Abbreviations

• A, Bureau of Administration, Department of State
• AHA, American Historical Association
• APSA, American Political Science Association
• ASIL, American Society of International Law
• CDC (also A/CDC), Classification/Declassification Center, Bureau of Administration, Department of State
• CDF, Department of State Central Decimal File, RG 59, NARA
• CFPF, Department of State Central Foreign Policy File, RG 59, NARA
• CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
• CREST, CIA Records Search Tool, electronic database of released CIA records located at the National Archives building in College Park, MD
• CSI, Center for the Study of Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
• DCI, Director of Central Intelligence
• DO, Directorate of Operations, Central Intelligence Agency
• DOD, Department of Defense
• DOS, Department of State
• DP, Division of Publications (see appendix D)
• DS, Bureau of Diplomatic Security, Department of State
• EAP, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
• EDC, European Defense Community
• EO, (Presidential) Executive Order
• EAP, Bureau East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
• EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• FAIM, Foreign Affairs Information Management Center, Department of State
• FAIM/PS, Publishing Services Division, Department of State
• FCO, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, United Kingdom
• FE, Division of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
• FDR, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States
• FGI, foreign government information
• FO, Foreign Office, United Kingdom
• FOIA, Freedom of Information Act
• FMP (also M/FMP), Bureau of Financial and Management Policy, reporting to the Under Secretary of State for Management, Department of State
• FPC, Office of Freedom of Information, Privacy, and Classification Review, Bureau of Diplomatic Security, Department of State
• FPC/HDR (also HDR), Historical Documents Review Division within the Office of Freedom of Information, Privacy, and Classification Review
• FRUS, Foreign Relations of the United States
• GOJ, Government of Japan
• GPO, Government Printing Office (1861–present)
• H, Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Department of State
• H. Doc., House Document
• H. Rpt., House Report
• HA, Office of the Historical Adviser (see appendix D)
• HAC, Historical Advisory Committee (full title from 1958–1978: Advisory Committee on Foreign Relations of the United States; after 1978: Advisory Committee on Historical Diplomatic Documentation), advisory body to the Department of State
• HD, Historical Division (see appendix D)
• HED, House Executive Document
• HLP, High Level Panel
• HMG, Her (or His) Majesty’s Government (United Kingdom)
• HO, Historical Office, Bureau of Public Affairs, Department of State, or Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs, Department of State (see appendix D)
• HRP, Historical Review Panel, advisory body to the Director of Central Intelligence
• INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• ISOO, Information Security Oversight Office (U.S. Government)
• JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• JFK, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th President of the United States
• L, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
• M, Under Secretary of State for Management, Department of State
• MO (also M/MO), Management Operations, reporting to Under Secretary of State for Management, Department of State
• MOU, memorandum of understanding
• MP (also M/MP), Management Policy, reporting to Under Secretary of State for Management, Department of State
• NARA, National Archives and Records Administration, United States
• NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• NCCPH, National Coordinating Committee for the Promotion of History
• NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State
• NSC, National Security Council
• OAH, Organization of American Historians
• OSS, Office of Strategic Services
• P, Bureau of Public Affairs, Department of State (see appendix D)
• PA, Office of Public Affairs, Department of State; after 1957, Bureau of Public Affairs, Department of State (see appendix D)
• PB, (also PBR) Division of Publications, Bureau of Administration, Department of State
• RE, Division of Research and Publications, Department of State (see appendix D)
• RG, Record Group
• RP, Division of Research and Publications, Department of State (see appendix D)
• S. Doc., Senate Document
• SAS, State Archiving System, electronic database used by the Department of State for electronic cables
• SED, Senate Executive Document
• Ser, Serial
• SHAFR, Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations
• SR (also CDC/SR), Office of Systematic Review, Classification/Declassification Center, Bureau of Administration, Department of State
• UK, United Kingdom
• UKNA, National Archives, United Kingdom (Kew)
• USG, United States Government
• WTC, War Time Conference