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.

  • AAA, anti-aircraft artillery
  • ACJ, Allied Council for Japan
  • AFC, Air Force Cross (British)
  • AFL, American Federation of Labor
  • AFP, Armed Forces of the Philippines
  • AFPFL, Anti-Fascist People’s Freedom League
  • AMC, Additional Measures Committee of the United Nations
  • ANETA, Algemeen Nieuws en Telegraaf Agentschap, a semi-official Dutch News Agency
  • Anzac, Australia–New Zealand
  • AP, Associated Press
  • AR, Office of Regional American Affairs, Department of State
  • ARA, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
  • AS, Associated States
  • ASW, anti-submarine warfare
  • AW, automatic weapons
  • BCP, Burmese Communist Party
  • BCT, battalion combat team
  • BFO, Bijeenkomst voor Federaal Overleg (Federal Consultative Assembly)
  • BIS, Bank for International Settlements
  • BNA, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Department of State
  • BOT, Board of Trade (British)
  • BPM, De Bataafsche N.V. Petroleum Maatschappij, a joint Dutch-British oil consortium in which participation was 60–40
  • Brit Emb, British Embassy
  • BST, bilateral security treaty (United States–Japan)
  • BWPP, Burmese Workers’ and Peasants’ Party
  • CA, Constituent Assembly
  • CA, Office of Chinese Affairs, Department of State
  • Caltex, California Texas Oil Company, Limited
  • CB, Companion of the Bath (British)
  • CBE, Commander, Order of the British Empire
  • CFM, Council of Foreign Ministers
  • CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
  • C-in-C, Commander in Chief
  • CINCFE, Commander in Chief, Far East
  • CINCPAC, Commander in Chief, Pacific
  • CINCPacFlt, Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet
  • CINCUNC, Commander in Chief, United Nations Command
  • CIO, Congress of Industrial Organizations
  • Cominform, Communist Information Bureau
  • Commcen, communications center
  • ComNavFE, Commander, United States Naval Forces in the Far East
  • Contel, Consulate telegram
  • Cosan, series indicator for telegrams from the United States Delegation at the Japanese Peace Conference in San Francisco to the Department of State
  • CP, Communist Party
  • CPB, Communist Party of Burma
  • CPG, Central People’s Government (People’s Republic of China)
  • CPIC, Communist Party of Indochina
  • CPP, Philippine Communist Party
  • CRO, Commonwealth Relations Office (British)
  • CSUSA, Chief of Staff, United States Army
  • DA, Department of the Army
  • Delga, series indicator for telegrams from the United States Delegation at the United Nations General Assembly
  • Depcirgram, Department of State circular airgram
  • Depcirtel, Department of State circular telegram
  • Deptel, Department of State telegram
  • DFC, Distinguished Flying Cross
  • DI, Darul Islam, the Islamic State
  • DMPA, Defense Materials Procurement Agency
  • DNG, Dutch New Guinea
  • D.O., Defense Order
  • DSO, Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (British)
  • E, Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
  • ECA, Economic Cooperation Administration
  • ECA/W, headquarters of the Economic Cooperation Administration in Washington
  • ECAFE, Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East
  • 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
  • EDF, European Defense Force
  • Embdes, Embassy despatch
  • Emboff, Embassy officer
  • Embtel, Embassy telegram
  • ER, Economic Resources and Security Staff, Department of State
  • ERP, European Recovery Program
  • ESS, Economic and Scientific Section, Office of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers in Japan
  • ETA, estimated time of arrival
  • EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • Exec Dir, Executive Director
  • Eximbank, Export-Import Bank of Washington
  • FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization
  • FBIS, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
  • FE, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
  • FEC, Far Eastern Commission
  • FECOM, Far East Command
  • FinMin, Finance Minister
  • FonMin, Foreign Minister
  • FonOff, Foreign Office
  • FonSecy, Foreign Secretary
  • FRC, Federal Records Center
  • FY, fiscal year
  • FYI, for your information
  • G, Deputy Under Secretary of State
  • GA, General Assembly of the United Nations
  • Gadel, series indicator for telegrams to the United States Delegation at the United Nations General Assembly
  • GARIOA, Government and Relief in Occupied Areas
  • GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
  • GHQ, General Headquarters
  • Gimo, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek
  • GOA, Government of Afghanistan
  • GOB, Government of Burma
  • GOC, Committee of Good Offices for Indonesia of the United Nations Security Council
