Abbreviations
List of Abbreviations
A, airgram
ABM, anti-ballistic missile
ABC, American Broadcasting Company
ACDA, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
ACDA/D, Office of the Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
ACDA/DD, Office of the Deputy Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
ACDA/IR, International Relations Bureau, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
ACDA/ST, Science and Technology Bureau, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
AEDS, Atomic Energy Detection System
AF, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
AFTAC, Air Force Technical Applications Center
AICBM, air-launched intercontinental ballistic missile
AP, Associated Press
ARA, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
ASW, anti-submarine warfare
BNA, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
CA, circular airgram
CAP, series indicator for telegrams from the White House
ChiCom, Chinese Communist
CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
CJCS, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
CPR, Chinese People's Republic
D, Democrat; Office of the Deputy Administrator, Agency for International Development
DASA, Defense Atomic Support Agency
DC, Disarmament Commission (United Nations)
DCI, Director of Central Intelligence
Disto, series indicator for telegrams from the Delegation to the Eighteen-Nation Disarmament Committee in Geneva to the Department of State
E, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
EA, Office of East Asian Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
ENDC, Eighteen-Nation Disarmament Committee
EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
FRC, Federal Records Center (Washington National Records Center)
FRG, Federal Republic of Germany
FY, fiscal year
FYI, for your information
GCD, general and comprehensive disarmament
GDR, German Democratic Republic
G/PM, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs
IAEA, International Atomic Energy Agency
ICBM, intercontinental ballistic missile
IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
IR, intermediate-range
IRBM, intermediate-range ballistic missile
ISA, Office of International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
JCAE, Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
JCSM, Joint Chiefs of Staff Memorandum
KT, kiloton
M, Office of the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
MC, memorandum of conversation
MLF, multilateral force
MRBM, medium-range ballistic missile
MT, megaton
NAC, National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Problems
NAP, non-aggression pact
NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
NSA, National Security Agency
NSAM, National Security Action Memorandum
NSC, National Security Council
Nusup, telegram indicator from the Department of State to the Delegation to the Geneva Conference on the Discontinuance of Nuclear Weapon Tests
OASD, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense
OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
P.L., Public Law
Polto, series indicator for telegrams from the Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations to the Department of State
PRC, People's Republic of China
RD, Restricted Data
RG, Record Group
ROW, risk of war
RPM, Office of NATO and Atlantic Political-Military Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
S, Office of the Secretary of State
SAM, surface-to-air missile
SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State or his delegation to the Department of State
SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate
SOV, Office of Soviet Union Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
SovDel, Soviet delegation
S/P, Policy Planning Council, Department of State
S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
Supnu, series indicator for telegrams from the Delegation to the Geneva Conference on the Discontinuance of Nuclear Weapon Tests to the Department of State
TB, Test Ban
Todis, series indicator for telegrams from the Department of State to the Delegation to the Eighteen-Nation Disarmament Committee in Geneva
Topol, series indicator for telegrams from the Department of State to the Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations
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; unclassified; uranium
UAR, United Arab Republic
UK, United Kingdom
UKDel, United Kingdom Delegation
UN, United Nations
UNDC, United Nations Disarmament Commission
UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
UNP, Office of United Nations Political Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
UPI, United Press International
USA, United States Army
USAF, United States Air Force
USDA, United States Disarmament Administration
USDel, United States Delegation
USG, United States Government
USIA, United States Information Agency
USIB, United States Intelligence Board
USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
UST, United States Treaties and Other International Agreements
USUN, United States Mission to the United Nations
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