ACDA, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
AF, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
AF/C, Office of Central African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
AF/AFI, Office of Inter-African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
AF/CM, Country Director for Central Africa, Malagasy and Mauritius, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
AF/CW, Country Director for West Central Africa, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
AF/E, Office of Eastern and Southern African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
AF/RA, Office of Regional Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
AFCC, Armed Forces Coordinating Committee (Ethiopia)
AFDB, African Development Bank
AID, Agency for International Development
AMCIT, American citizen
APIL, African People?s Independence League
ASW, Anti-Submarine Warfare
BNA, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
B/P, Balance of Payments
BSO, Black September Organization
BP, British Petroleum
CAR, Central African Republic
CCD, Conference of the Committee on Disarmament
CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
CILSS, Comit? Inter-Etate pour la Lutte contre la S?cheresse au Sahel (Interstate Committee for the Fight against the Drought in the Sahel Region)
CINCEUR, Commander-in-chief, Europe
CINCUSNAVEUR, Commander-in-chief, U.S. Naval Forces, Europe
CJCS, Chairman, Joint Chief of Staff
CNO, Chief naval officer
COMIDEASTFOR, Commander, Middle East Forces
COMNAVTEL, Commander, Naval Telecommunications Command
DAC, Development Assistance Committee of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency
DIRG, Ethiopian Military Junta (see EPMG)
DIRNSA, Director of the National Security Agency
DOD, Department of Defense
EB, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State
ECA, (United Nations) Economic Commission for Africa
ELF, Eritrean Liberation Front
Emboff, Embassy Officer
EPMG, Ethiopian Provisional Military Government
EPRP, Ethiopian People?s Revolutionary Party
EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
Exdis, Exclusive Distribution
EXIM, Export-import
FAA, Foreign Assistance Act
FAO, (United Nations) Food and Agricultural Organization
FCO, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, United Kingdom
FLEC, Front of Liberation of the State of Cabinda
FMG, Federal Military Government (Nigeria)
FMS, Foreign Military Sales
FMSA, Foreign Military Sales Act
FNLA, Front National de Lib?ration de l?Angola (National Front for the Liberation of Angola)
FRELIMO, Mozambique Liberation Front
FRG, Federal Republic of Germany
FROLINAT, Front de la Liberation Nationale (National Liberation Front, Chad)
GOF, Government of France
GOIC, Government of the Ivory Coast
GOK, Government of Kenya
GOP, Government of Portugal
GOS, Government of Sudan
GOU, Government of Uganda
GOZ, Government of Zaire
GRAE, Government in Exile (Angola)
GRB, Government of the Republic of Burundi
GSDR, Government of the Somali Democratic Republic
H, Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Department of State
HAK, Henry A. Kissinger
HFAC, House (of Representatives) Foreign Affairs Committee
HICOM, High Commissioner
HIM, His Imperial Majesty (Ethiopia?s Haile Selassie)
HM, His Majesty
HMG, Her Majesty?s Government (UK)
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
IFAD, International Fund for Agricultural Development
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
IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, 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
LDC, Lesser Developed Country
LGTA, General League of Angolan Workers
L/UNA, Assistant Legal Adviser for United Nations Affairs, Department of State
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
MFA, Movimento das For?as Armadas (Armed Forces Movement - Portugal)
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
MOD, Ministry of Defense (UK)
MPLA, Movimento Popular de Libertacao de Angola (Popular Movement for the
Liberation of Angola)
MTAT, Military Technical Advisory Team (Zaire)
NAACP, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
NAG, Non-Aligned Group
NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State
NEP, North Eastern Province (Somalia)
NER, North East Region (Kenya)
NFD, Northern Frontier District (Kenya)
NFZ, Nuclear Free Zone
NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
NIO, National Intelligence Office
NLC, National Liberation Council (Ghana)
NMG, National Military Government (Nigeria)
Noforn, No Foreign Dissemination
NOTAL, not received by all addressees
NPP, National Policy Paper
NPZ, Non-proliferation zone
NSA, National Security Agency
NSC, National Security Council
NSDM, National Security Decision Memorandum
NSSM, National Security Study Memorandum
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
ONE, Office of National Estimates, Central Intelligence Agency
OPEC, Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPIC, Overseas Private Investment Corporation
OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
P, Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs
PAC, Pan African Congress
PAIGC, African Party for the Independence of Portuguese Guinea and the Cape Verde Islands
PC, Peace Corps
PDRY, Peoples Democratic Republic of Yemen
PCC/ZAPU, Peoples? Caretaker Council/Zimbabwe African Peoples? Union
P. L., Public Law
PLO, Palestine Liberation Organization
PM, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Department of State
PMAC, Provisional Military Administrative Council (Ethiopia)
PNG, persona non grata
POL, petroleum, oil, lubricants
PRC, Peoples Republic of China
PriMin, Prime Minister
RAF, Royal Air Force
Reftel, reference telegram
Reps, representatives
RF, Rhodesian Front
RG, Record Group
RSA, Republic of South Africa
RTV, Radio and Television International, Inc.
S, Office of the Secretary of State
SDRs, Special Drawing Rights
SFRC, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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
SIGINT, Signals Intelligence
SITREP, Situation Report
SMC, Supreme Military Council (Nigeria)
SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate
S/P, Counselor and Chairman of the Policy Planning Council, Department of State
SRC, Supreme Revolutionary Council (Somalia)
SRG, Senior Review Group
S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
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
Tenneco, Tennessee Division of the Chicago Corporation
TFAI, Territoire Francais des Afars et Issas (French Territories of Affars and Issas)
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
USCINCEUR, U.S. Commander in Chief, Europe
USDA, United States Department of Agriculture
USG, United States Government
USIA, United States Information Agency
USIS, United States Information Service
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
W(A)SAG, Washington Special Actions Group
Z, Zulu, Greenwich Mean Time (for Department of State telegrams)
ZAMISH, U.S. Military Mission (Zaire)
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