  • GOC, Government of Ceylon
  • Gocus, series indicator for telegrams from the United States Delegation on the Committee of Good Offices for Indonesia of the United Nations Security Council
  • GOI, Government of India
  • GOP, Government of Pakistan
  • GRS, Government rubber, synthetic
  • GSA, General Services Administration
  • GSC, General Staff Corps, United States Army
  • HC, High Commissioner
  • HICOM, High Commission(er) for Germany
  • HMB, Hukbong Mapagpalaya ng Bayan (People’s Liberation Army), a military force affiliated with the Philippine Communist Party
  • HMG, His Majesty’s Government
  • Huk, see HMB
  • IARA, Inter-Allied Reparation Agency
  • IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  • IC, Indochina
  • ICAO, International Civil Aviation Organization
  • ICFTU, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
  • ICJ, International Court of Justice
  • ICRC, International Committee of the Red Cross
  • ILO, International Labor Organization
  • IMF, International Monetary Fund
  • Indo, Indonesia; Indonesian
  • INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
  • intel, circular information telegram
  • IRAA, Imperial Rule Assistance Association (Taisei Yokusan Kei), a Japanese organization banned under the purge
  • IRAPS, Imperial Rule Assistance Political Society (Taisei Seiji Kai), a Japanese organization banned under the purge
  • ISAC, International Security Affairs Committee
  • JCRR, Joint (United States-Chinese) Commission on Rural Rehabilitation (Taiwan)
  • JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • JGOA, Japanese Government Overseas Agency
  • JUSMAG, Joint United States Military Advisory Group
  • KBE, Knight Commander, Order of the British Empire
  • KCB, Knight Commander of the Bath (British)
  • KL, Koninklijke Leger (Royal Netherlands Army)
  • KMT, Kuomintang (Nationalist Party), Republic of China
  • KNIL, Koninklijke Nederlandsche Indische Leger (Royal Netherlands Indonesian Army)
  • L, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
  • L/FE, Assistant Legal Adviser for Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
  • Legtel, Legation telegram
  • Lon, London
  • Lontel, London telegram
  • LSSL, landing ship support, large
  • LST, landing ship, tank
  • LVF, Lien Viet Front (League for the National Union of Vietnam)
  • M/C, memorandum of conversation
  • MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
  • MASJUMI, Madjelis Sjuro Muslimin Indonesia (Council of the Indonesian Moslem Association)
  • MATS, Military Air Transport Service
  • MC, Military Cross (British)
  • MDA, Mutual Defense Assistance
  • MDAA, Mutual Defense Assistance Act
  • MDAP, Mutual Defense Assistance Program
  • MEA, Ministry of External Affairs
  • MFN, most favored nation
  • MilAtt, Military Attaché
  • Milob, military observer
  • MinFin, Minster of Finance
  • Misun, series indicator for messages to the United States Mission at the United Nations
  • MKA, Morrison-Knudsen Afghanistan, Inc.
  • MSA, Mutual Security Act (Agency)
  • MSP, Mutual Security Program
  • NA, Office of Northeast Asian Affairs, Department of State
  • NAC, National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Problems
  • NAT, North Atlantic Treaty
  • NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • NDC, National Development Council, an agency of the Philippine Government
  • NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, 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
  • NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
  • NNG, Netherlands New Guinea
  • NPR, National Police Reserve (Japan)
  • NPRJ, Japanese National Police Reserve
  • NSC, National Security Council
  • OAS, Organization of American States
  • ODM, Office of Defense Mobilization
  • OEEC, Office for European Economic Cooperation
  • OFD, Office of Financial and Development Policy, Department of State
  • OIC, officer in charge
  • OSA, Office of South American Affairs, Department of State
  • OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
  • OSI, Office of Special Investigation (Air Force)
  • OSR, Office of the United States Special Representative in Europe under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1948
  • PAF, Philippine Armed Forces
  • Pak, Pakistan
  • PARINDRA, Partai Indonesia Raja (Greater Indonesian Party)
  • PARKINDO, Partai Kristen Indonesia (Indonesian Christian Party)
  • PBY, Naval patrol bomber
  • PHILCUSA, Philippine Council for United States Aid
  • PI, Philippine Islands
  • PIR, Partai Peratuan Indonesia Raja (Greater Indonesian Union Party)
  • PKI, Partai Komunis Indonesia (Indonesian Communist Party)
  • PlebAd, Plebiscite Administrator
  • PM, Prime Minister
  • PNI, Partai Nasional Indonesia (Indonesian Nationalist Party)
