Abbreviations and Terms

• ADB, African Development Bank
• AF, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
• AF/AFI, Office of Inter-African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
• AF/N, Office of Northern African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
• AF/RA, Office of Regional Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
• AFCM, Country Director for Central Africa, Malagasy and Mauritius, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
• AFCW, Country Director for West Central Africa, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
• AFE, Office of Eastern and Southern African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
• AFL-CIO, American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations
• AFP, Agence France Presse
• AFSE, Country Director for Southeastern Africa, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
• AID, Agency for International Development (also USAID)
• Amb, Ambassador
• Amcits, American citizens
• Amemb, American Embassy
• ANC, African National Congress or the Congolese National Army
• AP, Associated Press
• APC, armored personnel carrier
• ASAP, as soon as possible
• BAC, British Aircraft Corporation
• BNA, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• BP, British Petroleum
• CA, circular airgram
• CAE, Congolese Air Force
• CAR, Central African Republic
• CAS, Controlled American Source
• ChiCom, Chinese Communist(s)
• ChiRep, Chinese representational question
• CHMAAG, Chief, Military Assistance Advisory Group
• CHMUSLO, Chairman, U.S. Liaison Office
• CI, Counterinsurgency
• CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
• CIA/DDP, Deputy Director for Plans, Central Intelligence Agency
• CIB, Combined Intelligence Board
• CINCEUR, Commander in Chief, European Command
• CINCLANT, Commander in Chief, Armed Forces, Atlantic
• CINCMEAFSA, Commander in Chief, Middle East/South Asia and Africa South of the Sahara
• CINCSTRIKE/CINCMEAFSA, Commander in Chief, Strike Command; Commander In Chief, Middle East, South Asia and Africa South of the Sahara
• CINCUSAFE, Commander in Chief, United States Air Force, Europe
• CINSTRIKE, Commander in Chief, Strike Command
• CJCS, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• CO, Commanding Officer; Commonwealth Office (Nigeria)
• COCOM, Coordinating Committee on Export Controls
• COMNAVTRACOM, Commander, Naval Training Command
• COMUSJTE, Commander, U.S. Joint Task Force
• CONUS, continental United States
• COREMO, Comite Revolucionario de Mocambique (Revolutionary Committee of Mozambique)
• CPP, Convention’s People’s Party (Ghana)
• CPR, Chinese People’s Republic
• CRO, Commonwealth Relations Office
• CS, Chief of Staff
• CU, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State
• CYDEF, Libyan gendarmerie
• DAO, Defense Attaché’s Office
• DATT, Defense Attaché
• DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
• DDP/AE, Deputy Director of Plans for Africa, Central Intelligence Agency
• DefMin, Defense Minister
• Del, Delegation
• Depcirtel, Department of State circular telegram
• Deptel, Department of State telegram
• Deptoff, Department Officer
• DFA, Department of Foreign Affairs
• DHC, District High Commissioner (Nigeria)
• DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency
• DOD, Department of Defense
• DOD, Department of Defense
• DOD/ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
• DOS, Department of State
• DRC, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• E, Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
• E/ORF/FSE, Office of Fuels and Energy, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
• ECA, Economic Commission for Africa (ECOSOC)
• EEC, European Economic Community (Common Market)
• ELF, Eritrean Liberation Front
• Emb, Embassy
• Emboff, Embassy officer
• Embtel, Embassy telegram
• EST, Eastern Standard Time
• ETA, estimated time of arrival
• EUCOM, European Command
• EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• EUR/BMI, Office of British, Irish, and Maltan Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• EUR/FBX, Office of French and Benelux Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• EXDIS, executive distribution only
• EXIMBANK, Export-Import Bank
• FBIS, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
• FM, Foreign Minister
• FMG, Federal Military Government (Nigeria)
• FMS, Foreign Military Sales
• FNLA, Frente Nacional de Libertacao de Angola (National Front for the Liberation of Angola)
• FonMin, Foreign Minister
• FonOff, Foreign Office
• FonSec, Foreign Secretary
• FPC, Federal Power Commission
• FRC, Federal Records Center
