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Department Seal FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES
1964-1968, Volume XXII
Iran

Department of State
Washington, DC

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Abbreviations

AC&W, aircraft control and warning
AFP, Agence France Presse
AID, Agency for International Development
AID/W, Agency for International Development Headquarters in Washington
Amb, Ambassador
APC, armored personnel carrier
APQ, Annual Programmed Quantity
ARAMCO, Arabian-American Oil Company
ARMISH/MAAG, U.S. Army Mission in Iran/Military Assistance Advisory Group
Atty, attorney
BAR, Browning Automatic Rifle
BG, Brigadier General
BOB, Bureau of the Budget
BPD, barrels per day
CAS, Controlled American Source
CENTO, Central Treaty Organization
CEP, circular error probable
CFP, Compagnie Francaise des Petroles
ChiCom, Chinese Communist
CI, Counter Insurgency
CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
CIC, Counter Intelligence Corps
CINCMEAFSA, Commander in Chief, Middle East/South Asia and Africa South of the Sahara
CINCSTRIKE, Commander in Chief, Strike Command
CONUS, Continental United States
CT, Country Team
CY, calendar year
DASD, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
DCI, Director of Central Intelligence
DELAWAR, U.S.-Iran military, naval, and air force training exercise carried out under CENTO April 4-11, 1964
DepSec, Deputy Secretary
Dept, Department of State
Deptel, Department of State telegram
DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency
DOD, Department of Defense
DOD/ISA, Department of Defense, International Security Affairs
DOD/ISA/NESA, Department of Defense, International Security Affairs, Office of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs
ELINT, electronic intelligence
Embtel, Embassy telegram
ERAP, Entreprise de Recherches et d'Activites Petrolieres
EUR/SOV, Office of Soviet Union Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
Exdis, executive distribution
EXIM, Export-Import Bank
FAA, Federation of Arab Amirates
FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation
FMS, foreign military sales
FonMin, Foreign Minister
FRC, Federal Records Center
FRG, Federal Republic of Germany
FY, fiscal year
FYI, for your information
GNP, gross national product
GOI, Government of Iran
G/PM, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs
HIM, His Imperial Majesty
IAF, Iranian Air Force
IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
IDP, Internal Defense Plan (Iran)
IFC, International Finance Corporation
IIAF, Imperial Iranian Air Force
IIF, Imperial Iranian Forces
IIG, Imperial Iranian Gendarmerie
IMF, International Monetary Fund
INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
INR/RNA, Office of Research and Analysis for Near East and South Asia, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
IO, Bureau of International Organization, Department of State
IRG, Interdepartmental Regional Group
ISA, Iranian Students Association
JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
JCSM, Joint Chiefs of Staff Memorandum
JFK, John F. Kennedy
Komar, Soviet missile-carrying PT boats
LBJ, Lyndon B. Johnson
Limdis, limited distribution
LMG, light machine gun
L/NEA, Assistant Legal Adviser for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
MAP, Military Assistance Program
ME, Middle East
memcon, memorandum of conversation
MRP, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATUS, series indicator for communications from the Department of State to the U.S. Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
NEA/GTI, Office of Greek, Turkish, and Iran Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
NEA/IRN, Office of the Country Director for Iran, 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
NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
NIMCOM, National Military Communications Systems
NIOC, National Iranian Oil Company
Nodis, no distribution
Noforn, no foreign dissemination
NPT, Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty
NRM, National Resistance Movement (Kurdish)
NSA, National Security Agency
NSAM, National Security Action Memorandum
NSC, National Security Council
NYHT, New York Herald Tribune
NYU, New York University
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
ODDI, Office of the Directorate of Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
OPEC, Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
Pak, Pakistan; Pakistani
PanAm, Pan American Airlines
PGM, motor gunboat
PIW, Petroleum Intelligence Weekly
PL, Public Law
PM, Prime Minister
POLAD, Political Adviser
PTT, Postes, Telegraphes, Telephones
RCAP, Royal Canadian Air Force
RCD, Regional Cooperation for Development (formed among the regional members of CENTO--Iran, Turkey, and Pakistan--1964)
R & D, research and development
reftel, reference telegram
Rep, representative
S/AH, Office of the Ambassador at Large
SAM, surface-to-air missiles
SAMAA, Special Assistant for Military Assistance Affairs, Joint Chiefs of Staff
SAVAK, Iranian Intelligence and Security Organization (Sazman-i Ittili'at va Amniyat-i Kishvar)
SC, Security Council (UN)
SCS, Supreme Commander's Staff
SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
SecDef, Secretary of Defense
Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State (or his delegation) at international conferences to the Department of State
SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate
Sov, Soviet(s)
STRATCOM Strategic Command
STRICOM, Strike Command
TIAS, Treaties and International Acts Series
Topol, series indicator for telegrams to the U.S. Mission in Paris, NATO, and USRO
TUPAIR, economic and cultural cooperation among Turkey, Pakistan, and Iran
UAR, United Arab Republic
UCLA, University of California at Los Angeles
UK, United Kingdom
UN, United Nations
UNEF, United Nations Emergency Force
UNSC, United Nations Security Council
UNSYG, United Nations Secretary-General
UPT, undergraduate pilot training
USAF, United States Air Force
USG, United States Government
USIA, United States Information Agency
USIB, United States Intelligence Board
USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
UST, United States Treaties and Other International Agreements
USUN, United States Mission to the United Nations
VIP, very important person

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