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1964–68, Volume XXIV, Africa
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1964–68, Volume XXX, China
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1964–68, Volume XXXII, Dominican Republic; Cuba; Haiti; Guyana
1964–68, Volume XXXIII, Organization and Management of Foreign Policy; United Nations
1964–68, Volume XXXIV, Energy Diplomacy and Global Issues
1969–76, Volume I, Foundations of Foreign Policy, 1969–1972
1969–76, Volume II, Organization and Management of U.S. Foreign Policy, 1969–1972
1969–76, Volume III, Foreign Economic Policy; International Monetary Policy, 1969–1972
1969–76, Volume IV, Foreign Assistance, International Development, Trade Policies, 1969–1972
1969–76, Volume V, United Nations, 1969–1972
1969–76, Volume VI, Vietnam, January 1969–July 1970
1969–76, Volume VII, Vietnam, July 1970–January 1972
1969–76, Volume VIII, Vietnam, January–October 1972
1969–76, Volume IX, Vietnam, October 1972–January 1973
1969–76, Volume X, Vietnam, January 1973–July 1975
1969–76, Volume XI, South Asia Crisis, 1971
1969–76, Volume XII, Soviet Union, January 1969–October 1970
1969–76, Volume XIII, Soviet Union, October 1970–October 1971
1969–76, Volume XIV, Soviet Union, October 1971–May 1972
1969–76, Volume XV, Soviet Union, June 1972–August 1974
1969–76, Volume XVI, Soviet Union, August 1974–December 1976
1969–76, Volume XVII, China, 1969–1972
1969–76, Volume XVIII, China, 1973–1976
1969–76, Volume XIX, Part 1, Korea, 1969–1972
1969–76, Volume XX, Southeast Asia, 1969–1972
1969–76, Volume XXIV, Middle East Region and Arabian Peninsula, 1969–1972; Jordan, September 1970
1969–76, Volume XXV, Arab-Israeli Crisis and War, 1973
1969–76, Volume XXVI, Arab-Israeli Dispute, 1974–1976
1969–76, Volume XXVIII, Southern Africa
1969–76, Volume XXIX, Eastern Europe; Eastern Mediterranean, 1969–1972
1969–76, Volume XXX, Greece; Cyprus; Turkey, 1973–1976
1969–76, Volume XXXI, Foreign Economic Policy, 1973–1976
1969–76, Volume XXXII, SALT I, 1969–1972
1969–76, Volume XXXIV, National Security Policy, 1969–1972
1969–76, Volume XXXVI, Energy Crisis, 1969–1974
1969–76, Volume XXXVIII, Part 1, Foundations of Foreign Policy, 1973–1976
1969–76, Volume XXXIX, European Security
1969–76, Volume XL, Germany and Berlin, 1969–1972
1969–76, Volume E–1, Documents on Global Issues, 1969–1972
1969–76, Volume E–2, Documents on Arms Control and Nonproliferation, 1969–1972
1969–76, Volume E–3, Documents on Global Issues, 1973–1976
1969–76, Volume E–4, Documents on Iran and Iraq, 1969–1972
1969–76, Volume E–5, Part 1, Documents on Sub-Saharan Africa, 1969–1972
1969–76, Volume E–5, Part 2, Documents on North Africa, 1969–1972
1969–76, Volume E–6, Documents on Africa, 1973–1976
1969–76, Volume E–7, Documents on South Asia, 1969–1972
1969–76, Volume E–8, Documents on South Asia, 1973–1976
1969–76, Volume E–10, Documents on American Republics, 1969–1972
1969–76, Volume E–12, Documents on East and Southeast Asia, 1973–1976
1969–76, Volume E–13, Documents on China, 1969–1972
1969–76, Volume E–14, Part 1, Documents on the United Nations, 1973–1976
1969–76, Volume E–15, Part 1, Documents on Eastern Europe, 1973–1976
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Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume E–12, Documents on East and Southeast Asia, 1973–1976
List of Terms & Abbreviations
ACDA
,
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
ADB
,
Asian Development Bank
AEC
,
Atomic Energy Commission
AF
,
Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
AID
,
Agency for International Development
AID/AA/Asia
,
Bureau for Asia, Agency for International Development
AID/PPC
,
Bureau for Program and Policy Coordination, Agency for International Development
AK–47
,
Soviet-built assault rifle
ALP
,
Australian Labor Party
AMB
,
Ambassador
ANZUS
,
Australia, New Zealand, United States Security Treaty
AP
,
Associated Press
APC
,
Armored Personnel Carrier
AR
,
Albanian Resolution (United Nations)
ARA
,
Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
ARVN
,
Army of the Republic of Vietnam
ASEAN
,
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
BOP
,
balance of payments
BS
,
Brent Scowcroft
C
,
Confidential
CEA
,
Council of Economic Advisers
CIA
,
Central Intelligence Agency
CIEP
,
Council on International Economic Policy (United States)
CINCPAC
,
Commander in Chief, Pacific
CINCUNC
,
Commander in Chief, United Nations Command
COMNAVFORJAPAN
,
Commander, Naval Forces, Japan
COMSEVENTHFLT
,
Commander, Seventh Fleet
COMUS
,
Commander U.S. Forces
CONGEN
,
Consulate General
CONUS
,
Continental United States
CPM
,
Communist Party of Malaysia
CRA
,
Continuing Resolution Authority
CSCE
,
Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe
DAS
,
Deputy Assistant Secretary
DASD
,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Department of Defense)
DCI
,
Director of Central Intelligence
DCM
,
Deputy Chief of Mission, United States Embassy
DE
,
Destroyer Escort
DEPTEL
,
Department of State telegram
DIA
,
Defense Intelligence Agency
DIS or DISS.
