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Department Seal FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES
1964-1968, Volume XVIII
Arab-Israeli Dispute, 1964-67

Department of State
Washington, DC

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Abbreviations

ACDA, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency

ADL, Armistice Demarcation Line

AEC, Atomic Energy Commission

AID, Agency for International Development

AIDTO, series indicator for telegrams from AID in Washington to the field

AJC, American Jewish Committee

Amb, Ambassador

APC, armored personnel carrier

ARAMCO, Arabian-American Oil Company

BG, initials of former Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion

BOB, Bureau of the Budget

CA, circular airgram

CAB/FAA, Civil Aeronautics Board/Federal Aviation Administration

CANE, distribution indicator for telegrams pertaining to arms limitation probe

CAS, Controlled American Source

CCC, Commodity Credit Corporation

CENTO, Central Treaty Organization

ChiCom(s), Chinese Communist(s)

CIA, Central Intelligence Agency

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

CINCSTRIKE, Commander in Chief, Strike Command

CINCUSAFE, Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Air Force, Europe

CINCUSAREUR, Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Army, Europe

CINCUSNAVEUR, Commander in Chief, U.S. Navy, Europe

COMSIXTHFLT, Commander, Sixth Fleet

CONUS, Continental United States

C/S, Chief of Staff

DAC, Development Assistance Committee

DATT, Defense Attache

DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission

DDI, Deputy Director of Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency

Depcirtel, Department of State circular telegram

Dept, Department of State

Deptel, outgoing Department of State telegram

DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency

DL, development loan

DMZ, Demilitarized Zone

DOD, Department of Defense

DOD/ISA, Department of Defense, International Security Affairs

E, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State

Emb, Embassy

Emboff, Embassy officer

Embtel, Embassy telegram

ENDC, Eighteen-Nation Disarmament Committee (Geneva)

Exdis, Exclusive Distribution (extremely limited distribution or dissemination)

EXIM, Export-Import Bank

FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation

FM, Foreign Minister

FonMin, Foreign Minister

FonOff, Foreign Office

FRC, Federal Records Center

FY, fiscal year

FYI, for your information

GA, General Assembly (United Nations)

GAA, General Armistice Agreement

GNP, Gross National Product

GOC, Government of Canada

GOF, Government of France

GOI, Government of Israel; Government of Iran

GOJ, Government of Jordan

GOL, Government of Lebanon

GUAR, Government of the United Arab Republic

GVN, Government of Vietnam

H, Bureau of Congressional Relations, Department of State

HKJ, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

IAEA, International Atomic Energy Agency

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

IDF, Israel Defense Forces

IJMAC, Israel-Jordan Mixed Armistice Commission

ILMAC, Israel-Lebanon Mixed Armistice Commission

IMF, International Monetary Fund

INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State

IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State

IO/UNP, Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State

IRG, Interdepartmental Regional Group

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

ISMAC, Israel/Syria Military Armistice Commission

JAA, Jordan Arab Army

JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff

JCSM, Joint Chiefs of Staff Memorandum

L, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State

LBJ, initials of President Lyndon B. Johnson

Limdis, Limited distribution

Office of the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs; Office of the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs

MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group

MAC, Mixed Armistice Commission

MAP, Military Assistance Program

MATS, Military Air Transport Service

ME, Middle East

memcon, memorandum of conversation

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

MOD, Minister of Defense

NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NE, Near East

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

NEA/ARN, Office of Lebanon, Jordan, Syrian Arab Republic, and Iraq Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State

NEA/GTI, Office of Greek, Turkish, and Iranian Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State

NEA/IAI, Office of Israel and Arab-Israel Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State

NEA/NE, Office of Near Eastern 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

NFZ, Nuclear Free Zone

Niact, night action, immediate reply

NIE, National Intelligence Estimate

Nodis, No distribution (other than to persons indicated)

Noforn, No foreign dissemination

NPT, Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty

NSAM, National Security Action Memorandum

NSA, National Security Agency

NSC, National Security Council

OAU, Organization of African Unity

ODDI, Office of the Deputy Director for Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency

ONE, Office of National Estimates, Central Intelligence Agency

OPEC, Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

ORR, Office of Research and Reports, Central Intelligence Agency

OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense

PAO, Public Affairs officer

P.L., Public Law

PLA, Palestine Liberation Army

PLF, Palestine Liberation Front

PLO, Palestine Liberation Organization

PM, Prime Minister

POLAD, Political Adviser

PriMin, Prime Minister

R&D, research and development

reftel, reference telegram

Rep, Representative

Res, Resolution (United Nations)

RG, Record Group

RJAF, Royal Jordanian Air Force

S, Office of the Secretary of State

SAG, Saudi Arabian Government

SAM, surface to air missiles

SARG, Syrian Arab Republic Government

SC, Security Council (United Nations)

SecDef, Secretary of Defense

SecGen, Secretary-General of the United Nations

septel, separate telegram

SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate

S/P, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State

S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State

SSM, surface-to-surface missiles

Tosec, series indicator for telegrams from the Department of State to the Secretary of State (or his delegation) in connection with international conferences

U, Office of the Under Secretary of State

UAC, United Arab Command

UAR, United Arab Republic

UARG, United Arab Republic Government

UK, United Kingdom

UN, United Nations

UNEF, United Nations Emergency Force

UNGA, United Nations General Assembly

UNHCR, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

UNMOS, United Nations Military Observers

UNP, Office of United Nations Political Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State

UNRWA, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

UNSYG, United Nations Secretary-General

UNTSO, United Nations Truce Supervision Organization

USAIRA, U.S. Air Attache

USDA, U.S. Department of Agriculture

USDAO, U.S. Defense Attache Office

USDel, U.S. Delegation

USG, U.S. Government

USIA, U.S. Information Agency

USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

UST, United States Treaties and Other International Agreements

USUN, U.S. Mission at the United Nations

YAR, Yemen Arab Republic

Z, Zulu time (Greenwich Mean Time)

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