Office of the Historian

Abbreviations and Terms

  • ABC, American Broadcasting Company
  • ACP, Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States
  • ADB, African Development Bank; Asian Development Bank
  • ADF, African Development Fund
  • AEPRP, African Economic Policy Reform Program
  • AF, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
  • AF/EPS, Economic Policy Staff, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
  • AID, Agency for International Development
  • AID/PPC, Bureau for Program and Policy Coordination, Agency for International Development
  • Amb, Ambassador
  • AMH, Alexander M. Haig
  • ANZUS, Australia, New Zealand, United States (security treaty)
  • AP, Associated Press
  • APNSA, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
  • ARA, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
  • ARA/AND, Office of Andean 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/SC, Office of Southern Cone Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
  • A/S, Assistant Secretary
  • ASAP, as soon as possible
  • ASEAN, Association of Southeast Asian Nations
  • Asst, assistant
  • B, billion
  • BIS, Bank for International Settlements
  • BOP, balance of payments
  • BWS, Beryl W. Sprinkel
  • C, Office of the Counselor of the Department of State; Confidential
  • CAP, Common Agricultural Policy; Carlos Andrés Pérez
  • CBI, Caribbean Basin Initiative
  • CBS, Columbia Broadcasting System
  • CCC, Commodity Credit Corporation
  • CCCT, Cabinet Council on Commerce and Trade
  • CCEA, Cabinet Council on Economic Affairs
  • CCFA, Cabinet Council on Food and Agriculture
  • CEA, Council of Economic Advisers
  • CEMA, Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
  • CFF, Compensatory Finance Facility
  • CH, Charles Hill
  • CHOGM, Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
  • Chron, Chronological
  • CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
  • CIEC, Conference on International Economic Cooperation
  • COB, Close of Business
  • COCOM, Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls
  • CODEL, congressional delegation
  • COW, Committee of the Whole
  • CP or CLP, Colin L. Powell
  • CR, Continuing Resolution
  • CY, calendar year
  • D, Office of the Deputy Secretary of State; Democrat
  • DAS, Deputy Assistant Secretary
  • DC, developed country
  • DCI, Director of Central Intelligence
  • DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
  • DDCI, Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
  • Dept, Department
  • DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency
  • DOD, Department of Defense
  • DOD/ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
  • DOE, Department of Energy
  • DOS, Department of State
  • D/P&R, Office of Policy and Resources, Office of the Deputy Secretary of State
  • E, Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
  • EA or EAP, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
  • EAP/ANZ, Office of Australia and New Zealand Affairs, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
  • EAP/C, Office of Chinese Affairs, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
  • EAP/ECP, Office of Regional Economic Policy, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
  • EAP/EP, Office of Economic Policy, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
  • EAP/IMBS, Office of Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, and Singapore Affairs, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
  • EARB, Export Administration Review Board
  • EB, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State
  • EB/ERP, International Energy and Resources Policy, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State
  • EB/ERP/ICD, Office of International Commodities, International Energy and Resources Policy, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State
  • EB/ERP/ICD/ISM, Industrial and Strategic Material Division, Office of International Commodities, International Energy and Resources Policy, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State
  • EB/GCP or EB/OT/GCP, General Commercial Policy Division, Office of International Trade, Trade and Commercial Affairs, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State
  • EB/ICD or EB/ERP/ICD, Office of International Commodities, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State
  • EB/IFD, International Finance and Development, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State
  • EB/IFD/ODF, Office of Development Finance, International Finance and Development, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State
  • EB/IFD/OIA, Office of Investment Affairs, International Finance and Development, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State
  • EB/IFD/OMA, Office of Monetary Affairs, International Finance and Development, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State
  • EB/OFP or EB/TDC/OFP, Office of Food Policy and Programs, Trade and Commercial Affairs, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State
  • EB/ORF, International Resources and Food Policy, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State
  • EB/ORF/ICD, Office of International Commodities, International Resources and Food Policy, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State
  • EB/ORF/ICD/ISM, Industrial and Strategic Material Division, Office of International Commodities, International Resources and Food Policy, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State
  • EB/ORF/ICD/TRP, Tropical Products Division, Office of International Commodities, International Resources and Food Policy, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State
  • EB/OT or EB/TDC/OT, Office of International Trade, Trade and Commercial Affairs, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State
  • EB/PAS, Planning and Economic Analysis Staff, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State
  • EB/SEN, Special Negotiator for Economic Matters, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State
  • EB/STA or EB/OT/STA, Special Trade Activities and Commercial Treaties Division (later Special Trade Activities Division), Office of International Trade, Trade and Commercial Affairs, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State
  • EB/TA or EB/TDC/TA, Trade Agreements Division, Trade and Commercial Affairs, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State