• FRELIMO, Frente de Libertacao de Mocambique (Mozambique Liberation Front)
• FRG, Federal Republic of Germany
• FY, fiscal year
• FYI, for your information
• GA, United Nations General Assembly
• GDRC, Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo
• GNP, Gross National Product
• GOA, Government of Algeria
• GOB, Government of Burundi
• GOC, Government of the Congo
• GOF, Government of France
• GOG, Government of Ghana
• GOI, Government of Italy
• GOIC, Government of Ivory Coast (Cote d’Ivoire)
• GOK, Government of Kenya
• GOL, Government of Libya
• GOM, Government of Morocco
• GON, Government of Nigeria
• GOP, Government of Portugal
• GOR, Government of Rhodesia, Government of Rwanda
• GOS, Government of Senegal
• GOT, Government of Tunisia
• GOU, Government of Uganda
• GOUV, Government of Upper Volta (Haute Volta)
• GRAE, Angolan Revolutionary Government in Exile
• GRC, Government of the Republic of China
• GRZ, Government of the Republic of Zambia
• GSR, Government of the Somali Republic
• GURTZ, Government of the United Republic of Tanzania
• HICOM, High Commissioner
• HIM, His Imperial Majesty
• HM, His Majesty
• HMG, Her Majesty’s Government
• HQ, Headquarters
• IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
• ICFTU, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
• ICJ, International Court of Justice
• ICRC, International Committee of the Red Cross
• IDA, International Development Association
• IEG, Imperial Ethiopian Government
• IEGF, Imperial Ethiopian Government Forces
• IG/AF, National Security Council Interdepartmental Group on Africa
• IMF, International Monetary Fund
• INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• INR/DDC, Deputy Director for Coordination, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• INR/RAF, Office of Research and Analysis for Africa, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• IRG, Interdepartmental Regional Group
• IRG/AF, Interdepartmental Regional Group, Africa
• ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
• JANAF, Joint Army, Navy, Air Force
• JCA, Joint Church AID, USA
• JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• JCSM, Joint Chiefs of Staff Memorandum
• JTF, Joint Task Force
• KANU, Kenya African National Union
• L, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
• L/AF, Office of the Assistant Legal Adviser for African Affairs, Department of State
• L/C, Office of the Assistant Legal Adviser for International Claims, Department of State
• L/E, Office of the Assistant Legal Adviser for Economic Affairs, Department of State
• L/UNA, Assistant Legal Adviser for United Nations Affairs, Department of State
• LARA, Libyan Arab Republic Army
• LARAF, Libyan Arab Republic Air Force
• LARG, Libyan Arab Republic Government
• LDC, Less Developed Country
• LGTA, General League of Angolan Workers
• LIMDIS, limited distribution
• LNG, liquefied natural gas
• LNOC, Libyan National Oil Corporation
• M, Office of the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
• MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
• MAP, Military Assistance Program
• MATS, Military Air Transport Service
• MDRA, Mouvement Democratique pour le Renouveau Algerien, Algerian opposition party
• Memcon, memorandum of conversation
• MIG, A. I. Mikoyan I M. I. Gurevich (Soviet fighter aircraft named for designers Mikoyan and Gurevich)
• MilGovs, Military Governments
• MinDef, Minister of Defense
• MinExtAff, Minister of External Affairs
• MinInfo, Minister of Information (Ethiopia)
• MLS, Military Liaison Section/Staff, U.S. mission in Libya
• MOD, Minister of Defense
• MPLA, Movimento Popular de Libertacao de Angola (Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola)
• MUFA, Libyan Ministry of Unity and Foreign Affairs
• MUSLO, Moroccan-U.S. Liaison Office
• NAACP, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
• NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• NEA/UAR, Office of United Arab Republic Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• NEP, North Eastern Province (Somalia)
• NER, North East Region (Kenya)
• NFD, Northern Frontier District (Kenya)
• NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
• NLC, National Liberation Council (Ghana)
• NMG, National Military Government (Nigeria)
• NODIS, no distribution
• Noforn, No Foreign Dissemination
• NOTAL, not received by all addressees
• NPP, National Policy Paper
• NSA, National Security Agency
• NSAM, National Security Action Memorandum
• NSC, National Security Council
• OASD/ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
• OAU, Organization of African Unity
• OCAM, Organization Commune Africaine et Malagache (African-Malagasy Common Organization)
