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