Office of the Historian

List of Abbreviations

  • A–, airgram
  • ACEP, Advisory Committee on Export Policy
  • AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
  • AF, Office of African Affairs, Department of State
  • AF of L, American Federation of Labor
  • AFP, Agence France Presse
  • agrmt, agreement
  • Amb, Ambassador
  • AmEmb, American Embassy
  • ANC, African National Congress
  • AP, Associated Press
  • ARA, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
  • ARC, Air Resupply and Communications
  • ASAF, Asian-African
  • AV, Aviation Policy Staff, Department of State
  • BBC, British Broadcasting Corporation
  • BFC, Bureau of Foreign Commerce, Department of Commerce
  • BNA, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Department of State
  • BOAC, British Overseas Airways Corporation
  • BOT, Board of Trade (United Kingdom)
  • Brit, British
  • C, Office of the Counselor, Department of State
  • CA, circular airgram
  • CA, Office of Chinese Affairs, Department of State
  • CAB, Civil Aeronautics Board
  • CCC, Commodity Credit Corporation
  • CCTA, Commission for Technical Cooperation in Africa South of the Sahara
  • CDA, Combined Development Agency
  • CGT, Confédération Générale du Travail (General Federation of Labor)
  • Chi, Chinese
  • CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
  • C.I.D., Criminal Investigation Detachment
  • C.I.F., cost, insurance, and freight; the cost paid for goods plus freight and insurance charges
  • CINCEUR, Commander in Chief, Europe
  • CINCNELM, Commander in Chief, United States Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean
  • CINCUSAFE, Commander in Chief, United States Armed Forces, Europe
  • circ, circular
  • COCOM, Coordinating Committee of the Paris Consultative Group of nations working to control export of strategic goods to Communist countries
  • Con, Consul; Consulate
  • Cong, Congress; Congressional
  • ConGen, Consul (Consulate) General
  • Contel, Consular telegram
  • CP, Commercial Policy Staff, Office of Economic Defense and Trade Policy, Department of State
  • CPC, Communist Party of Ceylon
  • CPP, Convention People’s Party, a Gold Coast political party
  • CRO, Commonwealth Relations Office (United Kingdom)
  • Def, Department of Defense; defense
  • Delga, series indicator for telegrams from the United States Delegation at the United nations General Assembly
  • Depreftel, Department of State reference telegram
  • Dept, Department (usually the Department of State)
  • Dept Agri, Department of Agriculture
  • Deptel, Department of State telegram
  • des, despatch
  • dipl, diplomatic
  • divn, division
  • DMPA, Defense Materials Procurement Agency
  • DMS, Director of Mutual Security Agency
  • dol, dollar
  • D.O.T., Dependent Overseas Territory
  • DRN, Division of Research for Near East, South Asia, and Africa, Department of State
  • DSB, Department of State Bulletin
  • DYG, Director General
  • E, Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
  • EA, Ethiopian Airlines
  • ECA, Economic Cooperation Administration
  • ECOSOC, Economic and Social Council, United Nations
  • ED, Investment and Economic Development Staff, Office of Financial and Development Policy, Department of State
  • EDAC, Economic Defense Advisory Committee
  • EDC, European Defense Community
  • EDS, Economic Defense Staff, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
  • Emb, Embassy
  • Embdes, Embassy despatch
  • EmbOff, Embassy officer
  • Embtel, Embassy telegram
  • EPU, European Payments Union
  • ESCOM, South African Electricity Supply Commission
  • ETD, estimated time of departure
  • Ethio, Ethiopia (n)
  • EUCOM, European Command, United States Army
  • EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State; Europe; European
  • EUR/P, Public Affairs Office, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • EUR/UN, Office of the United Nations, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • Excon, designation for telegrams dealing with the export control program; export control
