Foreign Relations of the United States, 1981–1988, Volume XI,
START I
Abbreviations and Terms
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ABM,
Anti-Ballistic Missile
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ACDA, Arms
Control and Disarmament Agency
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ALCM,
Air-Launched Cruise Missile
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ASAT,
Anti-Satellite
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ASBM,
Air-to-Surface Ballistic Missile
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ASW,
Anti-Submarine Warfare
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ATB, Advanced
Technology Bomber (B–2 “stealth bomber”)
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AWACS,
Airborne Warning and Control System
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BM, Ballistic
Missile
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BSTS, Boost
Surveillance and Tracking System
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BW, Biological
Weapons
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BWC,
Biological Weapons Convention
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CBM,
Confidence Building Measure
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CCD,
Conference of the Committee on Disarmament
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CIA, Central
Intelligence Agency
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CINCEUR,
Commander In Chief, European Command
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CINCLANT, Commander In Chief, Atlantic
Command
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CINCNORAD, Commander In Chief, North American
Aerospace Defense 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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CDE,
Convention on Disarmament in Europe
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CM, Cruise
Missile
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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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CONUS,
Continental United States
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COS, Chief of
Staff
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CPSU,
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
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CSBM,
Confidence and Security Building Measures
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CSCE,
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe; Conference on Security and
Cooperation in
Europe
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CTB,
Comprehensive Test Ban
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CW, Chemical
Weapons
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C3
, Command, Control, and
Communications
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C3I, Command, Control, Communications,
and Intelligence
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D, Office of
the Deputy Secretary of State
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D&S,
Defense and Space Talks
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DAS, Deputy
Assistant Secretary
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DCI, Director
of Central Intelligence
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DCM, Deputy
Chief of Mission
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DIA, Defense
Intelligence Agency
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DOD,
Department of Defense
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DST, Defense
and Space Talks
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EMBOFF,
Embassy Officer
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ER, Office of
Economic Research, Central Intelligence Agency
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ERW, Enhanced
Radiation Weapon
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EUCOM,
European Command
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EUR, Bureau
of European Affairs, Department of State
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EUR/EE,
Office of Eastern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs,
Department of State
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EUR/RPM,
Office of NATO and Atlantic Political-Military Affairs, 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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EXDIS,
Exclusive Distribution
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FBI, Federal
Bureau of Investigation
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FBS,
Forward-Based Systems
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FCO, Foreign
and Commonwealth Office (United Kingdom)
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FRG, Federal
Republic of Germany
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FSO, Foreign
Service Officer
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FYDP, Future
Years Defense Program
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FYI, For Your
Information
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GBS, Global
Broadcast System
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GDR, German
Democratic Republic
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GRAV,
Gravity Bombs
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GRIP,
National Security Council channel for arms control issues with
limited distribution
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GLCM,
Ground-Launched Cruise Missile
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GNP, Gross
National Product
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IAEA,
International Atomic Energy Agency
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ICBM,
Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
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IG,
Interdepartmental Group
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IISS,
International Institute for Strategic Studies
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INF,
Intermediate Nuclear Forces
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INR, Bureau
of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
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IO, Bureau of
International Organization Affairs, Department of State
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JCS, Joint
Chiefs of Staff
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JDT, Joint
Draft Text
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LRINF, Long
Range Intermediate Nuclear Forces
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LRTNF, Long
Range Theater Nuclear Forces
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MBFR, Mutual
and Balanced Force Reductions
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MEMCON,
Memorandum of Conversation
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MFA, Ministry
of Foreign Affairs
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MFR,
Memorandum for the Record
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MIRV,
Multiple Independently Targeted Re-entry Vehicle
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MLBM, Mobile
Land-Based Missile
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MLM, Military
Liaison Mission
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MM, Minuteman
Missile
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MX/M–X, Missile eXperimental
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NAC, North
Atlantic Council
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NAM,
Non-Aligned Movement
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NATO, North
Atlantic Treaty Organization
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NEA, Bureau
of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
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NIACT,
Night Action
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NIE, National
Intelligence Estimate
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NIH, National
Institutes of Health
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NNFU,
Nuclear Non-First Use
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NOCONTRACT, Not Releasable to Contractors
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NODIS, No
