Abbreviations and Terms

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