Abbreviations
AA, Afro-Asians
ABM, anti-ballistic missile
ACDA, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
ADDP, Assistant Deputy Director for Plans, Central Intelligence Agency
AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
AF, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
AFSC, Air Force Systems Command
AFTAC, Air Force Technical Applications Center
AG, Attorney General; Arthur Goldberg
AID, Agency for International Development
ARA, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
ARA/CAR, Office of Caribbean Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
Art, article
ASAF, Asian-African, Asia-Africa
ASAP, as soon as possible
BOB, Bureau of the Budget
CAS, controlled American source
CASP, Country Analysis and Strategy Paper
CCC, Contingency Coordinating Committee
CCP, Consolidated Cryptologic Program
CCPC, Critical Collection Problems Committee
CCPS, Comprehensive Country Programming System
DC, Christian Democratic Party (Italy)
ChiCom, Chinese Communist
Chirep, Chinese representation
CI, Counterinsurgency
CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
CIAP, Central Intelligence Agency Program
CIP, Consolidated Intelligence Program
COMINT, Communications Intelligence
Comite, committee
COMOR, Committee on Overhead Reconnaissance
CS, Clandestine Services
CU, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State
Cyp, Cypriot
D/DCI/NIPE, Deputy to the Director of Central Intelligence for National Intelligence Programs Evaluation
D/NRO, Director of the National Reconnaissance Office
DCID, Director of Central Intelligence Directive
DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
DD/P, Deputy Director for Plans, Central Intelligence Agency
DD/S, Deputy Director for Support, Central Intelligence Agency
DD/S&T, Deputy Director for Science and Technology, Central Intelligence Agency
DDCI, Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
DDI, Deputy Director for Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
DDO/IMS, Deputy Director for Operations/Information Management Staff, Central Intelligence Agency
del, delegate
DG, Director General of the Foreign Service, Department of State
DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency
DMZ, Demilitarized Zone
DOD, Department of Defense
DRV, Democratic Republic of Vietnam
E, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
EA, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
ECM, Electronic Countermeasures
ECOSOC, United Nations Economic and Social Council
EIC, Economic Intelligence Committee
ELINT, Electronic Intelligence
ENDC, Eighteen-Nation Disarmament Conference
EOKA, Ethniki Organosis Kyprion Agoniston (National Organization of Cypriot Fighters)
EROP, Executive Review of Overseas Programs
EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
EUR/BNA, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
Exdis, Exclusive Distribution
FAA, Federal Aviation Administration
FAPS, Foreign Affairs Programming System
FE, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
FI, Foreign Intelligence
FM, Foreign Minister
fol, following
FonOff, Foreign Office
FRG, Federal Republic of Germany
FSO, Foreign Service officer
FSR, Foreign Service Reserve officer
FSS, Foreign Service Staff officer
FYI, for your information
G, Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
G/PM, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs
GA, General Assembly
GMAIC, Guided Missiles and Astronautics Intelligence Committee
GOC, Government of Cyprus
GOG, Government of Greece
GOJ, Government of Japan
GOT, Government of Turkey
GRC, Government of the Republic of China
GS, General Schedule
H, Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations
HMG, Her Majesty's Government
IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
ICC, International Control Commission
ICJ, International Court of Justice
ICY, International Cooperation Year
IDA, International Development Association
IDC, Interagency Defector Committee
INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
INR/DDC, Office of the Deputy Director for Coordination, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
IPC, Intelligence Producers' Council; Interagency Clandestine Collection Priorities Committee
IRG, Interdepartmental Regional Group
IRG/NEA, Interdepartmental Regional Group for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs
ISA, Office of International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
JAEIC, Joint Atomic Energy Intelligence Committee
JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
L, Legal Adviser of the Department of State
L/O, Deputy Legal Adviser for Administration, Department of State
L/UNA, Assistant Legal Adviser for United Nations Affairs, Department of State
LA, Latin America
LAPC, Latin American Policy Committee
LBJ, Lyndon Baines Johnson
LDC, less developed country
M, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Department of State
MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
MACV, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
MAP, Military Assistance Program
mbr, member
MFN, most favored nation
Misoff, Mission officer
MLF, Multilateral Force
MR, memorandum for the record
NAC, North Atlantic Council
NAM, National Association of Manufacturers
NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
NESA, Bureau for Near East and South Asia, Agency for International Development
NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
NIH, National Institutes of Health
NIRB, National Intelligence Resources Board
NIS, National Intelligence Survey
NLF, National Liberation Front
Nodis, No Distribution
NPIC, National Photographic Interpretation Center
NPP, National Policy Paper
NPT, Non-Proliferation Treaty
NRO, National Reconnaissance Office
NRP, National Reconnaissance Program
NSAM, National Security Action Memorandum
NSC, National Security Council
NSC/OCB, National Security Council, Operations Coordinating Board
NSCID, National Security Council Intelligence Directive
NY, New York
O, Deputy Under Secretary of State for Administration
O/DG, Office of the Director General of the Foreign Service, Department of State
O/MP, Management Planning Staff, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Administration
O/SO, Senior Officer Program, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Administration
O/SP, Organization Studies and Procedures Program, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Administration
OASD/ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
OCB, Operations Coordinating Board
OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
ONE, Office of National Estimates
ONUC, United Nations Congo Operation (Force de L'Organization des Nations Unies au Congo)
OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
OSI, Office of Scientific Intelligence
para, paragraph
PFIAB, President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
PKF, Peacekeeping Force, Cyprus
P.L., Public Law
PLA, Palestine Liberation Army
PM, Prime Minister
PMG, Politico-Military Group
PNO, Program Number
Polad, Political Adviser
PPBS, Planning-Programming-Budgeting System
Pres, President
Q-S, Alex Quaison-Sackey
R&D, Research and Development
reftel, reference telegram
rep, representative
res or reso, resolution
RMD, Related Mission Directive
S, Office of the Secretary of State
S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
SACEUR, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
SC, Security Council
SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
SecDef, Secretary of Defense
septel, separate telegram
SIC, Scientific Intelligence Committee
SIG, Senior Interdepartmental Group
SIGINT, Signals Intelligence
SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate
SOF, Status of Forces
SOP, standard operating procedure
SOV, Soviet; Office of Soviet Union Affairs, Department of State
SPC Special Political Committee
SVN, South Vietnam
SYG, Secretary-General
TSO, Truce Supervision Organization
U, Office of the Under Secretary of State
UAR, United Arab Republic
UDI, Unilateral Declaration of Independence
UK, United Kingdom
UKUN, United Kingdom Delegation to the United Nations
UN, United Nations
UNCTAD, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNCURK, United Nations Commission for the Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea
UNDC, United Nations Disarmament Commission
UNEF, United Nations Emergency Force
UNFICYP, United Nations Peace-Keeping Force in Cyprus
UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
UNICEF, United Nations Children's Fund
UNIPOM, United Nations India-Pakistan Observation Mission
UNMOGIP, United Nations Military Observer Group for India and Pakistan
UNOC, United Nations Operations, Congo
UNP, Office of United Nations Political Affairs, Bureau of International Organi-zation Affairs, Department of State
UNRWA, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
UNTSO, United Nations Truce Supervision Organization in Palestine
USDEL, United States Delegation
USIA, United States Information Agency
USIB, United States Intelligence Board
USIS, United States Information Service
USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
USUN, United States Mission to the United Nations
VC, Viet Cong
WDC, World Disarmament Conference
WEU, Western European Union
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