• OCI, Office of Current Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
• ODMA, Office of the Director of Military Assistance, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
• OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
• OEP, Office of Emergency Planning
• OMB, Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President
• ONE, Office of National Estimates, Central Intelligence Agency
• OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
• OSD/ISA, Office of the Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
• P, Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs
• PL, Public Law
• PAC, Pan African Congress
• PADM, Policy Analysis Decision Memorandum
• PAO, Public Affairs Officer, Department of State
• PARA, Policy Analysis and Recommended Action Review
• PASM, Policy Analysis Study Memorandum
• PC, Peace Corps
• PCC/ZAPU, Peoples’ Caretaker Council/Zimbabwe African Peoples’ Union
• PM, Prime Minister or Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State
• PM/ISO, Office of International Security Operations, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State
• PM/ISP, Office of International Security Policy and Planning, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State
• PM/MAS, Office of Military Assistance and Sales, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State
• PNG, persona non grata
• POL, petroleum, oil, lubricants
• PriMin, Prime Minister
• PSD, Destourian Socialist Party, ruling political party of Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba
• RAF, Royal Air Force
• RCC, Revolutionary Command Council, Libyan revolutionary government
• Reftel, reference telegram
• Reps, representatives
• RF, Rhodesian Front
• RG, Record Group
• RPT, repeat
• RSA, Republic of South Africa
• RTV, Radio and Television International, Inc.
• S, Office of the Secretary of State
• S/P, Counselor and Chairman of the Policy Planning Council, Department of State
• S/PC, Planning and Coordination Staff, Department of State
• S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
• SA, South Africa
• SAG, South African Government
• SC RES, Security Council Resolution
• SC, United Nations Security Council
• Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State (or his delegation) to the Department of State
• Septel, separate telegram
• SIG, Senior Interdepartmental Group
• SITREP, situation report
• SMC, Supreme Military Council (Nigeria)
• SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate
• SRG, Southern Rhodesia Government
• STRATCOM, Strategic Command
• STRIKECOM, Strike Command
• STRIKEOPS, Strike Operations
• SWA, South West Africa
• SWAPO, South West Africa People’s Organization
• SYG, Secretary-General
• SYL, Somali Youth League
• Tosec, series indicator for telegrams from the Department of State to the Secretary of State (or his delegation)
• U, Office of the Under Secretary of State
• UAMCE, Union for African and Malagasy Economic Cooperation
• UDENAMO, Uniao Democratica Nacional de Mocambique (Democratic National Union of Mozambique)
• UK, United Kingdom
• UKG, United Kingdom Government
• ULC, United Labour Congress (Nigeria)
• UN, United Nations
• UNCTAD, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
• UNDP, United Nations Development Program
• UNECA, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
• UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
• UNITA, Uniao Nacional para e Independencia Total de Angola (National Union for the Total Independence of Angola)
• UNP, Office of United Nations Political Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
• UNRep, United Nations Representative
• UNSC, United Nations Security Council
• UNSYG, United Nations Secretary-General
• UPA, Uniao das Populacoes de Angola (Union of Angolan Peoples)
• UPC, Ugandan Peoples’ Congress
• UPGA, United Progressive Grand Alliance (Nigeria)
• URTZ, United Republic of Tanzania
• USAF, United States Air Force
• USDA, United States Department of Agriculture
• USG, United States Government
• USIA, United States Information Agency
• USIS, United States Information Service
• USLOT, Military Assistance Program for Tunisia
• USN, United States Navy
• USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• UST, United States Treaties and Other International Agreements
• USUN, United States Mission to the United Nations
• VOA, Voice of America
• VOLAGs, volunteer agencies
• VP, Vice President
• WH, White House
• WHO, World Health Organization
• WTD, weapons training detachment
• Z, Zulu, Greenwich Mean Time (for Department of State telegrams)
• ZANU, Zimbabwe African Nationalist Union
• ZAPU, Zimbabwe African People’s Union