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, Deputy Under Secretary of State for Administration
  • A/PER, Office of Personnel, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Administration
  • Actel, series indicator for telegrams from Secretary of State Acheson while away from Washington
  • ADC, Aide-de-Camp
  • AdCom, Advisory Commission to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
  • AF, Air Force
  • AF, Office of African Affairs, Department of State; African
  • AFL, American Federation of Labor
  • AFOPD, Office of the Director of Plans, United States Air Force
  • AIOC, Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
  • AKEL, Anorthotilcon Komma Ergazomenou Laou (Progressive Party of the Working People), the Communist Party of Cyprus
  • AL, Arab League
  • Amb, Ambassador
  • AMC, Additional Measures Committee of the United Nations
  • Aminoil, American Independent Oil Company
  • ANC, African National Congress, the principal black African political group in South Africa
  • ANZUS, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States
  • AP, Associated Press
  • Aramco, Arabian-American Oil Company
  • ARC(S), Air Resupply and Communication (Service)
  • ARMISH, American Military Mission with the Iranian Army
  • Att, Attaché
  • AUB, American University at Beirut
  • BBC, British Broadcasting Corporation
  • BIS, Bank for International Settlements
  • BNA, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Department of State
  • BOB, Bureau of the Budget
  • BPC, Basra Petroleum Company
  • BPD, barrels per day
  • BSL, Banque de Syrie et du Liban (Bank of Syria and the Lebanon)
  • C/S, Chief of Staff
  • Caltex (Cal-Tex), California Texas Oil Company, Limited
  • CCC, Commodity Credit Corporation
  • CFM, Council of Foreign Ministers
  • CG, Commanding General
  • CG/CoCom, Paris Consultative Group of nations working to control export of strategic goods to Communist countries, Coordinating Committee of the Paris Consultative Group
  • CGT, Confederation Generate du Travail (General Confederation of Labor), in France
  • CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
  • c.i.f., cost, insurance, and freight
  • CINCNELM (C-in-C NELM), Commander in Chief, United States Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean
  • CIO, Congress of Industrial Organizations
  • cirgram, circular airgram
  • CNO, Chief of Naval Operations
  • CO, Commanding Officer
  • CoCom, Coordinating Committee of the Paris Consultative Group of nations working to control export of strategic goods to Communist countries
  • Cominform, Communist Information Bureau
  • ConGen, Consulate General
  • C.O.S., Chief (s) of Staff (British)
  • CP, Commercial Policy Staff, Office of Economic Defense and Trade Policy, Department of State
  • CPP, Convention People’s Party, a Gold Coast political party
  • cpt, counterpart
  • DAF, Dhahran Airfield
  • Def, Department of Defense; defense
  • DefMin, Defense Minister
  • Delga, series indicator for telegrams from the United States Delegation at the United Nations General Assembly
  • Delli, series indicator for telegrams to the United States Representative on the United Nations Advisory Council for Libya
  • Depcirtel, Department of State circular telegram
  • Depintel, Department of State circular information telegram
  • Depreftel, Department of State reference telegram
  • Deptel, Department of State telegram
  • DirGen, Director General
  • DMPA, Defense Materials Procurement Agency
  • D.O.T., Dependent Overseas Territory
  • D.P.B., Defense Production Board, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • DRN, Division of Research for Near East and Africa, Department of State
  • E, Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
  • E/L, Labor Adviser, Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
  • EAL, Ethiopian Air Lines
  • ECA, Economic Cooperation Administration
  • ECA/F, Economic Cooperation Administration Mission to France
  • ECA/G, Economic Cooperation Administration Mission to Greece
  • ECA/T, Economic Cooperation Administration Mission to Turkey
  • ECA/W, headquarters of the Economic Cooperation Administration in Washington
  • Ecato, series indicator for telegrams from the Economic Cooperation Administration in Washington to its missions abroad
  • ED, Investment and Economic Development Staff, Office of Financial and Development Policy, Department of State
  • EDA, Eniaia Demokratiki Aristera (United Democratic Left), Greek political party
  • EE, Office of Eastern European Affairs, Department of State
  • Embdes, Embassy despatch
  • Emboff, Embassy office
  • Embtel, Embassy telegram
  • EPD/ECA, European Program Division, Economic Cooperation Administration
  • EPEK, Ethniki Prodeftiki Enosis Kendrou (National Progressive Union of the Center), Greek political coalition
  • EPU, European Payments Union
  • ETS, exploratory talks with the Soviet Union; also a series designation for United States position papers prepared for the exploratory talks with the Soviets
  • EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State; Europe
  • Exim (Ex-Im) Bank (Eximbank), Export-Import Bank of Washington
  • FAC, Foreign Aid Committee
  • FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization
  • FBO, Division of Foreign Buildings Operations, Department of State
  • FCN, Friendship, Commerce and Navigation (treaty)
  • FE, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State; Far East
  • F.E.B., Financial and Economic Board, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • FEC (FECOM), Far East Command
  • FinMin, Finance Minister
  • FM, Foreign Minister
  • FMACC, Foreign Military Assistance Coordinating Committee
  • FOB, free on board
  • FonAff, Foreign Affairs
  • FonMin, Foreign Minister (Ministry)
  • FonOff, Foreign Office
  • FonSecy, Foreign Secretary
  • FRBNY, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
  • FSO, Foreign Service Officer
  • FSR, Foreign Service Reserve Officer
  • FY, fiscal year
  • FYI, for your information
  • G, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State
  • GA, General Assembly of the United Nations
  • GADel, United States Delegation at the United Nations General Assembly; also Gadel, series indicator for telegrams to the United States Delegation
  • GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
  • GEA, Office of German Economic Affairs, Department of State
  • GER, Bureau of German Affairs, Department of State
  • GNA, Grand National Assembly (Turkey)
  • Gov-Gen, Governor-General
  • GTI, Office of Greek, Turkish, and Iranian Affairs, Department of State
  • Histadrut, HaHistadrut Hak’lalit shel Ha’Ovdim Ha’Ivrim B’Eretz Yisrael (General Federation of Workers in Israel)
  • HM, His Majesty
  • HMG, His Majesty’s Government
  • HRH, His Royal Highness
  • IAD, Division of Acquisition and Distribution, Department of State
  • IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  • ICFTU, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
  • ICJ, International Court of Justice
  • IG, Iranian Government
  • IMF, International Monetary Fund
  • IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
  • IPC, Iraq Petroleum Company
  • ISA, Office of International Security Affairs, Department of State
  • ISAC, International Security Affairs Committee
  • Istiqlal, Moroccan Independence Party
  • ITO, International Trade Organization
  • JAMMAT, Joint American Military Mission for Aid to Turkey
  • JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • JUSMAG, Joint United States Military Advisory Group
  • JUSSGSA, Joint United States Survey Group to Saudi Arabia
  • KOC (Kuoco), Kuwait Oil Company
  • L, Legal Adviser, Department of State
  • LA, Latin America
  • L/ARA, Assistant Legal Adviser for Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
  • L/E, Assistant Legal Adviser for Economic Affairs, Department of State
  • L/EUR, Assistant Legal Adviser for European Affairs, Department of State
  • L/NEA, Assistant Legal Adviser for Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, Department of State
  • L/T, Office of the Assistant for Treaty Affairs in the Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
  • L/UNA, Assistant Legal Adviser for United Nations Affairs, Department of State
  • Legdesp, Legation despatch
  • Legtel, Legation telegram
  • Lib, Liberia (n)
  • LibGovt, Liberian Government
  • Lidel, series indicator for telegrams from the United States Representative on the United Nations Advisory Council for Libya
  • LOC, lines of communication
  • LS, Syrian pound
  • MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
  • MAC, Mixed Armistice Commission
  • Mapam, Mifleget HaPo‘alim HaM’uhedet (United Workers Party), Israeli political party
  • MATS, Military Air Transport Service
  • MD, Munitions Division, Department of State
  • MDA, Mutual Defense Assistance
  • MDAA, Mutual Defense Assistance Act
  • MDAP, Mutual Defense Assistance Program
  • ME, Middle East
  • MEC, Middle East Command
  • Medreco, Mediterranean Refining Company
  • MilAtt, Military Attaché
  • Min, Minister (Ministry)
  • MinFin, Minister (Ministry) of Finance
  • MinFonAff, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • MMS, Metals and Minerals Staff, Office of International Materials Policy, Department of State
  • MN, Monetary Affairs Staff, Office of Financial and Development Policy, Department of State
  • MPC, Mosul Petroleum Company
  • MRP, Mouvement Républicain Populaire, a French political party
  • MSA, Mutual Security Agency
  • MSP, Mutual Security Program
  • MTDP, Medium Term Defense Plan
  • mytel, my telegram
  • NAC, National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Problems
  • NAT(O), North Atlantic Treaty (Organization)
  • NCO, noncommissioned officer
  • NE, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State; Near East
  • NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, Department of State; Near East and Asia
  • NEA/P, Officer in Charge of Public Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, Department of State
  • NEAT, Near East Air Transport Company
  • NECDB, Near East Cooperative Defense Board
  • niact, night action, communications indicator requiring attention by the recipient at any hour of the day or night
  • NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
  • NIOC, National Iranian Oil Company
  • NSC, National Security Council
  • NSRB, National Security Resources Board
  • NYT, The New York Times
  • OCI, Overseas Consultants, Inc.
