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A, airgram

AC, Allied Council; Allied Commission

ACC, Allied Control Commission; Allied Control Council

admin, administrative

AFHQ, Allied Force Headquarters (Caserta, Italy)

AFPac, United States Army Forces, Pacific

AG, Aktien-Gesellschaft (stock company)

AGWar, Adjutant General, War Department

Amb, Ambassador

Amco, name for the telephone switchboard servicing the United States Delegation at Babelsberg

AmEmbassy, American Embassy

AMET, Africa–Middle East Theater

AMG, Allied Military Government

AmLegation(s), American Legation(s)

ammo, ammunition

Argonaut, code name for the Yalta Conference, February 4–11, 1945

Ashcan, code name for a detention center maintained by SHAEF at Bad Mondorf, Luxembourg, for persons of the highest political and military importance

ATC, Air Transport Command

ATS, Auxiliary Territorial Service (United Kingdom)

AUNOJ. See AVNOJ

AUS, Army of the United States

AusPolAd, United States Political Adviser for Austrian Affairs

author, authorities

AVNOJ, Anti-Fascist Assembly of National Liberation of Yugoslavia

BBC, British Broadcasting Corporation

BD, barrels per day

BG, military communications indicator

BLU, British Liaison Unit

BMW, Bavarian Motor Works

BritEmb, British Embassy

BritGovt, British Government

C, military communications indicator

CA, class identification for heavy cruiser

CAC, Coast Artillery Corps

CAD, Civil Affairs Division, War Department Special Staff

Capcraft, code name for captured German vessels of small size

CC, Control Council

CCAC, Combined (American and British) Civil Affairs Committee

CCS, Combined (American and British) Chiefs of Staff; document symbol used by the Combined Chiefs of Staff

Cfb, military communications indicator

CG, Commanding General

Chanor, (English) Channel and Normandy

CinCAFPac, Commander in Chief, Army Forces, Pacific

CNO, Chief of Naval Operations

Comd, Commander

Comea, communications indicator used on messages concerning the European Advisory Commission

ComGenAir, Commanding General, Army Air Forces

ComGenChina, Commanding General, United States Forces, China

ComGenMed, Commanding General, Mediterranean

ComGenMilMis, Commanding General, Military Mission

CominCh, Commander in Chief, United States Fleet

Comintern, (Third) Communist International

ComNavEu, Commander, United States Naval Forces in Europe

ComNavForGer, Commander, United States Naval Forces, Germany

ComNavForGermany, Commander, United States Naval Forces, Germany

ComNavGr, Commander, Naval Group

ComNavGrp, Commander, Naval Group

ComNavGroup, Commander, Naval Group

Confmess, communications indicator used on messages to Babelsberg from the United States Delegation, Allied Commission on Reparations, Moscow

Confrep, communications indicator used on messages from Babelsberg to the United States Delegation, Allied Commission on Reparations, Moscow

Copre, communications indicator used on messages concerning the Preparatory Commission of the United Nations

Coronet, code name for the second phase of the planned invasion of the Japanese home islands

CRAB, Combined (American and British) Resources Allocation Board

C/S, Chief(s) of Staff

CSAB, Combined (American and British) Shipping Adjustment Boards

CWO, Chief Warrant Officer

D–Day, term used to designate the unnamed day on which an operation commences or is to commence

Depstel, Department’s telegram

Dept, Department (usually the Department of State)

Deptel(s), Department’s telegram(s)

Depts, Department’s

Deptstel, Department’s telegram

DNI, Director of Naval Intelligence

Dustbin, code name for Field Intelligence Agency, Technical (an interrogation group)

EAC, European Advisory Commission

EAM, National Liberation Front (Greece)

ECITO, European Central Inland Transport Organization

ECO, European Coal Organization

EEC, Emergency Economic Committee, Europe

EECE, Emergency Economic Committee, Europe

EIT, European inland transport

ELAS, National Popular Liberation Army (Greece)

