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A- (plus number), airgram

A-1, -2, -3, -4, sections of an air staff

AA, Air Attaché

AAF, Army Air Force (U.S.)

AC, Allied Commission

ACC, Allied Control Commission, or Council

AC of S, Assistant Chief of Staff

AF, Division of African Affairs, Department of State

AFA, Allied Financial Agency

Afem, series indicator for telegrams relating to the Foreign Aid Act of 1947 (Public Law 389)

AFHQ, Allied Force Headquarters (Mediterranean Theater)

AFL, American Federation of Labor

AGWar, Adjutant General, War Department

ALUSNA, U.S. Naval Attaché

Amb, Ambassador

AMC, Allied Military Command (of the Allied Zone of the Free Territory of Trieste)

AmDel, American Delegation

AmEmb, American Embassy

AMG, Allied Military Government

AMGVG, Allied Military Government, Venezia Giulia

ANFD, Alianza National de Fuerzas Democráticas, Spanish political group

ANPI, Associazione Nationale Partigiani d’Italia (National Association of Italian Partisans)

AOA, American Overseas Airlines

ARAR, Azienda Rilievo Alienazione Residuati, the Agency of the Italian Government to receive surplus material and to dispose of it on a commercial basis

AT, Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs

ATC, Air Transport Command

AUSA, Assistenza degli Stati Uniti d’America (Assistance of the United States of America), the Italian designation of the U.S. Foreign Aid Program

BBC, British Broadcasting Corporation

BC, Division of British Commonwealth Affairs, Department of State

BEA, British European Airways

Benelux, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg

BETFor, British Element, Trieste Forces

BMA, British Military Administration

BOAC, British Overseas Airways Corporation

BOT, Board of Trade (British)

BTA, British Troops, Austria

CA, Conference Attaché

CAA, Civil Aeronautics Administration

CAB, Civil Aeronautics Board

CC, Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

CCAC, Combined Civil Affairs Committee

CCP, Chinese Communist Party

CCS, Combined Chiefs of Staff

CD, Christian Democrat

CE, Division of Central European Affairs, Department of State

CEEC, Committee (Council, Conference) for European Economic Cooperation

Cere, series indicator for telegrams to the U.S. Delegation on the Committee for European Economic Cooperation

CFM, Council of Foreign Ministers

CFTC, Confédération Française des Travailleurs Chrétiens (French Confederation of Christian Workers)

CGIL, Confederazion Generale Italiana del Lavoro (General Confederation of Italian Labor)

CGMTO, Commanding General, Mediterranean Theater of Operations

CGT, Confédération Générale du Travail (General Confederation of Labor), in France

CGT-FO, Confédération Générale du Travail-Force Ouvrière (General Confederation of Labor-Workers Force), in France

CIA, Central Intelligence Agency

c.i.f., cost, insurance, and freight

C-in-C, Commander in Chief

CINCNELM, Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean

CIO, Congress of Industrial Organizations

CIOS, Combined Intelligence Operations Section

circair, circular airgram

cirtel, circular telegram

CLN, Comitato de Liberazione Nazionale, Italian political group

CLNAI, Comitato de Liberazione Nazionale per l’Alta Italia (Committee of National Liberation for Northern Italy)

CMF, Central Mediterranean Force (British)

CNO, Chief of Naval Operations

CNT, Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (National Confederation of Labor), in Spain

Colit, series indicator for telegrams to the U.S. Deputy for the Italian Colonies of the Council of Foreign Ministers

ComGenMed, Commanding General, Mediterranean

Cominform, Communist Information Bureau

Comm One, Committee One of the United Nations

CP, Communist Party

CP, Division of Commercial Policy, Department of State

CPF, Communist Party of France

CPI, Communist Party of Italy

CPJ, Communist Party of Yugoslavia

CPSU, Communist Party of the Soviet Union

CRC, Central Rhine Commission, at Strasbourg, France

CRO, Commonwealth Relations Office (British)

CSA, Czechoslovak State Airline

DefenseSec, Secretary of Defense

Delga, series indicator for telegrams from the U.S. Delegation at the United Nations General Assembly

Delsec, series indicator for telegrams to the Secretary of State while heading a U.S. Delegation away from Washington

Depcircair, circular airgram from the Department of State

Depcirinst, circular instruction from the Department of State

Depintel (Depinfotel), information telegram from the Department of State

Depitcol (Deptitcol), Deputies for the Italian Colonies of the Council of Foreign Ministers

Deptel, telegram from the Department of State

desp, despatch

DP, displaced person

DRE, Division of Research for Europe, Department of State

DS, Division of Protective Services, Department of State

E, Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs

ECA, Economic Cooperation Act, or Administration

Ecato, series indicator for telegrams from the Economic Cooperation Administration in Washington to its missions abroad

ECE, Economic Commission for Europe

ECO, European Coal Organization

Econ, series indicator for telegrams to the U.S. Delegation to the Economic Commission for Europe

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

EM, enlisted man, enlisted men

Embdes, despatch from an American Embassy

Embniact, night action (urgent) message from an American Embassy

Embtel, telegram from an American Embassy

EP, Division of Economic Property Policy, Department of State

ERP, European Recovery Program

ETA, estimated time of arrival

ETD, estimated time of departure

EthLeg, Ethiopian Legation

EUCOM, European Command, U.S. Army

EUR, Office of European Affairs, Department of State

ExIm (Ex-Im Bank), Export-Import Bank of Washington

Fan, series indicator for telegrams to the Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean, AFHQ, from the Combined Chiefs of Staff

Fat, series indicator for telegrams to General Airey, Commanding General of the Allied Forces in the Free Territory of Trieste, from the Combined Chiefs of Staff

FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice

FC, Division of Foreign Activity Correlation, Department of State

FEC, Far Eastern Commission

FIC, Field Investigation Commission (in the former Italian colonies)

Ficus, series indicator for telegrams to the U.S. section on the Field Investigation Commission (in the former Italian colonics)

FLC, Foreign Liquidation Commissioner, Department of State

FN, Division of Financial Affairs, Department of State

FO, Force Ouvrière (Workers Force), in France

FonMin, Foreign Minister, Ministry

FonOflf, Foreign Office

FSO, Foreign Service Officer

FTT, Free Territory of Trieste

Fund, International Monetary Fund

FYI, for your information

G-1, -2, -3, -4, -5, sections of a military staff, in a division or larger unit

GA, General Assembly of the United Nations

Gadel, series indicator for telegrams to the U.S. Delegation at the United Nations General Assembly

GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

GHQ, General Headquarters

GOC, Committee of Good Offices for the Netherlands East Indies of the United Nations Security Council or General Officer Commanding

GPU, Soviet secret police

Green, Greenland

GSC, General Staff Corps

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

HMG, His (Her) Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom (or in The Netherlands, etc.)

IAC, Iceland Airport Corporation

IARA, Inter-Allied Reparation Agency

IBD, Division of International Broadcasting, Department of State

IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

IC, Interim Committee of the General Assembly of the United Nations

ICAO, International Civil Aviation Organization

IEFC, International Emergency Food Council

IMF, International Monetary Fund

INCOM, an Italian newsreel service

infotel, information telegram

INI, Instituto National de Industria (National Institute of Industry), in Spain

INP, Division of International Press and Publications, Department of State

INS, International News Service inst, instruction

Invest Com, Investigation Commission (in the former Italian colonies)

IR, International Resources Division, Department of State

IRO, International Refugee Organization

IS, Division of International Security Affairs, Office of United Nations Affairs, Department of State

Itcol, series indicator for telegrams from the U.S. Deputy for the Italian Colonies of the Council of Foreign Ministers

ITO, International Trade Organization

ITP, Office of International Trade Policy, Department of State

IWG, International Working Group

JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff

KLM, Royal Dutch Airlines

L, Le, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State

LA, Latin America

Lasco, series indicator for telegrams to the U.S. Representative to the European Coal Organization

Legtel, telegram from an American Legation

LP, Division of Lend-Lease and Surplus War Property Affairs, Department of State

MA, Military Attaché

MAA, Military Air Attaché

MAR, Military Attaché report

Martel, series indicator for telegrams from Secretary of State Marshall while away from Washington

ME, Middle East

MEA, Mission for Economic Affairs, U.S. Embassy, London

Mefa, series indicator for telegrams relating to the Foreign Aid Act of 1947 (Public Law 389)’

MFN, most favored nation

MILA, Military Liquidating Agency

MinFonAff, Minister of Foreign Affairs

MOFP, Ministry of Fuel and Power (British)

MRP, Mouvement Républicain Populate, French political party

MTO, Mediterranean Theater of Operations

MTOUSA, Mediterranean Theater of Operations, United States Army

mydes, my dispatch

mytel, my telegram

NA, Naval Attaché

NAC, National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Problems

Naf, series indicator for telegrams from the Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean, AFHQ, to the Combined Chiefs of Staff

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

NEI, Netherlands East Indies

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

NME, National Military Establishment

Noce, series indicator for telegrams from the U.S. Delegation to the Economic Commission for Europe

NOE, Division of Northern European Affairs, Department of State

NSC, National Security Council

NSRB, National Security Resources Board

NV, note verbale

OA, Division of International Organization Affairs, Department of State

OEEC, Organization for European Economic Cooperation

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

OIR, Office of Intelligence Research, Department of State

OIT, Office of International Trade, Department of Commerce

OMGUS, Office of Military Government in Germany (United States)

OSR, Office of the U.S. Special Representative in Europe under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1948

OVIR, Bureau of Visas and Registration of Foreigners, in the Ministry for Internal Affair of the Soviet Union

P, Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs

PAA, Pan American Airways

Par, series indicator for telegram relating to the U.S. Foreign Relief Program

PCF, Parti Communiste Français (French Communist Party)

PCI, Partito Commanista Italiano (Italian Communist Party)

PDF, Popular Democratic Front (in Italian election of April 1948)

PED, Petroleum Division, Department of State

PL, Public Law

PM, Prime Minister

POL, petroleum, oil, and lubricants

PoIAd, Political Adviser

POS, Public Affairs Overseas Program Staff, Department of State

PPS, designation for documents by the Policy Planning Staff, Department of State

PRI, Partito Republicano Italiano, Italian political party

PriMin, Prime Minister

PRL, Parti Republicain de la Liberté, French political party

PSI, Partito Socialista Italiano, Italian political party

PSLI, Partito Socialista dei Lavoratori Italiani (Socialist Party of Italian Workers, or Saragat Socialists)

R, Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Research and Intelligence

R/SPS, Special Projects Staff of R

Rap, series indicator for telegrams relating to the U.S. Foreign Relief Program

Rece, series indicator for telegrams from the U.S. Delegation on the Committee for European Economic Cooperation

reEmb, regarding Embassy’s message

refdes, despatch under reference

reftel, telegram under reference

remy, regarding my message

reourtel, regarding our telegram

Repto, series indicator for messages to the Economic Cooperation Administration headquarters in Washington from the U.S. Special Representative in Europe under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1948

reurtel, regarding your telegram

RFC, Reconstruction Finance Corporation

RGR, Rassemblement des Gauches Ré-publicaines, French political party

RJ, ratification by Yugoslavia of the Treaty of Peace with Italy

RPF, Rassemblement du Peuple Français, French political party

Rus, series indicator for telegrams from the Combined Chiefs of Staff to the Commander of the British-United States Zone, Free Territory of Trieste, regarding the provision of currency for the Zone by agreement with the Government of Italy

S, Secretary of State

SAC, Supreme Allied Commander

SACMED, Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean

Safehaven, code name for a U.S. program begun in 1946 to block the flight of Axis capital assets to neutral countries

SANACC, State-Army-Navy-Air Force Coordinating Committee

SC, Security Council of the United Nations

SCAP, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers in Japan

SD, Shipping Division, Department of State

SD, Social Democrats

SDU, Slovene Democratic Union (in the Free Territory of Trieste)

SE, Division of Southern European Affairs, Department of State

SEC, Securities and Exchange Commission

Secdel, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State while heading a U.S. Delegation away from Washington

SecGen, Secretary-General

SecState, Secretary of State

SFIO, Section Française de l’Internationale Ouvrière, the official title of the French Socialist party

SHAEF, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force

SMA, SMAD, SMAG, Soviet Military Administration (Germany)

SNCF, Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Français (French National Railroad Authority)

Soceco, series indicator for telegrams to the U.S. Delegate to ECOSOC

SONJ, Standard Oil Company of New Jersey

SovDel, Soviet Delegation

S/P, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State

SPI, Socialist Party of Italy

SU, Sindacati Unici, labor group in Trieste

Sur, series indicator for telegrams to the Combined Chiefs of Staff from the Commander of the British-United States Zone, Free Territory of Trieste, regarding the provision of currency for the Zone by agreement with the Government of Italy

SWN, designation for a series of papers of the State-War-Navy Coordinating Committee

SWNCC, State-War-Navy Coordinating Committee; also a designation for a series of papers of that Committee

SYG, Secretary-General

T, Assistant Secretary of State for Transport and Communications

TA, trade agreement

TAC, Interdepartmental Committee on Trade Agreements

Taf, series indicator for telegrams from General Airey, Commanding General of the Allied Forces in the Free Territory of Trieste, to the Combined Chiefs of Staff

TASS, Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union, official communications agency of the Soviet Union

TC, Trusteeship Council of the United Nations

telecon, telecommunication conversation or conference

Telmar, series indicator for telegrams to Secretary of State Marshall while away from Washington

TIAS, Treaties and Other International Acts Series, official publication by the Department of State

Toeca, series indicator for telegrams to the Economic Cooperation Administration in Washington from its missions abroad

Torep, series indicator for messages from the Economic Cooperation Administration headquarters in Washington to the U.S. Special Representative in Europe under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1948.

TRC, Office of Transport and Communications, Department of State

TRUST, Trieste United States Troops

TUC, Trades Union Congress (British)

U, Under Secretary of State

UDSR, Union Démocratique et Socialiste de la Resistance, French political party

UGT, Union General del Trabajadores (General Union of Laborers), in Spain

UKDel, United Kingdom Delegation

UMT, Universal Military Training

UNA, Office of United Nations Affairs, Department of State

UND, Division of Dependent Area Affairs, Department of State

UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

UNRRA, United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration

UNSCOB, United Nations Special Committee on the Balkans

UQ, Uomo Qualunque (Mr. Everyman), a movement, and then a political party, founded in Italy in 1946 by Guglielmo Giannini, a movement of protest against the anti-Fascists

urdes, your despatch

urtel, your telegram

USAF, U.S. Air Force

USAFE, U.S. Air Forces in Europe

USDel, U.S. Delegation

USFA, U.S. Forces in Austria

USFAP, U.S. Foreign Aid Program

USFET, U.S. Forces, European Theater

USFIC, U.S. section of the Field Investigation Commission (in the former Italian colonies); also Usfic, series indicator for telegrams from the U.S. section of that Commission

USFRP, U.S. Foreign Relief Program

USG, U.S. Government

USIS, U.S. Information Service

USUN, U.S. Mission at the United Nations

VOA, VOUSA, Voice of America

WAA, War Assets Administration

WARX, WAREX, series indicators for telegrams sent overseas by the Department of the Army or by Army Headquarters, Washington

WD, War Department

WE, Division of Western European Affairs, Department of State

WFTU, World Federation of Trade Unions

WHO, World Health Organization

WPA, Works Progress Administration

WUCOS, Western Union Chiefs of Staff

YMS, motor mine sweeper

yrdes, your dispatch

yrtel, your telegram

Zecho, Czechoslovakia

Foreign Relations of the United States, 1948, Western Europe, Volume III

List of Abbreviations and Symbols