Abbreviations
List of Abbreviations
ACA, Allied Control Authority
APC, armored personnel carrier
ATC, Allied traffic control
AUA, Austrian Airlines
AV, Aviation Bureau, Department of State
BASC, Berlin Air Safety Center
BERCON/MARCON, Berlin contingency/maritime contingency
BQD, Berlin Quadripartite Document
BTF, Berlin Task Force
CDU, Christlich-Demokratische Union (Christian Democratic Union)
CEMA, Council for Economic Mutual Assistance
ChiComs, Chinese Communists
CINC, Commander in Chief
CINCEUR, Commander in Chief, Europe
CINCLANT, Commander in Chief, Atlantic
CINCUSEUR, Commander in Chief U.S. Army, Europe
DDR, Deutsche Demokratische Republik (German Democratic Republic)
Deptel, Department of State telegram
DM, Deutschemark (German Mark)
EE, Eastern Europe
EEC, European Economic Community
EFTA, European Free Trade Area
EmbOff, Embassy officer
Embtel, Embassy telegram
ENDC, Eighteen-Nation Disarmament Committee
EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
EUR/SOV, Office of Soviet Union Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
Exdis, exclusive distribution
FDP, Freie Demokratische Partei (Free Democratic Party)
FedRep, Federal Republic
FonMin, Foreign Ministry
FonOff, Foreign Office
FRG, Federal Republic of Germany
FYI, for your information
G/B, Germany/Berlin
G/PM, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Political/Military Affairs
GA, General Assembly
GDR, German Democratic Republic
GER, Office of German Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
GSFG, Group of Soviet Forces in Germany
HQ, headquarters
IAA, International Access Authority
ICBM, intercontinental ballistic missile
INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
ISA, Office of International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
IZT, interzonal trade
JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
JCSM, Joint Chiefs of Staff memorandum
JSSC, Joint Strategic Survey Council
K, Khrushchev
L, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
Limdis, limited distribution
L/S, Bureau of Language Services, Department of State
M, Office of the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
memcon, memorandum of conversation
MFA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
MLF, multilateral force
MOD, Ministry of Defense
MRBM, medium-range ballistic missile
mytel, my telegram
NAC, North Atlantic Council
NAP, nonaggression pact
NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State
Niact, Night action, communications indicator requiring attention by the recipient at any hour of the day or night
NSAM, National Security Action Memorandum
OAS, Organisation de l'Armee Secrete (Secret Army Organization)
OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
OSD/ISA, Office of International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
PET, President's European trip
POLAD, political adviser
Polto, series indicator for telegrams from the Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations
R/PM (RPM), Office of Atlantic Political and Military Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
reftel, reference telegram
RIAS, Rundfunk in Amerikanischen Sektor (U.S. Radio in the American Sector of Berlin)
S, Office of the Secretary of State
SAC, Strategic Air Command
SACEUR, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
SACLANT, Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic
S/B, Office of the Special Assistant to the Secretary of State
SecDel MC, Secretary's delegation memorandum of conversation
Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State while away from Washington
SED, Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands (Socialist Unity Party of Germany)
septel, separate telegram
SET/MC, Secretary's European Trip/memorandum of conversation
SHAPE, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers, Europe
SHLO, SHAPE Liaison Office
SOV, Soviet; Office of Soviet Union Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
SPD, Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (German Social Democratic Party)
S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
SYG, Secretary-General
TASS, Telegraphnoe Agentsvo Sovietskogo Soiuza (Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union)
TB, Test Ban
Topol, series indicator for telegrams to the Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations
Tosec, series indicator for telegrams to the Secretary of State while away from Washington
TTD, temporary travel document
U, Office of the Under Secretary of State
UKMLM, United Kingdom Military Liaison Mission
UN, United Nations
UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
USAFE, United States Air Force, Europe
USAREUR, United States Army, Europe
USCINCEUR, United States Commander in Chief, Europe
USCOB, United States Command(er), Berlin
USG, United States Government
USIA, United States Information Agency
USIB, United States Intelligence Board
USRO, Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations
USUN, United States Mission to the United Nations
Vopo, Volkspolizei (Peoples' Police)
WE, Office of Western European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
WM, war memorial
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