List of Abbreviations and Symbols

• A/FBO, Office of Foreign Buildings, Department of State
• AA, Armistice Agreement; Asian-African
• AAA, anti-aircraft artillery
• AC/S, Assistant Chief of Staff (Army)
• ACSI, Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Department of the Army
• AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
• AEDF, Asian Economic Development Fund
• AFP, Armed Forces of the Philippines
• AFPFL, Anti-Fascist People’s Freedom League (Burmese political party)
• ANZUS, Australia, New Zealand, United States
• AP, Associated Press
• ARAMCO, Arabian-American Oil Company
• ARMA, Army Attaché
• ARMATT, Army Attaché
• AURI, Angkatan Udara Republic Indonesia (Indonesian Air Force)
• BNA, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• C, Counselor; Office of the Counselor, Department of State
• C/S, Chief of Staff
• CA, Office of Chinese Affairs, Department of State; Circular Airgram
• CAT, Civil Air Transport
• CT, California Texas Oil Company, Limited
• CCPT, Chinese Communist Party in Thailand
• CDPC, Community Development Program Commission (Philippines)
• CE/CI, counter-espionage and counterintelligence
• CEB, Combined Economic Board
• CF, Conference File
• CG FEAF, Commanding General, Far Eastern Air Forces
• CGAFFE/ARMYEIGHT, Commanding General, U.S. Forces in the Far East/Eighth Army
• ChiCom, Chinese Communist
• CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
• CIC, Counter-intelligence Corps
• CID, Criminal Investigation Division
• CINCAFPAC, Commander in Chief, Army Forces, Pacific
• CINCFE, Commander in Chief, Far East
• CINCLANTFLT, Commander in Chief, Atlantic Fleet
• CINCNELM, Commander in Chief, United States Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean
• CINCPAC, Commander in Chief, Pacific
• CINCPACFLT, Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet
• CINCPACREPPHIL, Commander in Chief, Pacific’s Representive in the Philippines
• CINCUNC, Commander in Chief, United Nations Command
• CINCUSARPAC, Commander in Chief, United States Army, Pacific
• CIO, Congress of Industrial Organizations
• COCOM, Coordinating Committee of the Paris Consultative Group of nations working to control export of strategic goods to Communist countries
• COM13thAF, Commander, United States 13th Air Force
• COMDT MARCORPS, Commandant, Marine Corps
• COMFEAF, Commander, Far East Air Forces
• COMNAVFE, Commander, United States Naval Forces in the Far East
• COMNAVPHIL, Commander, United States Naval Forces in the Philippines
• COMPHILCOM, Commander, United States Forces in the Philippines
• COMSEVENTHFLT, Commander, U.S. Seventh Fleet
• COMSIXTHFLT, Commander, U.S. Sixth Fleet
• COMUS, Commander, United States Forces
• cos, companies
• CPR, Chinese People’s Republic
• CPT, Communist Party in Thailand
• CX, U.S. Army telegram indicator
• CY, Calendar Year
• DA, Department of the Army; developmental assistance
• DA IN, Department of the Army incoming telegram
• DC, Diplomatic Corps
• DCI, Director of Central Intelligence
• DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
• DD, destroyer
• DE, destroyer escort
• Deptel, Department of State telegram
• DFS, Direct Forces Support
• DI, Darul Islam (House of Islam), Indonesian political movement
• DMZ, Demilitarized Zone
• DOD, Department of Defense
• DRF, Division of Research for the Far East, Department of State
• DS, defense support
• Dulte, series indicator for telegrams from Secretary of State Dulles while away from Washington
• DZ, Demilitarized Zone
• E, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
• E/OFD, Office of International Finance and Development Affairs, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
• ECA, Economic Cooperation Administration
• ECM, electronic countermeasures
• Emb, Embassy
• Embtel, Embassy telegram
• EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• EX-IM, Export-Import Bank
• FBIS, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
• FCN, Friendship, Commerce and Navigation (Treaty)
• FE, Far East; Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
• FE/EX, Office of the Executive Director, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
• FEC, Far East Command
• finec, financial and economic
• FMRA, Office of Foreign Military Rights Affairs, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
• FN, Division of Financial Affairs, Department of State
• FOA, Foreign Operations Administration
• f.o.b., free on board
• FonMin, Foreign Minister
• FY, Fiscal Year
• FYI, for your information
