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FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES 1961-1963 Volume V Soviet Union DEPARTMENT OF STATE Washington, DC

Abbreviations

ACDA, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency

AEC, Atomic Energy Commission

AF, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State

AF/P, Public Affairs Adviser, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State

AID, Agency for International Development

Amtorg, Amerikanskaia Torgovlia (Soviet trading company in the United States)

ARA/P, Public Affairs Adviser, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State

ASAP, as soon as possible

ATA, Air Transport Association; actual time of arrival

BASC, Berlin Air Safety Center

BEA, British European Airways

BNSP, basic national security policy

BRD, Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Federal Republic of Germany)

BTF, Berlin Task Force

CA, circular airgram; Office of Chinese Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State

CAB, Civil Aeronautics Board

C&F; CAF, cost and freight

CAP, series indicator for outgoing White House telegrams

CC, Central Committee

CCC, Commodity Credit Corporation

CEMA, Council for Economic Mutual Assistance

CENTO, Central Treaty Organization

ChiCom, Chinese Communist

CIA, Central Intelligence Agency

COCOM, Coordinating Committee of the Paris Consultative Group

CP, Communist Party

CPSU, Communist Party of the Soviet Union

CU, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State

CU/PDS, Plans and Development Staff, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State

DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission

DDR, Deutsche Demokratische Republik (German Democratic Republic)

Deptel, Department of State telegram

Disto, series indicator for telegrams from the U.S. delegation at the Eighteen Nation Disarmament Committee

DRV, Democratic Republic of Vietnam

E, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State

ECOSOC, Economic and Social Council (United Nations)

EE, Office of Eastern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State

EEC, European Economic Community

Emb, Embassy

Embtel, Embassy telegram

ENDC, Eighteen Nation Disarmament Committee

EST, Eastern Standard Time

EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State

EUR/EE, Office of Eastern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State

EUR/P, Public Affairs Adviser, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State

EUR/SES, Soviet and East European Exchanges Staff, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State

EUR/SOV, Office of Soviet Union Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State

FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation

FBIS, Foreign Broadcast Information Service

FE, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State

FE/P, Public Affairs Adviser, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State

FOB, free on board

FonMin, Foreign Ministry

FonOff, Foreign Office

FRC, Federal Records Center

FRG, Federal Republic of Germany

G/B, Germany/Berlin

G/PM, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs

GA, General Assembly

GCD, general and complete disarmament

GDR, German Democratic Republic

GNP, gross national product

H, Bureau of Congressional Relations, Department of State

HEW, Department of Health, Education and Welfare

HMG, Her Majesty's Government

ICA, International Cooperation Administration

ICAO, International Civil Aviation Organization

ICBM, intercontinental ballistic missile

ICC, International Control Commission

ICJ, International Court of Justice

IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State

INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State

IRBM, intermediate-range ballistic missile

K, Khrushchev

L, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State

LA, Latin America

LS, Division of Language Services, Bureau of Operations, Department of State

M, Office of the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs

MFA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

MFN, most favored nation

MID, Ministerstvo Inostrannykh Del (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

MIG, Soviet-built fighter aircraft

MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

MLF, multilateral force

MNF, multinational force

MRBM, medium-range ballistic missile

NAC, North Atlantic Council

NAP, non-aggression pact

NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NBC, National Broadcasting Company

Niact, night action: communications indicator requiring attention by the recipient at any hour of the day or night

NIE, National Intelligence Estimate

NM, nautical mile

Noforn, no foreign distribution

NSAM, National Security Action Memorandum

NSK, Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev

OAS, Organization of American States

OEE, Office of Educational Exchange, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State

OSI, Office of Scientific Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency

P, Bureau of Public Affairs, Department of State

P/OPS, Office of Public Services, Bureau of Public Affairs, Department of State

PAA, Pan American Airways

PanAm, Pan American Airways

PAO, public affairs officer

PermRep, permanent representative

PL, Pathet Lao

PMK, President's meeting with Khrushchev

PNG, persona non grata

POL, petroleum, oil, lubricants

POLAD, political adviser

Polto, series indicator for telegrams from the U.S. Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council

RA, Office of European Regional Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State

RA/P, Public Affairs Adviser, Office of European Regional Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State

RCA, Radio Corporation of America

reftel, reference telegram

RLG, Royal Lao Government

RSB, Office of Research and Analysis for the Sino-Soviet Bloc, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State

S, Office of the Secretary of State

S/AL, Office of the Ambassador at Large, Department of State

SAC, Strategic Air Command

SC, Security Council

SCA, Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs, Department of State

SEA, Southeast Asia

SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization

Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State or his delegation

septel, separate telegram

SES, Soviet and East European Exchanges Staff, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State

S/EWC, Office of the Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for East-West Exchange

SMUN, Soviet Mission at the United Nations

SOV, Soviet; Office of Soviet Union Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State

SovBloc, Soviet Bloc

SovGov(t), Soviet Government

S/P, Policy Planning Staff or Policy Planning Council, Department of State

S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State

S/S-RO, Reports and Operations Staff, Executive Secretariat, Department of State

SU, Soviet Union

Supnu, series indicator for telegrams from the Delegation to the Geneva Conference on the Discontinuance of Nuclear Weapons

SYG, Secretary General

TASS, Telegrafnoye Agentsvo Sovetskogo Soiuza (Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union)

TB, test ban

Todis, series indicator for telegrams from the U.S. delegation at the Eighteen Nation Disarmament Committee

Topol, series indicator for telegrams from the U.S. Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council

Tosec, series indicator for telegrams to the Secretary of State while away from Washington

TRC, Office of Transportation and Communication, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State

TRC/AV, Aviation Division, Office of Transportation and Communication, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State

U, Office of the Under Secretary of State

U-2, U.S. high altitude reconnaissance aircraft

UAR, United Arab Republic

UK, United Kingdom

UN, United Nations

UNGA, United Nations General Assembly

USG, United States Government

USIA, United States Information Agency

USIB, United States Intelligence Board

USIS, United States Information Service

US/MC, United States Memorandum of Conversation

USRO, United States Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations

USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

USUN, United States Mission to the United Nations (New York)

VOA, Voice of America

WE, Office of Western European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State

WFTU, World Federation of Trade Unions

WHO, World Health Organization

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