List of Abbreviations
- A, airgram
- ACSP, Arab Collective Security Pact
- AC & W, Aircraft Control and Warning
- AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
- AF, Office of African Affairs, Department of State
- AIOC, Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
- ALCSP, Arab League Collective Security Pact
- AmEmb, American Embassy
- AMINCO, AMINOIL, American Independent Oil Company
- ANZUS, Australia, New Zealand
- API, American Petroleum Institute
- ARA, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
- Aramco, Arabian-American Oil Company
- ARMA, ARMAT, ArmAtt, Army Attaché
- AV, Aviation Policy Staff, Office of Transport and Communications Policy, Department of State
- BAPCO, Bahrein Petroleum Company
- bbl, barrel
- BD, board
- BDCC, British Defense Coordinating Committee (Middle East)
- BG, David Ben-Gurion
- BNA, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Department of State
- BOP, Board of Policy Planning, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, Department of State
- BP, British Petroleum Company (formerly Anglo-Iranian Oil Company)
- bp/d, barrels per day
- BPT, Business Practices and Technology Staff, Office of Economic Defense and Trade Policy, Department of State
- CA, circular airgram
- CA, Offfice of Chinese Affairs, Department of State
- CALTEX, California-Texas Oil Company
- CFP, Compagnie Française des Petroles
- CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
- CINCNELM, Commander in Chief, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean
- CINCSOUTH, Commander in Chief, Allied Forces, Southern Europe
- cirtel, circular telegram
- CMD, Command
- Comdr, Commander
- Comite, Committee
- ConGen, Consulate General
- Contel, Consulate telegram
- coord, coordinated
- CP, Crown Prince
- CRANE, Committee on Regional Activities in the Near East
- DAF, Dhahran Air Field
- Decln, Declaration
- Delga, series indicator for telegrams from the U.S. Delegations at the United Nations General Assembly; also used to refer to the U.S. Delegation at the United Nations General Assembly
- Depagm, Department of State airgram
- Depcirgram, Department of State circular airgram
- Depcirtel, Department of State circular telegram
- Deptel, Department of State telegram
- desp, despatch
- DirGen, Director General
- DMS, Director of Mutual Security
- DRN, Division of Research for the Near East, South Asia and Africa, Department of State
- Dulte, series indicator for personal telegrams from Secretary of State Dulles while away from Washington
- DZ, Demilitarized Zone
- E, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
- ECA, Economic Cooperation Administration
- ECOSOC, Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
- EDT, Office of Economic Defense and Trade Policy, Department of State
- EIMAC, Egypt-Israel Mixed Armistice Commission
- Embdesp, Embassy despatch
- Embtel, Embassy telegram
- ETA, estimated time of arrival
- EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
- Ex-Im, Export-Import Bank
- FCN, Friendship, Commerce and Navigation (Treaty)
- Fed Gov, Fed Rep, Government of the Federal Republic of Germany
- FOA, Foreign Operations Administration
- F.O., Foreign Office
- F.O.B., free on board
- FonMin, Foreign Minister, Ministry
- FonOff, Foreign Office
- Fr, France, French
- FTC, Federal Trade Commission
- FY, fiscal year
- FYI, for your information
- G, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State
- G–2, U.S. Army Intelligence
- G–3, Army general staff section dealing with operations and training at the divisional or higher level
- GA, United Nations General Assembly
- Gadel, series indicator for telegrams to the U.S. Delegation at the United Nations General Assembly
- GHQ, General Headquarters
- GMT, Greenwich mean time
- GOE, Government of Egypt
- GOI, Government of India; Government of Israel
- GOL, Government of Lebanon
- GOP, Government of Pakistan
- GOS, Government of Syria
- Grk, Greek
- GTI, Office of Greek, Turkish, and Iranian Affairs, Department of State
- H, Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations, Department of State
- HICOG, U.S. High Commissioner for Germany
- HICOM, High Commission(er)
- HKJ, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
- HM, His/Her Majesty
- HMG, His/Her Majesty’s Government
- HQ, Headquarters
- HRH, His/Her Royal Highness
- IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- ICPA, International Cooperative Petroleum Association
- IG, Government of Iraq; Government of Israel
- INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
- IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
- IPC, Iraq Petroleum Company
- JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Jlem, Jerusalem
- JSSC, Joint Strategic Service Committee
- KOC, Kuwait Oil Company
- KUOCO, Kuwait Oil Company
- L, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
- L/E, Assistant Legal Adviser for Economic Affairs, Department of State
- L/NEA, Office of the Assistant Legal Adviser for Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, Department of State
- Leb, Lebanon
- Legdesp, Legation despatch
- Legtel, Legation telegram
- MAAC, Mutual Assistance Advisory Committee
- MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
- MAC, Mixed Armistice Commission
- MAG, Military Advisory Group
- MATS, Military Air Transport Service
- MDA, Mutual Defense Assistance
- MDAP, Mutual Defense Assistance Program
- MDS, Mutual Defense Security (Act)
- ME, Middle East
- MEC, Middle East Command
- MECO, Middle East Command Organization
- MEDLO, Middle East Defense Liaison Office
- MEDO, Middle East Defense Organzation
- MEDRECO, Mediterranean Refining Company
- MELF, Middle East Land Forces
- MinDef, Minister, Ministry of Defense
