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

CAB, Civil Aeronautics Board
CAP, series indicator for outgoing White House telegrams
CC-CPSU, Central Committee, Communist Party of the Soviet Union
CEMA, Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
CENTO, Central Treaty Organization
CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
CPR, Chinese People's Republic
CPs, Communist Parties
CPSU, Communist Party of the Soviet Union
CU, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State
CU/EUR, Office of European Programs, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State

DCI, Director of Central Intelligence
DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
Dept, Department
Deptel, Department of State telegram
DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency
Dissem, dissemination
DMZ, Demilitarized Zone
DOD, Department of Defense
DOS, Department of State
DRV, Democratic Republic of Vietnam

EE, Eastern European; Office of Eastern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
Emtel, Embassy telegram
ENDC, Eighteen-Nation Disarmament Committee
EST, Eastern Standard Time
EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
EUR/BMI, Country Director, United Kingdom, Ireland, Malta, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
EUR/EX, Office of the Executive Director, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
EUR/SES, Soviet and Eastern European Exchanges Staff, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
EUR/SOV, Office of Soviet Union Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
EURATOM, European Atomic Energy Community
Exdis, Exclusive Distribution

FAA, Federal Aviation Administration
FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBIS, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
FE, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
FonMin, Foreign Ministry
FonOff, Foreign Office
FRC, Federal Records Center
FRG, Federal Republic of Germany
FYI, for your information

G, Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
G/PM, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs
GA, General Assembly
GDR, German Democratic Republic
GOI, Government of India
GVN, Government of (South) Vietnam

H, Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations, Department of State

IAEA, International Atomic Energy Agency
ICBM, Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile
ICC, International Control Commission
ICFTU, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State

JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff

L, Legal Adviser, Department of State
Limdis, Limited Distribution

memcon, memorandum of conversation
MFA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
MFN, most favored nation
MLF, multilateral force
MRBM, medium-range ballistic missile

NAC, North Atlantic Council
NAP, Non-Aggression Pact
NASA, National Aeronautical and Space Administration
NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
Niact, night action: communications indicator requiring attention by the recipient at any hour of the day or night
NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
Nodis, No Distribution
Noforn, Not Releasable to Foreign Nationals
NPT, Non-Proliferation Treaty
NSA, National Security Agency
NSAM, National Security Action Memorandum
NSC, National Security Council
NY, New York

O/B, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Budget
O/DDI, Office of the Deputy Director for Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
OAS, Organization of American States
OST, Outer Space Treaty

P, Bureau of Public Affairs, Department of State
PAO, Public Affairs Officer
para, paragraph
PNG, persona non grata
POLAD, political adviser
PRC, People's Republic of China

reftel, reference telegram
RG, Record Group
RSB, Office of Research and Analysis for Soviet Bloc, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
RSFSR, Russian Republic, Soviet Union

S, Office of the Secretary of State
S/AL, Ambassador at Large, Department of State
S/P, Policy Planning Council or Staff, Department of State
S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
S/S-I, Information Section, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
SC, Security Council
SCA, Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs, Department of State
Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State (or his delegation) to the Department of State
Secy, Secretary
septel, separate telegram
SES, Soviet and Eastern European Exchanges Staff, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
SCI, Office of International Scientific and Technological Affairs, Department of State
SEA, Southeast Asia
SIG, Senior Interdepartmental Group
SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate
SOV, Soviet; Office of Soviet Union Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State; Country Director, Soviet Union, Bureau of European Affairs
SU, Soviet Union
SVN, South Vietnam

TASS, Telegrafnoye Agentsvo Sovetskogo Soiuza (Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union)
Tosec, series indicator for telegrams to the Secretary of State while away from Washington
TS, Top Secret

U, Under Secretary of State
UAR, United Arab Republic
UK, United Kingdom
UN, United Nations
UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
UPI, United Press International
US, United States
US/MC, United States Memorandum of Conversation
USG, United States Government
USIA, United States Information Agency
USIB, United States Intelligence Board
USIS, United States Information Service
USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
USUN, United States Mission to the United Nations

VOA, Voice of America

WFTU, World Federation of Trade Unions

Z, Zulu time (Greenwich mean time)

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