Abbreviations
- ABM, anti-ballistic missile
- ACDA, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
- AP, Associated Press
- ARA, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
- ASAP, as soon as possible
- BBC, British Broadcasting Corporation
- BNA, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
- CAB, Civil Aeronautics Board
- CAP, series indicator for outgoing White House telegrams
- CC–CPSU, Central Committee, Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- CEMA, Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
- CENTO, Central Treaty Organization
- CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
- CPR, Chinese People’s Republic
- CPs, Communist Parties
- CPSU, Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- CU, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State
- CU/EUR, Office of European Programs, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State
- DCI, Director of Central Intelligence
- DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
- Dept, Department
- Deptel, Department of State telegram
- DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency
- Dissem, dissemination
- DMZ, Demilitarized Zone
- DOD, Department of Defense
- DOS, Department of State
- DRV, Democratic Republic of Vietnam
- EE, Eastern European; Office of Eastern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
- Emtel, Embassy telegram
- ENDC, Eighteen-Nation Disarmament Committee
- EST, Eastern Standard Time
- EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
- EUR/BMI, Country Director, United Kingdom, Ireland, Malta, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
- EUR/EX, Office of the Executive Director, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
- EUR/SES, Soviet and Eastern European Exchanges Staff, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
- EUR/SOV, Office of Soviet Union Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
- EURATOM, European Atomic Energy Community
- Exdis, Exclusive Distribution
- FAA, Federal Aviation Administration
- FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation
- FBIS, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
- FE, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
- FonMin, Foreign Ministry
- FonOff, Foreign Office
- FRC, Federal Records Center
- FRG, Federal Republic of Germany
- FYI, for your information
- G, Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
- G/PM, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs
- GA, General Assembly
- GDR, German Democratic Republic
- GOI, Government of India
- GVN, Government of (South) Vietnam
- H, Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations, Department of State
- IAEA, International Atomic Energy Agency
- ICBM, Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile
- ICC, International Control Commission
- ICFTU, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
- INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
- JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
- L, Legal Adviser, Department of State
- Limdis, Limited Distribution
- memcon, memorandum of conversation
- MFA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- MFN, most favored nation
- MLF, multilateral force
- MRBM, medium-range ballistic missile
- NAC, North Atlantic Council
- NAP, Non-Aggression Pact
- NASA, National Aeronautical and Space Administration
- NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
- Niact, night action: communications indicator requiring attention by the recipient at any hour of the day or night
- NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
- Nodis, No Distribution
- Noforn, Not Releasable to Foreign Nationals
- NPT, Non-Proliferation Treaty
- NSA, National Security Agency
- NSAM, National Security Action Memorandum
- NSC, National Security Council
- NY, New York
- O/B, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Budget
- O/DDI, Office of the Deputy Director for Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
- OAS, Organization of American States
- OST, Outer Space Treaty
- P, Bureau of Public Affairs, Department of State
- PAO, Public Affairs Officer
- para, paragraph
- PNG, persona non grata
- POLAD, political adviser
- PRC, People’s Republic of China
- reftel, reference telegram
- RG, Record Group
- RSB, Office of Research and Analysis for Soviet Bloc, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
- RSFSR, Russian Republic, Soviet Union
- S, Office of the Secretary of State
- S/AL, Ambassador at Large, Department of State
- S/P, Policy Planning Council or Staff, Department of State
- S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
- S/S–I, Information Section, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
- SC, Security Council
- SCA, Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs, Department of State
- Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State (or his delegation) to the Department of State
- Secy, Secretary
- septel, separate telegram
- SES, Soviet and Eastern European Exchanges Staff, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
- SCI, Office of International Scientific and Technological Affairs, Department of State
- SEA, Southeast Asia
- SIG, Senior Interdepartmental Group
- SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate
- SOV, Soviet; Office of Soviet Union Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State; Country Director, Soviet Union, Bureau of European Affairs
- SU, Soviet Union
- SVN, South Vietnam
- TASS, Telegrafnoye Agentsvo Sovetskogo Soiuza (Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union)
- Tosec, series indicator for telegrams to the Secretary of State while away from Washington
- TS, Top Secret
- U, Under Secretary of State
- UAR, United Arab Republic
- UK, United Kingdom
- UN, United Nations
- UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
- UPI, United Press International
- US, United States
- US/MC, United States Memorandum of Conversation
- USG, United States Government
- USIA, United States Information Agency
- USIB, United States Intelligence Board
- USIS, United States Information Service
- USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- USUN, United States Mission to the United Nations
- VOA, Voice of America
- WFTU, World Federation of Trade Unions
- Z, Zulu time (Greenwich mean time)