Foreign Relations of the United States, 1958–1960, National
Security Policy; Arms Control and Disarmament, Volume III
List of Abbreviations
ABM, anti-ballistic missile
system
AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
AFOAT, Air Force Assistant for
Atomic Energy
AFOAT–1, surface and air burst
nuclear test detection system
AFTAC, Air Force Technical
Applications Center
AICBM, anti-intercontinental
ballistic missile system
ALBM, air-launched ballistic
missile
ARPA, Advanced Research Projects
Agency
ASW, antisubmarine warfare
BMEWS, ballistic missile early
warning system
BOB, Bureau of the Budget
BOMARC, surface-to-air
anti-aircraft missile
BW, biological warfare
Cahto, series indicator for
telegrams from Secretary of State Herter when away from Washington
CEA, Council of Economic
Advisers
CEG, Comparative Evaluation
Group
CEP, circular error, probable—a
measure of missile accuracy
CF, Conference Files
CFEP, Council on Foreign Economic
Policy
CIA, Central Intelligence
Agency
CONUS, Continental United
States
CRAF, Civil Reserve Air Fleet
CVA, conventionally powered aircraft
carrier
CVAN, nuclear powered aircraft
carrier
CW, chemical warfare
Del, delegation
Denuc, series indicator for
telegrams from the Delegation to the Geneva Conference on the Discontinuance
of Nuclear Weapon Tests
Deptel, Department of State
telegram
DEW line, distant early warning air
defense installations in northern Canada
DOD, Department of Defense
DOS, Department of State
Dynasoar, rocket-launched
long-range space glider project
ECM, electronic countermeasures
ELINT, intelligence from intercepted
electromagnetic signals
EURATOM, European Atomic
Agency
FAA, Federal Aviation
Administration
FY, fiscal year
GAO, General Accounting Office
HE, high explosive
IAEA, International Atomic Energy
Agency
ICBM, intercontinental ballistic
missile
IDO, International Disarmament
Organization
IGY, International Geophysical
Year
INR, Bureau of Intelligence and
Research, Department of State
IO, Bureau of International
Organization Affairs, Department of State
IOC, initial operating
capability
IRBM, intermediate-range ballistic
missile
ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary
for International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
JSOP, Joint Strategic Operations
Plan
JSPS, Joint Strategic Planning
Staff
JSTPS, Joint Strategic Target
Planning Staff
KT, kiloton
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
MRBM, medium-range ballistic
missile
MSP, Mutual Security Program
MT, megaton
NAC, North Atlantic Council
NASA, National Aeronautics and Space
Administration
NATO, North Atlantic Treaty
Organization
Niact, night action; communications
indicator requiring attention by the recipient at any hour
NIE, National Intelligence
Estimate
n.m., nautical mile
NOA, new obligational authority
Noforn, no foreign
dissemination
NORAD, North American Air Defense
Command
NSA, National Security Agency
NSC, National Security Council
NSTPS, National Strategic Target
Planning Staff
NTL, national target list
Nusup, series indicator for
telegrams from the Department of State to the Delegation to the Geneva
Conference on the Discontinuance of Nuclear Weapon Tests
OCB, Operations Coordinating
Board
OEEC, Organization for European
Economic Cooperation
OCDM, Office of Civilian Defense
Mobilization
ODM, Office of Defense
Mobilization
ONR, Office of Naval Research
OSD, Office of the Secretary of
Defense
PACOM, Pacific Command
P.L., Public Law
Q–1, a seismic measure of
magnitude
R&D, research and
development
reftel, reference telegram
RG, Record Group
S, Office of the Secretary of
State
SAC, Strategic Air Command
SACEUR, Supreme Allied Commander,
Europe
S/AE, Special Assistant to the
Secretary of State for Atomic Energy Affairs
S&L, supply and logistics
Secto, series indicator for
telegrams from the Secretary of State or his delegation to the Department of
State
SIOP, Single Integrated Operational
Plan
SLAM, supersonic low-altitude
missile
SNIE, Special National Intelligence
Estimate
SOR, Specific Operating Requirement
aircraft (long-range jet powered cargo aircraft)
S/P, Policy Planning Staff, Department
of State
S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department
of State
STRAC, Strategic Army Corps
Supnu, series indicator for
telegrams from the
Tocah, series indicator for
telegrams to Secretary of State Herter when away from Washington
Tosec, series indicator for
telegrams to the Secretary of State or his delegation
UK, United Kingdom
UN, United Nations
UNDC, United Nations Disarmament
Commission
USA, United States Army
USAF, United States Air Force
USDel, United States
Delegation
USIA, United States Information
Agency
USMC, United States Marine
Corps
USN, United States Navy
USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics
VELA, project designed to improve
detection of nuclear tests