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.

• A, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Administration
• A-bomb, atomic bomb
• ABC, American Broadcasting Company
• ACTA, (Interdepartmental) Advisory Committee on Technical Assistance
• AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
• ARA, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs’, Department of State
• B/P, balance of payments
• BNA, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Department of State
• CA, circular airgram
• CA, Office of Chinese Affairs, Department of State
• CCA, United Nations Commission for Conventional Armaments
• CDA, Combined Development Agency
• CDT, Combined Development Trust, subsequently renamed Combined Development Agency
• CEA, Council of Economic Advisers
• CFM, Council of Foreign Ministers
• CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
• CINCFE, Commander in Chief, Far East
• Cominform, Communist Information Bureau
• CON, Office of Consular Affairs, Department of State
• CP, Commercial Policy Staff, Department of State
• CP’s, Contracting Parties (GATT)
• CPC, Combined Policy Committee
• CPR, Chinese People’s Republic
• D Day, the date of a planned military operation
• Delga, series indicator for telegrams from the United States Delegation to the United Nations General Assembly
• Depcirtel, Department of State circular telegram
• Deptel, Department of State telegram
• DOT, dependent overseas territory
• E, Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
• ECA, Economic Cooperation Administration
• ECE, Economic Commission for Europe
• ECOSOC, Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
• Emb, Embassy
• Embtel, Embassy telegram
• EPU, European Payments Union
• ERP, European Recovery Program
• EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• Exim Bank, Export-Import Bank of Washington
• FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice
• FCN, friendship, commerce, and navigation (treaty)
• FE, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State; Far East; Far Eastern
• FMACC, Foreign Military Assistance Coordinating Committee
• F.R., Federal Register
• FSA, Federal Security Agency
• FY, fiscal year
• FYI, for your information
• G, Deputy Under Secretary of State
• GA, General Assembly of the United Nations
• GAA, General Armistice Agreement
• GARIOA, Government and Relief in Occupied Areas
• GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
• GDR, German Democratic Republic
• GER, Bureau of German Affairs, Department of State
• GHQ, General Headquarters
• GOI, Government of India
• GSA, General Services Administration
• GTI, Office of Greek, Turkish, and Iranian Affairs, Department of State
• H, Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations
• H-bomb, hydrogen bomb
• H.R., designation for legislation introduced in the House of Representatives
• HSD, high separation diffusion
• IADB, Inter-American Defense Board
• IA ECOSOC, Inter-American Economic and Social Council
• IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
• ICIS, Interdepartmental Committee on Internal Security
• IEP, Division of Exchange of Persons, Department of State
• IIAA, Institute of Inter-American Affairs
• IMF, International Monetary Fund
• ITO, International Trade Organization
• ITP, Office of International Trade Policy, Department of State
• JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• L, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
• L/EUR, Office of the Assistant Legal Adviser for European Affairs, Department of State
• LA, Latin America
• Le, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
• Legtel, Legation telegram
• LOC, lines of communication
• LSD, low separation diffusion
• MAP, Military Assistance Program
• MDA, Mutual Defense Assistance
• MDAA, Mutual Defense Assistance Act
• MDAP, Mutual Defense Assistance Program
• MEA, Ministry of External Affairs
• MN, Monetary Affairs Staff, Department of State
• MVD, Soviet secret police
• mytel, my telegram
• NAC, National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Problems
• NAP, North Atlantic Pact
• NAT(O), North Atlantic Treaty (Organization)
• NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, Department of State
• NGO, nongovernmental organization(s)
• niact, night action, communications indicator requiring attention by the recipient at any hour of the day or night
• NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
• NME, National Military Establishment
• NSC, National Security Council
• NSRB, National Security Resources Board
• OAS, Organization of American States
• OEEC, Organization for European Economic Cooperation
• OFD, Office of Financial and Development Policy, Department of State
• OIR, Office of Intelligence Research, Department of State
• OMB, Office of Management and Budget, Department of State
• OSR, Office of the United States Special Representative in Europe under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1948
• ourtel, our telegram
• P, Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs
• PD, Passport Division, Department of State
• PJBD, Permanent Joint Board on Defense
• P.L., Public Law
• PPS, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State
• PSC, Social Christian Party of Belgium
• QR, quantitative restriction(s)
• R, Office of the Special Assistant for Intelligence, Department of State
• RAC, Executive Committee on Regulation of Armaments
• RCT, Regimental Combat Team
• RDB, Research and Development Board
• Repto, series indicator for messages to the Economic Cooperation Administration headquarters in Washington from the United States Special Representative in Europe under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1948
• reurtel, regarding your telegram
• S/MDA, Office of the Mutual Defense Assistance Program, Department of State
• S/P, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State
• S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
• S/S–S, Committee Secretariat Staff, Department of State
• SANACC, State–Army–Navy–Air Force Coordinating Committee
• SC, Security Council of the United Nations
• SCAP, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers in Japan
• SCC, Interdepartmental Committee on Scientific and Cultural Cooperation
• SecDef, Secretary of Defense
• SOA, Office of South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• STEM, United States Special Technical and Economic Mission
• SWNCC, State–War–Navy Coordinating Committee
• SYG, Secretary-General
• TA, technical assistance
• TA, trade agreement
• TAC, Interdepartmental Committee on Trade Agreements
• Tagg, series indicator for telegrams to the United States Delegation at the meetings of the Contracting Parties to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
• TCA, Technical Cooperation Administration, Department of State
• TCD, Interim Office for Technical Cooperation and Development, Department of State
• TN’s, tariff negotiations
• TRC, Office of Transport and Communications Policy, Department of State
• TVA, Tennessee Valley Authority
• U, Office of the Under Secretary of State
• U/A, Office of the Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State (Atomic Energy Policy)
• U/FW, Office of the Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State (Fisheries and Wildlife)
• UM, Under Secretary’s Meeting
• UN, United Nations
• UNA, Bureau of United Nations Affairs, Department of State
• UNAEC, United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
• UNP, Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Department of State
• UNRRA, United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
• UNSC, United Nations Security Council
• urinfo, your information
• urtel, your telegram
• USAF, United States Air Force
• USDA, United States Department of Agriculture
• USDel, United States Delegation
• USIE, United States Information and Educational Exchange Program
• USIS, United States Information Service
• USPHS, United States Public Health Service
• USUN, United States Mission to the United Nations
• VD, Visa Division, Department of State
• VOA, Voice of America