Foreign Relations of the United States, 1981–1988, Volume I,
Foundations of Foreign Policy
Abbreviations and Terms
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ABA, American
Bar Association
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ABC, American
Broadcasting Company
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ABM,
anti-ballistic missile
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ACDA, Arms
Control and Disarmament Agency
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ADB, Asian
Development Bank; also African Development Bank
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Adm.,
admiral
-
Admin.,
administrator
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Adv.,
advisor
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AEC, Atomic
Energy Commission
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AEI, American
Enterprise Institute
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AEPRP,
African Economic Policy Reform Program
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AF, Bureau of
African Affairs, Department of State
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AFL–CIO,
American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial
Organizations
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AG, Attorney
General
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AID, Agency
for International Development
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AIDS,
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
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AIT, American
Institute in Taiwan
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ALCM,
air-launched cruise missile
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Amb.,
ambassador
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AMH,
Alexander Meigs Haig
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ANC, African
National Congress
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ANZUS,
Australia-New Zealand-United States (security treaty)
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AP, Associated
Press
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APNSA,
Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
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APPV,
approved
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APRA,
Alianza Popular Revolucionaria Americana
(American Popular Revolutionary Alliance), Peru
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ARA, Bureau
of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
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ARDE,
Alianza Revolucionaria Democrática
(Democratic Revolutionary Alliance), Nicaragua
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ARENA,
Alianza Republicana Nacionalista (National
Republican Alliance), El Salvador
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ASAT or ASW,
anti-satellite weapon or talks
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ASEAN,
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
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ASNE,
American Society of Newspaper Editors
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ATBMs,
anti-tactical ballistic missiles
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AVF,
All-Volunteer Force
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AW, Allen
Wallis
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AWACS,
Advanced/Airborne Warning and Control System
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B,
billion
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B–1,
U.S. long-range bomber
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B–52, all
weather, intercontinental, strategic heavy bomber
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Backfire, Soviet long-range bomber
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BDM,
Braddock, Dunn & McDonald (U.S. technical services firm)
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Benelux,
Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg
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BIB, Board
for International Broadcasting
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Blackjack, bomber
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BMD,
ballistic missile defense
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Brig.,
Brigadier
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BW, biological
weapons
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C, Counselor of
the Department of State
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C3 or C3
, command, control,
communications
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C–130,
high-wing, 4 turbo prop engine aircraft used for rapid
transportation of troops and/or equipment
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Cab.,
cabinet
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CARE,
Cooperative for American Relief Everywhere
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CARICOM,
Caribbean Community and Common Market
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CBC, Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation
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CBI,
Caribbean Basin Initiative
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CBM,
confidence-building measures
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CBS, Columbia
Broadcasting System
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CBW, chemical
and biological warfare; also chemical and biological weapons
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CCC,
Commodity Credit Corporation
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CCD,
Conference of the Committee on Disarmament
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CD, Committee
on Disarmament (United Nations)
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CDE,
Conference on Disarmament in Europe
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CDU,
Christlich Demokratische Union (Christian
Democratic Union), Federal Republic of Germany
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CEM,
Clayton E. McManaway
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CEMA,
Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
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CENTO,
Central Treaty Organization
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CEO, chief
executive officer
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CH,
Charles Hill
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Charter
77, informal association of Czech dissidents and
their signed manifesto deploring the repression of human rights in
Czechoslovakia
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CIA, Central
Intelligence Agency
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CINCAD,
Commander in Chief, Aerospace Defense Command
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CINCLANT, Commander in Chief, Atlantic
Command
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CINCMAC,
Commander in Chief, Military Airlift Command
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CINCPAC,
Commander in Chief, Pacific Command
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CINCSAC,
Commander in Chief, Strategic Air Command
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CINCUNC,
Commander in Chief, United Nations Command
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CINCUSAFE, Commander in Chief, U.S. Air Forces Europe
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CINCUSAREUR, Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Europe
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CINCUSNAVEUR, Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces Europe
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CMC,
Commandant, United States Marine Corps
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CNN, Cable
News Network
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CNO, Chief of
Naval Operations
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COB, close of
business
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COCOM,
Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls
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Codel,
