Abbreviations and Terms

• AADC, Area Air Defense Commander
• ABM, anti-ballistic missile
• Ack-ack, anti-aircraft artillery
• AID, Agency for International Development
• AIM, U.S. Army Mission in Iran/Military Assistance Advisory Group
• Amb, Ambassador
• API, American Petroleum Institute
• ARAMCO, Arabian-American Oil Company
• ARMISH/MAAG, U.S. Army Mission in Iran/Military Assistance Advisory Group
• ASD/ISA, Assistant Secretary of Defense, International Security Affairs
• Atty, attorney
• BNDD, Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, Department of Justice
• BP, British Petroleum
• BPI, Ba’ath Party of Iraq
• CENTO, Central Treaty Organization
• CFP, Compagnie Francaise des Paroles
• CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
• CINCEUR, Commander in Chief, U.S. Forces, Europe
• CINCMEAFSA, Commander in Chief, Middle East/South Asia and Africa South of the Sahara
• CINCSTRIKE, Commander in Chief, Strike Command
• CINCUSNAVEUR, Commander in Chief, U.S. Navy, Europe
• CIS, Confederation of Iranian Students
• ConGen, Consul General
• COMECON, Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
• COMINT, communications intelligence
• COMIDEASTFOR, Commander, Middle East Forces Cons, Consulate
• CONUS, continental United States
• CPI, Communist Party of Iraq
• CSAF, Chief of Staff, United States Air Force
• CT, Country Team
• CU, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State
• CY, calendar year
• DASD, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
• DCI, Director of Central Intelligence
• DDCI, Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
• Dept, Department of State
• Deptel, Department of State telegram
• DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency
• Dissem, dissemination
• DOD, Department of Defense
• DOD/ISA, Department of Defense, International Security Affairs
• DOD/ISA/NESA, Department of Defense, International Security Affairs, Office of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs
• DOS, Department of State
• E, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
• ELINT, electronic intelligence
• Emb, embassy
• Embtel, embassy telegram
• ERAP, Entreprise de Recherches et d’Activites Petrolieres
• EUCOM, European Community
• Exdis, Exclusive Distribution (acronym indicating extremely limited distribution or dissemination)
• EXIM, Export-Import Bank
• FAA, Federation of Arab Amirates
• FBIS, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
• FMS, foreign military sales
• FonMin, Foreign Minister
• FonOff, Foreign Office
• FSO, Foreign Service Officer
• FSS, Foreign Service Spouse
• FY, fiscal year
• GAO, General Accounting Office
• GENMISH, U.S. Mission to the Iranian Gendarmerie
• GNP, gross national product
• GOI, Government of Iran
• GOI, Government of Iraq
• G/PM, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State
• HCR, High Commissioner for Refugees
• HFAC, House Foreign Affairs Committee
• HIM, His Imperial Majesty
• HK, the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs, Henry Kissinger
• IAS, Iran-America Society
• IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
• ID, Iraqi Dinars
• IDF, Israeli Defense Force
• IDP, Internal Defense Plan (Iran)
• IFC, International Finance Corporation IIA, Imperial Iranian Army
• IIAF, Imperial Iranian Air Force IIF, Imperial Iranian Forces
• IMF, International Monetary Fund INOC, Iraq National Oil Company
• INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• INR/RNA, Office of Research and Analysis for Near East and South Asia, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• IO, Bureau of International Organization, Department of State
• IPC, Iraq Petroleum Company
• IRG, Interdepartmental Regional Group
• ISA, Iranian Students Association
• JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• JCSM, Joint Chiefs of Staff Memorandum
• JSOP, Joint Strategic Objectives Plan
• KDP, Kurdish Democratic Party
• LimDis, Limited Distribution
• MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
• MAP, Military Assistance Program
• ME, Middle East
• MEMCON, memorandum of conversation
• MIDEASTFOR, Middle East Forces
• NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• NEA/IRN, Office of Iranian Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• NEAINE, 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
• NIE, National Intelligence Estimate NIOC, National Iranian Oil Company
• NoDis, no distribution
• NoForn, no foreign dissemination
• NPT, Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty
• NRM, National Resistance Movement (Kurdish)
• NSA, National Security Agency
• NSAM, National Security Action Memorandum
• NSC, National Security Council
• NSCIG/NEA, National Security Council Interdepartmental Group for Near East and South Asia
• NSDM, National Security Decision Memorandum
• NSSM, National Security Study Memorandum
• OAPEC, Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries
• ODASD/ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
• OBE, overtaken by events
• OCI, Office of Current Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
• ODDI, Office of the Deputy Director of Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
• OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
• OER, Office of Economic Research, Central Intelligence Agency
• OMB, Office of Management and Budget, Department of State
• ONE, Office of National Estimates, Central Intelligence Agency
• OPEC, Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
• OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
• OSD/ISA, Office of the Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
• OTR, Office of Technical Research, Central Intelligence Agency
• PlanOrg, Plan Organization, Iranian state agency charged with promoting economic development
• PM, PRIMIN, Prime Minister
• PM/MAS, Office of Military Assistance and Sales, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State
• PRSY, People’s Republic of Southern Yemen
• RAF, Royal Air Force
• RCC, Revolutionary Command Council, Ba’athist Government in Iraq
• REF, reference
• Reftel, reference telegram
• Rep, representative
• RN, President Richard Nixon
• RPT, repeat
• SAM, surface to air missile
• SAMAA, Special Assistant for Military Assistance Affairs, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• SAVAK, Farsi language acronym for Iranian National Bureau of Security and Intelligence (Sazman-i Ittili’at va Amniyat-i Kishvar)
• SECDEF, Secretary of Defense
• SC, Security Council (UN)
• SCS, Supreme Commander’s Staff
• SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
• SECDEF, Secretary of Defense
• SECNAV, Secretary of the Navy Secy, Secretary of State
• SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate
• SOV, Soviet
• S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
• STRATCOM, Strategic Command
• TAFT, Technical Assistance Field Team
• U, Office of the Under Secretary of State, Department of State
• UAD, United Arab Emirates
• UAR, United Arab Republic
• UK, United Kingdom
• UN, United Nations
• UNHCR, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
• UNSC, United Nations Security Council
• UNSEC, Under Secretary
• UNSYG, United Nations Secretary General
• USAF, United States Air Force
• USG, United States Government
• USIA, United States Information Agency
• USINT, United States Interests Section, Baghdad, Iraq
• USIS, United States Information Services USN, United States Navy
• USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• USUN, United States Mission to the United Nations
• VP, Vice President
• VIP(S), Very Important Person(s)