Abbreviations and Terms

• ABC, American Broadcasting Company
• AF, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
• AF/AFN, Office of Northern African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
• AF/C, Office of Central African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
• AF/E, Office of East African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
• AF/I, Office of Inter-African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
• AF/RA, Office of Regional Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
• AF/W, Office of West African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
• AFB, air force base
• AFP, Agence France-Presse
• AID, Agency for International Development
• AID/AA/ANE, Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Asia and Near East, Agency for International Development
• AID/NENA, Office of North Eastern/North African Affairs, Agency for International Development
• AID/PPC, Bureau for Program and Policy Coordination, Agency for International Development
• AID/PPC/PPB, Office of Planning and Budget, Bureau for Program and Policy Coordination, Agency for International Development
• AFL–CIO, American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations
• AL, Arab League
• AMB, ambassador
• AMH, Alexander M. Haig
• ANO, Abu Nidal Organization
• APU, Arab Parliamentary Union
• ARA, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
• ASAP, as soon as possible
• ASD, Assistant Secretary of Defense
• ASD/ISA, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
• ASST, assistant
• ATA, Anti-Terrorism Assistance
• AWACS, Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft

• C, Confidential; Office of the Counselor, Department of State
• CAR, Central African Republic
• CBU, Cluster Bomb Unit
• CDA, Camp David Agreements
• CHEROKEE, communications channel between the Secretary of State and the Ambassador
• CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
• CINCUSAFE, Commander in Chief, United States Air Forces, Europe
• CINCUSAREUR, Commander in Chief, United States Army, Europe
• CINCUSNAVEUR, Commander in Chief, United States Naval Forces, Europe
• CMSN, Comité Militaire de Salut National (Committee for National Salvation), Mauritania
• Codel, Congressional Delegation
• Col., Colonel
• COM, Chief of Mission
• COMIDEASTFOR, Commander, Middle East Forces, United States Navy
• COMSIXTHFLT, Commander, Sixth Fleet, United States Navy
• CPD, Capability Production Document
• CPPG, Crisis Pre-Planning Group
• CPR, Chief of Protocol, Office of the Secretary of State
• CT, counter-terrorism
• CVBG, carrier battle group
• CW, chemical weapons
• C–130, turboprop military transport and tactical airlifter aircraft

• D, Democrat; Office of the Deputy Secretary of State
• DAO, Defense Attaché’s Office
• DAS, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State
• DATT, defense attaché
• DCI, Director of Central Intelligence
• DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission, United States Embassy
• DDCI, Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
• DEA, Drug Enforcement Administration
• DEB, Defense Estimative Brief
• DefMin, Defense Minister
• Del, delegate; delegation
• DEPSECDEF, Deputy Secretary of Defense
• DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency
• DIAAPPR, Defense Intelligence Agency Appraisal
• DOC, Department of Commerce
• DOD, Department of Defense
• DOD/ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
• DOE, Department of Energy
• DOJ, Department of Justice
• DOLS, dollars
• DSAA, Defense Security Assistance Agency

• EB, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State
• EB/IEP, Office of International Energy Policy, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State
• EC, Economic Commission; European Community
• ECONCOUNS, economic counselor
• EID, Eid al-Fitr, Muslim Feast of Breaking the Fast marking the end of Ramadan
• EMBOFF, Embassy officer
• ESF, Economic Support Fund
• EST, Eastern Standard Time; Emergency Support Team
• EUCOM, United States European Command
• EUR, Bureau of European Affairs (later European and Canadian Affairs), Department of State
• EUR/EE, Office of Eastern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs (later European and Canadian Affairs), Department of State
• EUR/EEY, Office of Eastern European and Yugoslavia Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs (later European and Canadian Affairs), Department of State
• EUR/WE, Office of Western European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs (later European and Canadian Affairs), Department of State
• Ex gratia, voluntarily, or without recognizing any liability or legal obligation
• EXDIS, exclusive distribution (indicates extremely limited dissemination)

• FAR, Forces Armées Royales (Moroccan Armed Forces)
• FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation
• FBIS, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
• FLN, Front de Libération Nationale (Algeria)
• FMS, Foreign Military Sales
• FMSCR, Foreign Military Sales Credit
• FOB, Free or Freight on Board
• FonMin, Foreign Minister
• FOSIF, Fleet Ocean Surveillance Information Facility
• FRC, Federal Records Center
• FRG, Federal Republic of Germany
• FROLINAT, Front de Libération Nationale du Tchad (National Liberation Front of Chad)
• FY, fiscal year
• FYI, for your information
• F–15, twin-engine tactical fighter aircraft

