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Department Seal FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES
1964-1968 Volume XVII
Eastern Europe

Department of State
Washington, DC

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Abbreviations

AEC, Atomic Energy Commission

AF, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State

AID, Agency for International Development

AIRA, Air Force Attaché

APAG, Atlantic Policy Advisory Group

ARMA, Army Attaché

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

BCP, Bulgarian Communist Party

BOP, balance of payments

B/P, balance of payments

CAB, Civil Aeronautics Board

CAP, Common Agricultural Policy

CC, Central Committee

CCC, Commodity Credit Corporation

CDU, Christian Democratic Union (Germany)

CEMA, Council for Mutual Economic Assistance

CIA, Central Intelligence Agency

COCOM, Coordinating Committee of the Consultative Group, based in Paris, consisting of the nations seeking to control the export of strategic goods to Communist countries

CODEL, Congressional delegation

COMECON, Council for Mutual Economic Assistance

CP, Communist Party

CPSU, Communist Party of the Soviet Union

CSA, Czechoslovak State Airlines

CSSR, Czechoslovak Socialist Republic

DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission

Depcirtel, Department of State circular telegram

Deptel, Department of State telegram

DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency

DOD, Department of Defense

ECE, Economic Commission for Europe

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

EEC, European Economic Community

EFTA, European Free Trade Association

Embtel, Embassy telegram

EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State

EUR/RPM, Office of Atlantic Political-Military Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State

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

E/W, East-West

EXIM, Export-Import Bank

Eximbank, Export-Import Bank

FonOff, Foreign Office

ForMin, Foreign Minister

FRC, Federal Records Center

FRG, Federal Republic of Germany

G, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State for

GA, General Assembly

GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

GDR, German Democratic Republic

GNP, Gross National Product

GOA, Government of Austria

GOB, Government of Bulgaria

GOC, Government of Czechoslovakia

GOF, Government of Finland

GOH, Government of Hungary

GOP, Government of Poland

GOR, Government of Romania

GOT, Government of Turkey

GOY, Government of Yugoslavia

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

IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

ICC, International Control Commission

IMF, International Monetary Fund

INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State

IRG, Interdepartmental Regional Group, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State

IZT, Interzonal Trade

JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff

KGB, Committee for State Security (Soviet Secret Police)

LCY, Yugoslav Communist Party

Legtel, Legation telegram

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

MC, memorandum of conversation

MFA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

MFN, most favored nation

MLF, Multilateral Force

NAC, North Atlantic Council

NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization

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

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

NIE, National Intelligence Estimate

Noforn, no foreign dissemination

NPT, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

NSA, National Security Agency

NSAM, National Security Action Memorandum

NSC, National Security Council

OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

OIC, officer in charge

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

PAA, Pan American Airlines

PL, Public Law

PM, Prime Minister

PNG, persona non grata

POLAD, Political Adviser

Polto, series indicator for telegrams from the U.S. Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

PriMin, Prime Minister

PZPR, Polish Communist Party

RCP, Romanian Communist Party

RFE, Radio Free Europe

RG, Record Group

RL, Radio Liberty

RPM, Office of Regional Political-Military Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State

RWP, Romanian political party

S, Office of the Secretary of State

SC, Security Council

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

SIG, Senior Interdepartmental Group

SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate

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

S/P, Policy Planning Council, Department of State

S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State

SYG, Secretary General

Topol, series indicator for telegrams to the U.S. Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

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

U, Office of the Under Secretary of State

UAR, United Arab Republic

UK, United Kingdom

UNGA, United Nations General Assembly

USG, United States Government

USIA, United States Information Agency

USUN, United States Mission to the United Nations

VOA, Voice of America

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

WEU, Western European Union

WP, Warsaw Pact

Z, Zulu time (Greenwich Mean Time)

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