List of abbreviations and symbols
Editor’s Note.—This list does not include standard abbreviations in common usage; unusual abbreviations of rare occurrence which are clarified at appropriate points; and those abbreviations and contractions which, although uncommon, are understandable from the context.
- AAF, Army Air Forces
- ADA, Atomic Development Authority
- ADP, Airport Development Program
- AEC, (United Nations) Atomic Energy Commission
- AF of L, American Federation of Labor
- A–H, Office of Assistant Secretary of State for Occupied Areas, John R. Hilldring
- Amdel, indicator for telegrams to the Permanent United States Delegation located at the seat of the United Nations, March 1946, ff.
- AMG, Allied Military Government
- ARA, Office of American Republic Affairs, Department of State
- ATC, Air Transport Command
- The Bank, The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- BC, Division of British Commonwealth Affairs, Department of State
- BOAC, British Overseas Airways Corporation
- BOT, British Board of Trade
- BW, Biological warfare
- CAB, Civil Aeronautics Board
- cirtel, circular telegram
- CDT, Combined Development Trust
- CFM, Council of Foreign Ministers
- CFB, Combined Food Board
- Con, Office of Controls, Department of State
- Copre, indicator for telegrams from the United States Delegation to the meeting of the Preparatory Committee of the United Nations or its executive committee, London, August–December 1945
- CPC, Combined Policy Committee
- DA, Division of Dependent Area Affairs, Department of State
- Delga, indicator for telegrams from the United States Delegation to the New York meeting of the General Assembly, October–December 1946
- Delsec, indicator for telegrams from the United States Delegation to the Council of Foreign Ministers and the Paris Peace Conference, when headed by the Secretary of State
- Delun, indicator for telegrams from the United States Delegation to the London meeting of the General Assembly, January–February 1946
- Depcirtel, Department circular telegram
- Deptel, Department telegram
- ECEFP, Executive Committee on Economic Foreign Policy
- ECITO, European Central Inland Transport Organization
- ECOSOC, Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
- EE, Division of Eastern European Affairs, Department of State
- Embtel, Embassy telegram
- ESC, Executive Secretariat of the Secretary of State’s Staff Committee
- EUR, Office of European Affairs, Department of State
- Eximbank, Export-Import Bank of Washington
- FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization
- FCN Treaty, Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation
- FE, Office of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
- FEA, Foreign Economic Administration
- FO, Foreign Office
- FoMin, Foreign Minister
- FonOff, Foreign Office
- ForOf, Foreign Office
- The Fund, The International Monetary Fund
- GA, General Assembly of the United Nations
- Gadel, indicator for telegrams to the United States Delegation to the New York meeting of the General Assembly, October–December 1946
- H.J. Res., House Joint Resolution
- IA, Division of Special Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
- ILO, International Labor Organization
- IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
- IRO, International Refugee Organization
- IS, Division of International Security Affairs, Department of State
- ITO, International Trade Organization
- ITP, Office of International Trade Policy, Department of State
- JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
- JSSC, Joint Strategic Survey Committee of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Le, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
- MD, Munitions Division, Department of State
- MPR, Mongolian People’s Republic (Outer Mongolia)
- MSC, Military Staff Committee of the United Nations Security Council
- NAC, National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Problems
- NGO, Non-Governmental Organization
- NE, Division of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State
- NEA, Office of Near Eastern and African Affairs, Department of State
- NEI, Netherlands East Indies
- Niact, communications indicator requiring attention by the recipient at any hour of the day or night
- NOE, Division of Northern European Affairs, Department of State
- OA, Division of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
- ORI, presumably a reference to the research and intelligence function of the Department of State which was in the process of organization in the spring of 1946
- PCA, Policy Committee on Arms and Armaments, Department of State
- PD, Passport Division, Department of State
- PICAO, Provisional International Civil Aviation Organization
- Preco, indicator for telegrams to the United States Delegation to the meeting of the Preparatory Committee of the United Nations or its executive committee, London, August–December 1945
- reDeptel, reference Department’s telegram
- reEmbs, reference Embassy’s telegram
- reftel, reference telegram
- reLegtel, reference Legation’s telegram
- reurtel, reference your telegram
- RL, Division of American Republics Analysis and Liaison, Department of State
- RP, Division of Research and Publication, Department of, State
- RSC, Records Service Center, Department of State
- SACMED, Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean
- SC, Security Council of the United Nations
- SC, Secretary’s Staff Committee, Department of State
- SEA, Division of Southeast Asian Affairs, Department of State
- SEAC, South East Asia Command (British World War II Theater Command)
- SEC, Securities and Exchange Commission
- Secdel, indicator for telegrams to the United States Delegation to the Council of Foreign Ministers and the Paris Peace Conference, when headed by the Secretary of State
- S.J. Res., Senate Joint Resolution
- SPA, Office of Special Political Affairs, Department of State
- SSR, Soviet Socialist Republic
- SWNCC, State-War-Navy Coordinating Committee
- SYG, Secretary-General of the United Nations
- TAC, Interdepartmental Trade Agreements Committee
- TRC, Office of Transport and Communications Policy, Department of State
- TrustCo, Trusteeship Council of the United Nations
- TVA, Tennessee Valley Authority
- TWA, Trans World Airlines
- UE, Office of the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, William L. Clayton
- Undel, indicator for telegrams to the U.S. Delegation to the London meeting of the General Assembly, January–February 1946
- UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
- UNLC, United Nations Liaison Committee, Department of State
- UNO, United Nations Organization
- UNRRA, United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
- urtel, your telegram
- USA, United States Army
- USDel, United States Delegation
- USN, United States Navy
- VD, Visa Division, Department of State
- V–J Day, the day of Japanese capitulation, September 2, 1945
- WE, Division of Western European Affairs, Department of State
- WFTU, World Federation of Trade Unions
- WHO, World Health Organization