Embs, Embassy’s

Embtel, Embassy’s telegram

ES, Division of Economic Security Controls, Department of State

ETO, European Theater of Operations

ETOUSA, European Theater of Operations, United States Army

EUR, Office of European Affairs, Department of State

EW, European War

EWT, Eastern War Time

ExCom, Executive Committee of the Preparatory Commission of the United Nations

ExeCom, Executive Committee of the Preparatory Commission of the United Nations

Eyes Only, communications indicator used on messages which were to receive extremely limited distribution

F, document symbol used by the British Delegation to the Berlin Conference on papers relating to meetings of the Foreign Ministers

Fan, military communications indicator

Fat Man, an atomic bomb of the implosion type (the type dropped on Nagasaki; previously tested as an experimental device in New Mexico on July 16, 1945)

FEA, Foreign Economic Administration

FF, Fatherland Front (Bulgaria)

FM, Field Marshal

FO, Foreign Office

FonMin, Foreign Minister

FonOff(s), Foreign Office(s)

ForMin, Foreign Minister

ForOff, Foreign Office

FX, military communications indicator

G–2, Army general staff section dealing with intelligence at the divisional or higher level

G–5, Army general or special staff section dealing with civil affairs at the divisional or higher level

GmbH, Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (limited liability company)

HQ, HQs, headquarters

Hula, code name for the lend-lease transfer to the Soviet Union of 180 vessels to be assembled at Seattle, Washington, and Cold Bay, Alaska

info, information; for information; for information to; for the information of

IPCOG, Informal Policy Committee on Germany; document symbol used by that Committee

I T and T, International Telephone and Telegraph Company

JA, Judge Advocate

JAGD, Judge Advocate General’s Department

JCS, Joint (United States Army and Navy) Chiefs of Staff; document symbol used by the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Jcs, military communications indicator

KKE, Communist Party of Greece

Leg, Legation

Little Boy, an atomic bomb of the gun-assembly type (not tested at the time of the Berlin Conference; the type dropped on Hiroshima)

Lockup, code name for special handling of messages to the United States Military Mission in the Soviet Union relating to the war against Japan

L/T, Office of the Assistant Legal Adviser for Treaty Affairs, Department of State

M, military communications indicator

MA, Military Attaché

Mailfist, code name for the capture of Singapore

Manhattan District, code name for the atomic-bomb-development project

Masterwork, code name for the Berlin Conference (changed to Terminal); name of the telephone switchboard servicing the United States Delegation at Babelsberg and of the United States area at Babelsberg

Mel, communications indicator

MG, military government

Mik, Mikołajczyk

mil, military

Milepost, code name referring to stockpiling of supplies in eastern Siberia for the use of Soviet forces in the war against Japan

MilID, Military Intelligence Division, War Department General Staff

MilMis, Military Mission

MinForAff, Minister of (for) Foreign Affairs

msg, message

MWT, Ministry of War Transport (United Kingdom)

mytel, my telegram

Naf, military communications indicator

nbr, number

NDF, National Democratic Front (Rumania)

NEI, Netherland East Indies

Neter, communications indicator used on messages between the Department of State and the London Embassy with reference to relations with the Government of the Netherlands

Niact, communications indicator requiring attention by the recipient at any hour of the day or night

NKVD, People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs (Soviet Union)

NL, national liberation

nr, number

NSDAP, National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazi Party)

OANLC, Office of the Army–Navy Liquidation Commissioner

OGPU, United State Political Administration (Soviet Union)

Olympic, code name for the assault on Kyushu, scheduled for March 1, 1946

OPD, Operations Division, War Department General Staff

OpDiv, Operations Division, War Department General Staff

OpNav, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations

OSS, Office of Strategic Services

OWI, Office of War Information

P, document symbol used by the British Delegation to the Berlin Conference on papers relating to plenary meetings

para(s), paragraph(s)

PAW, Petroleum Administration for War

PC, Preparatory Commission of the United Nations

PFC, Private First Class

PGC, Persian Gulf Command

pgh, paragraph

PKWN, Polish Committee of National Liberation

pls, please

PM, Prime Minister

PO, communications indicator

POW(s), prisoner(s) of war

PPR, Polish Labor Party

PPS, Polish Socialist Party

PreCo, Preparatory Commission of the United Nations

Preco, communications indicator used on messages concerning the Preparatory Commission of the United Nations