,
dissemination
DMZ
,
Demilitarized Zone
DOD
,
Department of Defense
DOD/ISA
,
Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
DOJ
,
Department of Justice
DOS
,
Department of State
DPRK
,
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
DR
,
Dual Representation (United Nations)
DRV
,
Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam)
DSAA
,
Defense Security Assistance Agency (Department of Defense)
DSP
,
Democratic Socialist Party (Japan)
E
,
Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
EA
,
Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
EA/ANP
,
Office of Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, and Pacific Island Affairs, Department of State
EA/IMS
,
Office of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore, Department of State
EA/J
,
Office of Japanese Affairs, Department of State
EA/K
,
Office of Korean Affairs, Department of State
EA/P
,
Public Affairs Advisor, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
EA/PHL
,
Office of Philippines Affairs, Department of State
EA/RA
,
Office of Regional Affairs at the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
EA/TB
,
Office of Thailand and Burma, Department of State
Eagle Pull
,
a U.S. military operation for evacuating personnel from Phnom Penh during an emergency
EAP
,
Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
EAPA
,
East Asia and Pacific Affairs, International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
EAPR
,
East Asia and Pacific Region, Department of Defense
EB
,
Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State
ECONCOM
,
Joint U.S.-Japan Economic Committee Meeting at the cabinet level
EMBTEL
,
embassy telegram
ERDA
,
Energy Research and Development Administration
EUR/IB
,
Office of Iberian Affairs, Department of State
EXDIS
,
exclusive distribution (indicates extremely limited dissemination)
EUR
,
Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
F–4
,
(U.S. fighter-bomber aircraft)
F–5E
,
(U.S. fighter aircraft)
FAC
,
Foreign Assets Control
FANK
,
Cambodian Armed Forces
FBI
,
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBIS
,
Foreign Broadcast Information Service
FCN
,
Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation (Treaty)
FMS
,
Foreign Military Sales
FONMIN
,
foreign minister
FONSEC
,
Foreign Secretary
FRC
,
Federal Records Center (U.S.)
FRD
,
formerly restricted data
FSO
,
Foreign Service Officer
FT
,
foreign trade
FY
,
fiscal year
FYI
,
for your information
GA
,
General Assembly (United Nations)
GATT
,
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GIMO
,
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek (Jiang Jieshi)
GKR
,
Government of Khmer Republic
GNP
,
gross national product
GOA
,
Government of Australia
GOI
,
Government of Indonesia
GOJ
,
Government of Japan
GOP
,
Government of the Philippines
GOVT
,
Government
GPO
,
Government Printing Office (U.S.)
GRC
,
Government of the Republic of China.
