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ACJ, Allied Council for Japan

ANETA, Algemeen Nieuws en Telegraaf Agentschap (semi-official Dutch News Agency)

ANZAC, Australia-New Zealand

AP, Associated Press

APRI(S), Angkatan Perang Republik Indonesia Serikat (Army of the Republic of the United States of Indonesia)

AS, Associated States

Belto, series indicator for telegrams from the United States Economic Survey Mission to the Philippines (the Bell Mission)

BFO, Bijeenkomst voor Federal Overleg (Federal Consultative Council of Indonesia)

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

BSM, British Services Mission

BOSEY, Board of Supplies, Executive Yuan (Republic of China)

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

Depcirtel, Department of State circular telegram

DepHiCom, Deputy High Commissioner

Depins, Department of State instruction

Deptel, Department of State telegram

Depto, series indicator for telegrams from the United States Deputy Representative to the NATO Council

DI, Darul Islam (the Islamic State)

E, Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs

ECA, Economic Cooperation Administration

ECA/W, Headquarters of the Economic Cooperation Administration at Washington

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

ECOSOC, Economic and Social Council of the United Nations

EE, Office of Eastern European Affairs, Department of State

Embtel, Embassy telegram

ER, Economic Resources and Security Staff, Department of State

EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State

Excon, designation for telegrams dealing with the export control program

Ex-Im, Export-Import Bank of Washington

FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization

FCED, friendship, commerce, and economic development

FCN, friendship, commerce, and navigation (treaty)

FE, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State

FEAF, Far East Air Forces

FEC, Far Eastern Commission; or Far East Command

FECom, Far East Command

FLR, Formosan League for Re-emancipation

FMACC, Foreign Military Assistance Coordinating Committee

FonMin, Foreign Minister

FonMinConf, Foreign Ministers’ Conference

FonOff, Foreign Office

FP, Division of Foreign Service Personnel, Department of State

FSO, Foreign Service Officer

FYI, for your information

G, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State

GA, General Assembly of the United Nations

Gadel, series indicator for telegrams to the United States Delegation to the United Nations General Assembly

GARIOA, Government and Relief in Occupied Areas

GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

GEA, Office of German Economic Affairs, Department of State

GER, Bureau of German Affairs, Department of State

GHQ, General Headquarters

Gimo, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek

GOC, Committee of Good Offices for Indonesia of the United Nations Security Council

GOI, Government of India

HC, High Commission (er)

HICOG, United States High Commissioner for Germany

HICOM, High Commission (er) for Germany

HMB, Hukbong Mapagpalaya ng Bayan (People’s Liberation Army), the military arm of the Communist Party of the Philippines

HMG, His Majesty’s Government (United Kingdom)

HRTC, Hague Round Table Conference

Huk, Hukbong Mapagpalaya ng Bayan (People’s Liberation Army), the military arm of the Communist Party of the Philippines

IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

IC, Indochina

IMF, International Monetary Fund

intel, circular information telegram

IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State (after August 25, 1954)

ITO, International Trade Organization

JCRR, Joint (United States-Chinese) Commission on Rural Reconstruction (Taiwan)

JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff

JMP, jenminpiao (Chinese Communist currency)

JSM, Joint Survey Mission

JUSMAG, Joint United States Military Advisory Group

KL, Koninklijke Leger (Royal Netherlands Army)

KMT, Kuomintang (Nationalist Party), Republic of China

KNIL, Koninklijke Nederlandsche Indische Leger (Royal Netherlands Indonesian Army)

KPM, Koninklyke Paketvoart Maatschappy (Dutch Merchant Marine)

L, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State

LCI, landing craft, infantry

LCVP, landing craft, vehicle, and personnel

Legtel, Legation telegram

LSSL, landing ship, support (large)

LST, landing ship, tank

MA, Military Attaché

MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group

MAP, Military Assistance Program

Masjumi, Madjelis Sjuro Muslimin Indonesia (Council of the Indonesian Moslem Association)

MDAA, Mutual Defense Assistance Act

MDAP, Mutual Defense Assistance Program

MEA, Ministry of External Affairs

MFN, most favored nation

MilEx, Military Executive Board

MilOb, Military Observer

MinExtAff, Ministry of External Affairs

mytel, my telegram

NA, Naval Attaché; or Office of Northeast Asian Affairs, Department of State

NAC, National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Problems

NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NCO, noncommissioned officer

NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, Department of State

negara, administrative unit (state) in Indonesia

NEI, Netherlands East Indies

NG, New Guinea

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

NKVD, Soviet secret police

NME, National Military Establishment

NNG, Netherlands New Guinea

Nr, number

NRC, Nationalist Republic of China

Nrd, numbered

NSC, National Security Council

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

OIR, Office of Intelligence Research, Department of State

OIT, Office of International Trade, Department of Commerce

OJEIRF, Occupied Japan Export-Import Revolving Fund

OMP, Office of International Materials Policy, Department of State

OOF, Office of Operating Facilities, Department of State

OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense

OUSEU, Office of the Under Secretary of the Army (United States)

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

PC’s, participating countries

PLA, People’s Liberation Army (of the People’s Republic of China)

PM, Prime Minister

PNI, Partai Nasional Indonesia (Indonesian Nationalist Party)

POC, Peace Observation Commission

POL, petroleum, oil, and lubricants

PolAd, Political Adviser

PSA, Office of Philippine and Southeast Asian Affairs

R procedure, requirement for Department of Commerce licenses for export of certain items

RA, Office of European Regional Affairs, Department of State

reDepintel, regarding Department of State circular information telegram

reDeptel, regarding Department of State telegram

refEmbtel, reference Embassy telegram

reurtel, regarding your telegram

RFC, Reconstruction Finance Corporation

RI, Republic of Indonesia

RIS, Republik Indonesia Serikal (Republic of the United States of Indonesia)

RNIA, Royal Netherlands Indies Army

RTC, Round Table Conference

RUSI, Republic of the United States of Indonesia

S, Office of the Secretary of State

S/A, Office of the Ambassador at Large (Jessup)

S/MDA, Office of the Director of the Mutual Defense Assistance Program, Department of State

S/P, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State

S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State

SAOUS, Office of the Secretary of the Army (United States)

SC, Security Council of the United Nations

SCAP, Supreme Commander for the Allied Power in Japan

SEA, Southeast Asia

SEAC, Southeast Asia Aid Committee

SEAU, Southeast Asian Union

SOA, Office of South Asian Affairs, Department of State

SOBSI, Sentral Organisasi Buruh Seluruh Indonesia (Central Organization of all Indonesian Labor, the largest trade union federation in Indonesia)

SRO, Shanghai Regional Office of the Economic Cooperation Administration

Stanvac, Standard-Vacuum Oil Company

STEM, United States Special Technical and Economic Mission

SYG, Secretary-General

Telcan, series indicator for telegrams to branch of the United States Embassy in China at Canton

TIAS, Treaties and Other International Acts Series

TNI, Tentara Nasional Indonesia (Indonesian National Army)

Tobel, series indicator for telegrams to the United States Economic Survey Mission to the Philippines (the Bell Mission)

Todep, series indicator for telegrams to the United States Deputy Representative to the NATO Council

TO&E, Table of Organization and Equipment

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

Tomap, designation for telegrams concerned with the Mutual Defense Assistance Program

TopSec, Top Secret

Tosec, series indicator for messages to the Secretary of State when he is absent from the Department; or series indicator for messages to the United States Delegation at the May and September Foreign Ministers meetings

Totib, series indicator for telegrams concerning Tibet

TOW, termination of war

U, Office of the Under Secretary of State

UKHC, United Kingdom High Commissioner

UKG, United Kingdom Government

UNA, Bureau of United Nations Affairs, Department of State

UNCI (UNCFI), United Nations Commission for Indonesia

UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

UNO, United Nations Organization

UP, United Press

urtel, your telegram

USDel, United States Delegation

USGOC, United States Delegation to the Committee of Good Offices for Indonesia of the United Nations Security Council; or series indicator for telegrams to the Delegation

USI, United States of Indonesia (Republic of)

USIE, United States Information and Educational Exchange Program

USIS, United States Information Service

UST, United States Treaties and Other International Agreements

VM, Viet Minh, abbreviation for Viet-Nam-Doc-Lap-Dong-Minh-Hoi (League for the Independence of Viet-Nam)

VN, Viet-Nam

VOA, Voice of America

WE, Office of Western European Affairs, Department of State

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

WFTU, World Federation of Trade Unions

WHO, World Health Organization

ZI, Zone of the Interior

Foreign Relations of the United States, 1950, East Asia and the Pacific, Volume VI

List of abbreviations and symbols