ACFT, aircraft
AD, Assistant Director (CIA)
AF, Air Force
AIG, address indicating group
ALUSNA, American Legation U.S. Naval Attaché at (place)
AMB, Ambassador
AMEMB, American Embassy
APC, armored personnel carrier
ARAMCO, Arabian-American Oil Company
ASAP, as soon as possible
ASW, anti-submarine warfare
ATAF, Allied Tactical Air Force
AUC, American University Cairo

CANE, distribution indicator for telegrams pertaining to a proposed Middle East arms limitation initiative
CARE, Cooperatives for American Relief Everywhere, Inc.
CDR, Commander
CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
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, Commander in Chief, Strike Command
CINCUSAREUR, Commander in Chief, U.S. Armed Forces, Europe
CINCUSNAVEUR, Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces, Europe
CLG, guided missile light cruiser
CNO, Chief of Naval Operations
CO, Commanding Officer
COB, close of business
COMAC, Commanding Officer, Mixed Armistice Commission
COMIDEASTFOR, Commander, Middle East Forces
COMSERVLANT, Commander, Service Forces, Atlantic Fleet
COMSIXTHFLT, Commander, Sixth Fleet
CONGEN, Consulate General
CONUS, Continental United States
COS, Chief of Station (CIA); Chief of Staff (military)
CTF, Commander, Task Force (U.S. Navy)
CTG, Commander, Task Group (U.S. Navy)
CVA, aircraft carrier, attack
CW, chemical weapons

DAO, Defense Attaché Office
DATT, Defense Attaché
DCI, Director of Central Intelligence
DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
DD, destroyer
DDP, Directorate for Plans (CIA)
DEFATT(S), Defense AttachŽ(s)
DEG, degree
DEL(S), delegation(s)
Deptel, Department of State telegram
Deptoff, Department of State officer
DG, Director General
DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency
DMZ, DZ, Demilitarized Zone
DOD, Department of Defense
DOD/ISA, Department of Defense, International Security Affairs
DTG, date-time-group

E, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
ECM, electronic countermeasures
EDT, Eastern Daylight Time
EIMAC, Egypt-Israel Mixed Armistice Commission
ELINT, electronic intelligence
EMB, Embassy
EmbOff, Embassy officer
ENDC, Eighteen Nation Disarmament Commission
EP, East Pakistan
ESSGA, Emergency Special Session of the General Assembly, United Nations
ETA, estimated time of arrival
EUCOM, European Command (Army)
EURATOM, European Atomic Energy Community
Exdis, Exclusive Distribution
EXIM, Export-Import Bank

FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations
FLO, Foreign Liaison Office (Israeli Defense Ministry)
FonMin, Foreign Minister
FonOff, Foreign Office
FORAC, for action
FRG, Federal Republic of Germany
FYI, for your information

G, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs

GA, General Assembly (UN)
GAA, General Armistice Agreement
GMT, Greenwich Meridian Time
GOF, Government of France
GOI, Government of Israel
GOJ, Government of Jordan
GOK, Government of Kuwait
GOL, Government of Lebanon
GOM, Government of Morocco
GOP, Government of Pakistan
GUAR, Government of the United Arab Republic

HHH, Hubert H. Humphrey
HMG, Her Majesty's Government
HQ, headquarters

IAEA, International Atomic Energy Agency
IAI, Office of Israel and Arab-Israel Affairs, Department of State; Israel Aircraft Industries
IAW, in accordance with
ICJ, International Court of Justice
ICRC, International Committee of the Red Cross
IDF, Israel Defense Forces
IIS, Israeli Intelligence Service
IMAC, Israel Mixed Armistice Commission
IMF, International Monetary Fund
INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
IO/UNP, Office of United Nations Political Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
IPC, Iraq Petroleum Company
ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
ISMAC, Israel-Syria Mixed Armistice Commission

JAA, Jordan Arab Army
JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
JRC, Joint ATAF/Army Group Reconnaissance Center (JCS)

L, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
LA(s), Latin American(s)
LBJ, initials of President Lyndon B. Johnson
Limdis, Limited distribution

M, Office of the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
MAC, Mixed Armistice Commission
MADEC, Maritime Declaration
MAP, Military Assistance Program
ME, Middle East
MEDICO, Medical International Cooperation
memcon, memorandum of conversation
MFA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
MIG, A.I. Mikoyan i M.I. Gurevich (Soviet fighter aircraft named for designers Mikoyan and Gurevich)
mil, military
MinDef, Minister of Defense
MisOff, Mission Office
MOD, Minister of Defense
Molink, Special teletype circuit linking Moscow and Washington
msg, message
MTB, motor torpedo boat
mtg, meeting

NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NE, Near East
NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
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/IAI, Office of Israel and Arab-Israel Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
NEA/UAR, Office of United Arab Republic Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
NIPE, National Intelligence Programs Evaluation (CIA)
NMCC, National Military Command Center
Nodis, No distribution (other than to persons indicated)
Noforn, No foreign dissemination
Notal, not received by all addressees
NPT, Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty
NSA, National Security Agency
NSC, National Security Council
NYT, New York Times

OCAM, Organisation Commune Africaine et Malagache (Common Afro-Malagasy and Mauritian Organization)
OC/T, Communications Center, Department of State
OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris

OSA, Office of the Secretary of the Army (U.S.)
OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense

PCC, Palestine Conciliation Commission, United Nations
PERMREP, Permanent Representative, United Nations
PLA, Palestine Liberation Army
PLO, Palestine Liberation Organization
POL, petroleum, oil, lubricants; political
POLAD, Political Adviser
posit, position

PriMin, Prime Minister
R&D, Research and Development
RAFI, Israel Workers List (Israel political party)
reftel, reference telegram
res, resolution
RG, Record Group
RJAF, Royal Jordanian Air Force
rpt, repeat

S, Office of the Secretary of State
SAG, Saudi Arabian Government
SARG, Syrian Arab Republic Government
SC, Security Council (UN)
septel, separate telegram
SFRC, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
SITREP, Situation Report
Sit Room, Situation Room
SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate
Sov, Soviet
SSM, surface-to-surface missiles
STBD, starboard
SYG, Secretary-General of the United Nations

TAPLINE, Trans-Arabian Pipeline
TASS, official Soviet news agency
TDCS, Timely Dissemination of a Clandestine Service Message
TF, Task Force
Tosec, series indicator for telegrams from the Department to the Secretary of State (or his delegation) in connection with international conferences

U, Office of the Under Secretary of State
UAR, United Arab Republic
UARG, United Arab Republic Government
UK, United Kingdom
UKUN, United Kingdom Mission at the United Nations
UN, United Nations
UNEF, United Nations Emergency Force
UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
UNHCR, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
UNICEF, United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund
UNMO, United Nations Military Observer
UNMOGIP, United Nations Military Observer Group for India and Pakistan
UNRWA, United Nations Relief and Works Agency
UNSC, United Nations Security Council
UNSYG, United Nations Secretary-General
UNTSO, United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (Palestine)
UPI, United Press International
USAF, United States Air Force
USAFE, United States Air Force, Europe
USDAO, U.S. Defense AttachŽ Office
USG, United States Government
USIA, United States Information Agency
USIB, United States Intelligence Board
USIS, United States Information Service (overseas branches of USIA)
USN, United States Navy
USRO, United States Mission to European Regional Organization, Paris
USS, United States Ship
USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
USUN, United States Mission at the United Nations

WHO, World Health Organization