Distribution
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NOFORN,
Not Releasable to Foreign Nationals
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NORAD,
North American Aerospace Defense Command
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NPT,
Non-Proliferation Treaty
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NSA, National
Security Agency
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NSC, National
Security Council
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NSDD,
National Security Decision Directive
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NSSD,
National Security Study Directive
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NSS, National
Security Strategy
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NST, Nuclear
and Space Talks
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NTM, National
Technical Means
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NUF, Non-Use
of Force
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NYT,
New York Times
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OBE,
Overtaken By Events
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OMB, Office
of Management and Budget
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ORCON,
Originator’s Control
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OSD, Office
of the Secretary of Defense
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OSI, On-Site
Inspections
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P, Under
Secretary for Political Affairs, Department of State
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PFIAB,
President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
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PL, Public
Law
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PM, Bureau of
Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State
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PPM,
Perimeter-to-Portal Monitoring
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PPCM,
Perimeter-to-Portal Continuous Monitoring
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PNE, Peaceful
Nuclear Explosion
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PNG, Persona
Non Grata
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PRC, People’s
Republic of China
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PRM,
Presidential Review Memorandum
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PROPIN,
Proprietary Information Involved
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R, Romeo Time
Zone (Eastern Standard Time, USA)
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RCM, Robert
C. McFarlane
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REFTEL,
Reference Telegram
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REVCON,
Review Conference
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R-F,
Radio-Frequency
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RPT,
Repeat
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RPV,
Remote-Piloted Vehicle
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RSFSR,
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
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RV, Re-entry
Vehicle
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RW,
Radiological Warfare
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RWR, Ronald
Wilson Reagan
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S, Office of
the Secretary of State
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S/MS, Office
of the Secretary of State, Marshall Shulman
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S/P, Office of
the Secretary of State, Policy Planning Staff
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S/S, Executive
Secretariat, Department of State
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S/S-I,
Information Management Section, Executive Secretariat, Department of
State
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S/S-O,
Department Duty Officer, Operations Center, Department of
State
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SACG,
Special Arms Control Group
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SACPG,
Senior Arms Control Planning Group
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SALT,
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
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SAWG,
Special Actions Working Group
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SC, Security
Council (United Nations)
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SCC, Special
Coordination Committee; Standing Consultative Commission
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SDI,
Strategic Defense Initiative
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SDV,
Strategic Delivery Vehicle
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SECDEF,
Secretary of Defense
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SEPTEL,
Separate Telegram
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SFRC, Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
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SHAPE,
Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers, Europe
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SIG, Senior
Interagency Group; Senior Interdepartmental Group
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SIOP, Single
Integrated Operational Plan
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SLBM,
Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile
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SLCM,
Submarine-Launched Cruise Missile
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SMUN, Soviet
Mission to the United Nations
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SNDV,
Strategic Nuclear Delivery Vehicle
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SPECAT,
Special Category Message
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SRAM,
Short-Range Attack Missile
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SSCI, Senate
Select Committee on Intelligence
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SSI, Suspect
Site Inspections
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SSOD,
Special Session on Disarmament
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START,
Strategic Arms Reduction Talks; Strategic Arms Reduction
Treaty
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SU, Soviet
Union
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TASS,
official Soviet news agency
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TLAM,
Tomahawk Land Attack Missile
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TNF, Theater
Nuclear Forces
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TW, Throw
weight
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UK, United
Kingdom
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UN, United
Nations
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UNGA, United
Nations General Assembly
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USA, United
States Army
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USAF, United
States Air Force
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USDELMC,
United States Delegation to the NATO Military Committee
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USEUCOM,
United States European Command
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USG, United
States Government
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USMC, United
States Marine Corps
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USN, United
States Navy
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USNATO,
United States Mission at the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization
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USNMR,
United States National Military Representative
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USOC, United
States Olympic Committee
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USSR, Union
of Soviet Socialist Republics
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USUN, United
States Mission to the United Nations
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WH, White
House; Warheads
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Z, Zulu Time
Zone (Greenwich Mean Time)