Abbreviations
List of Abbreviations
AF/AFN, Office of Northern African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
AF/AFW, Office of West Coast and Malian Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
AFB, Air Force Base
AFN, Office of Northern African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
AFP, Agence France Presse
AID, Agency for International Development
ALN, Armee de la Liberation Nationale; National Army of Liberation (Algeria)
AMR, Atlantic Missile Range
ANC, African National Congress
ARMA, Army Attache
BB, initials of Ben Bella
BNA, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
CAB, Civil Aeronautics Board
CAC, United Nations Advisory Committee on the Congo
CARE-MEDICO, Cooperative for American Remittances to Everywhere--Medical International Cooperation
CCC, Commodity Credit Corporation
CENTO, Central Treaty Organization
CG, Consulate General
CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
CINCLANT, Commander in Chief, Armed Forces, Atlantic
CINCSAC, Commander in Chief, Strategic Air Command
ColOff, Colonial Office
COMAFELM, Commander, Air Force, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean
COMNAVACTS, Commander of Naval Activities
ConGen, Consulate General
CONUS, Continental United States
CPP, Convention People's Party (Ghana)
Cte, Committee
CU, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State
CY, calendar year
DAC, Development Assistance Committee (OECD)
DCI, Director of Central Intelligence
Depcirtel, Department of State circular telegram
Dept, Department of State
Deptel, Department of State telegram
DG, Director General
DL, Development Loan
DLF, Development Loan Fund
DOD, Department of Defense
ECA, Economic Commission for Africa
ECOSOC, Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
EEC, European Economic Community (Common Market)
Embtel, Embassy telegram
EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
EUR/WE, Office of Western European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
Exim, Export-Import Bank
FAA, Federal Aviation Agency
FBO, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Foreign Buildings
FLN, Front de Liberation Nationale (Algeria)
FonOff, Foreign Office
FRC, Federal Records Center
FRG, Federal Republic of Germany
FRIA, international consortium operating a bauxite aluminum plant at Kimbo, Guinea
FY, fiscal year
FYI, for your information
GA, United Nations General Assembly
GDR, German Democratic Republic
GMT, Greenwich Mean Time
GOA, Government of Algeria
GOF, Government of France
GOG, Government of Ghana; Government of Guinea
GOL, Government of Libya
GOM, Government of Morocco
GOP, Government of Portugal
GOT, Government of Tunisia
GPRA, Gouvernement Provisoire de la Republique Algerienne (Provisional Government of the Government of Algeria)
GRAE, Government of the Republic of Angola in Exile
GRN, Government of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
GSA, Government of South Africa
GSR, Government of the Somali Republic
HIM, His Imperial Majesty
HMG, Her Majesty's Government
IATA, International Air Transport Association
IATSG, International Air Transport Study Group
IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
ICA, International Cooperation Administration
ICAO, International Civil Aviation Organization
ICFTU, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
ICJ, International Court of Justice
IEG, Imperial Ethiopian Government
ILO, International Labor Organization
IMF, International Monetary Fund
INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
JCSM, Joint Chiefs of Staff Memorandum
JFK, initials of John F. Kennedy
JTF, Joint Task Force
LA, Latin America
MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
MAP, Military Assistance/Aid Program
MATS, Military Air Transport Service
Memcon, Memorandum of Conversation
MIG, A.I. MIkoyan i M.I. Gurevich (Soviet fighter aircraft maned for designers Mikoyan and Gurevich
MNA, Mouvement Nationaliste Algerienne
MOD, Ministry of Defense
MPLA, Mouvement Populaire pour la Liberation d'Angola (Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola
NAC, North Atlantic Council
NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NBC, National Broadcasting Company
NFD, Northern Frontier District (Kenya)
NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
Noforn, no foreign dissemination
NR, Northern Rhodesia
NSAM, National Security Action Memorandum
NSC, National Security Council
NYT, New York Times
OAS, Organization Armee Secrete (Algeria)
OASD/ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
OAU, Organization of African Unity
OCAM, Afro-Malagasy Common Organization (francophone grouping)
OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
OPLAN, operation plan
OSD/ISA, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Bureau of International Security Affairs
PAC, Pan-Africanist Congress (South Africa)
PAFMECA, Pan-African Freedom Movement of East and Central Africa
PAG, Provisional Algerian Government
PC, Patrol Vessel, Submarine Chaser
PGAR, Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic
PL, Public Law
PM, Prime Minister
POLAD, Political Adviser
Polto, series indicator for telegrams from the United States Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council to the Department of State
PROVEX, Provisional Executive (Algeria)
RCA, Radio Corporation of America
RG, Record Group
RMA, Royal Moroccan Army
RMAF, Royal Moroccan Air Force
RSAF, Republic of South Africa
SA, South Africa
SAA, Special Assignment Aircraft
SAAF, South African Air Force
SAC, Strategic Air Command
SAG, South African Government
SC, United Nations Security Council
SCP, Security Classification Procedure
Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State when he is away from Washington
Sov, Soviet
SR, Southern Rhodesia
S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
SWA, South West Africa
SWAPO, South West Africa Peoples Organization
SYG, Secretary-General of the United Nations
TIAS, Treaties and Other International Acts Series
Topol, series indicator for telegrams from the Department of State to the United States Permanent Representative at the North Atlantic Council
Tosec, series indicator for telegrams to the Secretary of State when he is away from Washington
TVA, Tennessee Valley Authority
UAM, Union Africaine et Malagache (African and Malagasy Union)
UAR, United Arab Republic
UGTA, Union Generale des Travailleurs Algeriens (General Union of Algerian Workers)
UK, United Kingdom
UN, United Nations
UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNIP, United National Independence Party in Northern Rhodesia
UNSYG, United Nations Secretary-General
UPA, Union des Populations d'Angola (Union of Angolan Populations)
UPI, United Press International
USAF, United States Air Force
USCINCEUR, United States Commander in Chief, Europe
USG, United States Government
USIA, United States Information Agency
USN, United States Navy
USNAVEUR, United States Naval Forces, Europe
USOM, United States Operations Mission
USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
USSTRICOM, United States Strike Command
USUN, United States Mission at the United Nations
VALCO, Volta Aluminum Company, Ltd.
WE, Office of Western European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
ZAPU, Zimbabwe African Peoples Union
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