Office of the Historian

List of Abbreviations

  • AAF, Army Air Forces
  • ACC, Allied Control Council/Commission
  • ACI, Advisory Committee on Intelligence, Department of State
  • AD/ORE, Assistant Director for Reports and Estimates
  • ADPC, Assistant Director for Policy Coordination
  • ADSO, Assistant Director for Special Operations (CIG and CIA)
  • AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
  • AGF, Army Ground Forces
  • AMET, American Mediterranean European Theater
  • ATC, Air Transport Command
  • BOB, Bureau of the Budget
  • CCC, Combat Command Chiefs/Congressional Country Club
  • CCS, Combined Chiefs of Staff
  • CE, Division of Central European Affairs, Department of State
  • CG, Commanding General
  • CIBI, Counter Intelligence Corps, British
  • CIC, Commander in Chief
  • CIG, Central Intelligence Group
  • C/L, Legislative Counsel, Office of the Counselor, Department of State
  • CO, Commanding Officer
  • COAPS, Coordination, Operations, and Policy/Planning Staff
  • CON, Office of Controls; Office of Consular Affairs, Bureau of Administration, Department of State
  • CSP, Chief, Special Projects Division, Office of Policy Coordination
  • DCI, Director of Central Intelligence (CIG and CIA)
  • DDCI, Deputy Director of Central Intelligence (CIG and CIA)
  • DNI, Director of Naval Intelligence
  • DOD, Department of Defense
  • DRA, Division of Research for American Republics, Department of State
  • ECA, Economic Cooperation Administration
  • ETO, European Theater of Operations
  • EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • FBIS, Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service
  • FC, Division of Foreign Activity Correlation, Bureau of Administration, Department of State
  • FE, Office of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
  • FEA, Foreign Economic Administration
  • G-2, intelligence section of divisional or higher staff
  • G-5, civil affairs section of divisional or higher staff
  • GSC, General Staff Corps
  • IAB, Intelligence Advisory Board
  • IAC, Intelligence Advisory Committee
  • IAD, Acquisition and Distribution Division, Office of Research and Intelligence, Department of State
  • ICAPS, Interagency Coordinating and Planning Staff
  • IIC, Interdepartmental Intelligence Committee
  • INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
  • IPDP, Intelligence Photographic Documentation Project
  • IRIS, Interim Research and Intelligence Service
  • JANIS, Joint Army–Navy Intelligence Studies
  • JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • JIC, Joint Intelligence Committee
  • JIS, Joint Intelligence Staff
  • JISPD, Joint Intelligence Studies Publication Board
  • JRDB, Joint Research and Development Board
  • Le, Legal Adviser
  • METO, Middle East Theater of Operations
  • MID, Military Intelligence Division, Department of the Army
  • MIS, Military Intelligence Staff, War Department General Staff
  • MO, Morale Operations, Office of Strategic Services
  • MOB, Morale Operations Branch, Office of Strategic Services
  • MTO, Mediterranean Theater of Operations
  • NA, Office of Northeast Asian Affairs, Office of Far Eastern Affairs
  • NAP, North Atlantic Pact
  • NIA, National Intelligence Authority
  • NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
  • NIG, National Intelligence Group
  • NIS, National Intelligence Survey; National Intelligence Summary
  • NME, National Military Establishment
  • NSC, National Security Council
  • NSCID, National Security Council Intelligence Directive
  • NSRB, National Security Resources Board
  • OBP, Office of Budget and Planning, Bureau of Administration, Department of State
  • OCD, Office of Collection and Dissemination
  • OCI, Office of Current Intelligence
  • ODA, Office of Departmental Administration, Bureau of Administration, Department of State
  • OFS, Office of the Foreign Service, Bureau of Administration, Department of State
  • OIE, Office of Intelligence and Educational Exchange
  • OIR, Office of Intelligence Research
  • OLI, Office of Libraries and Intelligence Acquisition
  • ONE, Office of National Estimates
  • ONI, Office of Naval Intelligence, Department of Navy
  • OO, Office of Operations
  • OPC, Office of Policy Coordination
  • OPD, Operations Division, War Department
  • ORE, Office of Research and Evaluation; Office of Reports and Estimates
  • OSO, Office of Special Operations
  • OSS, Office of Strategic Services
  • OWI, Office of War Information
  • PSB, Psychological Strategy Board
  • R, Secretary of State’s Special Assistant for Research and Intelligence
  • R and A, research and analysis
  • RDB, Research and Development Board
  • SANACC, State–Army–Navy–Air Coordinating Committee
  • SHAEF, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Forces
  • SI, Secret Intelligence, Office of Strategic Services
  • SID, Strategic Intelligence Digest
  • SIS, Special Intelligence Service
  • SO, Special Operations
  • SPG, Special Procedures Group, Office of Special Operations
  • SR, Situation Report
  • SS, Schutzstaffel (German elite guard)
  • SSU, Strategic Services Unit, War Department
  • SWNCC, State–War–Navy Coordinating Committee
  • UNO, United Nations Organization
  • USCIB, U.S. Communications Intelligence Board
  • USFA, U.S. Forces in Austria
  • USFCT, U.S. Forces, China Theater
  • USFET, U.S. Forces, European Theater
  • USSBS, U.S. Stragetic Bombing Survey
  • USSTAF, U.S. Strategic Air Forces
  • WDGS, War Department General Staff
  • X–2, counterintelligence unit