Abbreviations
- ACSI, Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence (Department of Defense)
- AID, Agency for International Development
- Amb, Ambassador
- AMINOIL, American Independent Oil Company
- ANM, Arab Nationalist Movement
- ARAMCO, Arabian-American Oil Company
- ATUC, Aden Trade Union Congress
- BAC, British Aircraft Corporation
- BAPCO, Bahrain Petroleum Company
- BBC, British Broadcasting Corporation
- BIOT, British Indian Ocean Territory
- CARE, Cooperatives for American Relief Everywhere, Inc.
- CAS, controlled American source
- CCPC, Civil Communications Planning Committee (NATO)
- CENTO, Central Treaty Organization
- CHICOM(S), Chinese Communist(s)
- CHUSMTM, Chief, United States Military Training Mission in Saudi Arabia
- CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
- CINCLANT, Commander in Chief, Armed Forces, Atlantic
- CINCMEAFSA, Commander in Chief, Middle East/South Asia and Africa South of the Sahara
- CINCPAC, Commander in Chief, Pacific
- CINCSTRIKE, Commander in Chief, Strike Command
- CINCUSNAVEUR, Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces, Europe
- CIRTEL, circular telegram
- CLA, Cooperative Logistics Agreement
- CNO, Chief of Naval Operations
- COMIDEASTFOR, Commander, Middle East Forces
- CONUS, continental United States
- CP, Crown Prince
- CSAF, Chief of Staff, Air Force
- DAF, Dhahran Air Field
- DATT, Defense Attaché
- DCI, Director of Central Intelligence
- DD/I, Deputy Director of Intelligence; Directorate of Intelligence (CIA)
- DDP, Directorate for Plans (CIA)
- Dept, Department of State
- Deptel, outgoing Department of State telegram
- DeptOff, Department of State officer
- DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency
- DMZ, demilitarized zone
- DOD, Department of Defense
- DOD/ISA, Department of Defense, International Security Affairs
- EIS, Egyptian Intelligence Service
- EmbOff, Embassy Officer
- Embtel, Embassy telegram
- EP, estimated period
- Exdis, Exclusive Distribution (extremely Limited Distribution)
- EXIM, Export-Import Bank
- FAA, Federation of Arab Amirates
- FLOSY, Front for the Liberation of Occupied South Yemen
- FonMin, Foreign Minister
- FonOff, Foreign Office
- FRA, Federal Regular Army (South Arabia)
- FSA, Federation of South Arabia
- FY, fiscal year
- FYI, for your information
- GOI, Government of Iran; Government of Iraq; Government of Italy
- GOK, Government of Kuwait
- G/PM, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs
- GUAR, Government of the United Arab Republic
- HICOM, High Commissioner
- HMG, Her Majesty's Government
- IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
- ICJ, International Court of Justice
- ICRC, International Committee of the Red Cross
- IGA, Investment Guarantee Agreement
- ILS, instrument landing system
- IMF, International Monetary Fund
- INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
- IOTF, Indian Ocean Task Force
- IPC, Iraq Petroleum Company
- IRG, Interdepartmental Regional Group
- JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
- JCSM, Joint Chiefs of Staff Memorandum
- KDP, Kurdistan Democratic Party
- K/FAED, Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development
- LBJ, Lyndon B. Johnson
- Limdis, Limited Distribution
- MAP, Military Assistance Program
- MATS, Military Air Transport Service
- MIDEASTFOR, Middle East Forces
- MIG, Soviet fighter aircraft named for designers Mikoyan and Gurevich
- MinFin, Minister of Finance
- MinPet, Minister of Petroleum
- MisOff, Mission Officer
- MOD, Minister of Defense
- MODA, Minister of Defense and Aviation
- MTT, Mobile Training Team
- NAC, North Atlantic Council
- NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- NEA/ARN, Office of Lebanon, Jordan, Syrian Arab Republic, and Iraq Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
- NEA/ARP, Office of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Yemen, and Aden 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 and South Asian Regional Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
- NESA, Near East and South Asia
- NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
- NIOC, National Iranian Oil Company
- NLF, National Liberation Front
- Noforn, no foreign dissemination
- NOTAL, not received by all addressees
- NSC, National Security Council
- NYT, New York Times
- OAU, Organization of African Unity
- OCI, Office of Current Intelligence (CIA)
- ODM, Ministry of Overseas Development (South Arabia)
- ONE, Office of National Estimates (CIA)
- OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
- PM, Prime Minister
- POL, petroleum, oil, lubricants
- POLAD, Political Adviser
- PRC, People’s Republic of China
- PRSY, People’s Republic of South Yemen
- PSP, People’s Socialist Party (Aden)
- RAF, Royal Air Force (UK)
- RAMP, weapons repair and maintenance program
- RCD, Regional Cooperation for Development
- reftel, reference telegram
- reps, representatives
- res, resolution
- RSAF, Royal Saudi Air Force
- SAA, South Arabian Army
- SAF, South Arabian Federation
- SAFG, South Arabian Federation Government
- SAG, Saudi Arabian Government
- SAL, South Arabian League
- SAM, surface to air missile
- SAMP, Saudi Arabian Mobility Program
- SC, Security Council (United Nations)
- septel, separate telegram
- SYG, Secretary-General (United Nations)
- TACAN, Tactical Air Navigation
- TIAS, Treaties and International Acts Series
- TOS, Trucial Oman Scouts
- TR, terms of reference
- UAC, United Arab Command
- UAR, United Arab Republic
- UARG, United Arab Republic Government
- UDI, unilateral declaration of independence
- UK, United Kingdom
- UKG, United Kingdom Government
- UKUN, United Kingdom Mission at the United Nations
- UNEF, United Nations Emergency Forces
- UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
- UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
- UNRWA, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
- UNSYG, United Nations Secretary-General
- UNYOM, United Nations Yemen Observation Mission
- UPI, United Press International
- USAF, United States Air Force
- USG, United States Government
- USMTM, United States Military Training Mission
- USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- UST, United States Treaties and Other International Agreements
- USUN, United States Mission at the United Nations
- YAR, Yemen Arab Republic
- YARG, Yemen Arab Republic Government
- YRF, Yemen Revolutionary Front