congressional delegation
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Col.,
colonel
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COMECON,
Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
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Con.,
concurrent
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Contadora
Group, Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela, and
Panama
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Contras,
term used by Sandinistas to refer to guerrilla forces fighting
against them
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Corp,
corporation
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CORRTEX,
Continuous Reflectrometry for Radius Versus Time Experiments (a
hydro-dynamic yield measurement for nuclear testing)
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CP or CLP,
Colin L. Powell
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CPAC,
Conservative Political Action Conference
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CPSU,
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
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CRS, Catholic
Relief Services
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CSA, Chief of
Staff, United States Army
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CSAF, Chief
of Staff, United States Air Force
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CSCE,
Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe
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CSIS, Center
for Strategic and International Studies, Georgetown
University
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CSU,
Christlich-Soziale Union (Christian Social
Union), Federal Republic of Germany
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CTW, Cuban
Troop Withdrawal
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CW, chemical
weapons or warfare
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CW or CWW,
Caspar W. Weinberger
-
-
D, Office of
the Deputy Secretary of State; also Democrat
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DA,
development assistance
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DCL, Direct
Communications Link (“hotline”)
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DCM, Deputy
Chief of Mission
-
Dep,
deputy
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Dep. Sec.,
Deputy Secretary
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Dept.,
Department
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DFL,
Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party
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Dir.,
director
-
Dist,
distribution, distributed
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DM, Deutche
Mark
-
DNA,
Deoxyribonucleic acid
-
DNC,
Democratic National Committee
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DOD,
Department of Defense
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DOD/ISP,
Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security
Policy
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DOE,
Department of Energy
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DPC, Defense
Planning Committee (NATO); also
Domestic Policy Council
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DPRK,
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
-
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E, Under
Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
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EA or EAP,
Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
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EAL,
Ethiopian Air Lines
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EAP/J,
Office of Japanese Affairs, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific
Affairs, Department of State
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EB, Bureau of
Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State
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EC, European
Community
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EC–121,
unarmed, four engine propeller-driven reconnaissance aircraft
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ECSC,
European Coal and Steel Community
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EE, Eastern
Europe
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EEC, European
Economic Community
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EITCA,
Economic, Industrial, Technical Cooperation Agreement
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Emboffs,
embassy officials
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ENDC,
Eighteen Nation Disarmament Conference
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EOB,
Executive Office Building
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EPC, Economic
Policy Council
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EPCOT,
Experimental Planned Community of Tomorrow (a component of Disney
World)
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EPG,
Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group
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EPI, Economic
Policy Initiative for Africa
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ERW, enhanced
radiation weapon
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ESF, Economic
Support Fund
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ET, emerging
technologies
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EU, European
Union
-
EUR, Bureau
of European Affairs (later European and Canadian Affairs),
Department of State
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EUR/CE,
Office of Central European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs
(later European and Canadian Affairs), Department of State
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EUR/EE/HU, Desk Officer for Hungary, Office of
Eastern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs (later European
and Canadian Affairs), Department of State
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EUR/EEY,
Office of Eastern European and Yugoslav Affairs, Bureau of European
Affairs (later European and Canadian Affairs), Department of
State
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EUR/NE,
Office of Northern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs
(later European and Canadian Affairs), Department of State
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EUR/RPE,
Office of OECD, European Community
and Atlantic Political-Economic Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs
(later European and Canadian Affairs), Department of State
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EUR/RPM,
Office of Security and Political Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs
(later European and Canadian Affairs), Department of State
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EUREKA
[project], European Research Coordination
Agency
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Ex,
executive
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EXIM,
Export-Import Bank
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F–5, light,
supersonic fighter aircraft
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F–15, USAF
twin-engine, tactical fighter
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F–16, USAF
multirole fighter aircraft
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F–18,
USN/USMC twin-engine, multirole fighter aircraft
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F–111, USAF
supersonic, medium range tactical attack aircraft
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FAIM,
Foreign Affairs Information Management system (Department of
State)
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FBI, Federal
Bureau of Investigation
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FC or FCC,
Frank Carlucci
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FCC, Federal
Communications Commission
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FCO, Foreign
and Commonwealth Office, United Kingdom
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FDN,
Fuerza Democrática Nicaraguense (Nicaraguan
Democratic Force)
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FDR, Franklin
