C
| Acronym | Full Name | Comments & Primary Location | |
|---|---|---|---|
| C³I | Communicationa, Command, Control and Intelligence | USA Military | |
| CA | Department of State Circular Airgram | USA | |
| CAC | Central America and the Caribbean | (Games) | |
| CADEC | Christian Action for Development in the Eastern Caribbean | ||
| CAHULAC | Caribbean Human Rights and Legal Aid Company | ||
| CAIC | Caribbean Association of Industry and Commerce | ||
| CAJIT | Central American Joint Intelligence Team | USA DIA | |
| CALD | Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats | ||
| CALD | Culturally and Linguistically Diverse | ||
| CANA | Caribbean News Agency | ||
| CANSAVE | Canadian Branch, Save the Children Fund | Canada | |
| CAP | Congress of African/Afrikan People | USA | |
| CAPA | CAPA Clipping Service | ||
| CAPE | Caribbean Association of Political Economics | ||
| CARD | Campaign Against Racial Discrimination | UK | |
| CARDATS | Caribbean Agricultural Rural Development, Advisory and Training Service | ||
| CARDI | Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute | ||
| CARICAD | United Nations Caribbean Centre for Development | ||
| CARICOM | Caribbean Community and Common Market | (Grenada, a member) | |
| CARIFTA | Caribbean Free Trade Association | ||
| CARINEX | Canadian Tour Company | ||
| CARIPEDA | Caribbean Peoples Development Agency | ||
| CARIMAC | Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication | Jamaica | |
| CARIRI | Caribbean Industrial Research Institute | Trinidad & Tobago | |
| CARNEID | Caribbean Network for Educational Innovation and Development | ||
| CARP | Computerized Airborne Release Point (82nd Airborne) | USA Military | |
| CAS (1) | Covert Action Staff | CIA (Clandestine Service) | |
| CAS (2) | Controlled American Source | USA | |
| CASA | Central American Solidarity Association | ||
| CAST | College of Arts, Science & Technology | Jamaica | |
| CBC (1) | Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation | ||
| CBC (2) | Congressional Black Caucus | USA | |
| CBE | Commander of the Order of the British Empire | Britain | |
| CBI | Caribbean Basin Initiative | (1982) - trade, aid and investment | |
| CBS | Columbia Broadcasting System | USA | |
| CBU | Caribbean Broadcasting Union | ||
| CC (1) | Caribbean Contact newspaper | Barbados | |
| CC (2) | Central Committee of the New Jewel Movement | Grenada | |
| CC (3) | Crown Colony | Britain | |
| CCAA | Caribbean/Central American Action | ||
| CCBM | Catholic Central Board of Management | ||
| CCC [1] | Caribbean Council of Churches | ||
| CCC [2] | Caribbean Conference Committee | Montreal, Canada | |
| CCC [3] | Committee of Concerned Citizens | Grenada | |
| CCCL | Canadian Catholic Confederation of Labour | Canada | |
| CCG | Council/Conferences of Churches of Grenada | ||
| CCIW | Caribbean Conference of Intellectual Workers | ||
| CCJCA | Caribbean Committee on Joint Christian Action | ||
| CCJTF | Caribbean Contingency Joint Task Force | USA | |
| CCL | Caribbean Congress of Labour | ||
| CCP | Chinese Communist Party | ||
| CCWU | Clerical and Commercial Workers Union | Guyana | |
| CD | Consular Dispatches | ||
| CDB | Caribbean Development Bank | (based in Barbados) (Grenada, a member) | |
| CDC | Carnival Development Commission | Trinidad | |
| CDC | Commonwealth Development Corporation | UK | |
| CDCC | Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee | ||
| CDE | Comrade | ||
| CD&W | Colonial Development and Welfare Office | ||
| CDF | Caribbean Defense Force | ||
| CDLA | Casa de las Américas | Cuba | |
| CDP | Christian Democratic Party | Grenada | |
| CDR | Committees for Defense of the Revolution | Cuba; Comités de Defensa de la Revolución | |
| CDSP | Community Day School Programme | Grenada | |
| CDT (1) | Colonial Dependency Thought | ||
| CDT (2) | Central Daylight Time | ||
| CDU | Caribbean Democratic Union | ||
| CEA | American Studies Center | Cuba | |
| CEATM | State Committee for Material Technical Supply | Cuba | |
| CEC (1) | Caribbean Employers Confederation | ||
