Abbreviations

• ACDA, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
• ADL, Armistice Demarcation Line
• AEC, Atomic Energy Commission AID, Agency for International Development
• AIDTO, series indicator for telegrams from AID in Washington to the field
• AJC, American Jewish Committee
• Amb, Ambassador
• APC, armored personnel carrier
• ARAMCO, Arabian-American Oil Company
• BG, initials of former Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion
• BOB, Bureau of the Budget
• CA, circular airgram
• CAB/FAA, Civil Aeronautics Board/Federal Aviation Administration
• CANE, distribution indicator for telegrams pertaining to arms limitation probe
• CAS, Controlled American Source
• CCC, Commodity Credit Corporation
• CENTO, Central Treaty Organization
• ChiCom(s), Chinese Communist(s)
• CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
• CINCMEAFSA, Commander in Chief, Middle East/South Asia and Africa South of the Sahara
• CINCSTRIKE, Commander in Chief, Strike Command
• CINCUSAFE, Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Air Force, Europe
• CINCUSAREUR, Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Army, Europe
• CINCUSNAVEUR, Commander in Chief, U.S. Navy, Europe
• COMSIXTHFLT, Commander, Sixth Fleet
• CONUS, Continental United States
• C/S, Chief of Staff
• DAC, Development Assistance Committee
• DATT, Defense Attache
• DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
• DDI, Deputy Director of Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
• Depcirtel, Department of State circular telegram
• Dept, Department of State
• Deptel, outgoing Department of State telegram
• DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency
• DL, development loan
• DMZ, Demilitarized Zone
• DOD, Department of Defense
• DOD/ISA, Department of Defense, International Security Affairs
• E, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• Emb, Embassy
• Emboff, Embassy officer
• Embtel, Embassy telegram
• ENDC, Eighteen-Nation Disarmament Committee (Geneva)
• Exdis, Exclusive Distribution (extremely limited distribution or dissemination)
• EXIM, Export-Import Bank
• FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation
• FM, Foreign Minister
• FonMin, Foreign Minister
• FonOff, Foreign Office
• FRC, Federal Records Center
• FY, fiscal year
• FYI, for your information
• GA, General Assembly (United Nations)
• GAA, General Armistice Agreement
• GNP, Gross National Product
• GOC, Government of Canada
• GOF, Government of France
• GOI, Government of Israel; Government of Iran
• GOJ, Government of Jordan
• GOL, Government of Lebanon
• GUAR, Government of the United Arab Republic
• GVN, Government of Vietnam
• H, Bureau of Congressional Relations, Department of State
• HKJ, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
• IAEA, International Atomic Energy Agency
• IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
• IDF, Israel Defense Forces
• IJMAC, Israel-Jordan Mixed Armistice Commission
• ILMAC, Israel-Lebanon Mixed Armistice Commission
• IMF, International Monetary Fund
• INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
• IO/UNP, Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
• IRG, Interdepartmental Regional Group
• ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
• ISMAC, Israel/Syria Military Armistice Commission
• JAA, Jordan Arab Army
• JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• JCSM, Joint Chiefs of Staff Memorandum
• L, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
• LBJ, initials of President Lyndon B. Johnson
• Limdis, Limited distribution Office of the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs; Office of the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
• MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
• MAC, Mixed Armistice Commission
• MAP, Military Assistance Program
• MATS, Military Air Transport Service
• ME, Middle East
• memcon, memorandum of conversation
• MIG, A.I. Mikoyan i M.I. Gurevich (Soviet fighter aircraft named for designers Mikoyan and Gurevich)
• MOD, Minister of Defense
• NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• NE, Near East
• NEA, 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/GTI, Office of Greek, Turkish, and Iranian Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• NEA/IAI, Office of Israel and Arab-Israel Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• NEA/NE, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• NEA/NR, Office of Near Eastern, South Asian Regional Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• NFZ, Nuclear Free Zone
• Niact, night action, immediate reply
• NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
• Nodis, No distribution (other than to persons indicated)
• Noforn, No foreign dissemination
• NPT, Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty
• NSAM, National Security Action Memorandum
• NSA, National Security Agency
• NSC, National Security Council
• OAU, Organization of African Unity
• ODDI, Office of the Deputy Director for Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
• ONE, Office of National Estimates, Central Intelligence Agency
• OPEC, Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
• ORR, Office of Research and Reports, Central Intelligence Agency
• OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
• PAO, Public Affairs officer
• P.L., Public Law
• PLA, Palestine Liberation Army
• PLF, Palestine Liberation Front
• PLO, Palestine Liberation Organization
• PM, Prime Minister
• POLAD, Political Adviser
• PriMin, Prime Minister
• R&D, research and development
• reftel, reference telegram
• Rep, Representative
• Res, Resolution (United Nations)
• RG, Record Group
• RJAF, Royal Jordanian Air Force
• S, Office of the Secretary of State
• SAG, Saudi Arabian Government
• SAM, surface to air missiles
• SARG, Syrian Arab Republic Government
• SC, Security Council (United Nations)
• SecDef, Secretary of Defense
• SecGen, Secretary-General of the United Nations
• septel, separate telegram
• SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate
• S/P, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State
• S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
• SSM, surface-to-surface missiles
• Tosec, series indicator for telegrams from the Department of State to the Secretary of State (or his delegation) in connection with international conferences
• U, Office of the Under Secretary of State
• UAC, United Arab Command
• UAR, United Arab Republic
• UARG, United Arab Republic Government
• UK, United Kingdom
• UN, United Nations
• UNEF, United Nations Emergency Force
• UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
• UNHCR, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
• UNMOS, United Nations Military Observers
• UNP, Office of United Nations Political Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
• UNRWA, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
• UNSYG, United Nations Secretary-General
• UNTSO, United Nations Truce Supervision Organization
• USAIRA, U.S. Air Attache
• USDA, U.S. Department of Agriculture
• USDAO, U.S. Defense Attache Office
• USDel, U.S. Delegation
• USG, U.S. Government
• USIA, U.S. Information Agency
• USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• UST, United States Treaties and Other International Agreements
• USUN, U.S. Mission at the United Nations
• YAR, Yemen Arab Republic
• Z, Zulu time (Greenwich Mean Time)