  • OIF, Office of International Finance, Department of the Treasury
  • OII, Office of International Information, Department of State
  • OIR/GE, Special Adviser on Geography, Office of Intelligence Research, Department of State
  • OMA, Office of Military Assistance, Office of the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs)
  • OMP, Office of International Materials Policy, Department of State
  • OSAF, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force
  • OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
  • 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
  • P/POL, Public Affairs Policy Advisory Staff in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs
  • P–51, piston engine fighter aircraft
  • PA, procurement authorization
  • Pak, Pakistan
  • Palun, series indicator for telegrams from the United States Representative on the Conciliation Commission for Palestine
  • PC, participating country
  • PCC, Palestine Conciliation Commission (United Nations)
  • PED, Petroleum Policy Staff, Office of International Materials Policy, Department of State
  • P.L., Public Law
  • PLDC, Palestine Land Development Company
  • PM, Prime Minister
  • POC, Peace Observation Commission
  • POL, petroleum, oil, and lubricants
  • P.P.S., Parti Populaire Syrien, the Syrian National Party
  • PRA, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
  • PriMin, Prime Minister
  • PRS, Program Planning and Evaluation Staff, Department of State
  • PSB, Psychological Strategy Board
  • PWOC, Pacific Western Oil Company
  • RA, Office of European Regional Affairs, Department of State
  • Rapun, series indicator for telegrams from or concerning the United States Member of the Advisory Commission to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
  • RDA, Rassemblemenrt démocratique africain, a West African nationalist political movement
  • reDeptel, regarding Department of State telegram
  • reftel, reference telegram
  • remytel, regarding my telegram
  • 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
  • S, Office of the Secretary of State
  • S/A, Office of the Ambassador at Large, Department of State
  • S/ISA, Office of International Security Affairs, Department of State
  • S/MSA, Special Assistant to the Secretary of State (Mutual Security Affairs)
  • S/P, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State
  • S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
  • S/S–CR, Correspondence Review Staff, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
  • S/S–PR, Protocol Staff, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
  • SA, Saudi Arabia
  • SACEUR, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
  • SACLANT, Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic
  • SACME, Supreme Allied Commander, Middle East
  • SAG, Saudi Arabian Government
  • SC (SECCO), Security Council of the United Nations
  • SecGen, Secretary-General
  • Secto, series indicator for telegrams to the Department of State from the Secretary of State or his delegation in connection with conferences of Foreign Ministers
  • SHAPE, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers, Europe
  • SOAFR, Union of South Africa
  • Socony, Standard Oil Company of New York
  • SYG, Secretary-General
  • TA, trade agreement
  • Tapline, Trans-Arabian Pipeline Company
  • TCA, Technical Cooperation Administration, Department of State
  • TCO, Technical Cooperation Officer
  • Telac, series indicator for telegrams to Secretary of State Acheson while away from Washington
  • Telecon, telecommunication conference
  • TIAS, Treaties and Other International Acts Series
  • TL, Turkish lira
  • Toeca, series indicator for telegrams to the Economic Cooperation Administration in Washington from its missions abroad
  • Toisa, designation for telegrams dealing with matters within the responsibility of the Director, International Security Affairs, Department of State
  • Tomap, designation for telegrams concerned with the Mutual Defense Assistance Program
  • TopSec, top secret
  • Torep, series indicator for messages from the Economic Cooperation Administration headquarters in Washington to the United States Special Representative in Europe under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1948
  • Tosec, series indicator for telegrams from the Department of State to the Secretary of State or his delegation in connection with conferences of Foreign Ministers
  • Totec, designation for telegrams dealing with technical assistance
  • TSO, Truce Supervisory Organization of the United Nations
  • TVA, Tennessee Valley Authority
  • TWA, Trans-World Airlines, Inc.
  • U, Under Secretary of State
  • U/FW, Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State (Fisheries and Wildlife)
  • UGCC, United Gold Coast Convention, a Gold Coast political party
  • UGTT, Union Générate des Travailleurs Tunisiens, a Tunisian nationalist trade union organization
  • UKDel, United Kingdom Delegation
  • UKFO, United Kingdom Foreign Office
  • UN, United Nations
  • UNA, Bureau of United Nations Affairs, Department of State
  • UNCCP, United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine
  • UND, Office of Dependent Area Affairs, Department of State
  • UNE, Office of United Nations Economic and Social Affairs, Department of State
  • UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
  • UNO, United Nations Organization
  • UNP, Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Department of State
  • Unpal, series indicator for telegrams to the United States Representative on the Conciliation Commission for Palestine
  • Unrap, series indicator for telegrams to or concerning the United States Member of the Advisory Commission to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
  • UNRWAPNE (UNRWA, UNRWAP), United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
  • UNSC, United Nations Security Council
  • UNSCOB, United Nations Special Committee on the Balkans
  • UNTS, United Nations Treaty Series
  • UNTSO, United Nations Truce Supervisory Organization
  • UP, United Press
  • urdesp, your despatch
  • urtel, your telegram
  • USA, United States Army
  • USAF, United States Air Force
  • USDel, United States Delegation
  • USG, United States Government
  • USIE, United States Information and Educational Exchange Program
  • USIS, United States Information Service
  • USN, United States Navy
  • UST, United States Treaties and Other International Agreements
  • USUN, United States Mission at the United Nations
  • VOA, Voice of America
  • WE, Office of Western European Affairs, Department of State
  • WFTU, World Federation of Trade Unions
  • WHO, World Health Organization
  • WPC, World Peace Congress (Conference)