  • POC, Peace Observation Commission
  • PolAd, Political Adviser
  • PPN, Pusat Perkebunan Negara (Government Plantation Enterprises)
  • PRC, People’s Republic of China
  • PriMin, Prime Minister
  • PRL, parliamentary
  • PSA, Office of Philippine and Southeast Asian Affairs, Department of State
  • PSI, Partai Sosialis Indonesia (Socialist Party of Indonesia)
  • PX, post exchange
  • reftel, reference telegram
  • Repsec, series indicator for telegrams to the Secretary of State from the United States Special Representative in Europe under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1948
  • reurtel, regarding your telegram
  • RFC, Reconstruction Finance Corporation
  • RFC, Rehabilitation Finance Corporation, an agency of the Philippine Government
  • ROTC, Reserve Officers Training Corps
  • RSC, Rubber Study Group
  • RTC, Round Table Conference
  • S, Office of the Secretary of State
  • S/ISA, International Security Affairs, Department of State
  • S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
  • S/S–PR, Protocol Staff, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
  • S/S–R, Policy Reports Staff, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
  • S/S–S, Committee Secretariat Staff, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
  • Sanco, series indicator for telegrams from the Department of State to the United States Delegation at the Japanese Peace Conference in San Francisco
  • SC, Security Council of the United Nations
  • SCAP, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers in Japan
  • SE, Special Estimate
  • SEA, Southeast Asia
  • SEAC, Southeast Asia Aid Policy Committee
  • 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
  • Secy Gen UN, Secretary-General of the United Nations
  • SOA, Office of South Asian Affairs, Department of State
  • SOBSI, Sentral Organisasi Buruh Seluruh Indonesia (Central Organization of All Indonesian Labor)
  • Socony, Standard Oil Company of New York
  • SP, submarine patrol
  • Stanvac, Standard-Vacuum Oil Company
  • STEM, United States Special Technical and Economic Mission
  • SYG, Secretary-General
  • TCA, Technical Cooperation Administration, Department of State
  • TCT, Truman–Churchill talks
  • TEF, Thai Expeditionary Force
  • Telac, series indicator for telegrams to Secretary of State Acheson while away from Washington
  • TG, Government of Thailand
  • T.H., Territory of Hawaii
  • TIAS, Treaties and Other International Acts Series
  • 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
  • Topad, designation for telegraphic correspondence in either direction between the United States Political Adviser to SCAP and the Department of State
  • 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
  • U, Under Secretary of State
  • UKHC, United Kingdom High Commissioner
  • UN, United Nations
  • UNA, Bureau of United Nations Affairs, Department of State
  • UNCI, United Nations Commission for Indonesia
  • UNCIP, United Nations Commission for India and Pakistan
  • UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
  • UNICEF, United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
  • Unmis, series indicator for messages from the United States Mission at the United Nations
  • UNMOK, United Nations Military Observer in Kashmir
  • UNP, Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Department of State
  • UNSYG, Secretary-General of the United Nations
  • UNTA, United Nations Technical Assistance
  • urmsg, your message
  • urtel, your telegram
  • USA, United States Army
  • USAF, United States Air Force
  • USAR, United States Army Reserve
  • USARPAC, United States Army, Pacific Command
  • USDel, United States Delegation
  • USDelGA, United States Delegation at the United Nations General Assembly
  • USGOC, United States Delegation on the Committee of Good Offices for Indonesia of the United Nations Security Council; also Usgoc, series indicator for telegrams to the Delegation
  • USIE, United States Information and Educational Exchange Program
  • USIS, United States Information Service
  • USMC, United States Marine Corps
  • USN, United States Navy
  • USPolAd, United States Political Adviser
  • UST, United States Treaties and Other International Agreements
  • USUN, United States Mission at the United Nations
  • VM, Viet Minh
  • VNQDD, Viet Nam Quoc Dan Dang (Vietnam Nationalist Party)
  • VOA, Voice of America
  • WAR, series indicator for telegrams sent overseas by the Department of the Army or by Army Headquarters, Washington
  • War Off, War Office
  • WE, Office of Western European Affairs, Department of State
  • WFM, Washington Foreign Ministers meeting
  • WFTU, World Federation of Trade Unions
  • WHO, World Health Organization
  • WPC, World Peace Conference
  • WPV, Workers Party of Vietnam
  • ZI, Zone of the Interior