  • EB/TDC, Trade and Commercial Affairs, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State
  • EB/TDC/OFP/FPD, Food Policy Division, Office of Food Policies and Programs, Trade and Commercial Affairs, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State
  • EB/TDC/OT, Office of International Trade, Trade and Commercial Affairs, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State
  • EB/TDC/OT/TEX, Textiles Division, Office of International Trade, Trade and Commercial Affairs, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State
  • EC, European Community
  • ECDC, Economic Cooperation Among Developing Countries
  • ECLAC, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (United Nations)
  • ECOSOC, Economic and Social Council, United Nations
  • EEP, Export Enhancement Program
  • EFC, External Contingency Facility (International Monetary Fund)
  • EPC, Economic Policy Council
  • EPI, Economic Policy Initiative for Africa
  • ESAF, Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility (International Monetary Fund)
  • ESF, Economic Support Fund
  • EST, Eastern Standard Time
  • EUR, Bureau of European Affairs (later European and Canadian Affairs), Department of State
  • EUR/EEY, Office of East European and Yugoslav Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs (later European and Canadian Affairs), Department of State
  • EUR/RPE, Office of OECD, European Community, and Atlantic Political-Economic Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs (later European and Canadian Affairs), Department of State
  • E-W, East-West
  • Exdis, Exclusive Distribution
  • Exim or Eximbank, Export-Import Bank of the United States
  • FAA, Foreign Assistance Act
  • FAC, Food Aid Convention
  • FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization
  • FCC, Frank C. Carlucci
  • FCN, Friendship, Commerce, Navigation
  • FDIC, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
  • FM, Foreign Minister
  • FMS, foreign military sales
  • FonMin or FornMin, Foreign Minister
  • FRB, Federal Reserve Board
  • FRG, Federal Republic of Germany
  • FSI, Foreign Service Institute
  • FSLIC, Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
  • FSO, Fund for Special Operations; Foreign Service Officer
  • FTA, free trade agreement; free trade area
  • FY, fiscal year
  • FYI, for your information
  • G–5, Group of 5, Federal Republic of Germany, France, Japan, United Kingdom, United States
  • G–7, Group of 7, Canada, Federal Republic of Germany, France, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, United States
  • G–10, Group of 10, Belgium, Canada, Federal Republic of Germany, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States
  • G–27, Group of 27, a subset of the G–77 countries
  • 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, General Assembly (United Nations)
  • GAB, General Agreements to Borrow (International Monetary Fund)
  • GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
  • GCI, General Capital Increase
  • GDP, gross domestic product
  • GDR, German Democratic Republic
  • GN(s), Global Negotiations
  • GNP, gross national product
  • GOA, Government of Argentina; Government of Australia
  • GOV, Government of Venezuela
  • GOY, Government of Yugoslavia
  • GPS, George P. Shultz
  • G-R-H, Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act
  • GSP or GS, Generalized System of Preferences
  • H, Bureau of Congressional Relations, Department of State
  • HA, Bureau of Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, Department of State
  • HAC, House Appropriations Committee
  • HFAC, House Foreign Affairs Committee
  • H.J. Res., House Joint Resolution
  • HQ, headquarters
  • H.R., House Resolution
  • IAEA, International Atomic Energy Agency
  • IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  • ICA, International Coffee Agreement
  • ICSG, International Copper Study Group
  • IDA, International Development Association
  • IDB, Inter-American Development Bank
  • IDCA, International Development Cooperation Agency
  • IEP, International Economic Policy
  • IFAD, International Fund for Agricultural Development
  • IFC, International Finance Corporation
  • IFIs, international financial institutions
  • IG, Interagency Group
  • ILO, International Labor Organization
  • IMET, International Military Education and Training
  • IMF, International Monetary Fund
  • info, information
  • INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
  • INRA, International Natural Rubber Agreement
  • INR/EC, Office of Economic Analysis, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
  • intel, intelligence
  • IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
  • IO/E, Office of International Economic Policy, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
  • IPC, Integrated Program for Commodities
  • ISA, International Sugar Agreement
  • IWC, International Wheat Council
  • JAB, James A. Baker, III
  • JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • JCW, John C. Whitehead
  • JP, John Poindexter
  • KAL, Korean Air Lines
  • L, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
  • LDC, less developed country; least developed country
  • L/EB, Assistant Legal Adviser for Economic and Business (and Communications) Affairs, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
  • LIBOR, London Interbank Offer Rate (international benchmark interest rate)
  • Limdis, limited distribution
  • LLDC, least less developed country
  • LOS, Law of the Sea
  • LPB, L. Paul Bremer
  • LSE, Lawrence S. Eagleburger
  • L/T, Assistant Legal Adviser for Treaty Affairs, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
  • L/UNA, Office of United Nations Affairs, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
  • M, Under Secretary of State for Management
  • MAP, Military Assistance Program
  • M/COMP, Office of the Comptroller, Office of the Under Secretary of State for Management
  • M/COMP/BP, Office of Budget and Planning, Office of the Comptroller, Office of the Under Secretary of State for Management
  • MDB, multilateral development bank(s)
  • Memcon, memorandum of conversation
  • MFA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Multifiber Arrangement
  • MFN, most favored nation
  • MFO, multinational force and observers
  • MIGA, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
