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...NATO was without form, and void; so was created SACEUR. Alone in the darkness, SACEUR was joined by SUSREP-NADPB, CINCNELM and EB. Soon the firmament radiated JAMAG, MAPAG, MAAG and CPUBINFO and there was Light...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NATO: Alphabet Soup | 12/3/1951 | See Source »

...seventh month after its creation, restless NATO, through CPUBINFO (Chief of Public Information), named 80 sub-agencies and offices to be officially designated by top secret anagrams-their initials. By last week the number had increased to 125. Most everybody knew SACEUR (pronounced "Sack your" meaning the Supreme Allied Commander Europe, i.e., Dwight Eisenhower). They could guess at EB (the Executive Bureau of the Temporary Committee of the North Atlantic Council), but who could explain that SUSREP-NADPB meant Senior U.S. Representative North Atlantic Defense Production Board, or that CINCNELM meant Commander in Chief U.S. Naval Forces Eastern Atlantic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NATO: Alphabet Soup | 12/3/1951 | See Source »

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