Office of the Historian

Abbreviations

  • ADB, Asian Development Bank
  • AF, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
  • AFDB, African Development Bank
  • AID, Agency for International Development
  • ARA, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
  • ASP, American Selling Price
  • BIS, Bank for International Settlements
  • BOB, Bureau of the Budget
  • BOP, balance of payments
  • C, Counselor, Department of State
  • C-20, Committee of 20 (forum to develop proposals on international monetary reform)
  • CAP, Common Agricultural Policy
  • CEA, Council of Economic Advisers
  • CECLA, Special Committee for Latin American Coordination
  • CESC, Conference on European Security and Cooperation
  • CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
  • CIEP, Council on International Economic Policy
  • CIEPDM, CIEP Decision Memorandum
  • CIEPSM, CIEP Study Memorandum
  • COCOM, Coordinating Committee on Export Controls
  • CY, calendar year
  • D, Deputy Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
  • DAC, Development Assistance Committee
  • DCI, Director of Central Intelligence
  • DISC, Domestic International Sales Corporation
  • DOC, Department of Commerce
  • DOD, Department of Defense
  • E, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
  • EA, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
  • EC, European Community
  • ECONCOM, U.S.-Japan Economic Committee
  • EDIP, European Defense Improvement Program
  • EEC, European Economic Community
  • EFTA, European Free Trade Association
  • EUR, Bureau of European and Canadian Affairs, Department of State
  • FDIP, Foreign Direct Investment Program
  • FMS, Foreign Military Sales
  • FOB, free on board
  • FonOff, Foreign Office
  • FRB, Federal Reserve Board
  • FRC, Federal Records Center
  • FRG, Federal Republic of Germany
  • FSO, Fund for Special Operations
  • FY, fiscal year
  • G-10, Group of Ten (United States, Canada, Japan, UK, France, Netherlands, Belgium, the FRG, Italy, Sweden, plus Switzerland as an observer)
  • GAB, General Agreement to Borrow
  • GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
  • GNP, Gross National Product
  • GOJ, Government of Japan
  • GSA, General Services Administration
  • H, Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Department of State
  • HFAC, House Foreign Affairs Committee
  • IA-ECOSOC, Inter-American Economic and Social Council
  • IADB, Inter-American Development Bank
  • IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
  • IDA, International Development Association
  • IDB, Inter-American Development Bank
  • IET, Interest Equalization Tax
  • IFI, International Financial Institution
  • IMF, International Monetary Fund
  • IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
  • IPC, International Petroleum Company
  • J, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
  • JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • L, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
  • LDC, less-developed country
  • LDX, term for classified fax used to pass messages between Washington agencies
  • LOS, Law of the Sea
  • MAP, Military Assistance Program
  • MBFR, Mutual and Balanced Force Reduction
  • MITI, Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Japan)
  • MOFA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)
  • NAC, National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Policies
  • NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
  • NSC, National Security Council
  • NSDM, National Security Decision Memorandum
  • NSSM, National Security Study Memorandum
  • NTB, Non-Tariff Barrier
  • OAS, Organization of American States
  • OASIA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs
  • OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
  • OEP, Office of Emergency Preparedness
  • OFID, Office of Industrial Nations, Department of the Treasury
  • OIN, Office of Industrial Nations, Department of the Treasury
  • OMB, Office of Management and Budget
  • OPEC, Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
  • OPIC, Overseas Private Investment Corporation
  • OPRED, Operation Reduction
  • PADM, Policy Analysis Decision Memorandum
  • PAHO, Pan American Health Organization
  • PARA, Policy Analysis and Resource Allocation.
  • PASM, Policy Analysis Study Memorandum
  • PL, Public Law
  • REDCOSTE, Reduction of Costs in Europe
  • RG, NSC Review Group
  • RG, Record Group
  • SACEUR, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
  • SCCN, Special Committee for Consultation and Negotiation)
  • SDP, Social Democratic Party (Germany)
  • SDR, Special Drawing Rights
  • SFRC, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
  • SOFA, Status of Forces Agreement
  • SRG, NSC Senior Review Group
  • SPCC, Southern Peru Copper Company
  • S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
  • STR, Special Trade Representative or Special Representative for Trade Negotiations
  • TFID, Task Force on International Development
  • U, Under Secretary of State
  • UN, United Nations
  • UNCTAD, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
  • UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
  • UR, Uruguay Round of Trade under GATT auspices
  • USC, NSC Under Secretaries Committee
  • USDA, United States Department of Agriculture
  • USIA, United States Information Agency
  • USEC, United States Mission to the European Economic Communities in Brussels
  • USOECD, United States Mission to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
  • USUN, United States Mission to the United Nations in New York
  • VFCR, Voluntary Foreign Credit Program