Office of the Historian

List of abbreviations

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.

  • ACC, Allied Control Commission
  • AFL, American Federation of Labor
  • AIF, Australian Imperial Force
  • AMG, Allied Military Government
  • BMA, British Military Authority
  • CFM, Council of Foreign Ministers
  • Delsec, Indicator for telegrams from the United States Delegations to the Paris Peace Conference and the Council of Foreign Ministers, at times headed by the Secretary of State
  • Deptel, Department’s telegram
  • EAM, Ethnikon Apeleftherotikon Metopon, the Communist-dominated Greek National Liberation Front
  • ECITO, European Central Inland Transport Organization
  • ECOSOC, Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
  • Embtel, Embassy’s telegram
  • EUR, Office of European Affairs, Department of State
  • Eximbank, Export-Import Bank of the United States
  • FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization
  • FonMin, Foreign Minister
  • FonOff, Foreign Office
  • GA, The General Assembly of the United Nations
  • GHQ, General Headquarters
  • IARA, Inter-Allied Reparation Agency
  • IRO, International Refugee Organization
  • JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • MFN, Most favored nation
  • MTB, Motor Torpedo Boat
  • Mytel, My telegram
  • Niact, Communications indicator requiring attention by the recipient at any time of the day or night
  • OCD, Indicator for telegrams from military advisers, United States Delegations to the Paris Peace Conference and the Council of Foreign Ministers, to the War Department
  • PICAO, Provisional International Civil Aviation Organization
  • PolAd, Political Adviser
  • SC, Security Council of the United Nations
  • Secdel, Indicator for telegrams to the United States Delegations to the Paris Peace Conference and the Council of Foreign Ministers, at times headed by the Secretary of State
  • SSR, Soviet Socialist Republic
  • SWNCC, State-War-Navy Coordinating Committee
  • SYG, Secretary General
  • UN, United Nations
  • UNESCO, United Nations Educational Scientific, and Cultural Organization
  • UNO, United Nations Organization
  • UNRRA, United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
  • USDel, United States Delegation
  • USFET, United States Forces, European Theatre
  • WDCSA, War Department Chief of Staff, United States Army
  • WDGPO, War Department, Office of Plans and Operations