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