| CEC (2) | Commission of European Communities | EEC | |
| CEC (3) | Community Education Councils | ||
| CECE | State Committee for Economic Collaboration | Cuba | |
| CECO | Cuban Economic Cooperation Office | Cuba | |
| CED | Caribbean Education Development | ||
| CEDAL | Centro de Estudios Democráticos de América Latina | Costa Rica | |
| CEE (1) | Common Entrance Exam | ||
| CEE (2) | State Committee for Statistics | Cuba | |
| CEF | State Committee for Finance | Cuba | |
| CELAM | Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano (Latin American Episcopal Council) | ||
| CEN | State Committee for Standardization | Cuba | |
| CENTO | Central Treaty Organization | ||
| CEOI | Communications Electronic Operating Instructions | USA | |
| CEPAL | Economic Commission for Latin America | ||
| CFC | Cause For Concern | United Kingdom | |
| CFNI | Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute | ||
| CFPA | Caribbean Family Planning Affiliation | ||
| CFTC | Commonwealth Fund for Technical Co-operation | ||
| CGCD | Caribbean Group for Co-Operation and Development | ||
| CGFS | Cuban-Grenada Friendship Society | ||
| CHITELCO | Chilean Telephone Company | Chile | |
| CHOGM | Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting | ||
| CHRLAC | Caribbean Human Rights and Legal Aid Company | ||
| CHS | Carriacou Historical Society | ||
| C3I | Command, control, communications, and intelligence | ||
| CI | Counter/Central Intelligence | Grenada; also CIA & US Armed Services | |
| CI/ICD | Counter-Intelligence Staff, International Communism Division | (CIA/USA) | |
| CI/OA | Counter-Intelligence Staff, Operational Approval Branch | ||
| CIA | Central Intelligence Agency | USA | |
| CIA | Christians in Action | (SEAL term for CIA) | |
| CIBC | Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce | Grenada | |
| CIC (1) | Commander-in-Chief | ||
| CIC (2) | CARICOM Investment Code | ||
| CID (1) | Criminal Investigation Department | Grenada | |
| CID (2) | Counter Intelligence Department | ||
| CIDA | Canadian International Development Agency | ||
| CINC | Commander in Chief | USA Military | |
| CINCLANT | Commander in Chief, Atlantic Forces | USA Military | |
| CINCLANFLT | Commander in Chief Atlantic Fleet | USA Military | |
| CIOC | Combined Intelligence Operations Center | USA Military | |
| CIS (1) | Council for Inter-American Security | ||
| CIS (2) | Cuban Interests Section | ||
| CISCAC | Committee in Solidarity with Central America and the Caribbean | ||
| CISPES | Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador | ||
| CIWU | Commercial and Industrial Workers Union | Grenada | |
| CJ | Chief Justice | ||
| CJCS | Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff | USA Military | |
| CJTF | Combined [or Caribbean) Joint Task Force | Location, Key West, Florida | |
| CLA | Civil Liberties Association | Grenada | |
| CLAC | Civil Liberties Action Committee | Guyana | |
| CLAD | Latin American Centre for Development Administration | ||
| CLADES | Latin American Centre for Economic and Social Documentation | ||
| CLASC | Confederación Latinoamericana de Sindicalistas Cristianos; Latin American Confederation of Christian Trade Unions | ||
| CLAT | Central Latinoamericano de Trabajadores (the Confederation of Latin American Workers) | ||
| CLICO | Colonial Life Insurance Company | Grenada | |
| CLO | Central Liaison Office | RSS - Barbados | |
| CM (1) | Candidate Members | Grenada - New Jewel Movement | |
| CM (2) | Chief Minister | ||
| CM (3) | Cribou Movement | Grenada | |
| CMB | Caribbean Monthly Bulletin | ||
| CMC (1) | Caribbean Media Corporation | ||
| CMC (2) | Central Marketing Corporation or Construction Management | Grenada - The New Jewel Movement | |
| CMC (3) | Crisis Management Center | USA | |
| CMC (4) | CONTACT | PRAF Grenada | |
| CMEA | Council for Mutual Economic Assistance | ||
| CMFC | Caribbean Fishery Management Council | ||
| CMG | Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George | Britain | |
| CNO | Chief of Naval Operations | USA Military | |