  • ex dock, delivered at dock
  • EX-IM, Eximbank, Export-Import Bank of Washington
  • FADRL, Algerian Front for the Defense and Respect of Liberty
  • FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations
  • FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice
  • FCN, Friendship, Commerce and Navigation (treaty)
  • FE, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State; Far East
  • FE/P, Public Affairs Office, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
  • FEA, French Equatorial Africa
  • FOA, Foreign Operations Administration
  • fon, foreign
  • FonMin, Foreign Minister
  • FonOff, Foreign Office
  • FonSec, Foreign Secretary
  • FonSecy, Foreign Secretary
  • FSO, Foreign Service Officer
  • FSS, Foreign Service Staff
  • FWA, French West Africa
  • FY, fiscal year
  • FYI, for your information
  • G, Deputy Under Secretary of State; Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State
  • G–2, Army general staff section dealing with intelligence at the divisional or higher level
  • GA, General Assembly of the United Nations
  • Gadel, series indicator for telegrams to the United States Delegation at the United Nations General Assembly
  • GADel, United States Delegation at the United Nations General Assembly
  • GA Res, General Assembly resolution
  • GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
  • GOA, Government of Afghanistan
  • GOC, United Nations Good Offices Commission
  • GOC, Government of Ceylon
  • GOE, Government of Ethiopia
  • GOI, Government of India
  • GOP, Government of Pakistan
  • GovGen, Governor General
  • GSA, General Services Administration
  • H, Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations
  • HICOM, High Commissioner
  • HM, Her Majesty
  • IAC, Intelligence Advisory Committee
  • IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  • IBS, International Broadcasting Service, United States International Information Administration, Department of State
  • ICAO, International Civil Aviation Organization
  • ICFTU, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
  • ICJ, International Court of Justice
  • IIA, United States International Information Administration
  • IMC, International Materials Conference
  • IMF, International Monetary Fund
  • Ind, Indian
  • INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
  • instrs, instructions
  • IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
  • IPS, International Administrator for the Press Service, United States International Information Administration, Department of State
  • ISA, Office of International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
  • JAS, Joint Administrative Services
  • JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • KAU, Kenya African Union
  • KLM, Royal Dutch Airlines
  • L, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
  • L/EUR, Office of the Assistant Legal Adviser for European Affairs, Department of State
  • L/NEA, Office of the 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, Office of the Assistant Legal Adviser for United Nations Affairs, Department of State
  • LA, Latin America
  • Leg, Legation
  • Legtel, Legation telegram
  • Lt., long ton
  • MA, Military Attaché; also Military Adviser (of the United Nations Commission for India and Pakistan)
  • MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
  • MATS, Military Air Transport Service
  • MD, Munitions Division, Department of State
  • MDAA, Mutual Defense Assistance Act
  • MDAC, Mutual Defense Assistance Control
  • MDAP, Mutual Defense Assistance Program
  • ME, Middle East
  • MEA, Ministry of External Affairs of India
  • MEDO, Middle East Defense Organization
  • MinAgri, Minister of Agriculture
  • MinComm, Minister of Commerce
  • MinDel, Minister Delegate
  • MinFin, Minister of Finance
  • MKA. Morrison–Knudsen of Afghanistan, Inc.
