Foreign Relations of the United States, 1981–1988, Volume IV,
Soviet Union, January 1983–March 1985
Abbreviations and Terms
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- ABM,
anti-ballistic missile
- ACDA, Arms
Control and Disarmament Agency
- ALCM,
air-launched cruise missile
- ASAP, as
soon as possible
- ASAT,
anti-satellite
- ASBM,
air-to-surface ballistic missile
- ASEAN,
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
- ASW,
anti-submarine warfare
- AWAC,
Airborne Warning and Control
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- BMD,
Ballistic Missile Defense
- BW, biological
weapon
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- C, Office of
the Counselor of the Department of State
- CA, covert
action
- CAB, Civil
Aviation Board
- CBI,
Caribbean Basin Initiative
- CBM,
Confidence-Building Measures
- CC, Central
Committee
- CD, Conference
on Disarmament
- CDE,
Conference on Disarmament in Europe
- CEMA,
Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
- CI,
Counterintelligence
- CIA, Central
Intelligence Agency
- CINCSAC,
Commander in Chief, Strategic Air Command
- CJCS,
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
- CM, cruise
missile
- CODEL,
Congressional Delegation
- COM, Chief of
Mission
- CP, Communist
Party
- CPPG, Crisis
Pre-Planning Group
- CPSU,
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- CSCE,
Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe
- CTB,
Comprehensive Test Ban
- CW, chemical
weapon
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- D, Office of
the Deputy Secretary of State; Democrat
- DAO, Defense
Attaché Office
- DATT,
Defense Attaché
- DCM, Deputy
Chief of Mission
- DDI, Deputy
Director for Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
- DDO, Deputy
Director for Operations, Central Intelligence Agency
- DIA, Defense
Intelligence Agency
- DIRNSA,
Director of the National Security Agency
- DOD,
Department of Defense
- DST, Defense
and Space Talks
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- EC, European
Community
- EconOff,
Economics Officer
- EE, Eastern
Europe
- EEC, European
Economic Community
- EmbOff,
Embassy Officer
- EOB,
Executive Office Building (houses the Vice President’s
Office)
- ERW, enhanced
radiation weapon
- EST, Eastern
Standard Time
- EUR, Bureau
of European Affairs, Department of State; after September 15, 1983,
Bureau of European and Canadian Affairs
- EUR/SOV,
Office of Soviet Union Affairs, Bureau of European and Canadian
Affairs, Department of State
- Exdis,
Exclusive Distribution
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- FAA, Federal
Aviation Administration
- FBI, Federal
Bureau of Investigation
- FBIS,
Foreign Broadcast Information Service
- FBS,
forward-based systems
- FCO, Foreign
and Commonwealth Office (United Kingdom)
- FM, Foreign
Minister
- ForMin,
Foreign Ministry; Foreign Minister
- FRG, Federal
Republic of Germany
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- G–7, Group of
7, Canada, Federal Republic of Germany, France, Italy, Japan, United
Kingdom, United States
- GDR, German
Democratic Republic
- GLCM,
ground-launched cruise missile
- GOJ,
Government of Japan
- GPS, George
P. Shultz
- GRU, Soviet
military intelligence agency
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- HA, Bureau of
Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, Department of State
- HPSCI,
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
- HUMINT,
human intelligence
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- I&W,
Indications and Warning
- IAEA,
International Atomic Energy Agency
- ICAO,
International Civil Aviation Organization
- ICBM,
intercontinental ballistic missile
- IG,
Interagency Group
- IMEMO,
Institute of World Economy and International Relations
- IMF,
International Monetary Fund
- INF,
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces
- INR, Bureau
of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
- IOC,
International Olympic Committee
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- JCC, Joint
Commercial Commission
- JCS, Joint
Chiefs of Staff
- JMC, Joint
Military Commission
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- KAL, Korean
Airlines
- KGB,
Committee for State Security in the Soviet Union
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- L, Office of
the Legal Adviser of the Department of State
- LANDSAT,
Land-Use Satellite
- Limdis,
Limited Distribution
- LRINF,
Long-Range Intermediate Nuclear Forces
- LTA,
Long-Term Agreement on grain
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- MAD, mutual
assured destruction
- MBFR, Mutual
Balanced Force Reductions
- memcon,
memorandum of conversation
- MFA, Ministry
of Foreign Affairs
