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
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