• GA, General Assembly, United Nations
• GB, George Bush
• GIRM, Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
• GK, Geoffrey Kemp
• GLCM, ground-launched cruise missile
• GMT, Greenwich Mean Time
• GOA, Government of Algeria
• GOI, Government of Iran; Government of Israel
• GOM, Government of Morocco
• GON, Government of Niger
• GOT, Government of Tunisia
• GPS, George P. Shultz
• GRH, Gramm-Rudman-Hollings
• GSOMIA, General Security of Military Information Agreement
• GUNT, Gouvernement d’Union Nationale de Transition or Transitional Government of National Unity (Chad)

• H, Bureau of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs, Department of State
• HFAC, House Foreign Affairs Committee
• HIM, His Imperial Majesty
• HMG, Her Majesty’s Government
• HQ, headquarters
• HQUSAFE, Headquarters, United States Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa
• HRF, Hostage or Hostile Rescue Force
• HT, Howard Teicher

• ICJ, International Court of Justice
• ICRC, International Committee of the Red Cross
• IEEPA, International Emergency Economic Powers Act
• IG, Interdepartmental Group
• IIM, Interagency Intelligence Memorandum
• IMET, International Military Education and Training, Department of Defense
• IMF, International Monetary Fund
• INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• INR/AA, Office of Analysis for Africa, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• INR/AR/GIS, Office of Assessments of Research, Global Issue Staff, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• INR/C, Office of Coordination, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• INR/IL, Office of Intelligence Liaison, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• INR/INC/IC, Office of Intelligence Coordination, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• INR/IRE/CGC, Collection Guidance Center, Office of Intelligence Resources, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• INR/NESA, Office of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• INR/PMA, Office of Politico-Military Analysis, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• INR/PMA/RF, Regional Forces Division, Office of Politico-Military Analysis, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• INR/RCRS, Reports Coordination and Review Staff, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• IntSum, intelligence summary
• IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
• IO/UNA, Washington Office of the Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
• IO/UNP, Office of UN Political Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
• ISA, Bureau of International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
• ISA/NESA, Office of Near East and South Asian Affairs, Bureau of International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
• IVP, International Visitors Program

• JANA, Libyan News Agency
• JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• JCW, John C. Whitehead
• JEC, Joint Economic Commission
• JMC, Joint Military Commission
• JP, John Poindexter

• KIA, killed in action
• KU, Kuwait Airways

• L, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
• L/AF, Office of African Affairs, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
• L/EBC, Office of Economic, Business, and Communications Affairs, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
• L/NEA, Office of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
• L/PM, Office of Political-Military Affairs, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
• LIMDIS, limited distribution
• LITF, Libya Interagency Task Force
• LNG, liquid natural gas
• LPB, L. Paul Bremer; Libyan People’s Bureau
• LTF, Libya Task Force

• M–60, main battle tank of the United States Army
• M/CT, Office of Counter-Terrorism, Department of State
• MA, Michael Armacost
• MAP, Military Assistance Program
• MAU, Marine Amphibious Unit
• MDS, Mouvement Démocratique et Social (Democratic and Social Movement), Morocco
• MFA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• MILAN, light anti-tank infantry missile
• MILATT, military attaché
• MMBTU, one million British thermal units
• MNF, Multinational Force (Lebanon)
• MOD, Ministry of Defense
• MPLA, Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola)
• MTI, Mouvement de la Tendence Islamique (Movement of Islamic Tendency), Morocco
• MTT, Military Training Team
• MUSLO, Morocco-United States Liaison Office

• NAM, Non-Aligned Movement
• NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• NB, Nota Bene, note the matter at hand
• NDCP, National Disclosure Policy Committee, Department of Defense
• NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• NEA/AFN, Office of North African Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• NEA/ARN, Office of Lebanon, Jordan, Syrian Arab Republic, and Iraq Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• NEA/ECON, Office of Economic Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• NEA/EGY, Office of Egyptian Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• NEA/MEN, Office of Middle East Negotiations, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• NIACT, night action (indicator of precedence level in a telegraphed message)
• NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
• NM, nautical miles
• NOCONTRACT, no dissemination to contractors
• NODIS, no distribution
• NOFORN, no foreign dissemination
• NOTAL, not all (telegram A, referenced in telegram B, was not sent to all the recipients of telegram B)
• NSC, National Security Council
• NSDD, National Security Decision Directive
• NSSD, National Security Study Directive

• OAU, Organization of African Unity
• OFC, office
• OIC, Organization of Islamic Countries
• OMB, Office of Management and Budget
• ORCON, Originator Controlled
• ORIG, original
• OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
• OV–10, turboprop light attack, forward air control, and observation aircraft
• OVP, Office of the Vice President
• OVP/NSA, Office of the Vice President, National Security Advisor

