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AFP, Agence France Presse

ANZUS, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States (the ANZUS Pact nations)

AP, Associated Press

ARMA, Army Attaché

AS, Associated States (of Indochina—Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia)

ASF, Associated States Forces

ASIC, Associated States of Indochina

BNA, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Department of State

C, Office of the Counselor of the Department of State

CA, Office of Chinese Affairs, Department of State

CAS, Controlled American Source

CATC, Central Air Transport Corporation (Republic of China)

CC, Communist China; Communist Chinese

CCF, Communist Chinese Forces

CF, conference file

CFM, Council of Foreign Ministers

CG, Commanding General

CHI, Chinese

ChiCom, Chinese Communist

Chi Commie(s), Chinese Communist(s)

CIA, Central Intelligence Agency

CIGS, Chief of the Imperial General Staff (United Kingdom)

C-in-C (CINC), Commander in Chief

CINCFE, Commander in Chief, Far East

CINCPAC, Commander in Chief, Pacific

CINCUNC, Commander in Chief, United Nations Command

circr, circular

cirtel, circular telegram

CNAC, China National Aviation Corporation (Republic of China)

CNO, Chief of Naval Operations, United States Navy

Codel, telegram series indicator for Congressional and Vice-Presidential delegation travel

Commie(s), Communist (s)

COMSAC, Commanding General, Strategic Air Command

ConGen, Consul General

CPR, Chinese People’s Republic or People’s Republic of China

CY, calendar year

DA, Department of the Army

DBP, Dien Bien Phu

DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission

DefMin, Defense Minister

Del, Delegation; Delegate

Depcirtel, Department of State circular telegram

Deptel, Department of State telegram

DMS, Director of the Mutual Security Agency

DMZ, Demilitarized Zone

DNP, Democratic Nationalist Party (Republic of Korea)

DOD, Department of Defense

DPROK, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

DRF, Division of Research for the Far East, Department of State

DRV, Democratic Republic of Vietnam

DRW, Division of Research for Western Europe, Department of State

Dulte, primarily a series indicator for telegrams from Secretary of State Dulles while absent from Washington; also used as a series indicator for telegrams to him from the head of the United States Delegation at an international conference

DZ, Demilitarized Zone

ECA, Economic Cooperation Administration

ECOSOC, United National Economic and Social Council of the United Nations

EDC, European Defense Community

EE, Office of Eastern European Affairs, Department of State

Emb, Embassy

Embtel, Embassy telegram

EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State

EUR/P, Public Affairs Adviser, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State

FE, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State; Far Eastern

FE/P, Public Affairs Adviser, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State

FEACOM (FECOM), Far East Command

FEC, French Expeditionary Corps

FonAff, Foreign Affairs

FonMin, Foreign Minister

FonOff, Foreign Office

FonSec, Foreign Secretary

FSO, Foreign Service Officer

FTEO, French forces in the Far East

FY, fiscal year

FYI, for your information

G, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State, Department of State

GA, General Assembly of the United Nations

GARIOA, Government Assistance and Relief in Occupied Areas

Gento, series indicator for telegrams from Defense representatives at the Geneva Conference to the Department of Defense

GHQ, General Headquarters

GI, paper prepared for the United States Delegation at the Geneva Conference, dealing with the Indochina phase of the Conference

GK, paper prepared for the United States Delegation at the Geneva Conference, dealing with the Korea phase of the Conference

GKI, paper prepared for the United States Delegation at the Geneva Conference, dealing with both the Indochina and Korea phases of the Conference

GM, Groupe Mobile, French regimental combat team

HC, High Commissioner

HCM, Ho Chi Minh

HICOG, United States High Commissioner for Germany

HICOM, High Commissioner

HM, Her (His) Majesty

HMG, Her (His) Majesty’s Government

IAC, Intelligence Advisory Committee

IC, Division of International Conferences, Department of State; Indo-china

ICC, International Control Commission

ICJ, International Court of Justice (the World Court)

IE, Intelligence Estimate (Department of State)

ILO, International Labor Organization

INS, International News Service

ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, International Security Affairs

JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff

KMAG, United States Military Advisory Group to the Republic of Korea

L, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State

L/UNA, Office of the Assistant Legal Adviser for United Nations Affairs, Department of State

MAAC, Mutual Assistance Advisory Committee

MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group

MAC, Military Armistice Commission, Korea

MAG, Military Advisory Group

MDA, Mutual Defense Assistance

MDAP, Mutual Defense Assistance Program

MRP, Mouvement Républicain Populaire, French political party

MSA, Mutual Security Act (of 1951); Mutual Security Agency; Mutual Security Assistance

msg, message

MSP, Mutual Security Program

mytel, my telegram

NA, Office of Northeast Asian Affairs, Department of State

NAC, National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Problems; North Atlantic Council

NAT(O), North Atlantic Treaty (Organization)

niact, night action, communications indicator requiring attention by the recipient at any hour of the day or night

NIE, National Intelligence Estimate

NK, North Korea

NNRC, Neutral Nation’s Repatriation Commission

NNSC, Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission

Noforn, no foreign dissemination

NSC, National Security Council

OC/T (OCR/T), Telegraph Branch of the Office of Communications and Records, Department of State

OIR, Office of Intelligence Research, Department of State

OIR/DRF, Division of Research for the Far East, Office of Intelligence Research, Department of State

OMA, Office of Military Assistance, Office of the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense, International Security Affairs

OPI, Office of Public Information, (Republic of Korea)

P, Bureau of Public Affairs, Department of State

PAO, Public Affairs Officer

PC, political conference

PDROK, People’s Democratic Republic of Korea

PermRep, Permanent Representative

PM, Prime Minister

POC, Peace Observation Commission

PPS, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State

PRC, People’s Republic of China

PriMin, Prime Minister

PSA, Office of Philippine and Southeast Asian Affairs, Department of State

PW, Prisoner of War

R, Office of the Special Assistant for Intelligence, Department of State

reftel, reference telegram

ROK, Republic of Korea (South Korea)

S, Office of the Secretary of State, Department of State

S/MSA, Office of the Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Mutual Security Affairs

S/P, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State

S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State

S/S-O, Operations Staff, Executive Secretariat, Department of State

S/S-RO, Reports and Operations Staff, Executive Secretariat, Department of State

SC, Security Council of the United Nations

SEA, Southeast Asia

SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization

Secto, series indicator for telegrams to the Department of State from the Secretary of State (or his delegation) in connection with international conferences

sitrep, situation report

SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate

SOA, Office of South Asian Affairs

SYG, Secretary-General

Tedul, primarily a series indicator for telegrams to Secretary of State Dulles while absent from Washington; also used as series indicator for telegrams from Dulles to the head of [Page X] the United States Delegation at an international conference

TIAS, Treaties and Other International Acts Series

Tosec, series indicator for telegrams from the Department of State to the Secretary of State (or his delegation) in connection with international conferences

U, Office of the Under Secretary of State, Department of State

UK, United Kingdom

UN, United Nations

UNA, Bureau of United Nations Affairs, Department of State

UNC, United Nations Command

UNCURK, United Nations Commission for the Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea

UNGA, United Nations General Assembly

UNO, United Nations Organization

UNP, Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Department of State

UNSC, United Nations Security Council

UNTCOK, United Nations Temporary Commission on Korea

UNTS, United Nations Treaty Series

UP, United Press

URAS, Union des Républicains d’Action Sociale, French political party

urtel, your telegram

USA, United States Army

USAF, United States Air Force

USARMA, United States Army Attaché

USDel, United States Delegation (Delegate)

USIA, United States Information Agency

USIS, United States Information Service

USMC, United States Marine Corps

USN, United States Navy

USOM, United States Operations Mission

USRO, United States Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations

UST, United States Treaties and Other International Agreements

USUN, United States Mission at the United Nations

VM, Viet Minh

VN, Vietnam; Vietnamese

WE, Office of Western European Affairs, Department of State

WHO, World Health Organization

wirom, series indicator for certain Department of State administrative telegrams

Foreign Relations of the United States, 1952–1954, The Geneva Conference, Volume XVI

List of Abbreviations and Symbols