| CNTU | Confederation of National Trade Unions | Canada | |
| COB | Close of Business | ||
| COGFFATIG | [The] Committee of Grenada Freedom Fighters Against Tyranny in Grenada | ||
| COHA | Council on Hemispheric Affairs | Washington and New York | |
| COMECON | Council for Mutual Economic Assistance/Communist Economic Union | Soviet Union | |
| COMINT | Communication Intelligence | USA Military | |
| COMINTERN | Communist International | ||
| COMSAT | Communications Satellite Corporation | USA Military | |
| COMSEC | Communications Security | USA Military | |
| CONDECA | Central American Defense Council Pact | Consejo de Defensa Centro Americana | |
| CONUS | Continental United States | ||
| COP | Commissioner of Police | ||
| COPAL or COPPPAL or CO PAAL | Permanent Conference of Latin American Progressive Parties | Conferencia Permanente de Partidos Politicos de Americas Latina y el Caribe | |
| CORDS | Civilian Operations and Revolutionary Development Support | ||
| COS | Chief of Station | CIA/USA | |
| COY | Company | ||
| CP | Communist Party | ||
| CPA | Commonwealth Parliamentary Association | ||
| CPBA | Caribbean Publishers and Broadcasters Association [27 members] | [the publicly-owned media (POM), some government-owned media, but none from Guyana or Grenada] | |
| CPC [1] | Caribbean Peace Council | ||
| CPC [2] | Caribbean Press Council | [watchdog for CPBA] | |
| CPC [3] | Catholic ? ? | (Grenada) | |
| CPC [4] | Communist Party of Cuba | ||
| CPD | Committee on the Present Danger | ||
| CPE | Centre(s) for Popular Education | Grenada | |
| CPF | Caribbean Peacekeeping Force | ||
| CPG | Council of Patriotic Grenadians | USA | |
| CPJ | Communist Party of Jamaica | ||
| CPO | Chief Political Officer | ||
| CPPG | Crisis Preplanning Group | USA | |
| CPSU | Communist Party of the Soviet Union | ||
| CPTU | Council of Progressive Trade Unions | Trinidad | |
| CPU | Communist Party of the Soviet Union | ||
| CPUSA | Communist Party of the United States of America | ||
| CQ | Caribbean Quarterly | ||
| CRIBEAU OR CREBO or CRIBO or CRIBOU | (Early 1970s student organization in Grenada - Serpent) | ||
| CRG | Courage newspaper | Trinidad | |
| CRP | Cuban Revolutionary Party | ||
| CS | Clandestine Services | CIA, same as DDP | |
| CSA | Civil Service Association | Grenada | |
| CSAF | Chief of Staff, Air Force | USA | |
| CSB | Commonwealth Society for the Blind | United Kingdom | |
| CSDP | Community School Day Programme | Grenada | |
| CSE | trooper | USA Military | |
| CSIS | Center for Strategic & International Studies | ||
| CSM | Christian Science Monitor newspaper | USA | |
| CSN | Confédération des syndicats nationaux | Canada | |
| CSO | Central Statistical Office | Grenada | |
| CSR | Czechoslovak Socialist Republic | ||
| CSR CAT | Current Situation Room Crisis Action | USA | |
| CT (1) | Campus Territory | University of the West Indies | |
| CT (2) | Caribbean Times newspaper | Great Britain | |
| CT (3) | Counter-terrorist | USA | |
| CTA | Civil Transport Agency | Grenada | |
| CTAWU | Commercial, Technical and Allied Workers' Union | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | |
| CTC | Central Organization of Cuban Trade Unions; Cuban Conference of Workers Central De Trabajadores de Cuba | Cuba | |
| CTF | Commander, Task Force | USA | |
| CTIFCO | Continental Telephone International Finance Corporation | ||
| CTR | Classroom Teacher newspaper | Jamaica | |
| CTRC | Caribbean Tourism Research Centre | ||
| CTSO | Caribbean Technical Service Organisation | ||
| CUBATECNICA | Economic Technical Assistance Institute | Cuba | |
| CUC | Caribbean Unity Conference | USA | |
| CUSO | Canadian University Students Overseas | ||
| CUNY | City University of New York | ||
| CWC | Central Water Commission | Grenada | |
| CWP | Communist Workers Party | Jamaica | |
| CXC | Caribbean Examinations Council | ||
| CYC | Catholic Youth Council or Congress | Grenada | |
| CYM | Cultural Youth Movement | Grenada, 1971 | |
| CYO | Catholic Youth Organization | Grenada | |
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