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, Minister 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