  • MP, Member of Parliament
  • MS, Mutual Security
  • MSA, Mutual Security Agency; Mutual Security Act of 1951
  • msg, message
  • MSP, Mutual Security Program
  • MTLD, Mouvement Pour Ie Triomphe des Libertés Démocratiques (Algeria)
  • mytel, my telegram
  • NA, North Africa
  • NAC, National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Problems
  • NAT(O), North Atlantic Treaty (Organization)
  • NCNC, National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons
  • ND, Néo-Destour
  • NE, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State; Near East
  • NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, Department of State
  • NEA/AF, Office of African Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, Department of State
  • NEA/EX, Executive Director, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, Department of State
  • NEA/P, Public Affairs Office, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, Department of State
  • niact, night action, communications indicator requiring attention by the recipient at any hour of the day or night
  • NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
  • NNRC, Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission
  • noforn, no foreign dissemination
  • Nor Afr, North Africa
  • NR, Northern Rhodesia
  • NSC, National Security Council
  • NYHT, New York Herald Tribune
  • OCB, Operations Coordinating Board
  • ODA, Office of Dependent Area Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
  • ODM, Office of Defense Mobilization
  • OEEC, Organization for European Economic Cooperation
  • OFD, Office of Financial and Development Policy, Department of State
  • OIT, Office of International Trade, Department of Commerce
  • OMP, Office of International Materials Policy, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
  • OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
  • ourtel, our telegram
  • PAA, Pan American Airways
  • Pak, Pakistan
  • PAO, Public Affairs Officer
  • Pari Secy, Parliamentary Secretary
  • Perm Sec, Permanent Secretary
  • PlebAd, Plebiscite Administration
  • PM, Prime Minister
  • Pres, President
  • PriMin, Prime Minister
  • QC, Queen’s Counsel
  • RA, Office of European Regional Affairs, Department of State
  • RAF, Royal Air Force (British)
  • RCA, Radio Corporation of America
  • RDA, Rassemblement Démocratique Africain, a nationalist political party in French West Africa
  • re Deptel, regarding Department of State telegram
  • ref, reference
  • reftel, reference telegram
  • REP, Division of Foreign Reporting, Department of State
  • Res Gen, Resident General
  • reurtel, regarding your telegram
  • Rs, rupee
  • S/, designation for documents issued by the United Nations Security Council
  • S/A, Office of the Ambassador at Large, Department of State
  • S/AE, Office of the Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Atomic Energy Affairs
  • S/MSA, Office of the 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
  • S/S–PR, Protocol Staff, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
  • SC, Security Council of the United Nations
  • SE, Special Estimate
  • SEA, Southeast Asia
  • SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
  • SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate
  • SOA, Office of South Asian Affairs, Department of State
  • SoAfr, Union of South Africa; South African
  • Sov, Soviet
  • SY, Division of Security, Department of State
  • SYG, Secretary-General
  • TCA, Technical Cooperation Administration, Department of State
  • TCA/NEADS, Near East and African Development Service, Technical Cooperation Administration, Department of State
  • TCM/I, Technical Cooperation Mission, India
  • TCO, Technical Cooperation Officer
  • Telac, series indicator for telegrams to Secretary of State Acheson while away from Washington
  • TIAS, Treaties and Other International Acts Series
  • 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
  • TRC, Office of Transport and Communications Policy, Department of State
  • TUC, Trade Union Congress
  • Tun, Tunisia
  • Turk, Turkey
  • TWA, Trans-World Airlines, Inc.
  • U, Office of the Under Secretary of State
  • UDMA, Union Démocratique du Manifeste Algérien (Democratic Union of the Algerian Manifesto)
  • UGTT, Union Générale des Travailleurs Tunisiens (General Union of Tunisian Workers)
  • UKHC, United Kingdom High Commission; Commissioner
  • UNA, Bureau of United Nations Affairs, Department of State
  • UNCIP, United Nations Commission for India and Pakistan
  • 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
  • UNP, United National Party; Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Department of State
  • UNRep, United Nations Representative
  • UNRIP, United Nations Representative for India and Pakistan
  • UNTA, United Nations Technical Assistance
  • UP, United Press
  • urdes, your despatch
  • urinfo, your information
  • urtel, your telegram
  • USA, United States Army
  • USAF, United States Air Force
  • USAFE, United States Air Force, Europe
  • Usfoto, series indicator for telegrams from the Foreign Operations Administration in Washington to its 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
  • USIS, United States Information Service
  • USMOK, United States Military Observer Group in Kashmir
  • USOM/L, United States Operations Mission in Liberia
  • UST, United States Treaties and Other International Agreements
  • USTT, Union Syndicale des Travailleurs de Tunisie (Syndicale Union of Tunisian Workers)
  • USUN, United States Mission at the United Nations
  • VOA, Voice of America
  • WE, Office of Western European Affairs, Department of State
  • WE/P, Public Affairs Office, Office of Western European Affairs, Department of State
  • Weeka, weekly, interagency summary analysis from United States diplomatic missions
  • WFTU, World Federation of Trade Unions
  • Wirom, series indicator for certain Department of State administrative telegrams
  • YMCA, Young Men’s Christian Association