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

BW, biological weapons

CFE, Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
CDE, Convention on Disarmament in Europe
COB, close of business
CPSU, Communist Party of the Soviet Union
CSBM, Confidence and Security Building Measures
CSCE, Commission 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
DA, deployment area
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
DT, depressed trajectory

EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
EUR/RPM, Bureau of European Affairs, Office of NATO and Atlantic Political-Military Affairs,
EUR/SOV, Bureau of European Affairs, Office of Soviet Union Affairs
EXDIS, exclusive distribution

FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation
FRG, Federal Republic of Germany
FYDP, Future Years Defense Program
FYI, for your information

GRIP, NSC channel for arms control issues with limited distribution
GNP, gross national product

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ICBM, intercontinental ballistic missile
IISS, International Institute for Strategic Studies
INF, Intermediate Nuclear Forces
INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State

JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
JDT, Joint Draft Text

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
MM, Minuteman Missile
MX/M-X, Missile, Experimental

NAC, North Atlantic Council
NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NIACT, night action
NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
NODIS, no distribution
NOFORN, not releasable to foreign nationals
NPT, Non-Proliferation Treaty
NSC, National Security Council
NSDD, National Security Decision Directive
NST, Nuclear and Space Talks
NTM, national technical means

OBE, overtaken by events
OMB, Office of Management and Budget
OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
OSI, on-site inspections

PFIAB, President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
PM, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State
PPM, perimeter-to-portal monitoring
PPCM, perimeter-to-portal continuous monitoring

RA, restricted area
REFTEL, reference telegram
RPT, reflective particle tag; repeat
RV, re-entry vehicle

S, Office of the Secretary of State
S/P, Office of the Secretary of State, Policy Planning Staff
S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
S/S-O, Operations Center, Department of State
SALT, Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
SCC, Special Coordination Committee; Standing Consultative Commission
SDI, Strategic Defense Initiative
SECDEF, Secretary of Defense
SEPTEL, separate telegram
SFRC, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
SHAPE, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers, Europe
SLBM, submarine-launched ballistic missile
SLCM, submarine-launched cruise missile
SNDV, strategic nuclear delivery vehicle
SRAM, short-range attack missile
SSBN, ballistic missile submarine
SSCI, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
SSI, suspect site inspections
START, Strategic Arms Reduction Talks; Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
STOF, short-time-of-flight

TW/AA, tactical warning and attack assessment

UK, United Kingdom
UN, United Nations
UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
USAF, United States Air Force
USG, United States Government
USNATO, United States Mission at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
USNMR, United States National Military Representative
USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Z, Zulu (Greenwich Mean Time)