- MinFonAff, Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- MS, Mutual Security
- MSA, Mutual Security Agency/Act
- MSA/E, Mutual Security Agency/Europe
- MSA/W, Mutual Security Agency/Washington
- MSP, Mutual Security Program
- MSTS, Military Sea Transportation Service
- mytel, my telegram
- NA, North Africa
- NAC, North Atlantic Council
- NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- NE, Near East; also, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State
- NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, Department of State
- NEACC, Near East Arms Coordinating Committee
- NED, Near East Development (Corporation)
- NE/E, Office of Near Eastern Affairs/Economics
- niact, night action, immediate reply
- NIΕ, National Intelligence Estimate
- NSC, National Security Council
- NZ, New Zealand
- OCB, Operations Coordinating Board
- ODM, Office of Defense Mobilization
- OFD, Office of Financial and Development Policy (E Bureau), Department of State
- OFMA, Office of Foreign Military Affairs, Department of State
- OIR/OD, 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
- ONI, Office of Naval Intelligence, Department of the Navy
- OSA, Office of South American Affairs, Department of State
- OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
- PCC, Palestine Conciliation Commission
- PDTC, Petroleum Development Inc., Trucial Coast
- PED, Petroleum Policy Staff, Office of International Materials Policy, Department of State
- PG, Persian Gulf
- PL, Public Law
- PLDC, Palestine Land Development Corporation
- PM, Prime Minister
- POC, Peace Observation Commission
- PPS, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State
- PriMin, Prime Minister
- PWOC, Pacific Western Oil Company
- R, Office of the Special Assistant for Intelligence, Department of State
- RA, Office of European Regional Affairs, Department of State
- RAF, Royal Air Force
- Rapun, series indicator for telegrams from or concerning the U.S. Member of the Advisory Commission to the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
- RCC, Revolutionary Command Council of Egypt
- RECNE, Regional Coordinating Committee for the Near East
- refdes, reference despatch
- reftel, reference telegram
- S, Office of the Secretary of State
- S/A, Office of the Ambassador at Large
- SA, Saudi Arabia
- SACEUR, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
- SACLANT, Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic
- SACME, Supreme Allied Commander, Middle East
- SAG, Saudi Arabian Government
- SC, Security Council, United Nations
- SCA, Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs, Department of State
- SE, Special Estimate
- SEA, Southeast Asia
- Secto, series indicator for telegrams for the U.S. delegation at Foreign Ministers’ meetings
- Secy, Secretary
- SG, Standing Group, NATO
- SHAPE, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers, Europe
- S/MSA, Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Mutual Security Affairs
- S/P, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State
- S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
- SOA, Office of South Asian Affairs, Department of State
- SONJ, Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
- STA, designation for Department of State briefing papers
- SWE, Division of Southwest European Affairs, Department of State
- Tapline, Trans Arabian Pipeline Company
- TCA, Technical Cooperation Administration, Department of State
- Tedul, series indicator for personal telegrams to Secretary of State Dulles while away from Washington
- Telac, series indicator for personal telegrams to Secretary of State Acheson while away from Washington
- Tosec, series indicator for telegrams from the Department of State to the Secretary of State (or his delegation) [Page X] in connection with international conferences
- Totec, designation for telegrams dealing with technical assistance
- TRC, Office of Transport and Communication Policy, Department of State
- TS, top secret
- TSO, Truce Supervision Organization
- TVA, Tennessee Valley Authority
- TWA, Trans World Airlines
- U, Office of the Under Secretary of State
- UN, United Nations
- UNA, Bureau of United Nations Affairs, Department of State
- UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
- unnum, unnumbered
- UNP, Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Department of State
- Unrap, series indicator for telegrams to or concerning the U.S. Member of the Advisory Commission to the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
- UNRWA, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine and the Near East
- UNSC, United Nations Security Council
- UNTSO, United Nations Truce Supervision Organization
- urtel, your telegram
- USA, United States Army
- USAF, United States Air Force
- USAFE, United States Air Force, Europe
- USCINCEUR, United States Commander in Chief, Europe
- Usfoto, series indicator for telegrams and airgrams from the Foreign Operations Administration to missions abroad
- USG, United States Government
- USGADel, United States Delegation at the United Nations General Assembly
- USIA, United States Information Agency
- USIE, United States Information and Educational Exchange Program
- USMC, United States Maritime Commission
- USN, United States Navy
- USOM, United States Operations Mission
- USOMJ, United States Operations Mission in Jordan
- USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- UST,United States Treaties and Other International Agreements
- USUN, United States Mission at the United Nations
- WE, Western Europe; Office of Western European Affairs, Department of State
- Weeka, weekly, interagency, summary analysis from United States diplomatic missions
- Wirom, series indicator for certain Department of State administrative telegrams
- YY, Yusuf Yassin