- MFN, most
favored nation
- MIRV,
multiple independently targeted re-entry vehicle
- MOU,
Memorandum of Understanding
- MX or M–X, missile experimental
(intercontinental ballistic missile)
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- NAC, North
Atlantic Council
- NAM,
Non-Aligned Movement
- NASA,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- NATO, North
Atlantic Treaty Organization
- Niact,
Night Action
- NID, National
Intelligence Daily
- Nocontract, Not Releasable to Contractors
- Nodis, No
Distribution
- Noforn, No
Foreign Dissemination
- NORAD,
North American Aerospace Defense Command
- NPT,
Non-Proliferation Treaty
- NSA, National
Security Agency
- NSPG,
National Security Planning Group
- NSC, National
Security Council
- NSDD,
National Security Decision Directive
- NSSD,
National Security Study Directive
- NST, Nuclear
and Space Talks
- NTM, National
Technical Means
- NUF, non-use
of force
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- OAS,
Organization of American States
- OBE,
overtaken by events
- OECD,
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
- Orcon,
Originator Controlled
- OSD, Office
of the Secretary of Defense
- OVP, Office
of the Vice President
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- P, Office of
the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
- P–II,
Pershing II missile
- PDB,
President’s Daily Brief
- PFIAB,
President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
- PM, Bureau of
Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State
- PNE or PNET, Treaty on Peaceful
Nuclear Explosions
- POLAD,
Political Adviser
- PolCouns, Political Counselor
- Poloff,
Political Officer
- PRC, Policy
Review Committee
- PROFs
notes, internal White House and NSC electronic
messages
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- R,
Republican
- R&D,
research and development
- reftel,
Reference Telegram
- RFE, Radio
Free Europe
- RL, Radio
Liberty
- RR, Ronald
Reagan
- RW,
radiological weapons
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- S, Office of
the Secretary of State
- S/P, Policy
Planning Council, Department of State
- S/S, Executive
Secretariat, Department of State
- S/S–O,
Operations Center, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
- S/S–S,
Secretariat Staff, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
- S&T,
Science and Technology
- SACG, Senior
Arms Control Group
- SACPG,
Senior Arms Control Policy Group
- SALT,
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
- SCC, Special
Coordinating Committee; Standing Consultative Commission
- SCG, Special
Consultative Group (NATO)
- SDI,
Strategic Defense Initiative
- Secto,
series indicator for telegrams sent from the Secretary of State
while away from Washington
- septel,
separate telegram
- SFRC, Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
- SHAPE,
Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers, Europe
- SIG, Senior
Interagency Group
- SIG/I,
Senior Interagency Group on Intelligence
- SIG-IEP,
Senior Interagency Group-International Economic Policy
- SLCM,
surface-launched cruise missile; submarine-launched cruise missile;
sea-launched cruise missile
- SNDV,
strategic nuclear delivery vehicle
- SNIE,
Special National Intelligence Estimate
- Specat,
Special Category
- SRINF,
Short-Range Intermediate Nuclear Forces
- START,
Strategic Arms Reduction Talks; Strategic Arms Reduction
Treaty
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- TASS,
official Soviet news agency
- TNF, Theater
Nuclear Forces
- Tosec,
series indicator for telegrams sent to the Secretary of State while
away from Washington
- TTBT,
Threshold Test Ban Treaty
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- UK, United
Kingdom
- UN, United
Nations
- UNGA, United
Nations General Assembly
- US, United
States
- USA, United
States of America; United States Army
- USAF, United
States Air Force
- USAFSB,
United States Army Field Station Berlin
- USCINCEUR, United States Commander in Chief,
European Command
- USDel,
United States Delegation
- USDOC,
Department of Commerce
- USG, United
States Government
- USIA, United
States Information Agency
- USN, United
States Navy
- USNMR
SHAPE, United States National Military
Representative, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers, Europe
- USSR, Union
of Soviet Socialist Republics
- USTR, United
States Trade Representative
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- VOA, Voice of
America
- VP, Vice
President
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- WH, White
House
- WHSR, White
House Situation Room
- WP, Warsaw
Pact
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- Z, Zulu Time
Zone (Greenwich Mean Time)