• G, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State; after 1955, the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
• GA, General Assembly
• GNP, gross national product
• GPF, Gendarmérie Patrol Force (Thailand)
• GSC, General Staff Corps
• GUB, Government of the Union of Burma
• H, Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations
• HICOM, High Commissioner
• HM, His/Her Majesty
• HMG, His/Her Majesty’s Government
• Holto, series indicator for telegrams sent to the International Cooperation Administration from the Director, John B. Hollister
• HQ FEC, Headquarters, Far East Command
• HRH, His/Her Royal Highness
• IAC, Intelligence Advisory Committee
• IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
• ICA, International Cooperation Administration
• Icato, series indicator for telegrams originating with the International Cooperation Administration
• ICC, International Control Commission
• ICFTU, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
• ICJ, International Court of Justice
• IMF, International Monetary Fund
• INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• INS, International News Service
• IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
• IPKI, Ikatan Pendukung Kemerdekaan Indonesia (League of Upholders of Indonesian Independence)
• ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
• ITR, Office of International Trade and Resources, Department of State
• JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• JIC, Joint Intelligence Committee
• JUSMAG, Joint United States Military Advisory Group
• JUSMAGPHIlL, Joint United States Military Advisory Group in the Philippines
• KM, kilometers
• KMT, Kuomintang (Nationalist Party), Republic of China
• KNDO, Karen National Defense Organization (Burma)
• KPM, Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij, Dutch-owned interinsular shipping company in Indonesia
• L, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
• L/E, Office of the Assistant Adviser for Economic Affairs, Department of State
• L/FE, Office of the Assistant Legal Adviser for Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
• LPM, Labor Party of Malaya
• LSM, landing ship, medium
• LST, landing ship, tank
• L/UNA, Office of the Assistant Legal Adviser for United Nations Affairs, Department of State
• MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
• MAP, Military Assistance Program
• Masjumi, Madjelis Sjuro Muslimin Indonesia (Council of the Indonesian Moslem Association)
• MBA, Military Bases Agreement
• MC, Office of Munitions Control, Department of State
• MCP, Malayan Communist Party
• MDA, Mutual Defense Assistance; Agreement
• MDAP, Mutual Defense Assistance Program
• MDT, Mutual Defense Treaty
• Memcon, Memorandum of conversation
• MIG, Soviet fighter aircraft
• MILBA, Military Bases Agreement
• MIT, Military Inspection Team
• MLG, Manila Liaison Group
• MNP, Ministry of National Planning
• MP, Member of Parliament
• MRLA, Malayan Races Liberation Army
• MSA, Mutual Security Act; Mutual Security Assistance
• msg, message
• MSP, Mutual Security Program
• MTUC, Malayan Trade Union Council
• mytel, my telegram
• NA, Office of Northeast Asian Affairs, Department of State
• NAC, North Atlantic Council
• NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• NEC, National Economic Council (Philippines)
• Niact, Night Action, communications indicator requiring attention by the recipient at any hour of the day or night
• NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
• Noforn, no foreign dissemination
• NP, Nacionalista (Nationalist) Party of the Philippines
• NP, National Police
• NSC, National Security Council
• NU, Nahdatul Ulama (Association of Orthodox Muslims), Indonesia
• NUF, National United Front (Burma)
• NUPW, National Union of Plantation Workers (Malaya)
• OASD/ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs)
• OCB, Operations Coordinating Board
• OFMA, Office of Foreign Military Assistance, Office of the Assistant [Page XVI] Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
• ONI, Office of Naval Intelligence, Department of the Navy
• OPO, Outline Plan of Operations
• OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
• OSD/ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
• OVMAAT, Overseas Vietnamese Mutual Assistance Association of Thailand
• P, Bureau of Public Affairs, Department of State
• PA, Program Authorization
• PACAF, United States Pacific Air Force
• PACFLT, United States Pacific Fleet
• PAO, public affairs officer
