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Department Seal FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES
1964-1968, Volume XXV
South Asia

Department of State
Washington, DC

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Abbreviations

ACDA, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency

ACU, Afghan Construction Unit

AEC, Atomic Energy Commission

AEDS, Atomic Energy Detection Station

AID, Agency for International Development

AID/A, Office of the Administrator, Agency for International Development

AID/NESA, Agency for International Development/Bureau for Near East and South Asia

Amb, Ambassador

APC, armored personnel carrier

ASA, Afghan Student Association

ASAP, as soon as possible

BNA, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State

BOQ, Bachelor Officers Quarters

BuRec, Bureau of Reclamation (Afghanistan)

CA, circular airgram

CAAG, Civil Air Advisory Group

CAP, Civil Air Project

CARE, Cooperatives for American Relief Everywhere, Inc.

CAS, Controlled American Source

CCC, Commodity Credit Corporation

CENTO, Central Treaty Organization

CFL, Cease-Fire Line

CGUSAMC, Commanding General, U.S. Air Materiel Command

ChiCom, Chinese Communist(s)

CHMAAG, Chief, Military Assistance Advisory Group

CHUSMSMI, Chief, U.S. Military Supply Mission to India

CIA, Central Intelligence Agency

CIB, Central Intelligence Bureau (India)

CINCEUR, Commander in Chief, Europe

CINCMEAFSA, Commander in Chief, Middle East/South Asia and Africa South of the Sahara

CINCPAC, Commander in Chief, Pacific

CINCSTRIKE, Commander in Chief, Strike Command

CIR, Canada India Reactor

CJCS, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff

COMSAT, Communications Satellite Corporation

CONUS, Continental United States

CRO, Commonwealth Relations Office (UK)

CT, Country Team

CUSASEC MAAGChief, U.S. Army Section, Military Advisory Group

CY, calendar year

DAO, Defense Attaché Office

DATT, Defense Attaché

DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission

DepSecDef, Deputy Secretary of Defense

Deptel, Department of State telegram

DGS, Director General of Security (India)

DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency

DOD, Department of Defense

DOD/ISA, Department of Defense, International Security Affairs

Embtel, Embassy telegram

ESSGA, Emergency Special Session of the General Assembly (United Nations)

EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State

Exdis, exclusive distribution (acronym indicating extremely limited distribution or dissemination)

EXIM, Export-Import Bank

FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization (UN)

FCI, Fertilizer Corporation of India

FE, Far East; Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State

FinMin, Finance Minister

FonMin, Foreign Minister

FonOff, Foreign Office

FonSec, Foreign Secretary

FRC, Federal Records Center

FRG, Federal Republic of Germany

FY, fiscal year

FYI, for your information

G-2, Army Intelligence

GNP, Gross National Product

GOA, Government of Afghanistan

GOB, Government of Belgium

GOI, Government of India

GOJ, Government of Japan

GON, Government of Nigeria

GOP, Government of Pakistan

GOT, Government of Turkey

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

GRC, Government of the Republic of China

GROMET, code name for Indian rain augmentation project initiated at the end of 1966

HICOM, High Commissioner

HIQ, Herat-Islam-Qala Road (Afghanistan)

HMG, Her Majesty's Government

HVA, Helmand Valley Authority

IAF, Indian Air Force

IB, Intelligence Bureau (India)

IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)

ICC, International Commodity Clearinghouse

IDA, International Development Association

IMF, International Monetary Fund

INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State

IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State

IRBM, Intermediate range ballistic missile

ISID, Indian equivalent of CIA

JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff

JCSM, Joint Chiefs of Staff Memorandum

LDC, less developed countries

Limdis, Limited Distribution (acronym indicating very limited distribution or dissemination)

L/NEA, Assistant Legal Adviser for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State

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

MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group

MAP, Military Assistance Program

MEA, Minister of External Affairs

MFA, Minister of Foreign Affairs

MIG, A.I. Mikoyan i M.I. Gurevich (Soviet fighter aircraft named for designers Mikoyan and Gurevich)

Min, Minister

MinAg, Minister of Agriculture

MinFin, Minister of Finance

MinInt, Minister of the Interior

MinPlan, Minister of Planning

MK, Morrison-Knudson, Inc.

MLF, multilateral force

MOD, Minister of Defense

MP, Member of Parliament; Madhya Pradesh, a state in India

MRBM, medium-range ballistic missile

NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State

NEA/INC, Office of India, Nepal, and Ceylon Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State

NEA/NR, Office of Near Eastern, South Asian Regional Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State

NEA/PAF, Office of Pakistan-Afghanistan Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State

NEA/SOA, Office of South Asian Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State

NIE, National Intelligence Estimate

Nodis, No dissemination or distribution (other than to persons indicated)

Noforn, no foreign dissemination (acronym indicating that the document may not be disseminated to any foreigner, either in the U.S. or overseas)

Notal, not received by all addressees

NPT, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

NSA, National Security Agency

NSAM, National Security Action Memorandum

NSC, National Security Council

NSCIG/NEA, National Security Council Interdepartmental Group for Near East and South Asia

NVN, North Vietnam

NYT, New York Times

OASD/ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs

OAU, Organization of African Unity

ODDI, Office of the Directorate of Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency

ODR, Office of the U.S. Defense Representative, India; succeeded the U.S. Military Supply Mission in 1967

OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense

PA, Purchase Authorization

PAF, Pakistan Air Force

Pak, Pakistan; Pakistani

Pindi, abbreviated form of Rawalpindi

P.L., Public Law

PM, Prime Minister

POL, petroleum, oil, and lubricants

POLAD, Political Adviser

PriMin, Prime Minister

RCA, Radio Corporation of America

reftel, reference telegram

reps, representatives

RG, Record Group

RGA, Royal Government of Afghanistan

SAM, surface to air missiles

SC, Security Council (UN)

SEA, Southeast Asia; Office of Southeast Asian Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State

SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization

SecGen, Secretary-General (UN)

Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State to the Department of State

septel, separate telegram

SFRC, Senate Foreign Relations Committee

SIG, Senior Interdepartmental Group

SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate

SOA, Office of South Asian Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State

SOV, Soviet(s); also, Office of Soviet Union Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State

S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State

SVN, South Vietnam

SYG, Secretary-General (UN)

TD, Tashkent Declaration

Tosec, series indicator for telegrams from the Department of State to the Secretary of State

TTK, initials of T.T. Krishnamachari, Indian Minister of Economic and Defense Coordination

UAR, United Arab Republic

UK, United Kingdom

UN, United Nations

UNCTAD, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

UNGA, United Nations General Assembly

UNIPOM, United Nations India-Pakistan Observation Mission

UNMOGIP, United Nations Military Observer Group for India and Pakistan

UNSC, United Nations Security Council

UP, Uttar Pradesh, a state in India

UPI, United Press International

USAF, United States Air Force

USDA, United States Department of Agriculture

USDel, United States Delegation

USG, United States Government

USIA, United States Information Agency

USIB, United States Intelligence Board

USIS, United States Information Service (overseas branches of USIA)

USMSMI, United States Military Supply Mission to India

USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

UST, United States Treaties and Other International Agreements

USUN, United States Mission to the United Nations

UW, unconventional warfare

VOA, Voice of America

VP, Vice President

WAPDA, Water and Power Development Authority of West Pakistan

WH, White House

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