  • MOU, Memorandum of Understanding
  • MOW, Meeting of the Whole
  • MPM, M. Peter McPherson
  • MTN, multilateral trade negotiations
  • NAM, Non-Aligned Movement
  • NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • NEA, 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/INS, Office of Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
  • NFB, Nicholas F. Brady
  • NGO, nongovernmental organization
  • Niact, Night Action
  • NIC, National Intelligence Council
  • NICs, newly industrialized countries
  • NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
  • NIEO, New International Economic Order
  • NIO, National Intelligence Officer
  • Nodis, No Distribution
  • Noforn, No Foreign Dissemination
  • Notal, not received by all addressees
  • NRSE, New and Renewable Sources of Energy
  • N/S, North/South
  • NSC, National Security Council
  • NSDD, National Security Decision Directive
  • NSSD, National Security Study Directive
  • OAS, Organization of American States
  • OASD/ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
  • OASIA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs
  • OAU, Organization of African Unity
  • OBE, overtaken by events
  • ODA, official development assistance
  • OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
  • OES, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Department of State
  • OES/E, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Environment, Health and Natural Resources, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs
  • OES/ENR, Office of Food and Natural Resources, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Department of State
  • OMB, Office of Management and Budget
  • OPD, Office of Policy Development, Executive Office of the President
  • OPEC, Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
  • OPIC, Overseas Private Investment Corporation
  • OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
  • OSTP, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President
  • OVP, Office of the Vice President
  • P, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
  • PA, Bureau of Public Affairs, Department of State
  • Para, paragraph
  • PermRep, Permanent Representative
  • P.L., Public Law
  • P.L.–480, Public Law 480; Food for Peace
  • PLO, Palestine Liberation Organization
  • PM, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State; Prime Minister
  • PM/SAS, Office of Security Assistance and Sales, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State
  • Polto, series indicator for telegrams sent from the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs to the Department while the Under Secretary is away from the Department
  • PRC, People’s Republic of China
  • Pres, President
  • PRG, Policy Review Group
  • PW, Paul Wolfowitz
  • R, Republican
  • RADM, Rear Admiral
  • RCM, Robert C. McFarlane
  • RDF, Rapid Deployment Force
  • Ref, reference
  • Reftel, reference telegram
  • Rep, representative
  • Res, resolution
  • RG, Record Group (National Archives and Records Administration)
  • RNC, Republican National Committee
  • Rpt, repeat
  • RVA, Richard V. Allen
  • S, Office of the Secretary of State; Secret
  • SAF, Structural Adjustment Facility (International Monetary Fund)
  • SB, Stephen Bosworth
  • SC, Security Council (United Nations)
  • SDR, Special Drawing Rights
  • Sec, Secretary
  • SecDef, Secretary of Defense
  • Secto, series indicator for telegrams sent from the Secretary of State to the Department while the Secretary is away from the Department
  • Secy, Secretary
  • Secy Gen, Secretary-General (United Nations)
  • septel, separate telegram
  • SFRC, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
  • SG, Secretary General
  • SIG, Senior Interdepartmental Group
  • SIG–IEP, Senior Interdepartmental Group–International Economic Policy
  • S/P, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State
  • S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
  • S/S–I, Executive Secretariat, Information Management Section, Department of State
  • S/S–O, Executive Secretariat, Operations Staff, Department of State
  • S/S–S, Executive Secretariat, Secretariat Staff, Department of State
  • STABEX, Système de Stabilisation des Recettes d’Exportation (European Community)
  • STADIS, (Department of) State Distribution
  • STR, Special Trade Representative
  • SYG, Secretary-General (United Nations)
  • T, Under Secretary of State for Security Assistance, Science, and Technology
  • TDB, Trade and Development Board (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development)
  • TDP, Trade and Development Program
  • TDY, temporary duty
  • Tosec, series indicator for telegrams sent from the Department to the Secretary of State while the Secretary is away from the Department
  • TPC, Trade Policy Committee
  • TPRG, Trade Policy Review Group
  • TS, Top Secret
  • UK, United Kingdom
  • UN or U.N., United Nations
  • UNCTAD, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
  • UNDP, United Nations Development Program
  • UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
  • UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
  • UNICEF, United Nations Children’s Fund
  • UNIDO, United Nations Industrial Development Organization
  • UNSC, United Nations Security Council
  • UNSYG, United Nations Secretary-General
  • UPI, United Press International
  • US or U.S., United States
  • USAID, United States Agency for International Development
  • USD, United States Dollars
  • USDA, United States Department of Agriculture
  • USDel, United States delegation; United States delegate
  • USG or U.S.G, United States Government
  • USIA, United States Information Agency
  • USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
  • USTR, United States Trade Representative
  • USUN, United States Mission to the United Nations (New York)
  • VADM, Vice Admiral
  • VOA, Voice of America
  • VP, Vice President
  • VRA, voluntary restraint agreement
  • W or WAW, W. Allen Wallis
  • WB, World Bank
  • WFC, World Food Council
  • WH, White House
  • WHO, World Health Organization
  • WHORM, White House Office of Records Management
  • WMO, World Meteorological Organization
  • WC or WPC, William P. Clark
  • WTC, Wheat Trade Convention
  • XCSS, Executive Committee, Special Session (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development)
  • Z, Zulu time (Greenwich Mean Time)