• P, Office of the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Department of State; President
• PanAm, Pan American World Airways
• PCLS, People’s Committee for Libyan Students
• PDRY, People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen
• PERMREP, Permanent Representative
• PFLP, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
• PKF, OAU Peacekeeping Force
• PL/P.L., Public Law
• P.L. 480, Public Law 480; Food for Peace
• PLF, Palestine Liberation Front
• PLO, Palestine Liberation Organization
• PM, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State; Prime Minister
• PM/ISP, Office of International Security Policy, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State
• PM/P, Office of Policy Analysis, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State
• PM/SAS, Office of Security Assistance and Sales, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State
• PNC, Palestine National Congress
• POLAD, political advisor
• POLISARIO, Frente Popular de Liberación de Saguía el Hamra y Río de Oro (Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el Hamra and Río de Oro)
• POLOFF, Political Officer
• POLTO, Series indicator for telegrams sent from the Under Secretary for Political Affairs while on travel
• PRG, Policy Review Group
• PriMin, Prime Minister

• QTE, quote

• R, Republican
• RCM, Robert C. McFarlane
• RDF, Rapid Deployment Force
• RDJTF, Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force
• REF, reference
• REFTEL, reference telegram
• REP, representative
• RESO, resolution
• RG, Record Group, National Archives and Records Administration
• RP, Bureau of Refugee Programs, Department of State
• RPT, repeat
• RR, Ronald Reagan
• RVA, Richard V. Allen

• S, Secret; Office of the Secretary of State
• S/CPR, Chief of Protocol, Office of the Secretary of State
• S/CT, Office of the Ambassador-At Large for Counter-Terrorism, Department of State
• 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, Operations Staff, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
• S/S-S, Secretariat Staff, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
• SADR/SDAR, Sahrawi (Saharan) Arab Democratic Republic/Sahrawi (Saharan) Democratic Arab Republic
• SAG, Saudi Arabian Government
• SAM–6/8, Soviet mobile surface-to-air missile systems
• SARG, Syrian Arab Revolutionary Government
• SecDef, Secretary of Defense
• Secto, Series indicator for telegrams sent from the Secretary of State (used for telegrams from the Secretary or his party while he is on travel)
• SecGen, Secretary General, United Nations
• SEPTEL, separate telegram
• SF, Special Forces
• SIG or S/IG, Senior Interdepartmental Group
• SPECAT, special category (message requiring special handling)
• SSG, Special Situation Group
• STADIS, State Distribution Only
• SYG, Secretary General

• T, Bureau of Security Assistance, Science, and Technology, Department of State
• TAP, Tunis Afrique Presse
• TIWG, Terrorist Incident Working Group
• TOPOL, Series indicator for telegrams sent to the Under Secretary for Political Affairs while on travel
• TOR, terms of reference
• Tosec, Series indicator for telegrams sent to the Secretary of State or his party while on travel
• TOW, wire-guided anti-tank missile
• TOW night sights, wire-guided anti-tank missiles with night vision
• TWA, Trans World Airlines

• U, unclassified
• UAE, United Arab Emirates
• UGTT, Union Générale Tunisienne du Travail (General Union of Tunisian Workers)
• UK, United Kingdom
• UN, United Nations
• UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
• UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
• UNHCR, United Nations High Commission on Refugees
• UNITA, União Nacional para e Independência Total de Angola (National Union for the Total Independence for Angola)
• UNQTE, unquote
• UNSC, United Nations Security Council
• UNSCR, United Nations Security Council Resolution
• UNSYG, United Nations Secretary General
• UNTT, Union Nationale de Travailleurs Tunisiens (National Union of Tunisian Workers)
• U.S./US, United States
• USAF, United States Air Force
• USASAC, United States Army Security Assistance Command
• USCENTCOM, United States Central Command
• USCINCEUR, United States Commander in Chief, European Command
• USCINCSOUTH, United States Commander in Chief, Southern Command
• USDAO, United States Defense Attaché’s Office
• USDOC, United States Department of Commerce
• USDOCOSOUTH, United States Documents Officer, Allied Forces, Southeastern Europe
• USG, United States Government
• USIA, United States Information Agency
• USIS, United States Information Service
• USN, United States Navy
• USNMR SHAPE, United States National Military Representative, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers in Europe
• USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• USUN, United States Mission to the United Nations

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• VADM, Vice Admiral
• V/R, Very Respectfully
• VIP, very important person
• VIZ., namely or that is to say
• VOA, Voice of America
• VP/V.P., Vice President

• WPC, William P. Clark

• Z, Zulu time (Greenwich Mean Time)