Abbreviations

  • AID, Agency for International Development
  • AKEL, Anorthotikon Komma Ergazo Laou (Reform Party of the Working People) (Cyprus)
  • AMF, Allied Multilateral Force
  • BNA, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • CA, circular airgram
  • CAS, controlled American source
  • CENTO, Central Treaty Organization
  • CGUSAREUR, Commanding General, U.S. Army, Europe
  • CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
  • CINCEUR, Commander in Chief, Allied Forces, Europe
  • CINCMEAFSA, Commander in Chief, Middle East/South Asia and Africa South of the Sahara
  • CINCSTRIKE, Commander in Chief, Strike Command
  • CINCUSNAVEUR, Commander in Chief, U.S. Navy, Europe
  • cirtel, circular telegram
  • COMSIXTHFLEET, Commander, U.S. Navy Sixth Fleet
  • DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
  • Deptel, Department of State telegram
  • Depcirtel, Department of State circular telegram
  • DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency
  • EAM, Ethnikon Apeleftherikon Meteron (National Liberation Front)
  • EDA, Elliniki Dimokratiki Aristera (Greek Democratic Left)
  • Embtel, Embassy telegram
  • ERE, Ethniki Pizopastiti Enosis (National Radical Union)
  • EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • Exdis, executive distribution only
  • EXIM, Export-Import Bank
  • FonMin, Foreign Minister
  • FonSec, Foreign Secretary
  • G, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
  • GAGS, Greek Army General Staff
  • GOG, Government of Greece
  • GOT, Government of Turkey
  • GTI, Office of Greek, Turkish, and Iranian Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
  • HICOM, High Commissioner
  • ICJ, International Court of Justice at The Hague
  • ICRC, International Committee of the Red Cross
  • IDEA, Ieros Desmos Ellinon Axiomatikon (Sacred Bond of Greek Officers)
  • IERAX (Hawk) 2, code name for NATO Internal Security Plan
  • IMF, International Monetary Fund
  • INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
  • IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
  • IRG, Interdepartmental Review Group
  • JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • JP, Justice Party
  • JUSMAG, Joint U.S. Military Advisory Group
  • Limdis, limited distribution only
  • LANDSOUTHEAST, NATO Land Forces Command, Southeastern Europe
  • L/UNA, Division of United Nations Affairs, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
  • MAP, Military Assistance Program
  • memcon, memorandum of conversation
  • MLF, Multilateral Force
  • NAC, North Atlantic Council
  • NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
  • NDGS, National Defense General Staff
  • NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
  • Noforn, No foreign dissemination
  • NSC, National Security Council
  • OAS, Organization of American States
  • OASD, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
  • OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
  • OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
  • PKF, peacekeeping force
  • PM, Prime Minister; Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State
  • POLAD, Political Adviser
  • PolOff, political officer
  • Polto, series indicator for telegrams from the U.S. Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • PriMin, Prime Minister
  • RPP, Republican People’s Party (Turkey)
  • S, Office of the Secretary of State
  • SACEUR, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
  • SC, United Nations Security Council
  • Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State when he is away from Washington
  • Secun, series indicator for telegrams from the Under Secretary of State when he is away from Washington
  • SHAPE, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Forces, Europe
  • SIG, Senior Interdepartmental Group
  • SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate
  • S/S, Executive Secretariat, Office of the Secretary of State
  • SYG, United Nations Secretary-General
  • TAF, Turkish Air Force
  • TAG, series indicator for telegrams
  • TCPA, Turkish Cypriot Provisional Administration
  • telcon, telephone conversation
  • TGS, Turkish General Staff
  • TOG, series indicator for telegrams to the Under Secretary of State
  • 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 when he is away from Washington
  • Tovan, series indicator for telegrams to Cyrus Vance
  • TUG, series indicator for telegrams to Geneva for Cyprus mediator Dean Acheson
  • U, Office of the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
  • UK, United Kingdom
  • UN, United Nations
  • UNFICYP, United Nations Force in Cyprus
  • UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
  • UNP, Office of United Nations Programs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
  • UNPKF, UN Peacekeeping Force
  • USAREUR, U.S. Army, Europe
  • USARMA, U.S. Army Attache
  • USDOCOSouth, Documents officer, Allied Forces, Southeastern Europe
  • USG, United States Government
  • USIB, U.S. Intelligence Board
  • USRO, U.S. Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations
  • USUN, U.S. Mission to the United Nations in New York
  • Vanto, series indicator for telegrams from Cyrus Vance
  • VOA, Voice of America
  • WE, Office of Western European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • Z, Zulu time (Greenwich mean time)