GSP
,
Generalized System of Preferences
GVN
,
government of Vietnam (South)
H
,
Bureau of Congressional Relations, Department of State
HAK
,
Henry A. Kissinger
HICOM/HICOMRY
,
High Commissioner of the Ryukyu Islands
HK
,
Hong Kong; initials for Henry Kissinger
HQ
,
headquarters
IAEA
,
International Atomic Energy Agency
IBRD
,
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
ICCS
,
International Commission of Control and Supervision
IG
,
Interdepartmental Group
IGGI
,
Inter-Governmental Group on Indonesia
IMF
,
International Monetary Fund
INFO
,
information
INR
,
Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
INR/EAP
,
Bureau of Intelligence and Research, East Asia and the Pacific
INR/REA
,
Office of Research and Analysis for East Asia and Pacific
INTEL
,
intelligence
IO
,
Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
IO/UNP
,
Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Office of United Nations Political Affairs
IPS
,
Office of Information Programs and Services (Department of State)
IQ
,
important question (United Nations)
IRBM
,
intermediate range ballistic missile
ISA
,
Bureau of International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
ITAC
,
Interagency Textile Administrative Committee
JAEC
,
Japanese Atomic Energy Commission
JCRC
,
Joint Casualty Resolution Center
JCS
,
Joint Chiefs of Staff
JCSM
,
Joint Chiefs of Staff memorandum
JDA
,
Japanese Defense Agency
JFY
,
Japanese fiscal year
JGLO
,
Japanese Government Liaison Office, Ryukyu Islands
JHH
,
John Herbert Holdridge
JSA
,
Joint Security Area (Korea)
JSDF
,
Japanese Self-Defense Forces
JSP
,
Japanese Socialist Party
JUSMAGTHAI
,
Joint United States Military Advisory Group Thailand
KC
,
Khmer (Cambodian) Communists
KCP
,
Khmer (Cambodian) Communist Party
Khmer Rouge
,
Khmer (Cambodian) Communists
KMT
,
Kuomintang (Nationalist Party, ROC), also called the Guomindang (GMD)
KPA
,
Korean People’s Army
L
,
Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
L/EA
,
Assistant Legal Adviser for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
LC
,
Laos-Cambodia
LDP
,
Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
LIMDIS
,
limited distribution (see also EXDIS)
LSD
,
Landing Ship, Dock
M
,
Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Management
M16
,
U.S.-manufactured assault rifle
MAC
,
Military Armistice Commission (Korea)
MACTHAI
,
Military Assistance Command, Thailand
MAP
,
Military Assistance/Aid Program
MASF
,
military assistance service-funded
MBA
,
Military Base Agreement
MDAA
,
Mutual Defense Assistance Agreement
MDT
,
Mutual Defense Treaty
MEMCON
,
memorandum of conversation
MFA
,
Multifiber Agreement
MIA
,
Missing-in-Action
MITI
,
Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Japan)
mm
,
millimeter
MND
,
Ministry of National Defense; Mission Need Determination (Department of Defense)
MNLF
,
Moro National Liberation Front (Philippines)
MOD
,
Minister/Ministry of Defense
MSP
,
Minimum Safeguard Price
MST
,
Mutual Security Treaty (United States-Japan)
MTN
,
Multilateral Trade Negotiations
NATO
,
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NEA
,
Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
NF
,
no foreign dissemination
NIACT
,
night action (indicator of precedence level in a telegraphed message)
NIE
,
National Intelligence Estimate
NIO
,
National Intelligence Officer
NODIS
,
no distribution
NOFORN
,
no foreign dissemination
NOTAL
,
not all (telegram A, referenced in telegram B, was not sent to all the recipients of telegram B)
NPT
,
Nonproliferation Treaty
NPW
,
Nuclear Powered Warship
NSA
,
National Security Agency
NSC
,
National Security Council
NSDM
,
National Security Decision Memorandum
NSSM
,
National Security Study Memorandum
NVA
,
North Vietnamese Army
NZ
,
New Zealand
O&M
,
operation and maintenance (Department of Defense)
OASD/ISA
,
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
OBE
,
overtaken by events
OCI
,
Office of Current Intelligence (Central Intelligence Agency)
ODDPA&E/ISA
,
Office of the Director of Defense Program Analysis and Evaluation/International Security Affairs
OECD
,
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
OEO
,
Office of Economic Opportunity
OMB
,
Office of Management and Budget
OMSN
,
Office of Micronesian Status Negotiations
ONE
,
Office of National Estimates (Central Intelligence Agency)
OPCON
,
Operational Control (Department of Defense)
OPEC
,
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPIC,
Overseas Private Investment Corporation
Orcon
,
dissemination and extraction of information controlled by originator (dissemination control abbreviation)
OSD
,
Office of the Secretary of Defense
OUSD
,
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense
P
,
Under Secretary for Political Affairs, Department of State
PACAF
,
Pacific Air Force (U.S.)
PACOM
,
Pacific Command (U.S.)
