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A– (plus number), airgram

A–A, Assistant Secretary of State for Political Affairs: Armour

AA/L, Legislative Liaison Section, Department of State

ACC, Allied Control Council (Austria)

A–K, Assistant Secretary of State for Occupied Areas: Hilldring

AHE, Arab Higher (Committee) Executive

AIOC, Anglo-Iranian Oil Company

AMAG, American Mission for Aid to Greece, at Athens; also, Amag, indicator for telegrams and despatches sent to the Department of State by the Mission

Amfoge, Allied Mission to Observe the Greek Elections

AP, Office of the Adviser on Petroleum Policy, Department of State

A–P, Assistant Secretary of State for Administration: Peurifoy

ARAMCO, Arabian American Oil Company

A–T, Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs: Thorp

ATC, Air Transport Command

Azer, Azerbaijan

Balcom, indicator for telegrams sent by the Department of State to the United States Delegation on the United Nations Special Committee on the Balkans

BOAC, British Overseas Airways Corporation

BEM, British Economic Mission (in Greece)

BMM (or BMMG,) British Military Mission (in Greece)

C/GT, presumably Coordinator, Greek-Turkey Aid Staff, Department of State; symbol superseded by U/GT

CEEC, Committee of European Economic Cooperation

CFM, Council of Foreign Ministers

CFP, Compagnie Française des Petroles

CIG, Central Intelligence Group, National Intelligence Authority

Combal, indicator for telegrams sent to the Department of State by the United States Delegation on the United Nations Special Committee on the Balkans

DABS, Democratic Army Broadcasting Station

Delga, indicator for telegrams sent to the Department of State by the United States Delegation at the United Nations General Assembly

Delsec, indicator for telegrams sent to the Department of State from the United States Delegation at meetings of the Council of Foreign Ministers

Deptel, Department’s telegram

DO, Desk Officer

DP(s), displaced person(s)

DRN, Division of Research for Near East and Africa, Departmenr of State

EAM, Ethnikon Apeleftherotikan Metopon (National Liberation Front), a resistance group controlled by the Communist Party of Greece

ECOSOC, Economic and Social Council of the United Nations

ED, Division of Investment and Economic Development, Department of State

EE, Division of Eastern European Affairs, Department of State

ERP, European Recovery Program

EUR, Office of European Affairs, Department of State

FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization

FLC, Foreign Liquidation Commissioner, Department of State

FN, Division of Financial Affairs, Department of State

FonOff, Foreign Office

FRB, Federal Reserve Bank

FRBNY, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

FTA, Foreign Trade Administration (Greek)

GA, General Assembly of the United Nations

Gadel, indicator for telegrams sent by the Department of State to the United States Delegation at the United Nations General Assembly

Gama, indicator for telegrams sent by the Department of State to the American Mission for Aid to Greece, at Athens

GC, General Committee of the First Special Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations

GNA, Greek National Army

GS, Greater Syria

GTI, Division of Greek, Turkish, and Iranian Affairs, Department of State

ICAO, International Civil Aviation Organization

ICJ, International Court of Justice of the United Nations

IO, Reference and Documents Section, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State

IPC, Iraq Petroleum Company, Ltd.

IRO, International Refugee Organization

IS, Division of International Security Affairs, Department of State

IZL, Irgun Zvai Leumi

JA, Jewish Agency for Palestine

JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff

JSM, Joint Staff Mission (British)

KKE, Kommunistikon Komma Ellados, the Communist Party of Greece

KLM, Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maateschappij (Royal Dutch Airlines)

Kosmos, indicator for telegrams sent to the Department of State by the Secretary of State during the Moscow session of the Council of Foreign Ministers on matters not under consideration by the Council

Le (or LE), Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State

Legtel, Legation’s telegram

LST, landing ship, tank

MA, Military Attaché

Martel, indicator for telegrams sent to the Department of State by the Secretary of State during the London session of the Council of Foreign Ministers

MD, Munitions Division, Department of State

MEI, Division of Middle Eastern and Indian Affairs, Department of State

Moskco, indicator for telegrams sent by the Department of State to the Secretary of State during the Moscow session of the Council of Foreign Ministers on matters not under consideration by the Council

NA, North Africa

NAC, National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Matters

NDC, National Defense Corps (Greek)

NE, Division of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State

NEA, Office of Near Eastern and African Affairs, Department of State

NGOs, non-governmental organizations

OA, Division of International Organization Affairs, Department of State

OFD, Office of Financial and Development Policy, Department of State

OFLC, Office of the Foreign Liquidation Commissioner, Department of State

OIE, Office of Information and Educational Exchange, Department of State

P&O, Plans and Operations Division, War Department

PA, Office of Public Affairs, Department of State

Patsu, indicator for telegrams sent by the Department of State to the American Mission for Aid to Turkey, at Ankara

PED, Petroleum Division, Department of State

POL, petroleum, oil, lubricants

PPA, Algerian Popular Party

reDeptel, regarding Department’s telegram

RFC, Reconstruction Finance Corporation

RPF, Rassemblement du peuple français (General de Gaulle’s political party)

S, Secretary of State

S/S, the Executive Secretariat, Department of State

S/S–PR, Protocol Staff, Executive Secretariat, Department of State

SA/E, Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Research and Intelligence

SACMed, Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean

SAG, Saudi Arabian Government

SC, Security Council of the United Nations

SE, Division of Southern European Affairs, Department of State

Secdel, indicator for telegrams sent by the Department of State to the United States Delegation at meetings of the Council of Foreign Ministers

SNDC, Supreme National Defense Council (Greek)

SONJ, Standard Oil Company of New Jersey

SPA, Office of Special Political Affairs, Department of State

SWNCC, State-War-Navy Coordinating Committee

SYG, Secretary-General of the United Nations

TAPLINE, Trans-Arabian Pipe Line Company

TC, Trusteeship Council of the United Nations

Telmar, indicator for telegrams sent by the Department of State to the Secretary of State during the London session of the Council of Foreign Ministers

TRUSTCO, Trusteeship Council of the United Nations

TVA, Tennessee Valley Authority

U, Office of the Under Secretary of State

U–E, Office of the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs

U/GT, Coordinator for Aid to Greece and Turkey, in the Office of the Under Secretary of State

UGTT, Union Generale des Travailleurs de Tunisie

UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

UNGA, United Nations General Assembly

UNO, United Nations Organization

UNRRA, United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration

UNSCOB, United Nations Special Committee on the Balkans

UNSCOP, United Nations Special Committee on Palestine

urdesp, your despatch

urtel, your telegram

USAGG, United States Army Group, Greece

USDel, United States Delegation

USFRP, United States Foreign Relief Program

USGADel, United States Delegation at the General Assembly of the United Nations

USIS, United States Information Service

Ustap, indicator for telegrams sent to the Department of State by the American Mission for Aid to Turkey

USUN, United States Mission at the United Nations

WE, Division of Western European Affairs, Department of State

WFTU, World Federation of Trade Unions

Foreign Relations of the United States, 1947, The Near East and Africa, Volume V

List of Abbreviations and Symbols