List of Abbreviations

  • AF, Air Forces
  • ANZUS, Australia, New Zealand, United States
  • AP, Associated Press
  • ASD/ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
  • CA, Office of Chinese Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
  • CAF, Chinese Air Force (Republic of China)
  • ChiCom, Chinese Communist
  • CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
  • CINCPACAF, Commander in Chief, Pacific Air Force
  • CINCPACFLT, Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet
  • CINCUNC, Commander in Chief, United Nations Command
  • CINCUSARPAC, Commander in Chief, United States Army, Pacific
  • CNO, Chief of Naval Operations
  • COMTAIWANDEFCOM, Commander, United States Taiwan Defense Command
  • COMUSKOREA, Commander, United States Forces, Korea
  • COMUSTDC, Commander, United States Taiwan Defense Command
  • CPR, People’s Republic of China
  • C/S, Chief of Staff
  • CSUSA, Chief of Staff, United States Army
  • CSUSAF, Chief of Staff, United States Air Force
  • CT, Country Team
  • CUSA, Council for United States Aid (Republic of China)
  • CY, calendar year
  • DA, Department of the Army
  • DAF, Department of the Air Force
  • DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
  • Def, Defense
  • Dept, Department
  • Deptel, Department of State telegram
  • DLF, Development Loan Fund
  • DOD, Department of Defense
  • DS, Defense Support Assistance Program
  • DTG, date-time group (date and exact time on telegrams)
  • Embtel, Embassy telegram
  • FE, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
  • FonMin, Foreign Minister
  • FSL, Foreign Service local employee
  • FY, fiscal year
  • FYI, for your information
  • G, Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
  • GAO, General Accounting Office
  • GBS, government budget support
  • GOJ, Government of Japan
  • govt, government
  • H, Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations
  • HE, high explosive
  • How Bns, Howitzer Battalions
  • IAC, Intelligence Advisory Committee
  • IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  • ICA, International Cooperation Administration
  • ICA/W, International Cooperation Administration/Washington
  • ICBM, Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
  • ICRC, International Committee of the Red Cross
  • IDA, International Development Association
  • IMF, International Monetary Fund
  • INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
  • IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
  • IPI, International Press Institute
  • ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
  • ISA/FE, Far Eastern Division of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
  • JCRR, Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction (Republic of China)
  • JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • L, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
  • LA, Latin America
  • LST, tank landing ship
  • LVT, landing vehicle tracked
  • M, Office of the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
  • MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
  • MAC, Military Armistice Commission
  • MAP, Military Assistance Program
  • MG, Military Government
  • MinDef, Minister of Defense
  • MND, Ministry of National Defense
  • msg, message
  • MSP, Mutual Security Program
  • NA, Office of Northeast Asian Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
  • NACC, Naval Auxiliary Communications Center
  • NCO, non-commissioned officer
  • Niact, night action, requiring immediate reply
  • NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
  • NIS, National Intelligence Survey
  • Noforn, No foreign distribution
  • NSC, National Security Council
  • OASD, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense
  • OCB, Operations Coordinating Board
  • OCDM, Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
  • OEC, Office of the Economic Coordinator
  • OPI, Office of Public Information
  • OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
  • P, Bureau of Public Affairs, Department of State
  • P.L., Public Law
  • POL, petroleum, oil, and lubricants
  • POLAD, Political Adviser
  • PRC, People’s Republic of China
  • REAT, designation for documents from Secretary of State Dulles’ trip to Rome, England, Alaska, and Taiwan, October 1958
  • ref, reference
  • reftel, reference telegram
  • Rep, Representative
  • ROK, Republic of Korea
  • ROKG, Republic of Korea Government
  • rptd, repeated
  • SAM, surface-to-air missile
  • SDMICC, Joint State/Defense Military Information Control Committee
  • SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
  • Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State or his party to the Department of State
  • SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate
  • SOFA, Status of Forces Agreement
  • S/P, Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for Policy Planning; Policy Planning Staff
  • TDC, Taiwan Defense Command
  • TIAS, Treaties and Other International Acts Series
  • Tng Ctrs, Training Centers
  • T/O, Table of Organization
  • Tosec, series indicator for telegrams to the Secretary of State or his party from the Department of State
  • U, Under Secretary of State
  • UK, United Kingdom
  • U/MSC, Deputy Coordinator of Mutual Security in the Office of the Under Secretary of State
  • UN, United Nations
  • UNC, United Nations Command
  • UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
  • unn, unnumbered
  • UNP, Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
  • U/OP, Office of the Operations Coordinator in the Office of the Under Secretary of State
  • UPI, United Press International
  • USAF, United States Air Force
  • USIA, United States Information Agency
  • USIS, United States Information Service
  • USOM, United States Operations Mission
  • USPOLAD, United States Political Adviser
  • USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
  • USTDC, United States Taiwan Defense Command
  • W/MSC, Special Assistant for Mutual Security Coordination in the Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs