Office of the Historian

List of Abbreviations

  • ACA, Allied Control Authority
  • APC, armored personnel carrier
  • ATC, Allied traffic control
  • AUA, Austrian Airlines
  • AV, Aviation Bureau, Department of State
  • BASC, Berlin Air Safety Center
  • BERCON/MARCON, Berlin contingency/maritime contingency
  • BQD, Berlin Quadripartite Document
  • BTF, Berlin Task Force
  • CDU, Christlich-Demokratische Union (Christian Democratic Union)
  • CEMA, Council for Economic Mutual Assistance
  • ChiComs, Chinese Communists
  • CINC, Commander in Chief
  • CINCEUR, Commander in Chief, Europe
  • CINCLANT, Commander in Chief, Atlantic
  • CINCUSEUR, Commander in Chief U.S. Army, Europe
  • DDR, Deutsche Demokratische Republik (German Democratic Republic)
  • Deptel, Department of State telegram
  • DM, Deutschemark (German Mark)
  • EE, Eastern Europe
  • EEC, European Economic Community
  • EFTA, European Free Trade Area
  • EmbOff, Embassy officer
  • Embtel, Embassy telegram
  • ENDC, Eighteen-Nation Disarmament Committee
  • EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • EUR/SOV, Office of Soviet Union Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • Exdis, exclusive distribution
  • FDP, Freie Demokratische Partei (Free Democratic Party)
  • FedRep, Federal Republic
  • FonMin, Foreign Ministry
  • FonOff, Foreign Office
  • FRG, Federal Republic of Germany
  • FYI, for your information
  • G/B, Germany/Berlin
  • G/PM, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Political/Military Affairs
  • GA, General Assembly
  • GDR, German Democratic Republic
  • GER, Office of German Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • GSFG, Group of Soviet Forces in Germany
  • HQ, headquarters
  • IAA, International Acces Authority
  • ICBM, intercontinental ballistic missile
  • INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
  • ISA, Office of International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
  • IZT, interzonal trade
  • JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • JCSM, Joint Chiefs of Staff memorandum
  • JSSC, Joint Strategic Survey Council
  • K, Khrushchev
  • L, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
  • Limdis, limited distribution
  • L/S, Bureau of Language Services, Department of State
  • M, Office of the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
  • memcon, memorandum of conversation
  • MFA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • MLF, multilateral force
  • MOD, Ministry of Defense
  • MRBM, medium-range ballistic missile
  • mytel, my telegram
  • NAC, North Atlantic Council
  • NAP, nonaggression pact
  • NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State
  • Niact, Night action, communications indicator requiring attention by the recipient at any hour of the day or night
  • NSAM, National Security Action Memorandum
  • OAS, Organisation de l’Armee Secrete (Secret Army Organization)
  • OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
  • OSD/ISA, Office of International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
  • PET, President’s European trip
  • POLAD, political adviser
  • Polto, series indicator for telegrams from the Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations
  • R/PM (RPM), Office of Atlantic Political and Military Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • reftel, reference telegram
  • RIAS, Rundfunk in Amerikanischen Sektor (U.S. Radio in the American Sector of Berlin)
  • S, Office of the Secretary of State
  • SAC, Strategic Air Command
  • SACEUR, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
  • SACLANT, Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic
  • S/B, Office of the Special Assistant to the Secretary of State
  • SecDel MC, Secretary’s delegation memorandum of conversation
  • Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State while away from Washington
  • SED, Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands (Socialist Unity Party of Germany)
  • septel, separate telegram
  • SET/MC, Secretary’s European Trip/memorandum of conversation
  • SHAPE, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers, Europe
  • SHLO, SHAPE Liaison Office
  • SOV, Soviet; Office of Soviet Union Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • SPD, Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (German Social Democratic Party)
  • S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
  • SYG, Secretary-General
  • TASS, Telegraphnoe Agentsvo Sovietskogo Soiuza (Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union)
  • TB, Test Ban
  • Topol, series indicator for telegrams to the Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations
  • Tosec, series indicator for telegrams to the Secretary of State while away from Washington
  • TTD, temporary travel document
  • U, Office of the Under Secretary of State
  • UKMLM, United Kingdom Military Liaison Mission
  • UN, United Nations
  • UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
  • USAFE, United States Air Force, Europe
  • USAREUR, United States Army, Europe
  • USCINCEUR, United States Commander in Chief, Europe
  • USCOB, United States Command(er), Berlin
  • USG, United States Government
  • USIA, United States Information Agency
  • USIB, United States Intelligence Board
  • USRO, Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations
  • USUN, United States Mission to the United Nations
  • Vopo, Volkspolizei (Peoples’ Police)
  • WE, Office of Western European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • WM, war memorial