PriMin, Prime Minister

PTT, post, telephone and telegraph

PW, Pacific War

PWD, Psychological Warfare Division, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force

RCL, Reserved Commodity List

R D & R, Reparation, Deliveries and Restitution Division

rec’d, received

reDeptel, regarding the Department of State’s telegram

remytel, regarding my telegram

reps, representatives

reptd, repeated

retels, regarding telegrams

reurmemo, regarding your memorandum

reurtel, regarding your telegram

RM, Reichsmarks

rpd, repeated

rptd, repeated

S–1, code name for the atomic bomb

SA, National Socialist Storm Troops (Germany)

SAC, Supreme Allied Commander

SACMed, Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean

S/AE, Office of the Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Disarmament and Atomic Energy

Safehaven, code name for the United States program to forestall German attempts to hide assets outside Germany, particularly in European neutral countries

Sam, class identification for “Samuel”-class troop carriers

SC, document symbol used by the Secretary’s Staff Committee, Department of State

SCAEF, Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force

Scaf, military communications indicator

SD, communications indicator; Security Service of the National Socialist Elite Guard (Germany)

SEA, Southeast Asia

SEAC, Southeast Asia Command

SecState, Secretary of State

Sextant, code name for the Cairo Conferences, November–December 1943

Sgs, military communications indicator

SHAEF, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force

SM, Secretariat memorandum, Joint Chiefs of Staff

SMR, South Manchurian Railway

SovDeleg, Soviet Delegation

SovGovt, Soviet Government

SS, National Socialist Elite Guard (Germany)

SSR, Soviet Socialist Republic

Stat, United States Statutes at Large

Sumoc, communications indicator

SWNCC, State–War–Navy Coordinating Committee; document symbol used by the State–War–Navy Coordinating Committee

SWPA, Southwest Pacific Area

TA. See Tube Alloys

TASS, Telegraphic Agency of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

teles, telegrams

Terminal, code name for the Berlin Conference, July 16–August 2, 1945

topsec, top secret

Torch, code name for the Allied landings in North Africa

TRC, Office of Transport and Communications Policy, Department of State

Tube Alloys, code name for atomic energy research and development

TUC, Trades Union Congress (United Kingdom)

UK, United Kingdom; communications indicator

UMA, United Maritime Authority

UMEB, United Maritime Executive Board

UNations, United Nations

UnderSecNavs, Under Secretary of the Navy’s

UNRRA, United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration

urtel, your telegram

USFA, United States Forces in Austria

USFET, United States Forces, European Theater

USGCC, United States Group, Control Council (Germany)

USPolAd, United States Political Adviser

V. See Victory

V–1, Vergeltungswaffe–1 (a German weapon guided by an automatic pilot first used against England in June 1944)

V–2, Vergeltungswaffe Zwei (a German weapon guided by an automatic pilot first used against England in September 1944)

V–E Day, the day of Allied victory in Europe

Victory, communications indicator used on outgoing messages from the United States Delegation at the Berlin Conference (a Victory–in number was also assigned to incoming messages)

V–J Day, the day of Japanese capitulation

VLR, very long range

W, communications indicator

WAC, Women’s Army Corps

War, military communications indicator

WarCOS, Chief of Staff, United States Army

WarOpDiv, Operations Division, War Department General Staff

WSA, War Shipping Administration

Wsa, communications indicator used on messages of the War Shipping Administration

Y, code name for the atomic bomb

Z, time indicator (the four digits immediately preceding the indicator give the hour at which the message in question was sent, expressed in “Zebra” time, i. e., Greenwich Civil Time—e.g.,231350Z represents 1350 hours, or 1:50 p.m., Greenwich Civil Time, on the 23d day of an unspecified month)

Zecho, Czechoslovakia

Zipper, code name for operations for the establishment of a bridgehead in the Port Swettenham–Port Dickson area preparatory to an advance southward on Singapore

Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, The Conference of Berlin (The Potsdam Conference), 1945, Volume II

List of Abbreviations, Symbols, and Code Names