• PAP, People’s Action Party
• Parkindo, Partai Kristen Indonesia (Indonesian Christian Party)
• PCH&T, packing, crating, handling, and transportation
• PERBEPSI, Persatuan Bekas Pedjuang Bersendjata Seluruh Indonesia (All-Indonesian Association of Former Armed Fighters)
• PKI, Partai Kommunist Indonesia (Indonesian Communist Party)
• PL, Public Law
• PM, Prime Minister
• PNI, Partai Nasional Indonesia (Indonesian Nationalist Party)
• POL, petroleum, oil, and lubricants
• POLAD, Political Adviser
• Polto, series indicator for telegrams from the United States Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council
• PriMin, Prime Minister
• PROAG, Project Agreements
• PSA, Office of Philippine and Southeast Asian Affairs, Department of State
• PSB, Psychological Strategy Board
• PSI, Partai Sosialis Indonesia (Indonesian Socialist Party)
• PSII, Partai Sarekat Islam Indonesia (Islamic Association Party of Indonesia)
• PTN, Philippine Trade Negotiations
• R, Office of the Special Assistant for Intelligence, Department of State
• RA, Office of European Regional Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• RCT, regimental combat team
• reftel, reference telegram
• RI, Republic of Indonesia
• RMS, Republik Maluku Selatan (Republic of the South Moluccas)
• RTA, Round Table Conference Agreement
• RTC, Round Table Conference
• RUSI, Republic of the United States of Indonesia
• S/AE, Office of the Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Atomic Energy Affairs
• 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–PR, Protocol Staff, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
• SC, submarine chaser
• SEA, Southeast Asia; Office of Southeast Asian Affairs, Department of State
• SEACDT, Southeast Asian Collective Defense Treaty
• SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
• Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State (or his delegation) at international conferences
• Secun, series indicator for telegrams from the Under Secretary of State
• SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate
• SOBSI, Sentral Organiasi Buruh Seluruh Indonesia (Central Organization of All Indonesian Labor)
• SOF, status of forces
• SPA, Office of Southwest Pacific Affairs, Department of State
• SV, Standard-Vacuum Oil Company
• STUC, Singapore Trades Union Congress
• T/E, table of equipment
• TC, United Nations Trusteeship Council
• TCA, Technical Cooperation Administration
• TDY, temporary duty
• Tedul, series indicator for telegrams to Secretary of State Dulles while away from Washington
• TG, Thai Government
• TO&E, Table of Organization and Equipment
• Tofoa, series indicator for telegrams to the Foreign Operations Administration
• Toica, series indicator for telegrams to the International Cooperation Administration
• Tosec, series indicator for telegrams to the Secretary of State (or his delegation) at international conferences
• Tousfo, series indicator for telegrams and airgrams to the Foreign Operations Administration from missions abroad
• TRC, Office of Transport and Communications, Department of State
• TUC, Trades Union Congress (Singapore)
• U, Office of the Under Secretary of State
• U/MSA, Office of the Special Assistant for Mutual Security Affairs to the Under Secretary of State
• UK, United Kingdom
• UK FE JIC, United Kingdom Far East Joint Intelligence Committee
• UN, United Nations
• UNC, United Nations Command
• UNCI, United Nations Commission for Indonesia
• UNEF, United Nations Emergency Force
• UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
• UNP, Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Department of State
• UP, United Press
• urtel, your telegram
• USA, United States Army
• USAF, United States Air Force
• USARMA, United States Army Attaché
• USARPAC, United States Army, Pacific Command
• USIA, United States Information Agency
• USIS, United States Information Service
• USN, United States Navy
• USOM, United States Operations Mission
• USRO, United States Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations
• USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• UST, United States Treaties Series
• USUN, United States Mission at the United Nations; also series indicator for telegrams from the United States Mission
• UW, unconventional warfare
• VDC, Volunteer Defense Corps
• VFR, visual flight rules
• VOA, Voice of America
• W, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
• WE, Office of Western European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• YE, Your Excellency