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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

Foreign Relations of the United States, 1951, Asia and the Pacific, Volume VI, Part 1

List of abbreviations and symbols