europe Day
  • V–J, Victory in Japan Day
  • VCR, video cassette recorder
  • VFW, Veterans of Foreign Wars
  • VOA, Voice of America
  • VP, Vice President
• • WC or WPC, William P. Clark
  • WEU, Western European Union
  • WH, White House
  • WHORM, White House Office of Records Management
  • Wireless File, daily news service supplied to the field by ICA/USIA
  • WSJ, Wall Street Journal
• • Z, Zulu (Greenwich Mean Time)
  • Z States, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe