Abbreviations and Terms

• • A–3, U.S. carrier-capable strategic bomber (Skywarrior)
  • A–4, U.S. carrier-capable attack aircraft (Skyhawk)
  • AAF, Argentine Air Force
  • AAW, anti-aircraft warfare
  • ABC, American Broadcasting Company
  • ACDA, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
  • Adm, Admiral
  • AEW, airborne early warning
  • AF, airfield
  • AF #1, Air Force One
  • AFB, Air Force Base
  • AFCP, Air Force Command Post
  • AFLC, Air Force Logistics Command
  • AGI, auxiliary general intelligence (reconnaissance ship)
  • AIM 9–L, AIM 9–M, U.S. air-to-air missile variants (Sidewinder)
  • ALCON, all concerned
  • AmCit(s), American citizen(s)
  • AMH, Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
  • ARA, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
  • ARA/BR, Office of Brazilian Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
  • ARA/CAR, Office of Caribbean Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
  • ARA/CEN, Office of Central American Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
  • ARA/ECP, Office of Regional Economic Policy, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
  • ARA/PPC, Office of Policy Planning Coordination, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
  • ARA/RPP, Office of Regional Political Programs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
  • ARA/SC, Office of Southern Cone Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
  • ARA/USOAS, U.S. Mission to the Organization of American States
  • ARGNAV, Argentine Navy
  • ARMA, Army Attaché
  • Arg., Argentine; Argentina
  • ASAP, as soon as possible
  • ASD, Assistant Secretary of Defense
  • ASSTSECSTATE, Assistant Secretary of State
  • ASW, anti-submarine warfare
  • avail, available
  • AWACS, Airborne Warning and Control System
  • AWG–10, U.S. radar system
• • B–52, U.S. long-range strategic bomber
  • BA, Buenos Aires
  • Backfire, Soviet long-range strategic bomber
  • BAF, Brazilian Air Force
  • BAOR, British Army of the Rhine
  • Bear, Soviet long-range strategic bomber
  • BGEN, Brigadier General
  • bldg, building
• • C3 , command, control, communications
  • C–130, U.S. military transport aircraft
  • CBI, Caribbean Basin Initiative
  • CGT, Confederación Generale del Trabajo (General Confederation of Labor, Argentine trade union federation)
  • CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
  • CINC, Commander in Chief
  • CINCARGNAV, Commander in Chief, Argentine Navy
  • 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
  • CINCUSAFE, Commander in Chief, United States Air Force, Europe
  • CINCUSNAVEUR, Commander in Chief, United States Navy, Europe
  • CM, (Nicanor) Costa Méndez
  • CMC, Commandant of the Marine Corps
  • cmts, comments
  • CNO, Chief of Naval Operations
  • CNS, Chief of Naval Staff (UK)
  • COB, close of business
  • COCOM, Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls
  • COIC, Combat Operations Intelligence Center (USAFE)
  • COIN, counterinsurgency
  • COMDR, COM, Commander
  • comm, communications
  • COMNAVINTCOM, Commander, Naval Intelligence Command
  • COMNAVSUPSYSCOM, Commander, Naval Supply Systems Command
  • COMSAT, communications satellite
  • COMSC, Commander, Military Sealift Command
  • CONUS, continental United States
  • CPPG, Crisis Pre-Planning Group
  • ctry, country
  • CV, carrier variant (able to operate from aircraft carriers) (USN)
  • CVBG, carrier battle group (USN)
  • CVS, anti-submarine aircraft carrier (USN)
  • CW, CWW, Caspar W. Weinberger
• • DAO, Defense Attaché’s Office
  • DAP, Defense Attaché Program
  • DASD, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
  • DASD/IA, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Inter-American Affairs
  • DCA, Defense Communications Agency
  • DD/FF, destroyer/fast frigate (USN)
  • DDO (NMCC), Deputy Director of Operations (National Military Command Center)
  • DefMin, Defense Minister
  • DepSec, Deputy Secretary
  • Dept, Department
  • DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency
  • DIRLAUTH, Direct Liaison Authorized
  • dist, distribution
  • DMA, Defense Mapping Agency
  • DOD, Department of Defense
  • DOD/DSAA, Defense Security Assistance Agency, Department of Defense
  • DOD/ISA/IA, Inter-American Affairs, International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
  • DOI, date of information
  • DOS, Department of State
  • DRB, Defense Resources Board
  • DSAA, Defense Security Assistance Agency
  • DSCS, Defense Satellite Communication System
  • DTG, date-time-group
• • E–2B, U.S. carrier-capable tactical airborne early warning aircraft
  • E&E, emergency and evacuation
  • EB, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State
  • EB/IFD/ODF, Office of Development Finance, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State
  • EB/OMA, Office of Monetary Affairs, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State
  • EC, European Community
  • ECM, electronic countermeasures
  • EDT, Eastern Daylight Time
  • ELINT, electronic intelligence
  • EmbOff, Embassy Officer
  • ES, Executive Secretariat
  • EST, Eastern Standard Time
  • EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • EUR/NE, Office of Northern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • EUR/NE/UKB, United Kingdom Affairs, Office of Northern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • EW, early warning; electronic warfate
  • Exdis, exclusive distribution
  • Eximbank, Exim, Export-Import Bank of the United States
  • Exocet, French anti-ship missile
• • F–4, U.S. interceptor aircraft/fighter bomber
  • F–15, U.S. tactical fighter aircraft
  • FA, Falklands Islands
  • FAA, Federal Aviation Administration
  • FAB, Fuerza Aerea Brasileira (Brazilian Air Force)
  • FBIS, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
  • FCO, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (UK)
  • v, Field Intelligence Center—Europe and Atlantic (USN)
  • FLTCINC, Fleet Commander in Chief
  • FM, Foreign Ministry; Foreign Minister
  • FMS, foreign military sales
  • fo., folio
  • FonMin, FoMin), Foreign Minister; Foreign Ministry
  • ForSec, Foreign Secretary
  • FRG, Federal Republic of Germany
  • FWG, Falklands Working Group, Department of State
  • FY, fiscal year
  • FYDP, Future Years Defense Program
• • G–77, Group of 77, a coalition of developing countries established at the conclusion of the first United Nations Conference on Trade and Development in 1964
  • GA, (United Nations) General Assembly
  • Gannet, U.K. fighter aircraft
  • GDS, (Argentine Ambassador Lucio) Garcia del Solar
  • GMT, Greenwich Mean Time
  • GOA, Government of Argentina
  • GOB, Government of Brazil
  • GOC, Government of Chile
  • GOP, Government of Portugal
  • GPS, GS, George P. Shultz
  • GSP, Generalized System of Preferences
• • H, Alexander M. Haig, Jr.; also, Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations
  • HA, Bureau of Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, Department of State
  • HARM, High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile
  • Harpoon, U.S. anti-ship missile
  • Harrier, British fighter aircraft
  • Hawk, U.S. medium-range surface-to-air missile; U.K. jet trainer aircraft
  • hdqtrs, headquarters
  • helos, helicopters
  • HF, high frequency
  • H-K, Humphrey-Kennedy Amendment
  • HM, Her Majesty(’s)
  • HMG, Her Majesty’s Government (UK)
  • HMS, Her Majesty’s Ship (UK)
• • ICRC, International Committee of the Red Cross
  • IDB, Inter-American Development Bank
  • IEEPA, International Emergency Economic Powers Act
  • I-Hawk, Improved Hawk missile
  • IMET, International Military Education and Training
  • INF, Intermediate-Range Nuclear Force
  • INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
  • INR/IAA, Office of Analysis of Inter-American Republics, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
  • INR/IC/CD, Coordination Division, Office of Intelligence Coordination, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
  • I.O., Indian Ocean
  • IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
  • IOC, initial operational capability
  • IO/UNP, Office of United Nations Political and Multilateral Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
  • ISP, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy
• • JB, James Buckley
  • JSOC, Joint Special Operations Command
• • KC–10, U.S. aerial refueling tanker
  • KHz, kilohertz
  • klm, kilometer
  • KSG, K. Scott Gudgeon
  • kts, knots
• • L, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State; also, Lima time (military time zone equivalent to GMT + 11 hours); local time
  • LADE, Lineas Aéreas del Estado, state-owned airline operated by the Argentine Air Force
  • LANDSAT, Land Remote-Sensing Satellite
  • L/ARA, Inter-American Affairs, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
  • LDC, less-developed country
  • LDP, p. 81
  • LDX, long-distance xerography
  • Limdis, limited distribution
  • L/OES, Oceans, International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
  • LOU, Limited Official Use
  • LPD, Land Platform Dock
  • L/PM, Politico-Military Affairs, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
  • LSE, Lawrence S. Eagleburger
  • LSL, Landing Ship Logistic
  • LST, Landing Ship Tank
  • LTG, Lieutenant General
• • M, Nicanor Costa Méndez
  • MAC, Military Airlift Command
  • MANPADS, Man-Portable Air-Defense System
  • Martel, U.K.-French anti-radiation missile
  • MC, Office of Munitions Control Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State
  • MCM, mine countermeasures
  • MDE, major defense equipment
  • MEGO, my eyes glaze over
  • Memcon, memorandum of conversation
  • MEZ, Maritime Exclusion Zone
  • MFA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • MFM, Meeting of Foreign Ministers
  • MFO, Multinational Force and Observers in the Sinai
  • MGen, Major General
  • MILGP, Military Group
  • MLSF, mobile logistics support force
  • MOA, memorandum of agreement
  • MOD, MODUK, Ministry of Defense; Minister of Defense (UK)
  • MOU, memorandum of understanding
  • MP, Member of Parliament
  • MPA, maritime patrol aircraft
  • MRA&L, manpower, reserve affairs, and logistics
  • MSC, Military Sealift Command
  • msg, message
• • NAM, Non-Aligned Movement
  • NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  • NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • NAVATT, Naval Attaché
  • NAVMTO, Naval Matériel Transportation Office
  • NAVWPNSTA, Naval Weapons Station
  • NBC, National Broadcasting Company
  • NCA, National Command Authority
  • NDP, National Disclosure Policy
  • Nestor, voice encryption device
  • NF, Noforn
  • NFI, not further identified
  • NFOIO, Naval Field Operational Intelligence Office
  • Niact, night action
  • NID, National Intelligence Daily
  • Nimrod, U.K. maritime patrol aircraft
  • NLT, no later than
  • NM, nautical mile
  • NMCC, National Military Command Center, Joint Staff, Department of Defense
  • NOAA, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
  • Nocontract, No contractor dissemination
  • Nodis, no distribution
  • Noforn, no foreign dissemination
  • NOREUR, Northern Europe(an)
  • Notal, not received by all addressees
  • NPIC, National Photographic Interpretation Center
  • NSC, National Security Council
  • NSPG, National Security Planning Group
• • OAS, Organization of American States
  • OASD/ISP, office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy
  • OASGA, Organization of American States General Assembly
  • OBE, overtaken by events
  • OES/OPA, Office of Oceans and Polar Affairs, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Department of State
  • OJCS, Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • OMB, Office of Management and Budget
  • OPCON, operational control
  • ops, operations
  • Orcon, originator controlled
  • orig., originator
  • OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
  • OSD(C), Comptroller, Office of the Secretary of Defense
  • OT and E, operational training and evaluation
  • OVP, Office of the Vice President
• • P, Office of the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
  • P–3, U.S. anti-submarine and aerial reconnaissance aircraft
  • PA/OAP, Office of Plans and Opinion Analysis, Bureau of Public Affairs, Department of State
  • para, paratroops
  • PARPRO, Peacetime Aerial Reconnaissance Program
  • PDC, Pérez de Cuéllar
  • PEN, Poder Ejecutivo Nacional (National Executive Power)
  • PermRep, Permanent Representative
  • PGM, precision guided munitions
  • Phalanx, U.S. anti-aircraft/anti-missile gun
  • PM, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State; Prime Minister
  • PM/MC, Office of Munitions Control, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State
  • PM/P, Office of Policy Analysis, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State
  • PM/RSA, Office of Regional Security Affairs, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State
  • PM/SAS, Office of Security Assistance and Sales, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State
  • POL, petroleum, oil, lubricants; Political Section of an Embassy
  • POLAD, Political Advisor
  • Pres., President
• • RADM, Rear Admiral
  • RAF, Royal Air Force (UK)
  • RB, Richard Burt
  • ref, reference
  • reftel, reference telegram
  • RM, Royal Marines (UK)
  • RN, Royal Navy (UK)
  • RNAS, Royal Navy Air Station (UK)
  • RNLMC, Royal Netherlands Marine Corps
  • RO, reporting officer
  • Roland, French-German surface-to-air missile
  • RR, Ronald Reagan
• • S, Office of the Secretary of State
  • S, secret
  • SACEUR, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
  • SACLANT, Supreme Allied Command, Atlantic
  • SAM, surface-to-air missile
  • SATCOM, satellite communications
  • SC, (United Nations) Security Council
  • SCR, (United Nations) Security Council Resolution
  • Sea King, U.K. naval helicopter
  • SecDef, Secretary of Defense
  • Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State
  • septel, separate telegram
  • SHAPE, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers, Europe
  • SHF, super high frequency
  • Shrike, U.S. anti-radiation missile
  • Sidewinder, U.S. short-range air-to-air missile (AIM–9)
  • SIG, Senior Interagency Group
  • Sitrep, situation report
  • Skyhawk, U.S. carrier-capable attack aircraft (A–4)
  • SLOC, sea line of communication
  • SOA, speed of advance
  • SOSUS, sound surveillance system
  • SOUTHCOM, United States Southern Command
  • Specat, special category
  • SR–71, U.S. long-range reconnaissance aircraft
  • S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
  • SSG, Special Situation Group
  • SSIXS, Secure Submarine Information Exchange System
  • SSN, nuclear-powered submarine
  • S/S-O, Operations Center, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
  • SSOD, (United Nations) Special Session on Disarmament
  • SSP, SACEUR Scheduled Program
  • Stadis, (Department of) State Distribution
  • Stinger, U.S. surface-to-air missile
  • STR, Special Trade Representative
  • STRIKFLTLANT, Striking Fleet Atlantic
  • SYG, Secretary-General
• • T, Office of the Under Secretary of State for Security Assistance, Science, and Technology
  • tacair, tactical aircraft
  • TASS, Soviet official news agency
  • telecon, telcon, telephone conversation
  • TEZ, Total Exclusion Zone
  • TIAR, Tratado Interamericano de Asistencia Recíproca (Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance; also known as the Rio Treaty)
  • Todep, series indicator for telegrams to the Deputy Secretary of State
  • Tosec, series indicator for telegrams to the Secretary of State
  • Trident, U.S. submarine-launched ballistic missile
  • TU–95, Soviet long-range strategic bomber (Bear)
• • U, Unclassified
  • UHF, ultra high frequency
  • UK, United Kingdom
  • UKUN, United Kingdom Mission to the United Nations
  • UN, United Nations
  • UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
  • UNITAS, United International Antisubmarine Warfare (naval exercise)
  • UNSC, United Nations Security Council
  • UNSSOD, United Nations Special Session on Disarmament
  • UNSYG, United Nations Secretary General
  • UPI, United Press International
  • US, United States
  • USA, United States Army
  • USAF, United States Air Force
  • USAFE, United States Air Forces in Europe
  • USCINCEUR, United States Commander in Chief, European Command
  • USCINCLANT, United States Commander in Chief, Atlantic Command
  • USCINCSO, Commander in Chief, United States Southern Command
  • USDAO, United States Defense Attaché’s Office
  • USDEL, United States Delegation
  • USDOCOSOUTH, Documents Officer, Allied Forces, Southeastern Europe
  • USEC, United States Mission to the European Community
  • USG, United States Government
  • USICA, United States International Communication Agency
  • USINT, United States Interests Section
  • USMC, United States Marine Corps
  • USN, United States Navy
  • USNATO, United States Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • USNMR SHAPE, United States National Military Representative, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers, Europe
  • USOAS, United States Mission to the Organization of American States
  • USSOUTHCOM, United States Southern Command
  • USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
  • USTR, United States Trade Representative
  • USUN, United States Mission to the United Nations
• • VADM, Vice Admiral
  • VP, Vice President
  • VSTOL, V/STOL, vertical and/or short take-off and landing (aircraft)
  • VTOL, vertical take-off and landing
  • VTXTS, U.S. Navy training system
  • Vulcan, U.K. strategic bomber
• • WH, White House
  • w/in, within
  • w/o, without
  • WPAFB, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
  • WPC, William P. Clark
• • YPF, Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales (Argentine petroleum company)
• • Z, Zulu Time (Greenwich Mean Time)