Delano Roosevelt; also Frente Democrático
Revolucionario (Revolutionary Democratic Front), El
Salvador
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FEMA,
Federal Emergency Management Agency
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FFPr, Food
for Progress
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FLS, Front
Line States
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FMLN,
(Frente) Farabundo Martí de Liberación
Nacional (Farabundo Marti National Liberation [Front]), El
Salvador
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FMS, foreign
military sales
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FON, freedom
of navigation
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For.,
foreign
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FRELIMO,
Frente de Libertacao de Mocambique (Front for
the Liberation of Mozambique)
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FRG, Federal
Republic of Germany
-
FSI, Foreign
Service Institute, Department of State
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FSLN,
Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional
(Sandinista National Liberation Front), Nicaragua
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FSO, foreign
service officer
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FSP, Food
Stamp Program
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FTA, free
trade agreement; also free trade area
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FY, fiscal
year
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FYDP,
Five-Year Defense Program
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FYI, for your
information
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G–7, Group of
7 (Canada, Federal Republic of Germany, France, Italy, Japan, United
Kingdom, United States)
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G–10, Group
of 10 (Belgium, Canada, Federal Republic of Germany, France, Italy,
Japan, Netherlands, Sweden, 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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GAB, general
agreements to borrow (IMF)
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GATT,
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
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GCC, Gulf
Cooperation Council
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GDR, German
Democratic Republic
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Gen.,
general
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GI, general
issue
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GLCM,
Ground-Launched Cruise Missile
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GM, General
Motors
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GN, Global
Negotiations
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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
-
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IAEA,
International Atomic Energy Agency
-
IBRD,
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World
Bank)
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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)
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ICJ,
International Court of Justice
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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
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Intel,
intelligence
-
IO, Bureau of
International Organization Affairs, Department of State
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IR, Minnesota
Independent-Republican Party
-
IRS, Internal
Revenue Service
-
ITT,
International Telephone & Telegraph
-
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JCC, Joint
Commercial Commission
-
JCS, Joint
Chiefs of Staff
-
JLP, Joint
Logistics Planning
-
JMCL, Joint
Military Communications Link
-
JP,
John Poindexter
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JPMG, Joint
Political-Military Group
-
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KAL, Korean
Air Lines
-
KGB,
Komitet Gosudarstvennyi Bezopasnosti (Soviet
Committee for State Security)
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KT,
kiloton
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L, Legal
Adviser, Department of State
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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
-
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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
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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)
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UNSC, United
Nations Security Council
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UNSYG,
United Nations Secretary-General
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UPI, United
Press International
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URNG,
National Revolutionary Union, Guatemala
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U.S., United
States
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USA, United
States Army
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USAF, United
States Air Force
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U.S.C.,
United States Code
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USCINCCENT, United States Commander in Chief,
Central Command
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USCINCEUR, United States Commander in Chief,
European Command
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USCINCRED, United States Commander in Chief,
Readiness Command
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USCINCSO, United States Commander in Chief,
Southern Command
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USDA, United
States Department of Agriculture
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USDOCOSOUTH, United States Documents Officer,
Allied Forces, Southeastern Europe
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USG, United
States Government
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USIA, United
States Information Agency
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USIA–P/G,
Planning and Guidance Staff, Associate Director for Programs, United
States Information Agency
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USN, United
States Navy
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USNAMRSHAPE, United States National Military
Representative, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
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USOC, United
States Olympic Committee
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USSR, Union
of Soviet Socialist Republics
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UST, United
States Treaty
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USTR, United
States Trade Representative
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USUN, United
States Mission to the United Nations
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UTC, United
Technologies Corporation
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V–E, Victory
in Europe Day
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V–J, Victory
in Japan Day
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VCR, video
cassette recorder
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VFW, Veterans
of Foreign Wars
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VOA, Voice of
America
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VP, Vice
President
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WC or WPC,
William P. Clark
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WEU, Western
European Union
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WH, White
House
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WHORM,
White House Office of Records Management
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Wireless File,
daily news service supplied to the field by ICA/USIA
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WSJ,
Wall Street Journal
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Z, Zulu
(Greenwich Mean Time)
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Z States,
Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe