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A-, airgram

Actel, series indicator for telegrams from Secretary of State Acheson while away from Washington

ActSec, Acting Secretary of State

AEC, Atomic Energy Commission

agam (agram), airgram

agit-prop, agitation and propaganda section of a Communist party

AIOC, Anglo-Iranian Oil Company

AL, Arab League

AL, Arab Legion (Transjordan)

AMAG, American Mission for Aid to Greece; also Amag, series indicator for telegrams from the Mission

Amb, Ambassador

Amcits, American citizens

AmEmb, American Embassy

AMINCO, American Independent Oil Company

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

AP, Associated Press

ARAMCO, Arabian-American Oil Company

ArMish, American Military Mission with the Iranian Army

ASYG, Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations

BalCom, United Nations Special Committee on the Balkans (see also UNSCOB); also Balcom, series indicator for telegrams to the United States Representative on that Committee

BBC, British Broadcasting Corporation

BC, Division of British Commonwealth Affairs, Department of State

BMEO, British Middle East Office

BMM, British Military Mission

BNA, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Department of State

CC, Conciliation Commission (for Palestine)

CFM, Council of Foreign Ministers

CFP, designation for memoranda on combined forces planning

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

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

CIA, Central Intelligence Agency

CIGS, Chief of the Imperial General Staff (British)

C-in-C, Commander in Chief

CINCME, Commander in Chief, Middle East

CINCMED, Commander in Chief, British Naval Forces in the Mediterranean

CINCNELM, Commander in Chief, United States Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean

CIO, Congress of Industrial Organizations

cirtel, circular telegram

Combal, series indicator for telegrams from the United States Representative on the United Nations Special Committee on the Balkans

Cominform, Communist Information Bureau

Comkas, series indicator for telegrams from the United States Representative on the United Nations Commission for India and Pakistan

ConGen, Consulate General

Congram, Consulate airgram

Contel, Consulate telegram

COS, Chief(s) of Staff (British)

CP, Communist Party

CP, Division of Commercial Policy (after October 3, 1949, Commercial Policy Staff), Department of State

CPG, Communist Party of Greece

CPY, Communist Party of Yugoslavia

CRO, Commonwealth Relations Office (British)

CSGID, Ground Intelligence Division, General Staff, Office of the Chief of Staff, United States Army

DAB, Dhahran Airbase

DAF, Dhahran Airfield

DEF, Department of Defense

Delga, series indicator for telegrams from the United States Delegation at the United Nations General Assembly

Depair, Department of State airgram

Depcirgram, Department of State circular airgram

Depcirin, Department of State circular instruction

Depcirtel, Department of State circular telegram

Depinfotel, Department of State information telegram

Depintel, Department of State circular information telegram

Depreftel, Department of State reference telegram

Deptel, Department of State telegram

DG, Director General

DP, displaced person

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

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

ECA, Economic Cooperation Administration

ED, Division of Investment and Economic Development (after October 3, 1949, Investment and Economic Development Staff), Department of State

EFFINDI, Economic and Financial Development Institute of the Near East

Embdes, Embassy dispatch

Embreftel, Embassy reference telegram

Embtel, Embassy telegram

ERP, European Recovery Program

ESM, United Nations Economic Survey Mission

EUR, Office (after October 3, 1949, Bureau) of European Affairs, Department of State

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

FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization

FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice

FBO, Division of Foreign Buildings Operations, Department of State

FN, Division of Financial Affairs, Department of State

FO, Foreign Office

FonMin, Foreign Minister

FonOff, Foreign Office

For Sec, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (British)

FY, fiscal year

FYI, for your information

G, Deputy Under Secretary of State

GA, General Assembly of the United Nations

GAA, General Armistice Agreement

GADel, United States Delegation at the United Nations General Assembly; also Gadel, series indicator for telegrams to the United States Delegation

Gama, series indicator for telegrams to the American Mission for Aid to Greece

GA Res, United Nations General Assembly Resolution

GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

GCA, ground control approach

GENMISH, United States Military Mission with the Iranian Gendarmerie

GGS, Greek General Staff

GNA, Greek National Army

GOI, Government of India

GOP, Government of Pakistan

GTI, Division (after October 3, 1949, Office) of Greek, Turkish and Iranian Affairs, Department of State

HICOM, High Commission(er) for Germany

HMG, His Majesty’s Government

HSO, Highest Staff Officer

IBI, Imperial Bank of Iran

IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

ICAO, International Civil Aviation Organization

ICJ, International Court of Justice

ICRC, International Committee of the Red Cross

ICS, Israeli Chief of Staff

ILO, International Labor Organization

IMF, International Monetary Fund

IMRO, Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization

infotel, information telegram

intel, circular information telegram

IPC, Iraq Petroleum Company

IRO, International Refugee Organization

ITO, International Trade Organization

IZL, Irgun Zvai Leumi

J and K, Jammu and Kashmir

JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff

Jlem, Jerusalem

JUSMAPG, Joint United States Military Advisory and Planning Group

JUSSGSA, Joint United States Survey Group to Saudi Arabia

Kascom, series indicator for telegrams to the United States Representative on the United Nations Commission for India and Pakistan

KKE, Kommounistikon Komma Ellados (Communist Party of Greece)

KOC, Kuwait Oil Company

L, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State

L/P, Office of the Assistant Legal Adviser for Political Affairs, Department of State

Legtel, Legation telegram

MA, Military Adviser (of the United Nations Commission for India and Pakistan)

MA, Military Attaché

MAC, Mixed Armistice Commission

MAP, Military Assistance Program

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

MD, Munitions Division, Department of State

ME, Middle East

Mid, series indicator for telegrams from the Military Attaché in Greece

MilAd, Military Adviser (of the United Nations Commission for India and Pakistan)

MinFonAff, Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Mistel, Mission telegram

MP, Military Police

MR, map reference, involving a grid overprinted on maps to show location

MRP, Mouvement Républicain Populaire (French political party)

NAC, National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Problems

NAC, North Atlantic Council

NAP, North Atlantic Pact

NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NDC, National Defense Corps (Greek)

NE, Division of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State; or Near East

NEA, Office of Near Eastern and African Affairs (after October 3, 1949, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs), Department of State

NEDA, Near East Development Agency

NEDI, Near East Development Institute

NERWA, Near East Relief and Works Agency

NESDA, Near East Settlement and Development Authority

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

NME, National Military Establishment

NOF, Narodnoosloboditelniot front (Macedonian National Liberation Front)

NSC, National Security Council

OCI, Overseas Consultants, Inc.

OEEC, Organization for European Economic Cooperation

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

OIR/GE, Special Adviser on Geography, Office of Intelligence Research, Department of State

PA, Plebiscite Administrator

Palun, series indicator for telegrams from the United States Delegation on the Conciliation Commission for Palestine

PCC, Palestine Conciliation Commission (United Nations); also series indicator for telegrams from the United States Delegation on the Conciliation Commission for Palestine

PED, Petroleum Division (after October 3, 1949, Petroleum Policy Staff), Department of State

PG, Persian Gulf

PGI, Provisional Government of Israel

PL, Public Law

PlebAd, Plebiscite Administrator

PM, Prime Minister

POL, petroleum, oil, and lubricants

PolComm, Political Committee

POW, Prisoner of War

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

PriMin, Prime Minister

PWOC, Pacific Western Oil Company

RAF, Royal Air Force (British)

reDeptel, regarding Department of State telegram

reEmbair, regarding Embassy airgram

reEmbtel, regarding Embassy telegram

refagram, reference airgram

refDeptel, reference Department of State telegram

refLegtel, reference Legation telegram

reftel, reference telegram

reMistel, regarding Mission telegram

Repto, series indicator for telegrams from the Special Representative in Europe for the Economic Cooperation Administration

reurad, regarding your radio message

RFC, Reconstruction Finance Corporation

RHAF, Royal Hellenic Air Force

RWRA, Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (United Nations)

S, Office of the Secretary of State

S/, designation for documents issued by the Security Council

S/CFA, Coordinator for Military Assistance Programs, in the Office of the Secretary of State

S/P, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State

S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State

SAG, Saudi Arabian Government

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

SC, Security Council of the United Nations

SE, Division of Southern (after March 14, 1949, Southeast) European Affairs, Department of State

SOA, Division (after October 3, 1949, Office) of South Asian Affairs, Department of State

SYG, Secretary-General

TA, trade agreement

Tapline, Trans-Arabian Pipeline Company

TC, Truce Commission (in Palestine)

TC, Trusteeship Council of the United Nations

Telac, series indicator for telegrams to Secretary of State Acheson while away from Washington

TJ, Transjordan

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

Torep, series indicator for telegrams to the Special Representative in Europe for the Economic Cooperation Administration

TVA, Tennessee Valley Authority

U, Under Secretary of State

U/FW, Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State for Fisheries and Wildlife

UGTT, Union Générale des Travailleurs Tunisiens, a large Moslem Federation

UKG, United Kingdom Government

UNA, Office (after October 3, 1949, Bureau) of United Nations Affairs, Department of State

UNCIP, United Nations Commission for India and Pakistan

UND, Division (after October 3, 1949, Office) of Dependent Area Affairs, Department of State

UNE, Division (after October 3, 1949, Office) of United) Nations Economic and Social Affairs, Department of State

UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

UNGA, United Nations General Assembly

UNICEF, United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund

UNP, Division of United Nations Political Affairs (after October 3, 1949, Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs), Department of State

Unpal, series indicator for telegrams to the United States Delegation on the Conciliation Commission for Palestine

UNPCC, United Nations Palestine Conciliation Commission

UNRep, United Nations Representative

UNRPR, United Nations Relief for Palestine Refugees

UNRRA, United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration

UNSCOB, United Nations Special Committee on the Balkans

UNSCOP, United Nations Special Committee on Palestine

UnSecy, Under Secretary of State

urdesp, your dispatch

urinfo, your information

urtel, your telegram

USAF, United States Air Force

USDA, United States Department of Agriculture

USDel, United States Delegation

USG, United States Government

USGADel, United States Delegation at the United Nations General Assembly

USIE, United States Information and Educational Exchange Program

USIS, United States Information Service

USMC, United States Marine Corps

USUN, United States Mission at the United Nations

USUNDel, United States Delegation at the United Nations

V-J day, the day of Japanses capitulation (September 2, 1945)

VOA, Voice of America

WAA, War Assets Administration

Weeka, weekly, inter-agency, summary analysis from United States diplomatic missions

WFTU, World Federation of Trade Unions

WHO, World Health Organization

Foreign Relations of the United States, 1949, The Near East, South Asia, and Africa, Volume VI

List of Abbreviations and Symbols