PARA
,
paragraph
PDB
,
President's Daily Brief (Central Intelligence Agency)
PFIAB
,
President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
PGET
,
Provisional Government of East Timor
PHIL
,
Philippines
PL
,
Public Law
PL–480
,
an assistance program that provides agricultural commodities to foreign countries on behalf of the U.S. public
PM
,
Prime Minister; also Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs at the Department of State
PNG
,
Papua New Guinea; Persona non grata
POL
,
political
POLAD
,
political adviser (usually Department of State representative assigned to a military commander)
POW
,
Prisoner of War
PRC
,
People’s Republic of China
PRES
,
the President
PRG
,
Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam
PriMin
,
Prime Minister
PT
,
Portuguese Timor
QR
,
Quota Restriction
QTE
,
quote
RA
,
Regional Affairs (DOS/EA)
RADM
,
Rear Admiral
REFTEL
,
reference telegram
REP
,
representative
RES
,
resolution (United Nations)
RET’D
,
returned (indicates when President
Nixon
finished reading a document)
RG
,
record group (National Archives and Records Administration)
RN
,
Richard
Nixon
RNC
,
Republican National Committee
ROC
,
Republic of China (see also GRC)
ROK
,
Republic of Korea (South Korea)
ROKG
,
Republic of Korea Government
RP
,
Republic of the Philippines
RPT
,
repeat
RTG
,
Royal Thai Government
RVN
,
Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)
S
,
Office of the Secretary of State; also Secret
S/P
,
Policy Planning Council, Department of State
S/PC
,
Planning and Coordination Staff, Department of State
S/S
,
Executive Secretariat, Department of State
SA
,
Studies and Analysis (Department of Defense)
SALT
,
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
SC
,
Security Council (United Nations)
SCA
,
Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs, Department of State
SCC
,
United States—Japan Security Consultative Committee
SCI
,
Bureau of International Scientific and Technological Affairs, Department of State; also sensitive compartmented information
SCM
,
Security Consultative Meeting
SDR
,
Special Drawing Rights (International Monetary Fund)
SEA
,
Southeast Asia
SEATO
,
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
SECDEF
,
Secretary of Defense
SECSTATE
,
Secretary of State
SECTO
,
from the Secretary of State (used for telegrams from the Secretary or his party while he is on travel)
SECY GEN
,
Secretary General (United Nations)
SECY
,
Secretary of State
SEPTEL
,
separate telegram
SGU
,
Special Guerrilla Unit (manned by Thai "volunteers" in Laos and financed by the United States)
SIG
,
Senior Interdepartmental Group (National Security Council)
S–N
,
South-North (Korea)
SNIE
,
Special National Intelligence Estimate
SOF(A)
,
Status of Forces (Agreement)
SPNFZ
,
South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone
S/PRS
,
Office of Press Relations, Department of State
SRG
,
Senior Review Group (National Security Council)
SRV
,
Socialist Republic of Vietnam
STADIS
,
Distribution within State Department Only
STR
,
Special Trade Representative
SVN
,
South Vietnam
T
,
Office of the Under Secretary for Security Assistance, Department of State
TOHAK
,
to Henry A. Kissinger
TOSEC
,
to the Secretary of State (used for telegrams to the Secretary while he is on travel)
TOSIT
,
to the White House Situation Room
TS
,
Top Secret
TTPI
,
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
U
,
Office of the Under Secretary of State; also Unclassified
UK
,
United Kingdom
UN
,
United Nations
UNC
,
United Nations Command (Korea)
UNCTAD
,
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNCURK
,
United Nations Commission for the Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea
UNESCO
,
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNGA
,
United Nations General Assembly
UNHCR
,
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
UNQTE
,
unquote
UPI
,
United Press International
U/DM
,
Under Secretaries Decision Memorandum
U–S/M
,
Under Secretaries Memorandum
USA
,
United States Army
USAF
,
United States Air Force
USC
,
Under Secretaries Committee
USFY
,
United States fiscal year
USG
,
United States Government
USIA
,
United States Information Agency
USIB
,
United States Intelligence Board
USIS
,
United States Information Service
USLO
,
United States Liaison Office (People’s Republic of China)
USN
,
United States Navy
USSAG
,
United States Support Activities Group (Thailand)
USSR
,
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
USUN
,
United States Mission to the United Nations
VADM
,
Vice Admiral
VN
,
Vietnam
VOA
,
Voice of America
VP
,
Vice President
WESTPAC
,
Western Pacific
WH
,
White House
WNRC
,
Washington National Records Center
WSAG
,
Washington Special Action Group
Z
,
Zulu time (Greenwich Mean Time)